He's a big weirdo because he was a walking contradiction. Musical neoclassicism was a French style, and here was this German using it. Plus, at the time, while all of musical Europe was enthralled with jazz, what they primarily heard was not the authentic article. Their attempts at swinging (which all real jazz must) were analagous to the early medieval painters trying to do perspective. They bombed -- big time. The song itself though is still hip.
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Re: Hrm?
Date: 2001-10-24 10:00 am (UTC)He's a big weirdo because he was a walking contradiction. Musical neoclassicism was a French style, and here was this German using it. Plus, at the time, while all of musical Europe was enthralled with jazz, what they primarily heard was not the authentic article. Their attempts at swinging (which all real jazz must) were analagous to the early medieval painters trying to do perspective. They bombed -- big time. The song itself though is still hip.
I'll shut up now.