tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540977209436721467.post1490024031336434790..comments2022-03-26T17:38:51.001+00:00Comments on Devil's Trill: Hack AttackAndrew Morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13621999760260602982noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540977209436721467.post-34370102357746074982017-03-03T12:06:51.731+00:002017-03-03T12:06:51.731+00:00Interesting thoughts - thank you David. I find the...Interesting thoughts - thank you David. I find the juncture of critic and critiqued rather fascinating, which was my entry point to this "spat". I am amused on occasion by the way in which responders to criticism don't hold themselves to the standards they clearly expect of critics. You're quite right to say there's nothing in that review you should regret or apologise for. And thank you for the context on your previous remarks.Andrew Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13621999760260602982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540977209436721467.post-46300071345506322082017-03-03T00:33:27.192+00:002017-03-03T00:33:27.192+00:00Thanks, Andrew - you had no obligation to defend m...Thanks, Andrew - you had no obligation to defend me, but thank you for putting it in a wider context. That 'pipsqueak English Cathedral tenor' bit is actually something I regret - I could have chosen a milder word than 'pipsqueak' and probably got carried away with the rhythm of it. We do try and put things so that people aren't hurt, and clearly I failed there (by the way, another critic thought it was implying that I got MP mixed up with someone else - I was just using him as an example of a voice type. Which, again, I've changed my mind about on occasions - not least over his very clear and strongly projected Vere at the Proms).<br /><br />Anyway, that's a convoluted way of saying that I regret nothing that I wrote on this occasion. I hate to think what MP would have made of the harsher crits. But then their authors might not have pissed him off so much some way back... Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.com