"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down".

@mahler123 

That's true, but living in the past you will miss the present. It's useful to go there occasionally, but not to linger.

I believe "...all the people were singin’ ; Na- nanana- nanana-nana-nana-nanana-nana..." to be historically inaccurate. Can any historians confirm this?

For me, not even the great JS Bach can spoil, or even diminish, the greatness of Mozart, Scriabin, Janacek, Shubert and others. Seems to me that it is pointless and counterproductive to compare and judge as “greater”, for instance, Miles vs Armstrong, Coltrane vs Prez, and on and on. Ultimate greatness in art has to be judged against the backdrop of the point in time of its creation. Good art is always a reflection of its time and is an expression of the evolution of that particular art form. Whether we personally like any particular example of that art form or not is an entirely different matter.

@frogman 

Well said...

@thecarpathian 

+1