Re: [acid-jazz] In My CD Changer

From: Stimp (stimp@aei.ca)
Date: Sat Nov 23 2002 - 20:35:02 CET

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    It was definitely not Frank Zappa who made this quote. The exact quote was
    "Writing about music is like dancing about architecture" and Elvis Costello
    was the author of that quote. Makes perfect sense given Costello's dry wit.

    Stimp
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "David Bassin" <bassyd@pacbell.net>
    To: <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
    Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2002 2:09 PM
    Subject: RE: [acid-jazz] In My CD Changer

    > >By the way... who exactly said that "talking about music was like dancing
    to
    > >algebra?" (or something similar...)
    >
    >
    > the quote is, "talking about music is like dancing about architecture"
    >
    > there's a lot of debate regarding who the actual author was, but
    > Frank Zappa seems to be the most likely candidate.
    >
    > DB
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