Wes Crone ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>Deryk Barker wrote:
>
>>...  Yes many great composers borrowed melodies from elsewhere, but that
>>is not at all the same thing.
>
>...  I guess I am just curious about how one comes to such a standpoint.
>I am curious to hear from someone who feels it is entirely different for
>McCartney to borrow from or sound like someone else than it is for Bach
>or Brahms to borrow from or sound like someone else.

Because Brahms and Bach were perfectly capable of sounding like
themselves. McCartney doesn't.

>...  The list member pointed out the different musical "quotes" and
>borrowings he heard in the work but didn't say one BAD thing about it
>regarding this musical borrowing.  What's the big deal about finding
>stylistic similarities between McCartney's works and others' works?

Because borrowing within a larger piece is one thing, but borrowing
your entire style is another.

Deryk Barker
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