Originally Posted By: AudioTrack
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I'm pleased he's a superb trumpeter & composer rather than comedian...that prepared, read joke/pun fell flat.
Music is a metaphor IS a metaphor. Does that make it a metametaphor?

I just studied and listened to the delivery again. The key point in this lecture series was to articulate the position and importance of the rhythm section in swing music, and how different instruments provided dissimilar input to collectively contribute to a swing style.

To quote Wikipedia: "A common definition of metaphor can be described as a comparison that shows how two things that are not alike in most ways are similar in another important way."

And that's exactly what Mr Marsalis proceeded to describe.

When I listened carefully to the dialog again, and carefully studied the intent of the lecture, I found that the use of the term 'metaphor' in the subject title was absolutely perfect.

I don't understand why any comment should have mentioned 'metaphor' and a 'joke/pun fell flat'. However, I would gratefully receive a detailed explanation and analysis for my better understanding.


Good evening AudioTrack,

You don't "understand" why I mentioned something? For shame, mine, clearly.
Ought I read the Concise Requirements of Responding in AudioTrack's Threads sticky?

Wikipedia isn't always one's friend. It can be a confusing place as it also states, "A metaphor is a figure of speech that, for rhetorical effect, directly refers to one thing by mentioning another. It may provide clarity or identify hidden similarities between two different ideas."1. Not to forget Wiki also suggests, "The word metaphor itself is a metaphor..."2.

The basic idea, as taught to 10-12 year old students in NSW, is similar to the following:
On the football field he is a tiger. Metaphor
On the football field he is like a tiger. Simile
She shone from the stage. Metaphor - implied.
She shone from the stage like a star. Simile.
One suggests a comparison while the other

I didn't criticize his use of the word metaphor; I pointed to the fact that it could be READ AS a metaphor.
I found it an amusing moment in his little dialogue which I attempted to amplify with a pun. Obviously that failed.
I found it more amusing than the pun/joke/metaphor of "...un-legislated division of power..." which, it appears, fell flat.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphor introductory paragraph.
2. Fourth paragraph.

Cheers
rayc
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