Show COMPOSERS P PAN AN GILES I IFOR FOR JAZZ LYRICS RAP Utahn's Denunciation Caused by Too Many Rejection Slips Tin Pan Say Professor Thomas Giles Giles' recent denunciation of modern jazz lyrics was just a a. dream walking a a. criticism inspired perhaps by too many rejection slips from song publishers in the opinion ot of Mac Gordon and Harry Revel Tin Pan Alley hi hit composers En- En route from Hollywood to New NewYork NewYork York the song writers stopped slopped nt at the Salt SaIl Lake airport FrIday long enough to suggest that the University ot of Utah mu music ic instructor love thy neighbor more and criticise less Why is he singing the asked one ot of the team Only those whose efforts at song composition have been rejected pick defects in popular songs The composers ot of Did You Ever EverSee EverSee See a Dream Walking Underneath the Harlem Moon Love Thy Neighbor Neigh her bor and other recent hits declared they receive scores cores of complaining letters each month from would would-be song writers whose compositions have been rejected Professor Giles has said that lyrics of modern popular songs are tive and tend to lower the moral standards of American youth but Gordon and Revel disagree Suggestiveness s a aid 1 d Revel pay in songs The public Gordon explained wants sweet lyrics And we the team chorused with becoming modesty supply the de de- mand Whereupon the discussion turned to Professor Giles Giles' asser assertion on that modern song writers frequently lift music from rom the works o of the masters With only seven notes in the scale said Revel what song writer can avoId creating something reminiscent cent ot of the work ot of another |