Jon Johanning ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>Whenever I knock popular music on this list (which I admit I do rather too
>often--I'm trying to break the habit), someone responds with the example of
>the Beatles.  My reply is in two parts: (a) They may resemble Schubert and
>Schumann in some ways, but my position is, why not go for the real Schubert
>and Schumann, and not a pale resemblance?

As far as I'm concerned the only real similarity between Schubert,
Schumann and Lennon and McCartney is that stature as songwriters.

Deryk Barker
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