Charlie Parker - "Moose the Mooche"

Charlie Parker (alt. sax),
Red Garland (piano), Billy Griggs (bass), Roy Haynes (drums)
Live at Storyville Club, 10th March, 1953

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[thetornado]

Wow. You just put Pops, Stravinsky, and Bird in the same category with the fucking Beatles?!?! Were you a young girl during the 60's or something?

[dubya13207]

snobbery? you don't know the right cats man

[Zach Gay]

They were just as important to 20th century music as any of the rest of them, and there is indeed genius in their works. They were groundbreaking as far as rock music went, and helped elevate the genre beyond it's initial simple-mindedness. Anyone who has seriously studied 20th century music as a whole will tell you the same.

[thatkidnamedwill]

You're comparing two inadvertently uncomparable acts. They boyh have rights to be called geniuses in their own ways. Dont diss Charlie.

[MrPiggelddy]

just from an intellectual point. in terms of what it sounds like it'll always be wank

[Domk931]

"This shit" Is something that changed music forever, Parker is a legend to an extent beyond any other musician, especially the likes of the Beatles. Do some solo analysis and take into account the complex chord relations and phrase structures were spontaneous. It'll soon click..

[MrPiggelddy]

going up and down scales ≠ genius

[MrPiggelddy]

idiot. the beatles are a million times better than this shit

[thetornado]

catchy pop tunes ≠ genius.

[thetornado]

I think the term "genius" should be reserved to describe actual geniuses, so as not to create confusion within speakers of the english language...

[Saadman90]

She can think geniuses are anyone man. don't judge who people value as artists. The Beatles are amazing and have the right to be thought of as geniuses.