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Richard Barrett
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Originally posted by MrGongGong View PostSo I guess the well dressed retired woman sat next to me at a ROH performance of Boheme earlier in the year who jumped to her feet at the end shouting "fucking wonderful, bravo, fucking fantastic" is a one off ?
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Originally posted by Richard Barrett View PostYou said "It takes greater intelligence and effort (and therefore discipline) to listen to classical music (though sadly less and less with R3) than any other genre." You didn't specify which continent it came from, so I assumed "any other" meant "any other". Yes, Scott Walker was indeed half of the Walker Brothers although his work of recent decades could hardly be described as "silly (...) pop songs". You see the reason why people might dismiss your opinions on matters like this is that your knowledge of them seems (as you admit in your last post) to be too limited to give your opinions much credibility. What you're saying is "my ignorance is as good as your knowledge", which is surely a ridiculous position to take.
Sorry, Comrade Barrett, but I still think the Walker Bros songs were a bit silly in the 1960s, and that listening to classical music requires rather more intelligent thought and concentration than listening to 'rock'.
Does that now put me in line for a sort of socialist corrective purge ...? :-)
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Richard Barrett
Originally posted by P. G. Tipps View PostI still think the Walker Bros songs were a bit silly in the 1960s
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Originally posted by P. G. Tipps View PostSo you don't agree. That's just fine.
However, it might have demonstrated a rather higher level of intelligence if you had simply said that you don't agree and explained your reasons 'why' .... ?
Or would that have taken an unacceptable degree of effort on your part?
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Originally posted by P. G. Tipps View Post
However, I do confess I've never listened to Javanese gamelan music or Indian dhrupad singing and
Aren't you curious?
OXOboy might be a bit of a buffoon but at least he has his ears open (though some of what happens in the bit between them is alarming :wink:)
Or try some "silly" Gagaku
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I suspect Barry's Tea has been applying the Prof Says "Stockhausen Test"
(I discovered this week that the BBC Proms staff have a thing about this well known Irish beverage)
'I've never listened to any, but it's obviously crap
the things I like are obviously for those of superior intelligence and taste'
Try this one Barry
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Richard Barrett
Originally posted by MrGongGong View PostTry this one Barry
It's only an excerpt but interesting to see the instruments and how they're played (always assuming a certain level of curiosity of course)
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Richard Barrett
... and here's a dhrupad performance - by European singers!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi9y417CLf0
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