Diana Krall

She's fun to listen to and she's good at what she does. I would love to see her live even if I "only" own three of her lp's. Besides, live performances really make you see an artist in a different light.

@rpeluso Agreed. It's like walking into someone's house and verbally trashing their decor or artwork.

@czarivey
Actually, a potato is not a root, but a tuber, and thus part of the stem of the plant. That's why you can bury potato plants underground and they'll still grow.

I can't stand it when audiophiles slack in their botanical knowledge...

@mattmiller Thanks also for introducing me to Kandace Springs. Been Tidaling her for a few weeks now. Very engaging to listen to.

@theglees  Well said.

Gawd - the snobbery here is hilarious. And to think that in my decades of ignorance I had just assumed Krall was a fine jazz artist and performer in her own right.

But now I know she is just a mediocre "entertainer" in a world where only Music - not sports or poetry or drama or visual art -  can elevate the human soul to its goal of achieving Platonic form.

It must be lonely being so perfect in your messianic omniscience.

@tubegroover It's not a matter of liking or not liking Diana Krall. Up until this thread, I'd never considered it with too much aesthetic thought. However, what raised MY hackles and tugged on my jowls was

1. The hijacking of the OP's original intent and purpose into a rant and demeaning of an artist the OP plainly admires and enjoys. It's like being invited into someone's house and then openly and without shame excoriating his artwork and cuisine.

2. How smug some of the responders come across as. I mean, everyone's an armchair quarterback, but only 32 real quarterbacks suit up every Sunday. That's not to suggest we're not entitled to a learned opinion, but to take someone as respected as DK and claim she's nothing more than a piano bar singer is to suggest you're somehow more learned and musically astute than everyone else. But hey - if you think you are, then feel free to create your own reality (that's "you" as in the responders, not "you" as in tubegroover).

It's like the person who posted several years ago that Steely Dan was nothing more than studio musicians who got lucky. I mean, fascinating.