Re: Classical music
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Yes, IMHO, classical music is an acquired taste.
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I agree. I'm starting to get a little bit of a taste for it, but I certainly can't listen to it all the time. I've got my Wagner selection down, and there's plenty of other good stuff on the heavier side for someone that comes from a hard rock background like me.
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Thank you all for the info. I look forward to hearing them in my home! Thanks!
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Re: Classical music
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In reply to:
Yes, IMHO, classical music is an acquired taste.
Nah, it's love at first sight (err, rather first hearing.)
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If you want heart pumping energy and emotion, classical is where you'll find it. Try movement 1 of Tchaikovsky's 4th symphony, the fourth movement of Mahler's first symphony, the finale of Rimsky-Kosakov's Scheherezade, or anything by Rachmaninov. The classical universe has the full gamut of emotions, if you just give it a chance.
Classical music challenging? Yes! Easy to grasp? No. Boring? Never!
Don't dis what you haven't experienced.
Mark
"Shoot, a fella could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff"
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Re: Classical music
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i downloaded some Holst (I love Kazaa) and it certainly is 'interesting' but I can't shake the feeling that it sounds like a movie soundtrack. Not bad though.
"Chickens don't clap."
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Sure. That is because today's orchestral movie soundtracks (e.g., John Williams, Dave Grusin...) in a sense represent a direct descendant from the thematic/programmatic/descriptive classical pieces of late 19-20 centuries, such as the works of Richard Strauss, Stravinski, Holst, and many others.
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Im not knocking classical music. Its alot better than some of the stuff out there. And i have heard it before. I surely havent heard everything but i know what alot of its like. I even downoloaded some of your rachmninoff.
I just think its kinda boring. Theres no story to it or nothing that really affects me emotionally. Its not bad as barkround music but i certainly couldnt sit through a whole cd of it. Again, im not Dis'sin it. I just think its boring. It doesnt affect me the way some other music does.
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You like your music to have words, don't you?
I get that all the time. I'd say a good 60% of the music I listen to has no words. It drives most of my friends nuts. I can't tell you how often I hear "...but it doesn't have any words!".
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Not necesarily.
but something to lip sync to is always nice
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