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Originally posted by SteveDallas
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[size=1[(tm)[/size] 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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I just find that some people don't get anything but one type of music. Everyone should at least be exposed to stuff like jazz, orchestral, opera, indian, african, etc. Maybe I think this because I like to try out new things. If I go to a restaurant, I'm going to be trying all sorts of weird stuff. Sometimes I don't like what I get, sometimes I find a new favorite dish.
I guess noone really needs to be exposed to art, museums, literature, classical music, and all that other artsy fartsy stuff. I just don't think it ever hurt anyone, and it probably has helped some people discover new things they are interested in, as well as new thoughts, ideas, and feelings.
Bruce, you've at least heard a great deal of different music, and know what you like and don't like. What's bad is when a person doesn't even know what is out there. Imagine thinking gansta rap is the only music worth listening to, and never listening to anything else because nothing else is 'real' the way rap is real, that's the mindset of some teens.
and back on the thread, I have to say Blue by Eiffel 65 is worse that Cher's Believe if that is possible.