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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Baloo: [QB] Just because a song is popular does not mean it's great. "Disco duck" (Rick Dees) was popular. "The Streak" (Ray Stevens) was popular. "Convoy" (C.W. McCall) was popular. "Mairzy Dotes" (I dunno the performer/composer) was popular. One of the above is now a children's song. I'll bet most of you responded "Huh? Wuzzat?" to all or most of the above titles. Popularity is no measure of greatness. Beethoven had many contemporary competitors, but unless you're a music historian, you probably can't name a single one of them. Beethoven was great. The rest were popular (and not all of them, either). Just because something is popular NOW has no bearing upon whether it's truly important in the scheme of things. Even when it's important, it isn't always a good idea. Being a Nazi made you important in Germany from around 1933 to early 1945, but it didn't mean you were one of the "good guys", especially if you had Jewish friends and/or relatives. "Popular" is overrated. --Baloo [/QB][/QUOTE]
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