Playing the saxophone Why do you play saxophone? Some thoughts.

[Woodpad]

In could name a good few folks corrupted by money and fame - but that would be political!

It is not political to name the folks that are not corrupted by money, fame and all that social intelligence stuff.
Also it is much less work.

 

[Grumps]

You could say the same thing about Kenny G, couldn't you?

I wouldn't. I have nothing but respect for Kenny G.
Neil? Not so much. Because he's an imbecile.

 

[mark_addy]

It is not political to name the folks that are not corrupted by money, fame and all that social intelligence stuff.
Also it is much less work.

Eric Dolphy is reputed to have been a nice bloke, and no one seems to have much bad to say about Benny Green. I always appreciate the insights of former Archbishop Rowan Williams, when I can understand him, though I don't know what he's like on saxophone.

(The risk here is that someone un-earths something shocking about someone one has previously been inspired by. I guess we all have feet of clay. Whatever happened to... )

 

[LostCircuits]

I wouldn't. I have nothing but respect for Kenny G.
Neil? Not so much. Because he's an imbecile.

I am a bit ambivalent towards him. As opposed to Watson and Crick who were among the biggest jerks I ever had the displeasure of meeting.

But that brings up another question: Why is there no Nobel Prize for Music (not counting Bob Dylan)?

 

[Targa]

I am a bit ambivalent towards him. As opposed to Watson and Crick who were among the biggest jerks I ever had the displeasure of meeting.

But that brings up another question: Why is there no Nobel Prize for Music (not counting Bob Dylan)?

Presumably for the same reason there isn’t one for several other areas of endeavour.

 

[LostCircuits]

Presumably for the same reason there isn’t one for several other areas of endeavour.

Not sure about that. At the time the foundations for the Nobel Price were established, they covered every field where "people were capable of helping to improve society through knowledge, science and humanism. This is why he created a prize that would reward the discoveries that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." So, in a way it is really surprising that music was outside his radar.

There are many post-Nobel areas of science that have been tied into the existing categories, others not. But reading up on Alfred Nobel, he became "deaf" after being exposed to and explosion in his nitroglycerine plant. Of course, this is coincidence but in a pre-amplified music world, I could imagine that music fell by the wayside for him. Just conjecture, of course.

 

[Pete Thomas]

I could imagine that music fell by the wayside for him. Just conjecture, of course.

I imagine that’s exactly what it was. I guess it was his money his as choice and decided not to include arts or leisure. It’s moot now we have Grammies and Oscar’s etc. anyway.

 

[LostCircuits]

I imagine that’s exactly what it was. I guess it was his money his as choice and decided not to include arts or leisure. It’s moot now we have Grammies and Oscar’s etc. anyway.

I am a little "hesitant" to put Oscars and Grammies into the same league as the Nobel Prize. And if arts and leisure are not included, where does literature fit in?

But I agree, it is a moot point, sorry for branching out on a tangent. But , saxophone might have cut through his deafness, darn it, Adolphe missed out on something big!

 

[Woodpad]

Not sure if Nobel was as deaf as Van Beethoven.

https://www.nejm.org/doi/abs/10.1056/NEJM193005152022009

But there is nothing wrong with an Oscar for best economic analysis in a movie.

 

[mark_addy]

But there is nothing wrong with an Oscar for best economic analysis in a movie.

Not a movie as such - but you make me think of this...

 

[Grumps]

It’s moot now we have Grammies and Oscar’s etc. anyway.

I remember a world where comparing a Nobel Prize to an Oscar might have been cause for offense. Not this world though. I'd put them all on equal footing accordingly. Offense not taken!

 

[Targa]

From the ‘importance’ placed on it, though hysteria would be a more appropriate word especially for media coverage, there should be a Nobel prize for football.

 

[LostCircuits]

From the ‘importance’ placed on it, though hysteria would be a more appropriate word especially for media coverage, there should be a Nobel prize for football.

Wait, the original Idea behind the Nobel Price was to furnish the laureate with enough money to be able to continue his / her work without having to worry about financing it through e.g. teaching or 3rd party grants.

How would that line up with football?

 

[Targa]

Wait, the original Idea behind the Nobel Price was to furnish the laureate with enough money to be able to continue his / her work without having to worry about financing it through e.g. teaching or 3rd party grants.

How would that line up with football?

Well if you will expect some logic in my ramblings; as in the other fields it’s given to the one person who has done the most important work in the field, so in this case guess who thinks that should be him.

 

[LostCircuits]

Well if you will expect some logic in my ramblings; as in the other fields it’s given to the one person who has done the most important work in the field, so in this case guess who thinks that should be him.

I.... don't ---- not really 😉

 

[Grumps]

Wait... are we talking about Zlatan?

 

[skeller047]

Well @Grumps, I still think I like you, even though I have a lot of respect for NdGT. You’re funny (and not an imbecile).

Regardless, I think the quote about area, border and ignorance is clever, and a bit funny.

I look forward to hanging with you next January. I hope we both make it LOL.

 

[Grumps]

Regardless, I think the quote about area, border and ignorance is clever, and a bit funny.

And yet, it was calling for my retort. Hubris shouldn't stand alone; especially when ridicule makes great company.

 

[lig]

Because he's dumb. If you don't agree, that's fine. We all have our perspective.

Completely disagree with you on NGT. I love that guy.

Dumb? Hardly.

One of my favorite quotes for context the discussion was on “intelligent design”

“ "I think of, like, the human body, and I look at what's going on between our legs," Tyson said. "There's like a sewage system and entertainment complex intermingling. No engineer of any intelligence would have designed it that way." 😀

 

[Grumps]

Dumb? Hardly.

Softly then? Come on man... he's a cartoon character now. Even more so than The Science Guy. The corruption of academics. Made for TV.