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"Roderick Stewart" wrote in message
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are familiar with. I can't help thinking that most people easily have the
mental capacity to understand music with a bit more cerebral content than
a
typical pop song if only they'd give it a try, and would probably find it
ultimately more rewarding too. There must be a reason why the likes of
Bach,
Beethoven, Mozart etc are still pleasing people, even moving them to tears
sometimes, centuries after they've gone, while most pop music is forgotten
in a
matter of weeks.
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I've had a variant of this discussion with my brother Peter (someone -
not me! - has written a Wikipedia article on him - and put a wickedly
old pic. of him in it [he agrees "I'm not that thin any more!"]), who is
"into" music of - well, let's say he has Radio 3 on by default, with R4
just for news. (He's not an Archers fan - not a hater, just not a
follower, though does occasionally listen.)
Anyway: this "capacity to understand music with a bit more cerebral
content" etc. thing. I've come to the conclusion - and he agrees, though
I think we differ on whether it is a good thing or not - that it _is_
possible to develop an appreciation of the quality, or otherwise, of (at
least what we'll call "classical" for the sake of argument) music.
However, this has the unfortunate side-effect - or can - of making a lot
of music which others might enjoy, less enjoyable: sometimes something
comes along which the true aficionado can enjoy to a much greater extent
than the ordinary listener, but this happens more rarely. So, you have
the ordinary joe enjoying quite a lot of music, but to a shallow extent;
and the aficionado enjoying some music to the heights of ecstasy, but
only experiencing this rarely. (And all shades in between.)
Of course, it's not just applicable to music; being a
scientist/engineer, I have a deep enjoyment of when something
scientific/engineering is done well in film and TV drama - but at the
expense of my suspension of disbelief being spoiled in a slight majority
of cases, which people with less of my background might still enjoy.
Fortunately, if the plotline is good enough, I can often still enjoy it,
even when I can see the technical howlers. (Or see how something has
been done.) For example, much of TOS of Star Trek, and several early CSI
episodes (especially where video footage is zoomed in on), are technical
howlers, but I can still enjoy them. (Some TOS epi's are terrible plots
mind!)
Not really related, except trying to thing of TA: I still find the
sudden cuts to total silence disquieting - makes me thing something has
gone wrong with my rajo, especially when listening in not absolute
silence, such as in the car (which is where I often hear it).
(I may miss newsgroup followups, though I try not to; I _do_ read email though.)
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OT can someone name the music
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