I think John Williams is one of those people who is instantly recognisable to those who know of that field, and 'who?' to everyone else, in the same class as Terry Pratchett or Niel Gaiman. At a pinch, if you were to talk about John Williams to most people, they'd either talk about how much they liked his Film Scores, or talk about 'Hey, True Blue', philistines that they are.
I think I would have started vibrating within the first five minutes with barely surpressed fanb0yizm.
The nearest I've come to that was being on the same flight as Bill O'Chee into Canberra. I only saw himn on the way out, though. He was up in the front section (Business Class, I think, the plane wasn't big enough for Business and First classes), and I was way back in the back.
Bumping into Nick Cave on Glenhuntly road a couple of weeks ago was briefly entertaining, though. Like the other people I see around there (There's a comedian named Peter Rosethorn who lives around the corner), it was a case of "he looks familiar. Oh, it's [insert celebrity here], out shopping. Good for him."
Re: Not noticing
At a pinch, if you were to talk about John Williams to most people, they'd either talk about how much they liked his Film Scores, or talk about 'Hey, True Blue', philistines that they are.
I think I would have started vibrating within the first five minutes with barely surpressed fanb0yizm.
The nearest I've come to that was being on the same flight as Bill O'Chee into Canberra. I only saw himn on the way out, though. He was up in the front section (Business Class, I think, the plane wasn't big enough for Business and First classes), and I was way back in the back.
Bumping into Nick Cave on Glenhuntly road a couple of weeks ago was briefly entertaining, though. Like the other people I see around there (There's a comedian named Peter Rosethorn who lives around the corner), it was a case of "he looks familiar. Oh, it's [insert celebrity here], out shopping. Good for him."