Right-Wing Bias of PBS

[Blaise (imported)]

Who knows? I could be! Yes, I realised that a long time ago.

[Blaise (imported)]

I want to point out, I didn't intend to suggest that it was a good thing that classical music had lost some of its popularity. Somebody had commented that he couldn't get classical music he liked on the radio, and I was pointing out, that that sort of music is available from a number of sources, other than regular FM radio. As is often the case, those who lack something, simply haven't made a conscientious effort to locate and obtain it.

I get this picture of Krister, in his habit, tooling along in a semi while the classical piece, "Galop" (better known to some folks as the theme from the Lone Ranger) plays on the radio or cassette. Giddyup!

Sort of haunting, isn't it?

[Dave (imported)]

I get this picture of Krister, in his habit, tooling along in a semi while the classical piece, "Galop" (better known to some folks as the theme from the Lone Ranger) plays on the radio or cassette. Giddyup!

Gallop? AKA the William Tell Overture by Rossini.

http://wilstar.com/midi/willtell.htm

[A-1 (imported)]

Uh huh!

I remember the main character played by actor Roddy McDowell screwing a woman to the tune in the movie "A Clockwork Orange".

It is sad because heavy metal music would have fit the scene much better.

There is always somebody to to bash the classics...hell, they didn't even cas sex in a healthy light.

Actually, the movie sucked...but even sucking is not bad if done correctly...but in this case it was not...

A-1

[kb57z (imported)]

I get this picture of Krister, in his habit, tooling along in a semi while the classical piece, "Galop" (better known to some folks as the theme from the Lone Ranger) plays on the radio or cassette. Giddyup!

The picture I get has 'My Favorite Things" from "The Sound of Music", but in the version of the lyrics that includes the rarely-heard verse that mentions thumbscrews....

[Dave (imported)]

I remember the main character played by actor Roddy McDowell screwing a woman to the tune in the movie "A Clockwork Orange"

It was Malcolm McDowell, not Roddy . . . they aren't related. Most students hate Anthony Burgess' novel because it has lots and lots of jargon in it. The old "in/out" and "droogies" and all that. An essential of the plot is that Alex, the sociopath, is obsessed with Beethoven almost as much as he is obsessed with gratuitous violence.

[Blaise (imported)]

It was Malcolm McDowell, not Roddy . . . they aren't related. Most students hate Anthony Burgess' novel because it has lots and lots of jargon in it. The old "in/out" and "droogies" and all that. An essential of the plot is that Alex, the sociopath, is obsessed with Beethoven almost as much as he is obsessed with gratuitous violence.

The rape scene was based on the rape of Lynn Burgess, wife of Anthony Burgess, by four United States Army deserters in 1944 on a London street, I think. She suffered a miscarriage and chronic gynaecological problems.

Malcolm McDowell was once married to Mary Steenburgen. They have two children.

Jargon is a way to refresh language according to Marjorie Garber in her excellent essay book Academic Instincts. Jargon has a proper place in our lives.

Rodney McDowell was gay. He was a friend to Tuesday Weld. Neat guy. Beethoven is full of gratuitous violence.

[bobov (imported)]

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Beethoven is full of gratuitous violence.

" Please explain.

All of the arts represent emotions that may not be acceptable to society. The arts are a safe way to vent these feelings without harming anyone. The idea that listening to Beethoven, for example, ever inspired anyone to crime is ludicrous. Everyone experiences "dangerous" emotions from time to time, and the question is how we handle them, not whether they occur. Art is a way of telling the truth about our lives, especially those uncomfortable truths that may elude public expression. What we don't want is a world run by Nurse Rached from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - everyone on tranquilizers and shuffling to "soothing" music.

I might add that Beethoven composed at a moment when the masses of people were just beginning to emerge from their millenial stupor and oppression. I suppose his hidden call to revolt might have seemed criminal to the aristocracy (had they recognized it), but from our viewpoint, as a nation descended from those masses, it sounds like a call to liberation.

Burgess was a brilliant writer, and like many a brilliant writer, he wrote better than he thought. I wouldn't turn to him for a critical exegesis of Beethoven.

[Blaise (imported)]

What we don't want is a world run by Nurse Rached from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - everyone on tranquilizers and shuffling to "soothing" music.

Why not? You sound like Walker Percy.

Have you heard John Elliot Gardiner conduct Beethoven? Danerous interpretations.

[bobov (imported)]

I'll take your comparison to Walker Percy as praise, and say thanks. To answer your question - because nothing is more indecorous than excellence.

I haven't heard Gardiner's Beethoven. Is there any recording you'd recommend?