Is classical music still relevant today?

**Frownland** · 10-05-2015, 05:54 PM

So what exactly is your point then? It just read like a roundabout way of saying that you don't like orchestral classical music or thrash.

Tristan_Geoff · 10-05-2015, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

So what exactly is your point then? It just read like a roundabout way of saying that you don't like orchestral classical music or thrash.

Nah I like thrash. Just not the kind of people that listen to it, or the 50 minute long shred solos. The rest is fine.

Tristan_Geoff · 10-05-2015, 06:38 PM

Also, I'm not saying I don't like virtuosity at all. If they can play well, I'm fine with that. But it doesn't do anything for me unless they do something with that skill. Showing off basically, isn't gonna hit me like a well-written song does.

grindy · 10-05-2015, 06:41 PM

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It depends I guess. I don't really care if he likes punk or not. The music is cool to me, and however they got their influence isn't important.

I guess what it really boils down to is your attitude and definition of music. I kinda don't like it when people think music is just one thing. Like the more complex the musician the better they are. But there's also complexity in layering music, and having a bunch of cool stuff happening at once. Whether these people have had extensive musical education or not isn't important, as long as what they're playing makes sense to THEM.

Yeah, but to dismiss complex and/or virtuosic music seems equally unfair.
There's nothing wrong with overly complex orchestrations or shredding, as long as the music itself is interesting. I love some raw noise, but something mindblowingly complex can likewise be viscerally overwhelming in a good way.

Tristan_Geoff · 10-05-2015, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by grindy

Yeah, but to dismiss complex and/or virtuosic music seems equally unfair.
There's nothing wrong with overly complex orchestrations or shredding, as long as the music itself is interesting. I love some raw noise, but something mindblowingly complex can likewise be viscerally overwhelming in a good way.

Yeah, that's what I was saying above this. There's a difference between showing off and using it to show emotion or provide a feeling. I definitely don't write things off just because the musician is talented.

Lentes · 10-08-2015, 07:38 PM

I usually really like the neo-classical music; some classical music is great for me but the common profound admiration of the likes of Bach, Mozart, etc. seems too much in my opinion.

Mr. Charlie · 10-12-2015, 03:56 PM

I really like the music I really like.

Tristan_Geoff · 10-13-2015, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Charlie

I really like the music I really like.

A quote to live by

VEGANGELICA · 10-15-2015, 02:58 AM

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Originally Posted by angelgirl

Classical music is still relevant today. For example you will hear it in the background of your favorite Disney movie and has a subconscious effect as to what you listen to. Films like Brave and Frozen all include classical music in the background as well as Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty. I doubt it will ever stop being relevant.

Ha ha...the use of classical music in movie scores is exactly the reason I had for voting that classical music is still relevant today in society at large.

Also, my guess is that when people get older, they may appreciate classical music more. I used to find most of it so boring when I was a child. (Exception: Peter and the Wolf, but my record came with entertaining pictures.)

Now that my brain cells have reduced in number, I can enjoy a lot of classical music and find the details of its composition to be engrossing. I also feel it is some of the most emotionally moving music ever created.

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The thing that bugs me a bit is the amount of times it is used in the commercials, kind of loses sense afterall and the sound becomes overly associated with something irrelevant.

I kinda think it is fun to see how classical music gets used in surprising ways in commercials for trivial things.

JGuy Grungeman · 10-20-2015, 12:40 PM

I'm gonna put a short answer. If Anthony Hopkins writes classical, yes.

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10-05-2015, 05:54 PM	#171 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	So what exactly is your point then? It just read like a roundabout way of saying that you don't like orchestral classical music or thrash. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

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Tristan_Geoff midnite roles around Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 5,303	Also, I'm not saying I don't like virtuosity at all. If they can play well, I'm fine with that. But it doesn't do anything for me unless they do something with that skill. Showing off basically, isn't gonna hit me like a well-written song does.

10-08-2015, 07:38 PM	#176 (permalink)
Lentes Groupie Join Date: Oct 2015 Posts: 2	I usually really like the neo-classical music; some classical music is great for me but the common profound admiration of the likes of Bach, Mozart, etc. seems too much in my opinion.

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Mr. Charlie Shoo Thoughts Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: These Mountains Posts: 2,308	I really like the music I really like.

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JGuy Grungeman Primo Celebate Sexiness Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 2,662	I'm gonna put a short answer. If Anthony Hopkins writes classical, yes.