tarheel91 said:
Brain comment aside, he's right. It's the same reason most people find literature boring and will only read popular fiction. They can't appreciate what's going on. If you've never been educated about prose, how are you going to be able to appreciate it? Sophisticated art in general is one of those things where, the more effort you put into it the more you appreciate it. The problem is that most people don't pay attention in English class and are never have the intricacies of music explained to them. The only parts of music/writing that they're able to appreciate are the parts they're able to understand intuitively or teach themselves. That limits them to quite a narrow selection (in thise case, pop music or fiction) of art. |
As a musician, I'm much more focused on the ends rather than the means. I.E. the sound created. But as I said, musical pieces can be impressive. Enjoyed because of it? Personally, I'm not really like that, but I suppose I can see where others are coming from. So valid point.
The main issue with his comment that he IS wrong about though, is that people who don't like classical music are simpletons who like simply music that you can dance to. This was what was said... "they cant apreciatte the complexity and prefer simple tunes with simple beats that are easy to dance." We can both agree that this is incorrect, yes?
I mean, there's plenty of complex, beautiful music that fits into other genre of music! And I'm sure many people like these pieces without liking classical music...