Classical Music: Brilliant or Boring?

The silence of Ainola was indeed sad.

Of what I know, you are correct in my opinion.

There is nothing so beautiful as classical music. You have to sit quietyly and let it take over. I cannot imagine how anyone could compose something so beautiful from their minds.

If you don't like classical, you're deprived and very unsophisticated! (sorry rappers but facts are facts)

very beautiful

It's the ultimate MUSIC.

it really depends on what group :)

"its amazing to me. The power and emotion that music held a zillion years ago...with no lyrics, no drums, no anything. Just a guy, creativity,and and one single instrument."
-anonymous
something this guy said on youtube about certain classical piece. Loved it , so I borrowed it ;) I'm assuming you mean classical as in a CD you can pick up at Walmart with a mix of lyric less music, -the genre- rather than the actual classical music period of time. That being said, of course classical music is brilliant! You know how much work goes into a single piece, no, a single movement? Puts mainstream music to shame lol But then again, I am a music major so maybe I am biased. ;)....a sidenote, can you imagine how boring movies would be without the scores in the background? It's usually the music more than anything that draw you in. For example:

Classical music is brilliant. Because it's known for heightening the IQ of people and is beautiful. This genre of music has been around longer than modern day genres of music. In classical musician's day and era, Mozart and the like were very famous. Classical music has in fact revolutionized music enough to make such a history of composers!

Classical and Orchestra reaches towards you, plunges into your heart, and pulls. Hard.

If you have to ask, you've never been to a concert of a philharmonic orchestra.

It's only the most beautiful form of music ever created.

Didn't fully appreciate it until I started playing the violin and realized just how much work was put into it, but now I love it.

Classical music can be great, when listening to a good piece it often reminds me of a good film or book where you have a clear beginning, middle and end. It evokes an emotional response.On the other hand there are many pieces of classical music I dislike but the good far out weigh the bad. I also think that where the music is being played contributes largely to whether the music is brilliant or boring. I wouldn't want to go to a club and dance to classical music.

People romanticize it. Sure there are some good works, but on a whole its boring.

Like the folks who prefer typewriters to keyboards, just a romanticized antiquity.

then you my friend do not understand music as a whole

I dont like a genre so I dont understand music. Makes sense.

He doesn't understand music just because he doesn't like one genre ?

I think the argument is that he can't understand music if he doesn't understand the best music. People don't just 'romanticize' classical music- it's actually just better.

no.. it all just depends on the persons music taste ? not all people like the same genre or the 'best' songs in the same genre

By any objective measure, classical music is better. Both technically and artistically.

All music is good ... it just depends on what you like , you can't say your favorite music is the best just because you think it's the best

Nope. Technical skill is an objective measure. Artistic merit is not, but I defy anyone to tell me that Beyonce has more artistic merit than Mahler.

okay fine you have your opinion and I've got mine , let's not fight over it

Well, people that prefer typewriters are ignorant of how much better a computer is. People that love classical just love classical.

Music taste and technological awareness are two different things altogether.

What's called classical music is to other music as written literature is to Hollywood. It's likely to be more difficult to understand, but it's also likely to be more complex, and just plain better.

That's not a certainty, of course. There's an awful lot of terrible classical music. Also, and I think classical musicians don't acknowledge this, there is a significant amount of popular music with artistic merit.

I realize that I don't know enough about classical music to dismiss it, even though I admittedly often don't find a lot of it appealing. I love melody, but I find that much of classical music lacks that essential quality.

Still, I recognize that the composers who created it were often geniuses of a kind. It's just that their genius goes right past me.

Above all, I hate the word "boring." People who say they're bored are usually empty-minded thrill-seekers unwilling to examine things beneath the surface.

try Puccini ... there are melodies that will stay with you ...

I like Puccini.

me too!!! you have good taste, Harry!

You've been listening to the wrong stuff. Admittedly, many (particularly modern) composers find melody beneath them. They're morons and should be ignored.

The only music worth listening to.

well let's not exaggerate, mom! there is good music in (almost) all genres: pop, jazz, blues, ragtime, swing, country, bluegrass, gospel, r'n'b ...

I disagree. There is also some scientific evidence that children that listen to classical music grow up to be better at Mathematics and other core subjects. There isn't much to most other genres of music and are very much redundant. Most modern music is basically for people that just go along with whatever pop culture tells them is supposed to be popular.

well that kind of music is crap - i agree with you. but there is more to life than listening to mozart (though mozart is my fave classical guy, don;t get me wrong) ...

I don't really care for mozart myself but I can't really stand most other genres of music in the English language.

so what do you care for?

Like all music genres, it has the ability to be both uplifting and crappy.

not really a fun but , there is a few clasical tunes i dont mind