Some people think he's bonkers, but he just thinks he's free. I personally think it's perfectly acceptable for him to be both, as the mentally handicapped have just as many rights as you or I in today's society.
Quite often contemporary music is derided, by those who remember wistfully, similar ground breaking music, which was considered modern rubbish in their own youth. Mozart was thought boorish by the establishment, in his early career, during the first performance of the Rite of Spring by Stravinsky, even the Parisians, famous for their love of excess, rioted in the aisles engaging in fisticuffs at one point. We all get older, sooner or later.
But that confirms my point, it's all conjecture. To the young bucks of today, Dizzy wotsit is infinitely more profound to them, than Mozart. I know nothing whatsoever about the fellow, but he must be doing something right.
He's an idiot, though. He was on Newsnight: "Mr. Rascal, do you believe in political parties in Britain?" "Uhhhhh.. yeah, I fink they exist"
It's a case of knowing everything when you are 20, and realising you know nothing of real importance, in the great scheme of things, by the time you are 40. Mozart never made it to 40, dying at 36. He innately knew so much about music he was probably hugely deficient at a lot of other things, in his era. It's probably not a good idea to set your ideals and views at a young age. Funnily enough, I have become more radical as I've aged, whereas convention has it that people become more conservative with age. Hopefully, as the UK population ages, we'll all buck the trend.
That's exactly it SS. I expect, if I could meet my 22 year old self, I'd be mortified. As would he be indubitably.
And if you really keep thinking you realise that at 50, your 40 year old self was still energetic and well meaning but still hadn't quite worked things out. I'm sure at 53 I've still got plenty of working out to do.
I've got the whole depressing cycle ahead of me - thankfully I'm always right so have no need to worry about finding out I'm not
It's amazing, but you'll absolutely bloody love it when you find out Dan. It won't be depressing. It will be liberating.
Are you sure? The realisation that my entire life has been a clueless waste of time doesn't sound liberating
No, don't worry. You'll find masses of positives. You'll realise how much you've learned, and that you've been open minded to other opinions, voices and facts. It'll help shape you.
Haha if you allow me to rephrase - I know nothing except stuff about football where I know quite a lot. Feel free to quote me on that
