I kind of thing that it's hard to say "I don't like classical", because "classical" is SUCH a broad category. I mean, it includes Mozart, Bach, Brahms, Stravinsky, Tsachovsky, Verdi, Pachabel, Vivaldi. . . none of those sound ANYTHING alike; they're all basically different genres.
I mean, the term "classical" refers to, pretty much, anything written over, like, five or six centuries across two or more continents.
That said, the local commercial "classical" station manages to fill most of its time with utter CRAP. There is plenty of symphonic muzak and worse that you can find in those thousands upon thousands of pieces -- classical music certainly follows Sturgeon's Law.
Our local PBS station does a better job of playing GOOD classical music, but most classical stations really appear to attempt to showcase the most inoffensive, bland, BORING shit that just turns into stupid background noise that ANYBODY with taste would hate.
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Date: 2007-04-10 02:32 am (UTC)I mean, the term "classical" refers to, pretty much, anything written over, like, five or six centuries across two or more continents.
That said, the local commercial "classical" station manages to fill most of its time with utter CRAP. There is plenty of symphonic muzak and worse that you can find in those thousands upon thousands of pieces -- classical music certainly follows Sturgeon's Law.
Our local PBS station does a better job of playing GOOD classical music, but most classical stations really appear to attempt to showcase the most inoffensive, bland, BORING shit that just turns into stupid background noise that ANYBODY with taste would hate.