05/10/2015
All music is folk music. Horses don't sing.
--Louis Armstrong
(from that same Nat Hentoff book)
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That's speciesism.
AMDG
Posted by: Janet | 05/10/2015 at 08:23 PM
Right. I only posted it as an example of how dumb, if not bigoted, people were until quite recently.
Posted by: Mac | 05/10/2015 at 10:40 PM
Oh good. I was worried there for a minute.
AMDG
Posted by: Janet | 05/11/2015 at 06:28 AM
And really, we don't know that they can't sing, in fact, there is evidence in Swift and Lewis that would indicate otherwise. Perhaps they just won't sing in front of humans because they know we will harness them and make them appear on reality TV.
AMDG
Posted by: Janet | 05/11/2015 at 10:25 AM
Who can't sing?
Posted by: Robert Gotcher | 05/11/2015 at 10:49 AM
Horses.
Posted by: Mac | 05/11/2015 at 01:52 PM
My experience is that animals are actively hostile to music. At least that's the conclusion I draw from the fact that my dog leaves the room when I plug in my electric guitar.
Posted by: Mac | 05/11/2015 at 01:53 PM
I'm glad I'm the only person here because I could never explain why I'm laughing like this.
AMDG
Posted by: Janet | 05/11/2015 at 02:43 PM
Oh. Right. Sometimes I'm just dense.
Posted by: Robert Gotcher | 05/12/2015 at 11:59 AM