Have iPods spoilt it for classical music too?

[Dave2002]

This article suggests that iPods have changed the way we do things, but not necessarily for the better - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/m...pop-music.html

It's written from the POV of someone interested in rock or pop music, but does it apply to other genres too?

[Flosshilde]

This isn't really a reply to your question, but a thought that has just struck me. If if iPods & MP3 players can supply constant background music to people who want it, could shops etc that insist on playing 'background music turn it off, so that those who don't want it can enjoy some peace & quiet (or at least the sounds of whats going on around them)?

[Dave2002]

Some of the people I see on trains bring their own "music" with them, and then play it so darn loud that everyone in the train can hear. Even with earphones! Must be deafening for them.

[burning dog]

It hasn't changed it for me or people I know.

The writer sounds like a mainstream rock fan, they have always complained about R1. It must be even more alienating since the station changed from a general Pop/Rock station (with Golden Oldies), to a station aimed at 15-25 year olds, after R2 got "rebranded". All Pop music has beome more homogenised IMO, Indie Rock and Brit Pop (of the 3 minute song type that might possibly be played on Daytime R1) are a bit more subtle about it with their small labels and quirkiness. To my ageing ears it doesn't stop some of them sounding like Bruce Springsteen circa 1985.

With Classical music Ipods might encourage a 'bleeding chunks' CFM mentality but if that's it case it's merely facilitating a trend, rather than a cause, I think.

[Ariosto]

Have iPods spoilt it for classical music too?

YESNo one really listens anymore. It goes in one ear and out of the other. Most are tone deaf.

[Serial_Apologist]

These gadgets individualise the listening experience, don't they? I don't have one, preferring the experience of sitting in front of a couple of speakers, alone, or better still, with others I can introduce to music they might not have heard. I have not forgotten my first experience of the third movement of Bartok's Music for Celesta, Harp, Strings & Percussion, aged 14, and the sheer subsequent joy of watching others' expressions as they relive that moment for me.

[teamsaint]

YESNo one really listens anymore. It goes in one ear and out of the other. Most are tone deaf.

do tell more...sounds an interesting opinion.

[BBMmk2]

Well, I like certain music on the move. Nothing too heavey. I aslo like other genres to, eg rock, jazz, blues. and have those on mainly whilst on the move to.

[Mandryka]

Usually, I like to listen to something as a totality, be it an opera, a symphony, or a rock album. Hst, when I'm 'on the move', I might want to listen to only certain parts of any such and the ipod enables me to do this.

However, I'll concede that the ipod/itunes mentality (ie, that 'you' - the consumer- can decide the form in which you listen to things) has is probably damaging peoples' idea of structure and programming.

[gamba]

I have an iPod. It is loaded with all the music I hold most dear. It lies in a drawer unused. Sometime in the future, as happened in the past, when I nearly died after being 'gifted' with c.difficile by an over zealous hospital doctor, I shall no doubt again be 'holding on' with help from Bach, the Haydn & Beethoven quartets, much Mozart & many special favourites.

[Mahlerei]

My iPod also lies in a drawer unused. I don't travel much so haven't felt the need to take it anywhere. Also, I find extraneous nose kills my enjoyment of the music. I suppose I still like to think of listening as an event, where one sits down and surrenders to it without distractions.

[gamba]

My point was that although fulfilling no purpose at present, 'come the time' it will become the major part of my support system should I end up in hospital again.

[Stillhomewardbound]

I carry that many tunes around in my head that I have no need of such a thing. What's more I struggle to find quiet in the world, so it's not as if I'm going to seek out further noise.

Anyway, these things always go in cycles. First there was the trannie (no sniggering at the back, Jenkins), then the ghetto blaster followed by the Walkman and then the portable CD player.

The other problem for me is that I've always found headphones an impediment to walking and the affect my sense of balance.

By the way, right now my mental jukebox is playing 'Isn't It Romantic' as it does a lot. The Folks Who Live On The Hill will crop up shortly and a little earlier I was hearing Billy Eckstine sing 'I Apologise'.

I realise I've been unfair to you/please let me make amends
Don't say that you forgot the love we knew
After all we were more than friends
Give me back romance, let me have one more chance
Believe me ... from the bottom of my heart, dear, I apologise.

Not a songbook classic perhaps, but one that I like.

[Ariosto]

I realise I've been unfair to you/please let me make amends
Don't say that you forgot the love we knew
After all we were more than friends
Give me back romance, let me have one more chance
Believe me ... from the bottom of my heart, dear, I apologise.

I never realised you cared so much for me, Stillhomewardbound!!

[Chris Newman]

This isn't really a reply to your question, but a thought that has just struck me. If if iPods & MP3 players can supply constant background music to people who want it, could shops etc that insist on playing 'background music turn it off, so that those who don't want it can enjoy some peace & quiet (or at least the sounds of whats going on around them)?

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