Yeah. John Cage doesn't really do it for me, either. While I'm sure he's philosophically important and all that. I'd much rather listen to a Mozart sonata, Vivaldi, Copeland, Phillip Glass, Gorezki or Arvo Part. Heck. I'd rather listen to the Bee Gee's than subject myself to John Cage for crying out loud.
Same with so much of modern, deconstructionist art. You can look at Picasso's cubist period, Pollock or Marcel DuChamp and say, "They break all the rules, and make us question why we have the rules in the first place." And while that keeps me interested for roughly 1 minute 15 seconds, I then want to look at something beautifully done like Picasso's rose or blue periods, or perhaps some Italian or Dutch masters. I can look at Renaissance master's paintings for days on end because they actually followed the rules.
So, the same reason that I'd rather listen to Mozart over Cage is the same reason that I'd much rather watch Bill Murray or John Belushi over Kaufman. Of course, YMMV.
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Yeah. John Cage doesn't really do it for me, either. While I'm sure he's philosophically important and all that. I'd much rather listen to a Mozart sonata, Vivaldi, Copeland, Phillip Glass, Gorezki or Arvo Part. Heck. I'd rather listen to the Bee Gee's than subject myself to John Cage for crying out loud.
Same with so much of modern, deconstructionist art. You can look at Picasso's cubist period, Pollock or Marcel DuChamp and say, "They break all the rules, and make us question why we have the rules in the first place." And while that keeps me interested for roughly 1 minute 15 seconds, I then want to look at something beautifully done like Picasso's rose or blue periods, or perhaps some Italian or Dutch masters. I can look at Renaissance master's paintings for days on end because they actually followed the rules.
So, the same reason that I'd rather listen to Mozart over Cage is the same reason that I'd much rather watch Bill Murray or John Belushi over Kaufman. Of course, YMMV.