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Originally posted by Slartibartfast
I would like to make the prediction that 100 years from now, far more people will be listening to Mozart than to Britney Spears. Any takers? :p
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Yeah, I'll buy that. But who cares? I'll be dead and so will you. The question is whether people NOW should go out and listen to the Great Classics
(tm) or the latest bubblegum fluff. I'm not going to be the one to sit everybody down and make them choose A.
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These days, kids aren't learning the music listening skills to appreciate the geniuses of thousands of years of music. The music may be outdated as all hell, but if a genius composed it, it will shine - you just have to be able to understand the language it is in, even if just a little bit. Appreciating the work of genius is sublime, whatever form the masterwork takes.
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Yeah, and they aren't learning enough math to appreciate Einstein, and they aren't learning enough English to appreciate Shakespeare.. and... and... hmmm. Am I in a little bit cynical tonight?