tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post7272879906872736164..comments2024-03-27T23:06:03.736-05:00Comments on The Music Salon: The Joy of Being InsignificantBryan Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-5454564656233451352014-05-04T16:29:58.286-05:002014-05-04T16:29:58.286-05:00Yes, true that it was more popular back then. It m...Yes, true that it was more popular back then. It may be true that people are dumber but I think society has also gone in a totally wrong direction morally and culturally (although thankfully there are people who talk about these issues, I think you do in the case of music at least). I think you said something similar in another post.<br /><br />Yes the pop music in this case is quite vulgar at least. And Lang Lang's interpretation sounds way off (not that I'm so familiar with the piece but it still sounds wrong). I don't think there are many vulgar examples of classial music outside of maybe some of the extreme-modernist kind and wrong interpretations. Sure it could be argued that Offenbach, Strauss the younger, Rossini etc. have many (?) examples of vulgar classical music but it's still well-written music (unlike pop music in general) and is purposedly vulgar (unlike pop music where the vulgarity is pretty much a default approach but not recognized as such). I guess people have gotten so used to the vulgarity of pop music that it no longer seems vulgar.Rickardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08084578675339015204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-47266151255724695132014-05-04T15:52:19.851-05:002014-05-04T15:52:19.851-05:00Classical music was pretty popular a hundred years...Classical music was pretty popular a hundred years ago, but I'm almost convinced that people are a lot dumber now!<br /><br />What amazes me is that people just don't notice how vulgar so much of the music they listen to is. Like the first two videos above. Do people not have any sensitivity to vulgarity any more?Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-15729582681983895082014-05-04T12:19:41.666-05:002014-05-04T12:19:41.666-05:00I think that it could work if classical music woul...I think that it could work if classical music would be popular, however, only if people would recognize the difference between good and bad (i.e. for instance between Lang Lang and a better pianist). But the more marketty approach, i.e. Lang Lang et. al. would probably win. Plus there would be musicians writing bad music that barely can be classified as classical (new age, crossover and the like) and market it as classical to make money. Unless once again, people would be able to tell the good from the bad.Rickardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08084578675339015204noreply@blogger.com