Klarinet Archive - Posting 001356.txt from 1998/07

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Classical Music and Young People
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 23:18:47 -0400

At 09:08 PM 7/29/98 -0400, Arnold Teres wrote:
>Seems to me this thread doesn't have much to do with either clarinets or
>classical music but it is interesting so here's my $.02 worth.
>Vulgar, rude, and downright obscene lyrics and themes have been a respected
>theme in poetry and theatre ever since the early greeks. anyone who has seen
>Lysistrata can attest to that. Chaucer was no better, in fact, he was
>considerable worse. Shakespere was not reluctant to slip in a few lewd and
>even filty jokes and the trend has continued right up through Mark Twain,
>Henry Miller, and the current crop of rappers. I will note that rappers are
>not nearly as artistic (or as skilled) as the artists I mentioned but I
>don't think that you can make a case for rappers being more vulgar, obscene,
>or tasteless.
>So it seems that the f-word (or any other vulgarity) is nothing new and
>certainly nothing to make a big deal about. The real issue is how does the
>entire piece stand up after time has passed. If people still listen to
>Publik Enemy after many years then it must have something of merit. I doubt
>it - but only time will tell.
>
And in exactly WHICH Shakespeare work does the word F*** appear? There is
a subtle difference between bawdy and lewd which has been lost lately.

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