> At 11:55 PM +1000 10/1/02, Cyclone Wehner wrote: >>>From Derrick's standpoint, I think in interviews he has always been someone >>who carefully thinks about what he says because he knows it's for >>prosperity. > > I think the longevity of that one quote has certainly added to May's > historically-conscious introspection. Not that he wasn't a > thoughtful and articulate guy before, but that quote has just been > beat like a dead horse.
>>Does that quote really annoy >>anyone? I would be interested to know. > > The annoying thing about it at this point is that every time i see it > in print, i ask: > "couldn't they put something fresher in here?" > "can't they get a writer who can do a little bit of real *work* on > their topic?" I don't know, man. Like I said, I used it as a literary device to link some ideas together and I had never seen it employed in that context (and context is everything) before - ie a story on George Clinton that stresses his influence on and ongoing involvement in contemporary dance musics. I spent two hours finding the quote, destroying my office in the process. I think I found it in Dan Sicko's book in the end. Pop culture and journalism rely on 'hooks' as songs do (and even underground records have hooks). A lot of Derrick's insights are quotatable, he is very clever with words. I can think of similiarly memorable things Jeff Mills has said, Mike Banks has said, Juan and Kevin have said, etc. You could say some of Shakespeare's quotes are played out too. Above all I think the response was fun. George is a fun guy, even the serious questions he had humourous things to say.
