I always thought Jarret's work was impossible to title...
Tim Øsleby wrote:
> No, that's not what I was trying to imply. For me it is about different
> styles and genres. Simple as that.
>
> I can't imagine Dylan without words, or Keith Jarret with words.
> And speaking about Jarret, IMO he is one example of modern music that don't
> need titles.
>
>
> Tim
> Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian)
>
>
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> C. O'Connell
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> Subject: RE: Let's talk about titles
>
> songs are a subset of all music and songs have words.
> Not all music has words and needs titles if thats what
> your trying to imply. Some of the greatest instrumentals
> of all time do have titles, but do they mean anything?
> i.e. Green Onions? Ditto for photography, a lot of them
> dont need titles and a lot of the titles are not relevant
> to appreciation of the art. Untitled photos are not a problem
> for me whatsoever.
> jco
>
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>
> What do you think about Dylan #47 compared to Dylan #165?
>
> Personally I prefer ballads without words. The words seem to interfere
> with my freedom to interpret the music as I like.
>
> This may seem just stupid jokes. But that's not my intention. I'm trying
> to make the point that some music goes best without words, and some
> don't. And to me, it's the same with photography.
>
> This may seem obvious, but parts of this debate seem to ignore this, or
> tend to say that photo without titles are better photography. I tend to
> disagree. In fact I find it a rather pompous attitude.
>
> Just in case: I don't think that you John has this attitude; you simply
> gave me the perfect opportunity to say this ;-)
>
>
> Tim
> Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian)
>
>
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> J. C. O'Connell
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> Subject: RE: Let's talk about titles
>
> Photos can be done like music, most of the major
> classical composers just used numbers, like Symphony
> #5 or Concerto #2.
>
> Some, but not most, have so-called "nicknames"
> like Beethovens 6th, which is known as the "Pastoral"
> symphony, but this is usually not the case, and the artwork
> is still apreciated just as much.
>
> jco
>
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>
> Boris Liberman wrote:
>
>
>> I've started catching myself more and more often ignoring the title of
>>
>
>
>> the photograph all together. I would look at the photo, get my own
>> opinion about it, and only then look at the title.
>>
>
> Not just photos, but pretty much all visual art ... except movies ...
> it's hard to see a movie without knowing the title beforehand. :-)
>
>
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