Is Classical Music considered to be inherently superior to all else?

SuperFob · 11-16-2009, 08:12 PM

Is it? Or is there any modern music that can hold up? Can John Williams's work, for example, compare to that of any classical composer?

ProggyMan · 11-16-2009, 08:17 PM

They stopped making good music the day the Holy Roman Empire fell.

jackhammer · 11-16-2009, 08:21 PM

Frank Zappa is much more fun though. Like beauty; music is in the ears of the beholder or something like that.

mr dave · 11-16-2009, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by SuperFob

Is it? Or is there any modern music that can hold up? Can John Williams's work, for example, compare to that of any classical composer?

why wouldn't it?

you could compare Iron Maiden to classical if you wanted to and IM could come out on top depending on the criteria of the comparison.

to consider one style of music superior to any other style is inane.

Freebase Dali · 11-16-2009, 08:37 PM

@ OP,

Music superiority is specifically limited to human perspective. So it follows that if a group of people consider a certain type of music to be superior, then to that group, it is.
This applies to every type of music.

The only way to determine what the majority of people consider "superior" is to look at statistics based on people's music opinions.
And if you want to give up the only thing that you're entitled to have that can't be fucked with (aka, your opinion/belief) and let someone else (aka the mass opinion) influence it, then go ahead.

But regarding music, the true answer resides in your own opinion. The moment you let someone else tell you what to think about something, that's when you're classified as a tool.

CanwllCorfe · 11-16-2009, 08:46 PM

Who's to say? Music isn't about listening to what pretentious and pompous *******s say good music "is".

anticipation · 11-16-2009, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by CanwllCorfe

Music is about listening to what pretentious and pompous *******s say good music "is".

never has mb been summed up so eloquently until just now.

TheBig3 · 11-16-2009, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by anticipation

never has mb been summed up so eloquently until just now.

/agree

Freebase Dali · 11-16-2009, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by anticipation

never has mb been summed up so eloquently until just now.

Amen, Thank you jesus, Mother Mary, Dominoes and biscuits!

~~CAPTAIN CAVEMAN~~ · 11-16-2009, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Freebase Dali

Music superiority is specifically limited to human perspective.

hahahahaha

11-16-2009, 08:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
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Freebase Dali Partying on the inside Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 5,584	@ OP, Music superiority is specifically limited to human perspective. So it follows that if a group of people consider a certain type of music to be superior, then to that group, it is. This applies to every type of music. The only way to determine what the majority of people consider "superior" is to look at statistics based on people's music opinions. And if you want to give up the only thing that you're entitled to have that can't be fucked with (aka, your opinion/belief) and let someone else (aka the mass opinion) influence it, then go ahead. But regarding music, the true answer resides in your own opinion. The moment you let someone else tell you what to think about something, that's when you're classified as a tool. __________________

11-16-2009, 08:46 PM	#6 (permalink)
CanwllCorfe Quiet Man in the Corner Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Pocono Mountains Posts: 2,480	Who's to say? Music isn't about listening to what pretentious and pompous *******s say good music "is". __________________ Your eyes were never yet let in to see the majesty and riches of the mind, but dwell in darkness; for your God is blind.

11-16-2009, 08:17 PM	#2 (permalink)
ProggyMan Reformed Jackass Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3,964	They stopped making good music the day the Holy Roman Empire fell.