Re: [Harp-L] Joe Cocker w/subtitle translation

[IcemanLE@xxxxxxx]

Yes, remember how many people thought Jimi Hendrix sang, " 'scuse me, while  
I kiss this guy".
 
As to perceiving musical lines, I believe the perception unfolds as the  line 
does, because language isn't a factor. Perhaps you may "hum along" in your  
inner ear when you hear a familiar melodic idea, feeling that tingle of 
surprise  when the artist alters a note or two along the way from what you expect - 
i.e.  Miles Davis.
 
In blues harmonica, I've often enjoyed learning well established ideas and  
"licks" and then altering them to pull the listener out of the automatic pilot  
perception mode and give them an aural surprise. It also ends the cycle of  
memorizing other's ideas and reproducing them ad infinitum.
 
The Iceman
 
 
In a message dated 7/1/2008 1:42:15 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

That  Cocker vid is an interesting study in both creative expression through 
lack of  annunciation and how the listeners brain processes this information  





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