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How can people not like classical music?

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Originally posted by: loki8481
I can't get into instrumental music... I just find it really boring.

lyrics and singing are what really make the music for me.
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Heh, I'm nearly the opposite. While I respect the human voice as an amazing instrument, I tend to ignore lyrics. What appeals to me is the musicality of the voice; the tone, the pitch, the rhythm. I often prefer listening to vocals in a different language so I can't be distracted by the content of the lyrics.

I really like hip hop in other languages, far, far more than the bullshit that passes for mainstream hip hop in America.
 
Originally posted by: JLee
Beethoven's Sonata No. 5 in F Major for Violin and Piano, Op. 24 "Spring": I. Allegro

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You can combine your love of classical music and guns.

Play 1812 Overture and shoot your new toy when the cannons are shooting 😀
 
Originally posted by: sdifox
Originally posted by: JLee
Beethoven's Sonata No. 5 in F Major for Violin and Piano, Op. 24 "Spring": I. Allegro

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You can combine your love of classical music and guns.

Play 1812 Overture and shoot your new toy when the cannons are shooting 😀
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V?

😛
 
Originally posted by: SlitheryDee
I didn't really have any opinion on it until recently. I guess that's what happens when you're never exposed to a thing.

Recently I heard this. Most classical music doesn't do much for me, but Moonlight Sonata mvt.3 gives me chills every time. I need more stuff like that.
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It's interesting you go for the 3rd movement. It's usually too dynamic for most new listeners.

Any of Beethoven's piano sonatas would interest you if you like the 14th. The 8th especially famous and for good reason. One of my favorites is his 23rd, the Appassionata.

Other than that, look to Hummel, Chopin, maybe even lesser known Scarlatti, Scriabin and others. This is a fun piece by Scriabin and Horowitz is an outstanding pianist.

If you like the mere mechanical nature of these more difficult pieces, you'll look to Etudes as that's primarily the point. Chopin is famous for his etudes.
 
I think I link to this in every classical music related thread, but for your listening enjoyment: Evgeny Kissin playing La Campanella. Not a particularly interesting piece, but it's fun to watch a pianist like Kissin play it. He used to have a really big fro that would dance around when he played. It's a little more conservative now 🙂
 
Originally posted by: loki8481
I can't get into instrumental music... I just find it really boring.

lyrics and singing are what really make the music for me.
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I think it's just the way you have to appreciate classical music is different from lyric based music. It might help slightly if you read about a piece as well as listening to it, so you can build up what it might be trying to evoke.

I think that's one reason why people are able to appreciate the more well known pieces more. Usually they are encountered in a setting where you form an association between the music and what it evokes, like Wagner being in a war film, or something from Fantasia. You know the context of the piece, which helps you in appreciating it.
 
Originally posted by: JLee
Originally posted by: sdifox
Originally posted by: JLee
Beethoven's Sonata No. 5 in F Major for Violin and Piano, Op. 24 "Spring": I. Allegro

:heart:
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You can combine your love of classical music and guns.

Play 1812 Overture and shoot your new toy when the cannons are shooting 😀
Click to expand...

V?

😛
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You must have heard 1812 Overture... It gets played evey year on Independence Day, which is kind of weird since Whtehouse was burnt in that war 😀


Here it is to nukes 🙂 I don't think you got bigger guns than that

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo48YpNOesQ



I have the Telarc 1812 in DVDA but it sucks ass as a performance.
 
Originally posted by: sdifox

You must have heard 1812 Overture... It gets played evey year on Independence Day, which is kind of weird since Whtehouse was burnt in that war 😀
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Of course!

Originally posted by: JLee
I love Pachelbel's Canon in D as well..probably more commonly found than most, but still. 🙂

Suppe Light Cavalry Overture...Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture..etc.. :thumbsup:
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😉

:beer:😀
 
Originally posted by: JLee
Originally posted by: sdifox

You must have heard 1812 Overture... It gets played evey year on Independence Day, which is kind of weird since Whtehouse was burnt in that war 😀
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Of course!

Originally posted by: JLee
I love Pachelbel's Canon in D as well..probably more commonly found than most, but still. 🙂

Suppe Light Cavalry Overture...Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture..etc.. :thumbsup:
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😉

:beer:😀
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But do you shoot guns to it? check my last post for 1812 + nucular detonations 🙂
 
Originally posted by: sdifox
Originally posted by: JLee
Originally posted by: sdifox
Originally posted by: JLee
Beethoven's Sonata No. 5 in F Major for Violin and Piano, Op. 24 "Spring": I. Allegro

:heart:
Click to expand...

