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Originally Posted by nikolas
But you are still discussing about complexity in classsical music and simplisity in pop music, while you said (unless mistaken, cause I'm on a really slow connection these days and can't look back) that it doesn't make difference if it's complex or not and gave examples about Schubert actually! You are contradicting yourself exactly to that point: you need to decide if more complex music makes "better music" or not. You do need to read more carefully to what the rest of the people say in here (including my own posts), I think  |
No, I said that at times, I can enjoy a Schubert ländler or even a Beatles song, but the greatest music for me is music that has this deep intellectual and emotional refinement and profoundness, which I believe is almost exclusively found in classical music.
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Originally Posted by nikolas
And you still compare Radiohead to Bach Beethoven and the rest: WHY?!?!?!??? Are they not different? Does it matter in the end if one is "better" than the other, and why should Radiohead be more advanced, refined and sophisticated than classical music anyways? I feel tons more challenged by Radiohead than I've done for most contemporary music I've heard in the past 4 years... go figure I guess...
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Why am I comparing them in the first place? Because someone mentioned Radiohead as an example of good pop music. I am trying to explain that for me, their musical invention and creativity is not on the same level as Bach's or Beethoven's. Does it matter in the end if one is "better"? It matters for my argument that classical music has an underrated cultural status. So much talent is involved in classical music, from composers to conductors to musicians, and there's so much refinement, profoundness, richness and satisfaction to be found in this music yet 99% of the population (if not more) doesn't care a damn about it.