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Originally Posted by Trollheart
Can we say the same about any other genre? Think you'll still be listening to rap, death metal, nu-jazz or even prog at that age? Well I might be listening to the latter, but you know, those long keyboard solos might just send me to sleep at that age! 
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Actually yes those genres you listed will be listened to by this new generation when they get up in their older age because it has more nostalgia value.
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Originally Posted by Janszoon
It's what is currently selling the best, that's not the same thing as "being played by the majority of the people that listen to music". You're also completely ignoring live music as a way of consuming music, which is a huge part of classical.
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If you put the stats up for how many people consume classical music live vs. any other genres you will still see a large discrepancy.