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Default RIP Pavarotti (warning: music and LP content)

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ScottW wrote:

On Sep 6, 10:42 am, Jenn wrote:
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ScottW wrote:
On Sep 6, 10:35 am, Jenn wrote:
In article .com,


ScottW wrote:
On Sep 6, 10:13 am, Jenn wrote:
In article . com,


ScottW wrote:
On Sep 6, 9:42 am, Jenn
wrote:
In article
.com,


ScottW wrote:
On Sep 6, 9:20 am, Jenn
wrote:
A great, great artist. Not my favorite tenor of all time,
but
undeniably great.


Since opera is not undeniably great, can an opera singer be
undeniably
great?


ScottW


Yes


Pavarotti aside, the idea that anyone can declare someone
undeniably
great is more than a bit arrogant IMO.


Yes, I'm sure.


So was Babe Ruth and (sic) undeniably great home run hitter?


No, he was fat man who faced relatively poor pitching
by todays (sic) standard.
Barry is not undeniably great either.
Claims of undeniability on a subjective matter is to claim
supremacy of opinion.


ScottW


I see. Well, thanks for your opinion. I believe that there are
undeniably great performers, events, etc.


And you get to select them? How arrogant!


ScottW


Feel free to look up the definitions of "great".


I guess he was "notably large in size".


And yes, we ALL get to select them.


Don't spin. I grant your right to believe he's great.
I object to your claim through undeniability that
a differing opinion has no merit.

Most of us feel that the fall of
Hitler was a great event, for example.


Brett challenges the undeniability of that.

Pavarotti's ability to sing in
tune, with amazing technique, range, and expressivity is widely
considered to be "great" whether you like the music he sang or not.


Widely considered is very different from undeniable.
You're drifting.

ScottW


Whatever. OK, from now on it's "undeniably great for a wide part of the
populace in both subjective and objective aspects of his art."