To further to what Gardener said about Beethoven. Think of many other pieces Beethoven wrote:
Moonlight sonata: Arpegge
Appasionata: Arpegge
9th symphony (ode to joy): scale
etc...
This is what I love about Beethoven, he could take the most "redundant" melody and turn it into a 20 minute masterpiece!
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hi alex, Nikolas from vi here!
Opinions are opinions, etc. Problem comes when you decide to pass them as facts and decide to start blaming around. Your post with the original post have huge differences, as well as your stand and giancula's stand!
I choose what to listen 80% of the time (except when in car, where I don't have a player, but only a radio)! I choose what I listen, so I'm NOT bombarded by anything. I watch the telly rarely (only family guy and heroes on BBC 3
) and nothing more really! I'm not bombarded by anyone and anything and consider it luck! Right now I'm listening to NOTHING, while viewing the computer. You have a choice to shut your ears, so do so.
As for pop being at fault for the decline of contemporary music... hmmm... we've already been through this.
About Amy Winehouse (I don't like her, or her voice, or anything as a matter of fact, it turns my guts inside out if you want to know), the thing is this: Mahler was a bastard, Brittens was a peadphile, etc. What's wrong with a drug addict now?
No, apart from kidding, thing is that her voice (and the industry) apparently is higher than her dozens of personal problems... A pity and it does say something for the society we live in, but then again we ARE the society so better start building!