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Wednesday, December 2. 2020

Bob at age 17

Talent shows early, doesn't it? The phrasing. Other things can show later, but not talent. Thanks, Gerard.



Posted by Bird Dog at 15:37 | Comments (4) | Trackbacks (0)

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How about those Hibbing boys?
#1 rocdoctom on 2020-12-02 16:45 (Reply)
Not impressed with his phrasing and never was. It was the lyrics themselves, and his assertiveness in following a seam of expression he could see before others.

I agree with your sentiment of talent showing early. It doesn't always flower and blossom - in fact, it fails more often than not - but there has to be a plant to start with, and talent is the most likely source.

It is the IQ question in disguise. Bob's is very high - or at least his Verbal IQ is, though that is not what people think of. He has generated ideas in a torrent for decades. That's not training, or EQ, or gumption. It's talent.
#2 Assistant Village Idiot on 2020-12-02 19:09 (Reply)
Meh. I was always the "gifted, creative" one. Most common report card comment (which was variously rephrased in dismissal letters by later employers) was "does not fulfill his potential".

Excuses are repeatedly made for people of my type. Ducks (especially teachers) always gush over the swans/odd birds who are quick studies or toss off "creative" solutions.

I only started delivering on my potential when i stopped thinking of myself as special because i had flashes of insight and inspiration, and embraced hard work and humility - the "90 percent perspiration" that gets edited out of the biopics.

Unfortunately our current system is built to coddle. PC boosterism and helicopter parenting have insulated both talented and mediocre from the need to actually work.

The big secret is that the work itself yields the flashes of insight - and provides the substance upon which creativity acts. Mediocrities who work hard often acheive more than the 'naturals'. I have seen this repeatedly with friends and peers.

https://youtu.be/0knX60erT-0
#3 Ben david on 2020-12-03 04:12 (Reply)
I like this one of a 13 year old Jimmy Page.

https://youtu.be/ewNLaBhPRY8
#4 Teri Pittman on 2020-12-03 15:45 (Reply)

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