"The Feminine Touch"

David · #1 12-31-2007, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by littlewolf

I think both were her primary importance.

I use the phrase primary importance in a stricter sense: the single most important.

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Solving problems in as mad band as Fleetwood mac is of big importance.
That factor shouldn´t be undervalued.

I don't think I undervalue it. I merely assign it ... secondary importance. From the point of view of aesthetics, Christine's personality & character -- both sociological and/or psychological factors -- play secondary roles. Steve MacDougall will tell you that I am, in any discussion of aesthetics, firmly anti-sociological. Beethoven's nobility of spirit & his kindness are of secondary importance to his compositions: of primary importance are the formalistic properties of the compositions themselves. It isn't Christine's inclination to placate co-workers in a dither that jumps out at me when I listen to "Hold Me." It's her singing, songwriting & playing that do so.

You may have a different opinion, & that's fine. I just want to be sure I'm understood properly.

**jbrownsjr** · #2 12-31-2007, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by David

I use the phrase primary importance in a stricter sense: the single most important.

I don't think I undervalue it. I merely assign it ... secondary importance. From the point of view of aesthetics, Christine's personality & character -- both sociological and/or psychological factors -- play secondary roles. Steve MacDougall will tell you that I am, in any discussion of aesthetics, firmly anti-sociological. Beethoven's nobility of spirit & his kindness are of secondary importance to his compositions: of primary importance are the formalistic properties of the compositions themselves. It isn't Christine's inclination to placate co-workers in a dither that jumps out at me when I listen to "Hold Me." It's her singing, songwriting & playing that do so.

You may have a different opinion, & that's fine. I just want to be sure I'm understood properly.

As Ethel Merman once sang, "Everything is beautiful... in it's own way...."

aleuzzi · #3 01-01-2008, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

As Ethel Merman once sang, "Everything is beautiful... in it's own way...."

Nowadays people say, "It's all good." I prefer Ethel.

David · #4 01-01-2008, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by aleuzzi

Nowadays people say, "It's all good." I prefer Ethel.

Or as Jean Brodie (Maggie Smith) says to her flibbertigibbet young charge, who seems intent on sharing her knot-tying activities with her classmates:

"Indeed. For those that like that sort of thing, that is the sort of thing they like."

aleuzzi · #5 01-02-2008, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by David

Or as Jean Brodie (Maggie Smith) says to her flibbertigibbet young charge, who seems intent on sharing her knot-tying activities with her classmates:

"Indeed. For those that like that sort of thing, that is the sort of thing they like."

All hail Maggie!