I don't understand 'pop culture' music. Not talking about the real stuff, like opera, symphonies, concertos et al but rather the generic, everywhere type stuff like 'rock', 'pop' and all that other rubbish that is played on the radio stations.
Let me give you an example of what I mean. Almost everyone I speak to is into this sort of pop music in some way. You could have a top chef who likes Queen or a professor who is into Metallica. You could even have an opera singer who is into Lady Gaga, for example. I read in a newspaper article that Diana Doherty, one of Australias leading oboists, liked to rock out to Guns n Roses or some other band in her spare time.
To me this makes no sense whatsoever. It is like being a top chef and feeding yourself McDonalds.
Now I understand that Diana might have been pandering to the Australian culture of mediocrity - it was an article in the Daily Telegraph after all - but it illustrates my point. She has heard of Guns n Roses. Everyone has. And this is the fundamental point I don't understand. Guns n Roses sound like Queen sound like Metallica sound like whatever bands you listen to. How on earth can you possibly tell them apart??
I used to work in a pizza shop for a few years. Everyone who worked there, except for me, was a music nerd. They knew all the bands and would spend all their time talking about riffs and drummers and which musician was taking drugs (they all were it seems). Now I was working there for three years and all they ever did was talk about music. It was extraordinary! How much they liked a particular band, how 'awesome' a drum solo was etc etc. And the astonishing part is that the music all sounds exactly the same!!! How can you sustain a conversation for three years discussing the relative merits of McDonalds and KFC???
(should I be asking this to a group of people who debate whether Kirk is superior to Picard?)
Anyway I just noticed the thread here 'songs that remind you of people' and it triggered this thread. I think I am missing part of the human experience. I am sure most of you have a band or some pop culture thing you are 'in to'. Perhaps you can explain to me why you allow it to occupy your minds? What am I missing here?
If you're going to be sarcastic, bugger off.
http://www.tradebit.com/filedetail.php/4965451-opera-mp3-collection
Let me give you an example of what I mean. Almost everyone I speak to is into this sort of pop music in some way. You could have a top chef who likes Queen or a professor who is into Metallica. You could even have an opera singer who is into Lady Gaga, for example. I read in a newspaper article that Diana Doherty, one of Australias leading oboists, liked to rock out to Guns n Roses or some other band in her spare time.
To me this makes no sense whatsoever. It is like being a top chef and feeding yourself McDonalds.
Now I understand that Diana might have been pandering to the Australian culture of mediocrity - it was an article in the Daily Telegraph after all - but it illustrates my point. She has heard of Guns n Roses. Everyone has. And this is the fundamental point I don't understand. Guns n Roses sound like Queen sound like Metallica sound like whatever bands you listen to. How on earth can you possibly tell them apart??
I used to work in a pizza shop for a few years. Everyone who worked there, except for me, was a music nerd. They knew all the bands and would spend all their time talking about riffs and drummers and which musician was taking drugs (they all were it seems). Now I was working there for three years and all they ever did was talk about music. It was extraordinary! How much they liked a particular band, how 'awesome' a drum solo was etc etc. And the astonishing part is that the music all sounds exactly the same!!! How can you sustain a conversation for three years discussing the relative merits of McDonalds and KFC???
(should I be asking this to a group of people who debate whether Kirk is superior to Picard?)
Anyway I just noticed the thread here 'songs that remind you of people' and it triggered this thread. I think I am missing part of the human experience. I am sure most of you have a band or some pop culture thing you are 'in to'. Perhaps you can explain to me why you allow it to occupy your minds? What am I missing here?
If you're going to be sarcastic, bugger off.
http://www.tradebit.com/filedetail.php/4965451-opera-mp3-collection
I still enjoy other types of songs for different reasons but I just really love an artist with a superb singing voice, that I can try to mimic (I inevitably fail!). I also like bands that have some funny lyrics (and funny music videos to go along with them), like the Foo Fighters. Another reason I listen is when I'm feeling very melancholy - misery loves company as you know, so I will purposely choose the really slow, depressing songs. And somehow I come out of it feeling better. 
