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Subject: [Leica] Dylan's Pitch
From: walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)
Date: Wed Nov 29 16:35:29 2006
References: <001601c71412$89f4d800$6501a8c0@asus930>

Why thank you Hoppy and if you really want to talk about screwing up?  I 
had a chance to cover Dylan years back and did something else instead. 
How's that for being remiss? :'(

G Hopkinson wrote:

>Walt, "screwed the pitch pooch" is perhaps the finest bit of literary 
>craftsmanship I have read on the LUG lately ;-)
>Back on Dylan, my wife saw him live here in Oz back in her student days. 
>She said that on stage he had all of the ?lan and presence
>of a bowl of cold porridge. For perspective her musical taste runs to some 
>pretty loud stuff on occasion. And fity cent
>Cheers
>Hoppy
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org 
>[mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
>Walt Johnson
>Sent: Thursday, 30 November 2006 09:47
>To: Leica Users Group
>Subject: Re: [Leica] Dylan's Pitch
>
>I'm sure Simon and Garfunkle hit all the right notes in */Bridge Over 
>Troubled Waters /*and Johnny Cash screwed the pitch pooch in his version 
>0f the same song. Listening to both though who's rendition sounds more 
>honest?
>
>mcyclwritr@comcast.net wrote:
>
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>
>>Dylan once said, "I'm as good as Caruso; I can hit all the notes."
>>
>>-Chris Lawson
>>
>>-------------- Original message ----------------------
>>From: bob palmieri <rpalmier@depaul.edu>
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>>>Folks-
>>>
>>>Well... what do I find as a result of my monthly perusal of LUG  
>>>activities but a discussion of Bob Dylan's pitch acuity...
>>>
>>>All I'd better say is that Dylan's pitch is so wide that it's  
>>>sometimes hard to even name the note he may be intending to hit.   
>>>But, as in the "in-out of focus" analogy, pitch accuracy is not an  
>>>important part of his gestalt, and in fact I wouldn't be surprised if  
>>>measurably accurate pitch would detract from his overall sound.  And,  
>>>I might also say that anyone who focusses on this aspect isn't  
>>>"hearing" these performances in the most advantageous way.
>>>   
>>>
>>>      
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