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Re:Rise of the Creative Class Worked a Little Too Well by michaelchisari on Friday October 27, 2017 @05:33PM (#15572402)
You said only, not me. Great art is heavy on intellectual complexity.
Re:Rise of the Creative Class Worked a Little Too Well by WalterBright on Friday October 27, 2017 @06:44PM (#15572825)
The Beatles made some of the greatest music in history, but "she loves you yeah yeah yeah" is a mite lacking in intellectual complexity.
Re:Rise of the Creative Class Worked a Little Too Well by michaelchisari on Friday October 27, 2017 @08:10PM (#15573262)
You're going to bring up the Beatles, and not bring up Tomorrow Never Knows or Blue Jay Way or anything off of Sgt. Pepper?

And all art has a wide expanse between commercially available and popular, and the avant garde, and within that range is another range between simplicity and complexity.

Art also encompasses film, fiction, the visual arts, music. All of which have a massive range of intellectual importance and depth.

No offense, but I feel as though you're showing your ignorance much more than proving your point.

Re:Rise of the Creative Class Worked a Little Too Well by WalterBright on Friday October 27, 2017 @08:50PM (#15573402)
> All of which have a massive range

Of course they do. I'm merely challenging your claim "Great art is heavy on intellectual complexity." There's no doubt at all that "She Loves You" is a great song. Personally, I prefer the earlier Beatles tunes rather than Sgt Pepper. Perhaps you could quote from the latter some lyrics that have deep meaning to you?

I also greatly enjoy Led Zeppelin, have every album, even cover albums, but am under no illusions about the intellectual complexity of "squeeze my lemon".

Re:Rise of the Creative Class Worked a Little Too Well by michaelchisari on Friday October 27, 2017 @10:31PM (#15573686)
There are great examples of lyricism in music. There are great examples of production. There are great examples of musicianship. And there are great examples of songwriting. Each has varying levels of complexity.

Nobody celebrates Led Zeppelin for their lyricism, but I think you knew that already.

Re:Rise of the Creative Class Worked a Little Too Well by goldfeld on Friday October 27, 2017 @07:38PM (#15573126)
Far from making greatest works even in modern music, but they made greatness accessible.
Re:Rise of the Creative Class Worked a Little Too Well by WalterBright on Friday October 27, 2017 @09:10PM (#15573459)
> accessible

I was always baffled by what that was supposed to mean.