In a message dated 10/27/2001 4:57:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time, peggyh@i... writes: peggyh@i... writes:
<< There's nothing magic about a marathon, other than its classical associations. >>
peggy,
i couldn't agree with you more. (i don't even like to talk to distance runners.) but, i'm under the impression eaglen was serious in her comparison. her reference to an imaginary study was not the stuff of a figurative comparison. also, as i remember, her suggestion that keeping 'in shape' was necessary to sing well, is silly. she is a good example of just the opposite and, there are many other fine examples testifying to the opposite, as well.
ultimately, my problem with statements like hers is that they are attempts to glorify the act of singing beyond what it is. to anyone with enough sense to know that singing doesn't require anywhere near as much energy as running a marathon, this makes the singer look like a spoiled idiot rather than a heroic being.
mike
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