All That Chat - re: How childish

Threaded Order Chronological Order

re: How childish
Posted by: J.Collins 01:14 pm EDT 04/05/23
In reply to: re: How childish - ryhog 11:39 am EDT 04/05/23

That is not an elision - I chose to use just one of the terms offered as an example, but the same applies for both. Forgettable has a specific meaning, as does uncompelling. They are not the same. If the poster didn't find the score compelling, they could have said that. They didn't. I am responding to what the poster did write, not what others may want to read on to what the poster wrote.
reply to this message

re: How childish
Posted by: ryhog 03:24 pm EDT 04/05/23
In reply to: re: How childish - J.Collins 01:14 pm EDT 04/05/23

I don't know how much future this definition stuff has but to me (and I think most) "compelling" means "unable to forget." The first four notes of Beethoven's 5th are unforgettable because they are compelling. (My preferred word is "resonant" but that's another matter. That seems to be a sidebar in any case. Your original point was "abuse." I do not think it is fair to label any of the words being used "abusive," here or elsewhere. ALW has written some memorable tunes over the years and maybe even one in this show. But a score? I don't think even avid fans would say this one is all that.
reply to this message

Time to render: 0.011822 seconds.