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You're not exactly kidding.

Opera has some of the the most wildly overblown librettiiimaginable, not to mention some of the most absurd and convoluted plotsknown to humanity and in most cases no real sense of narrative, pacing,character development or even the least shred of plausibility orpoetry. However, it is largely saved by the music, which is really thepoint being made.

Maybe that sums the whole issue up; that music addresses some innerpart of us that longs for tension, resolution, cadence, crescendo andsurprise, whereas you'll alway be aware that the person singing on thestage is just another fat guy in tights warbling without end aboutwhere the love of his life has fucked off to. Or some other equallyabsurd prat hopping about a stage, dressed as a flower, dribbling onabout Musical Boxes.

Mike


Rick Blechta wrote:

On Mar 17, 2008, at 3:04 PM, Mike Dickson wrote:

"Butat least prog lyrics generally aren't as bad as pop
lyrics (IMO, that is)."

Do you ∗really∗ want to go down this particular route?

When looked at globally in music, almost all lyrics are weak, ifnot downright bad. Check out some very famous operas for trite, stupidand silly lyrics. Fortunately, there are always exceptions in all kindsof music.

Rick

-- Mike Dickson, Edinburgh