Guest, are you deliberately following Tunesmith's postings so that you can rubbish them. If you don't get the point of these types of discussions then I suggest, politely and courteously, that you find discussions that do interest you.

Again, Tunesmith, I get what you are saying and I think that this is a worthwhile discussion point.

I saw a really interesting tv programme about Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and this point was discussed in that show. One of the issues discussed, which is not quite on topic but related I think, was the use of a piece of his music in a Hollywood film scene of a rape. The piece of music is deeply religious and NFAK was appalled at the misuse of the music in such a context. To the western ear it was a beautiful piece of music, but to the person whose culture it comes from it has a deeper meaning based on the words as well as the music, and based on musical styles associated with religious or secular music.

Helen