# Obvious things about a creative work you realize after the millionth time (OPEN SPOILERS POSSIBLE) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 24, 2009, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obvious-things-about-a-creative-work-you-realize-after-the-millionth-time-open-spoilers-possible/504117 "2009-07-24T13:20:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 6276
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2025, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obvious-things-about-a-creative-work-you-realize-after-the-millionth-time-open-spoilers-possible/504117/6276 "2025-04-05T13:39:45Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > But I watched a video today by a professional violinist. She was talking about “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” by Charlie Daniels and how a lot of people feel the Devil gave a better performance than Johnny. > > She refuted this with a technical discussion of playing the violin. The Devil’s performance may have sounded cool but he was only using a couple of basic techniques that a beginner would know (along with a backup band of demons). Johnny’s performance was subtler but much more sophisticated We’ve debated this earlier. I think the Devil won the poll (which didn’t carry over with the migration to discourse). > [@"The Devil Went Down to Georgia" - Who was better: Johnny or the Devil?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-devil-went-down-to-georgia-who-was-better-johnny-or-the-devil/824941): > > In this song about dueling fiddlers, one being the Devil and the other being Johnny, who was the better player? [The Devil’s Entry](https://youtu.be/sh7BZf7D5Bw?t=1m12s)[Johnny’s Submission](https://youtu.be/sh7BZf7D5Bw?t=2m1s) Prize: One (1) fiddle made of gold. Public poll, as always… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obvious-things-about-a-creative-work-you-realize-after-the-millionth-time-open-spoilers-possible/504117)._