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RE: Some choice words from Quincy Jones

He is correct on both counts.

I don't know why we would need a so-called "minister of culture". And what would this individual/bureaucracy due in order to promote "culture"?
Promote free concerts? Build museums? We cannot afford, nor do we need
another bureaucracy which does nothing useful.

Do you think the average consumer of pop culture needs to be told what's
good, what's bad, what's desirable, what's not? Do you think the more
sophisticated consumers of culture - say classical music - need to be
told what's worth listening to and what isn't? Consumers of culture on
all levels know what they like. They don't need or want another useless and gigantic bureaucracy talking down to them.

Besides which, he seems to be talking mostly, if not exclusively, about
music, and music popular mostly with blacks. Thta's all right, I'd
expect that. He also seems concerned with musicians getting paid, and
that's a very valid concern. But getting paid for your product has
nothing to do with culture.

And while we can certainly say that Q has been involved with many worth-
while projects, he has been closely associated with some that are not
quite so worthwhile. It's difficult for me to reconcile his close
association with Basie with his close association with Michael Jackson.
The two are on opposite ends of the cultural spectrum.

Lack of skill dictates economy of style. - Joey Ramone

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