Post subject: Re: German inflexibility of thinking
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 11:10 am
sanjunien
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Mintball wrote:Damn again! Did I not include Richard Strauss in that initial list? I'd meant to. <i>Also sprach Zarathustra</i> is quite glorious – possibly the apotheosis of 19th-century romanticism.
The first movement is famous as a result <i>2001</i>, of course, but the second is like floating in honey.
agreed but at the risk of being reprimanded for going off topic (as usual !)
yes,a much underrated composer
as for 'floating on honey' ? my equivalent would be swimming in a vat of Corbières whilst enjoying the finest of all symphonies,The Titan by Herr Mahler.....mmmmmm
Post subject: Re: German inflexibility of thinking
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 11:25 am
Mintball
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sanjunien wrote:agreed but at the risk of being reprimanded for going off topic (as usual !)
yes,a much underrated composer
as for 'floating on honey' ? my equivalent would be swimming in a vat of Corbières whilst enjoying the finest of all symphonies,The Titan by Herr Mahler.....mmmmmm
I like that as an image? But what about a Rivesaltes dessert wine?
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Post subject: Re: German inflexibility of thinking
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 12:39 pm
sanjunien
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El Barbudo wrote:You probably won't like any of the Trockenbeerenauslese or Eiswein categorisations then. (Just gently nudging back in the Deutsche Direktion)
no,far to sweet & syropy for my palate i'm afraid - I just need to look at a glass of the stuff and i'm 5kg heavier !!!
strangely enough i've never found the german people inflexible,on the contrary i've found them to have a similar outlook on life as the brits - I suppose i'm in the minority on this one ?
the french on the other hand are THE most inflexible group of people ! the french way is the best way and anything the grandfather a father did is good enough for the next generation in my experience
classic example is the groundsman at Perpignan,a council employee who had been instructed to water the pitch the night before as well as on the morning of a Catalans game (all games) without any regard to the weather conditions or any possible consequences - he did it because he was told to in his general orders - now that's what you call being inflexible ! - useless tool !!!
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sanjunien wrote:no,far to sweet & syropy for my palate i'm afraid - I just need to look at a glass of the stuff and i'm 5kg heavier !!!
strangely enough i've never found the german people inflexible,on the contrary i've found them to have a similar outlook on life as the brits - I suppose i'm in the minority on this one ?
the french on the other hand are THE most inflexible group of people ! the french way is the best way and anything the grandfather a father did is good enough for the next generation in my experience
classic example is the groundsman at Perpignan,a council employee who had been instructed to water the pitch the night before as well as on the morning of a Catalans game (all games) without any regard to the weather conditions or any possible consequences - he did it because he was told to in his general orders - now that's what you call being inflexible ! - useless tool !!!
The groundsman probably had a little bit of German in him if he was 'only following orders.' The fatherland should have shown more flexibility when Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg were knocking about. History may have turned out a little different.
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