[Dixielandjazz] How we listen to music

[Marek Boym]

I know it's a bit late to reply after two months, but I was too busy
at the time to read all messages.
I'm not a musician, but for years I did not listen to words, just the
instruments; it's only recently that I've started to listen to words
as well (and I've been listening to jazz since tha age of 12 or 13,
that is - 54 of 53 years, although in the first few years I did not
know a word of English, sp perhaps those should not count).

But Lester Young said that one should think of the words of the song
he was playing.

And I listen with my feet, and often - the whole body.

Cheers

On 05/04/07, Criss719 at wmconnect.com <Criss719 at wmconnect.com> wrote:
> "I tend to entirely ignore lyrics, while she tends to entirely ignore music"
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> You know, I've never even thought about that.
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> Now that I do think of it, I realize that I never listen to the lyrics, I
> listen to the music and for the most part ignore the lyrics.
> The only time I really hear the lyrics is when some kids drive through a
> parking lot or are at a red light next to me and the lyrics are vulgar.
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> Me listening to the music goes all the back to church. I can play all of the
> old Gospel Quartet songs on the piano but really only know the lyrics to the
> chorus.
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> Mama -- now she knew all the words.
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> Criss Morrison
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