The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 15.1588 Wednesday, 25 August 2004
[1] From: Roger Schmeeckle <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Tuesday, 24 Aug 2004 09:41:26 -0700 (PDT)
Subj: Re: SHK 15.1578 Bob Dylan Ranked with Shakespeare
[2] From: Chris Stroffolino <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Tuesday, 24 Aug 2004 08:55:05 -0800
Subj: Re: SHK 15.1578 Bob Dylan Ranked with Shakespeare
[3] From: Marcus Dahl <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Tuesday, 24 Aug 2004 23:53:12 +0100
Subj: RE: SHK 15.1578 Bob Dylan Ranked with Shakespeare
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From: Roger Schmeeckle <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Tuesday, 24 Aug 2004 09:41:26 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: 15.1578 Bob Dylan Ranked with Shakespeare
Comment: Re: SHK 15.1578 Bob Dylan Ranked with Shakespeare
T. Hawkes wrote:
>Happily, the absurd Dylan has nothing to do with jazz.
Perhaps not, but perhaps someone more familiar with Dylan than I am can
answer these questions: does he ever improvise? does he interact
unpredictably with his backup? does his backup ever include a saxophone?
does he frequently alter his own songs when performing them? does he
ever do scat?
I tend to associate him more with folk than rock and jazz, and "pop," to
me, signifies music that is usually cheap, sentimental, commercial, easy
listening, harmonically simple, and, in a word, rotten.
Is "absurd" meant to be a compliment?
And, since this is a Shakespeare list, where does the bard, whoever he
was, fit into those categories, that is, their Elizabethan equivalents?
Roger Schmeeckle
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From: Chris Stroffolino <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Tuesday, 24 Aug 2004 08:55:05 -0800
Subject: 15.1578 Bob Dylan Ranked with Shakespeare
Comment: Re: SHK 15.1578 Bob Dylan Ranked with Shakespeare
Ah, Mr. Hawkes, but what of the "classic"---"If Dogs Run Free"?
Chris
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From: Marcus Dahl <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Tuesday, 24 Aug 2004 23:53:12 +0100
Subject: 15.1578 Bob Dylan Ranked with Shakespeare
Comment: RE: SHK 15.1578 Bob Dylan Ranked with Shakespeare
Most Philosophers worth their sort deny the existence of the absurd.
But Terence Hawkes thinks Shakespeare plays jazz.
I say Bach.
But enough of our opinions eh?
Best,
Marcus D.
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