Re: Arthur C. Clarke Quote

From: Roger Steer (roger.steer_at_uwe.ac.uk)
Date: 03/13/05 

Date: 13 Mar 2005 10:00:42 -0800

> Only an idiot would such a thing a "tone poem".

In my opinion, only an idiot would about such a thing a 'tone poem'.

What I think the writer is saying is rather like the advert for Monty
Python's 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' - The film that makes Ben
Hur look like an epic.

What is 'Also sprach Zarath(o)ustra', then? Most people would have no
objection to 'tone poem', maybe 'symphonic poem' is a bit nearer the
mark, because of its length (about 35m), but hardly worth arguing
about.

Roger