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Poll Question: Is writing about music like dancing about architecture?
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    Posted: November 26 2006 at 10:19
First heard this one from Laurie Anderson, but it's also been attributed to Frank Zappa and Elvis Costello.
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Well this is hard to tell...
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Maybe; it depends on how well written the text is.
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Points: 6336 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 26 2006 at 17:39
Originally posted by Philéas Philéas wrote:

Maybe; it depends on how well written the text is.

And how good you dance
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Points: 6419 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 26 2006 at 17:42
Originally posted by el böthy el böthy wrote:


And how good you dance


Rather, how much you look like a building while dancing.
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Points: 3278 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 26 2006 at 18:09

 

There are processes in which the music progresses (writing, performing ETC..) which can be written about.

 
Also your opinion of the music as well as how it sounds.


Edited by Australian - November 26 2006 at 21:54
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No, writing about music is meaningful, fun, and sometimes necessary. Dancing about architecture (whatever that may be) is just silly.
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One actually can be so inspired by architecture to dance, so I find the question unanswerable. Smile
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It's an ideologically wonderful but ultimately downright silly quote.
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No way. Writing about music is as writing about dance or writing about architecture. All meaningfull exercises. Dancing about architecture is downright strange Wacko
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one can express feelings and concepts through many languages, like the ones using words (verbal - speaking or written - communication) visual signs (visual arts) volumes (architecture), moving bodies (dance), sounds (music), numbers (maths and cyber-disciplines) etc... one feeling/concept can be used with the same meaning in any of these languages, one just needs to know how to use it's morphology and syntax. of course speaking, verbal communication is the most used to "translate" because we all know how to use it, at some point in evolution we decided we should all have this common language in order to communicate. LOL

of course all this is in theory, it's practice that's killing us. LOL
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"Dancing about architecture" could also mean "Dancing on or around architecture." An odd hobby, I grant that, but I'm sure someone out there does it. Smile
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Originally posted by stonebeard stonebeard wrote:

One actually can be so inspired by architecture to dance, so I find the question unanswerable. [IMG]height=17 alt=Smile src="http://www.progarchives.com/forum/smileys/smiley1.gif" width=17 align=absMiddle>

    
I am frequently inspired to dance by Greek architecture, as well as gothic style cathedrals.
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