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Originally posted by Timber Loftis:
Well, I didn't say it was REASONABLE. In fact I labelled it a personal bias. It is what it is. But, I do think a bit less of the artist(s) when I read the liner notes and find out they didn't write it. Just my bias, that's all. Co-writing is fine - it falls outside of my bias. 
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Do you think less of an actor for not writing the screenplay of a film? Or the director for not editing it? Do you think less of a dancer for having a choreographer? Or a model having a designer? DO you think less of comedian having a writer?
How about a singer/pianist like Elton John who writes his music but not the words? How about a Madonna who writes words but not chords or structured melodies?
What do you do with interpretive genius like Elvis, who did not write, but made each song his own? Is interpretive genius not something you respect? What does a conductor of an orchestra do then? Not do Brahms or Chopin because they should only do work they compose? What about the orchestra itself? Should each member only write their own lines? Ignoring a composer and/or conductors vision?
Your line of thinking actually devalidates the whole concept of a seperate creator of a work - independent from the performer. Creators who are writing things outside their own ability. Not restricted by the skills they've been given. It allows for collaboration. Without which we not not have artists like the Beatles or any film.
I repeat, do we denigrate or devalue the specialist?
Power to Norah. If she never writes another song, but solely interprets the work of others as beautifully as she has already, she will continue to enhance peoples experience of life on this planet.
And that is a good thing.
[ 02-25-2003, 01:40 AM: Message edited by: Yorick ]