> From: Rick Blechta <rick@...>
> Sender: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
>
> Jon did indeed have "the balls to try something different", and
> that's a good thing, but to my mind, he failed in what he set out
> to do. Why would you assume from that that I'm close-minded?
> Because I don't think much of Jon's lyrics and you do?
Rick,
Not at all; I assume you're closed-minded because your contribution to
the topic was to toss a cheap Jon Anderson insult over the transom.
> Let's talk about words. Don't yours in the first paragraph make
> some sweeping assumptions, presumably about me, that you have no
> right to make without engaging in further discussion?
My remarks were directed toward you, for the above reason, but my
remarks were also directed toward Mattias, since he pulled a single
line thoroughly out of context and held it up for ridicule, getting
the words wrong in the process.
And my remarks were directed toward all those other folks who've said
exactly the same thing in thousands of posts to prog-based forums for
decades. Whining about Jon Anderson lyrics gets tedius, man.
> Donald, your comments are a very unfortunate example of an "I'm
> right, so that makes you wrong" exchange.
You're the only one talking about "right" or "wrong". I'm talking
about "getting JA" and "not getting JA". If you don't get JA, that's
fine; I neither mind nor care.
-- Don
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Don Tillman
Palo Alto, California
don@...http://www.till.com