Listening to the World Cafe radio program on NPR of pre-recorded interviews with George Martin, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr and playing Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
People frequently refer to artists, musical and otherwise as 'brilliant' or by some other such superlative; and that's fine, except that they and their listeners must remember that the 'brilliance' to which they refer is merely subjective.
George Martin, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr (also the late John Lennon and George Harrison) may be referred to by some as brilliant, and that's fine, but it is a superlative and it is subjective.
All these people are extremely gifted, talented and creative individuals who happened to exist at a specific period in time during which there existed one particular and specific music industry complete with technological and structural elements that were unique to that time and which all working together and interacting as a business and cultural influence produced and distributed the product that resulted from the interaction of all the aforementioned factors in one particular time and space.
It cannot be duplicated or replicated ever again.
It was indeed CREATIVE. But was it brilliant? Maybe. Maybe not. But it happened. And we have a record of the fruits of the labors of these unique creative individuals for our personal and professional gratification.
Do we still have brilliance, creativity, gifts, talents and creativity? Will we continue to recognize, appreciate and reward it? I can only hope so.
What do YOU think?
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