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I am DEFINITELY with you on jazz!


Disagree with classical/opera though. How, for example, can you not see what the fuss is about 'Ride of the Valkyries' - try this, for RotV in its most famous recent incarnation www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLRj5erjhP8

Add the fact that The Ring Cycle where RotV is taken from, is quite possibly the mother and father of fantasy literature.

FUSS!

Whassat?

throws up hands, throws down hands, says BAH! and turns around?

Still not quite with you there Es! Though that may be because the Savanna is chilled and very very very smooth!

you are trying to defend your tastes, convince me by example, and I will have none of it. BAH!

Stonemaybe wrote:I am DEFINITELY with you on jazz!


Disagree with classical/opera though. How, for example, can you not see what the fuss is about 'Ride of the Valkyries' - try this, for RotV in its most famous recent incarnation www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLRj5erjhP8

Add the fact that The Ring Cycle where RotV is taken from, is quite possibly the mother and father of fantasy literature.

FUSS!

The Niebelungenlied/ Wagner's Ring Cycle/ Lord of the Rings/ The Gap Cycle....

cool huh!

Es wrote:

you are trying to defend your tastes, convince me by example, and I will have none of it. BAH!

ONE DAY I will see you convinced by something or other and I will probably jump over the moon....

Stonemaybe wrote:U2

Post of the day. And Bono is the most annoying media celebrity of the century.

And Bono is the most annoying media celebrity of the century.

BOTH centuries!

Stonemaybe wrote:

And Bono is the most annoying media celebrity of the century.

BOTH centuries!

Second post of the day!

Stonemaybe wrote:Es wrote:

you are trying to defend your tastes, convince me by example, and I will have none of it. BAH!

ONE DAY I will see you convinced by something or other and I will probably jump over the moon....

weeellll, you have convinced me you are a witty, funny, easygoing guy that sees the best and brightest part of the worst and darkest of days, or that the ordinary and simple things can be magical and enlightening ones, and that some outlooks on life are something to be admired and desired. so there, Mr. Nasrudin.

You are too kind....

However as you well know, you did not have to be 'convinced' to form that opinion - it's a perfectly natural opinion that you've probably held since the first post of mine that you beheld !

So I will not be jumping over the moon just yet, though I assure you, it is still a prime objective!

Agree with:
Beatles, Rush, Flaming Lips, Cold Play, and Radio Head (after OK Computer, anyway)

Eric Clapton
Bare Naked Ladies
Pearl Jam, to an extent
Led Zeppelin, to an extent (I get bored after 5 minutes)
High on Fire (I like the music, but people rave about the vocals and I can't stand them... not that anyone will likely know what I'm talking about)

I don't understand the Barenaked Ladies' popularity either.

Oh, Amen Brother!

I agree with whoever it was who said Nirvana. I don't dislike them or anything, I just don't get all the fuss.

On the subject of classical music, I used to be indifferent, but my girlfriend recently made me a compilation CD of her favourites, including Ride of the Valkyries and bits of Mozart's Requiem. I'm coming to understand the appeal, but I think it's an acquired taste.

Syl wrote:Agree with:
Beatles, Rush, Flaming Lips, Cold Play, and Radio Head (after OK Computer, anyway)

Eric Clapton
Bare Naked Ladies
Pearl Jam, to an extent
Led Zeppelin, to an extent (I get bored after 5 minutes)
High on Fire (I like the music, but people rave about the vocals and I can't stand them... not that anyone will likely know what I'm talking about)

With the exception of "Unplugged" and the ride through the hottest parts of hell that was "Change the World," I've loved everything that Clapton has ever done.

CovenantJr wrote: On the subject of classical music, I used to be indifferent, but my girlfriend recently made me a compilation CD of her favourites, including Ride of the Valkyries and bits of Mozart's Requiem. I'm coming to understand the appeal, but I think it's an acquired taste.

Nice to know your interest in classical music has been engaged, CJ. That is all that can be asked of the listener. I'm careful not to assume you're liking the music, I'm just glad that whatever is on that compilation CD caught your attention.

I'd say that every kind of music is an acquired taste. I think a thread like this shows that music is not universal, it is very fragmented in its appeal.

Jimmy Buffet.