You can combine your love of classical music and guns.

Play 1812 Overture and shoot your new toy when the cannons are shooting 😀
Click to expand...

V?

😛
Click to expand...


You must have heard 1812 Overture... It gets played evey year on Independence Day, which is kind of weird since Whtehouse was burnt in that war 😀


Here it is to nukes 🙂 I don't think you got bigger guns than that

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo48YpNOesQ



I have the Telarc 1812 in DVDA but it sucks ass as a performance.
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Different wars... 1812 Overture is about Russkies vs French/Napolean, not Brits vs. Yanks.
 
Originally posted by: Gibsons
Originally posted by: sdifox
Originally posted by: JLee
Originally posted by: sdifox
Originally posted by: JLee
Beethoven's Sonata No. 5 in F Major for Violin and Piano, Op. 24 "Spring": I. Allegro

:heart:
Click to expand...

You can combine your love of classical music and guns.

Play 1812 Overture and shoot your new toy when the cannons are shooting 😀
Click to expand...

V?

😛
Click to expand...


You must have heard 1812 Overture... It gets played evey year on Independence Day, which is kind of weird since Whtehouse was burnt in that war 😀


Here it is to nukes 🙂 I don't think you got bigger guns than that

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo48YpNOesQ



I have the Telarc 1812 in DVDA but it sucks ass as a performance.
Click to expand...

Different wars... 1812 Overture is about Russkies vs French/Napolean, not Brits vs. Yanks.
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I know that... I just find it funny that it gets played on Independence Day yet the only significance of 1812 to USA was the one where Whitehouse got torched.

 
Originally posted by: novasatori
I think you would have a hard time finding a person who dislikes ALL classical music.
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What happens when you play a C+W song backwards??, your dog returns and your truck runs great!!.
 
Franz Liszt, UN Sospiro for the win. Awesome, awesome song.

For an interesting blend of new and old, check out the band "Apocalyptica." Basically a string quartet that does metal songs with drums and electric guitar backup. they are a bit deuschee if you watch the videos, but their music is pretty good.
 
I love classical music. I love classical Chinese and Japanese, music and classical Iranian music too. I love the santur, I think it's called. I love the music of the Andes as some of the best in the world. I love all kinds of music, folk and rock, but I don't like Vegas music, atonal music, or experimental stuff usually either. Bach harpsichord music is just so fine. Music is like a gift from heaven. I love the music Big Bird, Burt and Ernie, and the Grouch sing.
 
Most classical is extremely boring to me. What I look for in music is mainly a distinct melody, usually a verse and a chorus. That's why I love Canon in D Major and hate pretty much all other classical I've heard.
 
Originally posted by: gsethi
Originally posted by: JLee
Beethoven's Sonata No. 5 in F Major for Violin and Piano, Op. 24 "Spring": I. Allegro

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Some of the classical music is really good...I mean I can die off peacefully listening to it. But current generation only wants rock/metal etc....
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Put them together and it's a beautiful thing. 😉
 
Just for fun, I memorized Debussy's prelude to the afternoon of the faun. Totally worth it.
Great thing about classical music, you can keep yourself occupied for almost an hour stretch with one symphony or concerto. Even longer with operas.
Bad thing(if you pick it up like a sponge)- you replay it in your head and try to perfect a particular phrase, tone or nuance.
Nice time waster, but horrible if you're trying to keep your attention on business and other wordly matters.
 
Originally posted by: JLee
I love Pachelbel's Canon in D as well..probably more commonly found than most, but still. 🙂

Suppe Light Cavalry Overture...Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture..etc.. :thumbsup:
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YouTube <-- 😎
 
I like early polyphonic music, Hildagard von Bergen, for example. The "great" composers (Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Mozart) do nothing for me. The traditional European symphony orchestra is grossly overrated. Arvo Part's vocal music is totally bitchin' but his instrumental music is dull at best and irritating at worst. The piano should be used as a percussion instrument a la Professor Long Hair or not at all. Mongolian, some Chinese, some Iranian, most Turkish classical is great. Mongolian and Chinese opera is good, western opera is painful. The gamelan makes me yearn for another tsunami.
 
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