>Fro some comment see the "Polemical Introduction" to Northrop Frye's
>_Anatomy of Criticism_ (the remainder of the book is of less interest).
You're bringing Northrop Frye into a discussion about Billy Joel?
> si juvenile and nonsensical
I agree. When talking about Billy Joel, juvenile and nonsensical, si ! Northrop Frye no ! should be a rallying cry.
>It disrupts useful intellectual discourse
Even if it's got a good beat and you can dance to it?
>and represents merely a fart of self-expression
Uh, huh, huh, huh... he said fart.