The situation invokes a thought of ‘Inglourious Basterds’
“Elites use different words, eat different foods, listen to different music – I was astonished when I learned that people listened to classical music for pleasure – and generally occupy different worlds from America’s poor,” he said. “Unfortunately, this can make things a little culturally awkward when you leap from one class to the other.”
To be fair, I look at classical music listeners the same way I do craft beer drinkers, namely that I suspect they’re doing it more because they like the idea than the actual reality.
Classical music is like any music, some of it is uplifting and beautiful and some doesnt do it for me, maybe you should try it though and see for yourself
I have, my mother used to listen to classical music all the time.
Incredibly dull and uneventful.
not a classical guy, i love death grips, machine girl , post punk and thrash. but i would never say classical is ‘dull’. isnt there one that uses fucking cannons??
Tchaikovsky, yeah. Honestly, he’s got better stuff than that.
Iirc, Tchaikovsky wrote his 1812 Overture rather quickly to commemorate the defense of Russia against Napoleon and wasn’t too thrilled with it himself. I believe he called it noisy and without artistry, but I’m prone to collecting myths, so please do check my work.
Is “prone to collecting myths” a turn of phrase? I’ve never heard it before, but it goes hard imho. Makes me wanna build a ttrpg encounter around it.
I was just looking to express my penchant for collecting pseudo-historical stories that I don’t feel compelled to check the accuracy of because they don’t purport to express anything important. Ngl though, I would play the fuck out of that encounter if you made it.
