Mozart, Beatles

One thing that makes The Beatles better than everybody else is how deceptively complex their songs are. Anyone who plays guitar has thought to themselves "hey, lemme play this Beatles song", and then after a few seconds of strumming finds themself thinking "well, close...but there's something missing when I try to play it..." Unlike, say, playing a Buddy Holly song. But to a listener, the song sounds incredibly simple, which is what's important.

Apparently the same thing is true about Mozart:

Notice how elegantly proportioned Mozart’s music is. Notice how it’s simple, but never simplistic. Logical, but never coldly so. Clean, but not so clean your mother isn’t still going to have a conniption.

Which, of course, I bring up mainly to talk about back farts. Sigh. My art!