I love how some performers can get hold of audiences of literally all ages. I once walked past a kindergarten where they played Aqua's Barbie Girl, and the toddlers were all dancing and rocking their hearts out. And I just loved that these little spontaneous creatures were fans of the same song as somebody like me, a stiff, crusty, over-educated, near-middleaged man.
And also I worked for a while at a nursing home, and one of the brighter octogenarians, lovely lady, told me she was quite fond of rock music, and we talked about David Bowie and his then-current disc, Black Noise White Tie.
People who claim to be over-educated usually have just the bare minimum. One woman once claimed to be while having only a BA.
eolake said...
Yes, I thought you might pounce on this, my friend. I used "over-educated" here as shorthand for the condition you can find yourself in even at a young age, where didactic education has knocked most of the spontaneous joy-of-life and curiosity out of you. This happens to most people.
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"Young children start to show a preference for the music of their culture by age two, around the same time they begin to develop specialized speech processing. At first, children tend to like simple songs, where simple means music that has clearly defined themes (as opposed to, say, four-part counterpoint) and chord progressions that resolve in direct and easily predictable ways. As they mature, children start to tire of easily predictable music and search for music that holds more challenge. (...) The developmental trajectory, in children, of first preferring simple and then more complex songs is a generalization, of course; not all children like music in the first place, and some children develop a taste for music that is off the beaten path, oftentime through pure serendipity."
From "This is your brain on music" by Daniel Levitin. (Fascinating book!)
That said, that baby is hilarious.
People who claim to be over-educated usually have just the bare minimum. One woman once claimed to be while having only a BA.
"People who claim to be over-educated usually have just the bare minimum."
Yes, I thought you might pounce on this, my friend. I used "over-educated" here as shorthand for the condition you can find yourself in even at a young age, where didactic education has knocked most of the spontaneous joy-of-life and curiosity out of you. This happens to most people.
Speaking of which.
Cougars can pounce up to 6 metres (about 18 feet) vertically from a standing jump.
Just to spread my pompous bare minimum of didactic over-education a little.
"Culture is like jam: the less you have, the more you'll spread it." -- Pierre Dac
This happens to most people.
It happens to the below-average, that's true. The top 2% can't get enough.
"It happens to the below-average, that's true. The top 2% can't get enough."
As if Josie Troll knew anything about the top of anything! LMAO! Thanks for making my day. :-D
Six metres up from a standing start? Holy fork! No wonder my mom warned me about cougars. (Though that may have been the human kind, come to think of it.)
Bert,
Josie DOES know.
Eo,
"Holy fork"??? Be careful, before you find yourself blasphemating. Forks are impious.
In fact, when the fork was first invented in Europe, it was banned by the religious for being an accessory of the Devil, used to cook the kooks and the damned in Heck.
This is also why steam cooking and oil frying took a very long time to get accepted...
Sure, cougars are dangerous. But they're also incredibly pretty kittens, don't you agree?
I also like tiggers very much. Woo-hoo-hoo!
My unnerving verif: dograg
Met a cougar lately, Old Yeller? Rest in pieces, dawgie...
near-middleaged man
You're well into middle age.
bert: As if Josie Troll knew anything about the top of anything! LMAO! Thanks for making my day. :-D
They don't get much dumber than you, Bert. Thanks for making my day! You make Forrest Gump look like a candidate for Mensa. Move out of your mom's basement someday, Bertie-boy.
Hey, I bet Bert has one hell of a comic book collection! ha ha ha ha
What a loser!
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