ext_94623 ([identity profile] sunflowerinrain.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] simont 2008-03-09 04:03 pm (UTC)

As a proponent of vocal "art" music, I had to read this twice and I'm still not sure I follow it. Perhaps it's just never crossed my mind to confuse instrumental and er, "classical"[0] because I sing "classical"[1] music.

Anyway, I agree that much[2] pop music is unsatisfying because there is so little in it - an opinion I formed at an early age. You hear a tune and think "mm, that's good", and then the second time you hear it you wonder where the rest is. Play it three times and you have 3-course dessert. I don't think that many pop lyrics add a lot, tbh: art music is usually poetry set to music or part of the drama of an opera, and there are words you can really get into. I recommend I Fagiolini's The Full Monteverdi for a good, rich, but digestible dinner.

[0] Musogeek pedantry moment - *and the other types of art music*[3].
[1] It hurts, it hurts. Strictly speaking I rarely sing classical music.
[2] Yes of course there are many exceptions.

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