proper toons

Scottie Bowman (rbowman@indigo.ie)
Tue, 27 Jul 1999 19:24:25 +0100

    When Thor describes to Cole Porter as almost 
    a God, I'm suddenly suffused with a warm glow 
    of solidarity.  I always *knew* there was a sound 
    discrimination trying to get out from behind from 
    that forbidding exterior.

    But, Thor, what are we to make of these other 
    tin ears who seem to think American popular music 
    began sometime around the mid 60s?  To my mind 
    the contribution to human art made by Jewish American 
    composers of this century stand up there right alongside 
    the one donated by the Wops of Renaissance Florence.

    McCartney certainly wrote a few sweet things & 
    a couple of Dylan's ditties tend to snag in the memory.  
    But what can compare with the infinite subtlety, 
    the grown-up wit, the simple, heart stopping beauty 
    of Kern, Youmanns, Porter, Gershwin, Rogers ...?

    Scottie B.