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7/3/2025, 3:04:19 PM
>>126908114
A good performer? Yeah. It's pretty easy to tell apart Fritz Reiner's style of conducting from Szell's, Szell's from Jochum and Jochum from Karl Bohm
A good performer? Yeah. It's pretty easy to tell apart Fritz Reiner's style of conducting from Szell's, Szell's from Jochum and Jochum from Karl Bohm
7/2/2025, 3:11:39 AM
>>126889986
>Turning completely against something you used to enjoy is not a mark of maturity
It depends on what this particular thing is, I used to enjoy Ennio Morricone soundtracks and Frank Sinatra when I was 12. I still enjoy them from time to time. But this is because I can find genuine worthwhile qualities in that music that intrigue me when relistening to them. I personally hold a preference for music that, to some degree, tells a compelling story through it's music (in either a literal or figurative sense) and utilizes the medium as a tool for expression. Some genres just do not utilize the expressive capabilities of the medium by their nature, someone not liking that genre in their entirety I do not think is a crime like you claim it is. If someone dislikes a genre not for it's musical characterstics but due to it's image; I'd say that is a sign of immaturity, yes. And I would also say liking certain genres for how you look when listening to it is also a sign of immaturity. Being into classical music has exposed me to enough people like that. If that is your main argument, then sure I can agree to an extend. But I think you present it in a flawed way.
>If you can't find something to enjoy in ANY genre of music then you have no soul and that's a fact
Are you religious? Because if you are not, then the concept of a soul does not exist. If you are, then by necessity every human being has a soul. Unless you are a gnostic who believes in the concept of hylics, but gnosticism is a heresy that isn't taken seriously by almost anyone. I'll be charitable and assume you are using it in the metaphorical sense, but even in the metaphorical sense I find this really silly. Having specific personal musical preferences is not something that indicates a lack of soul.
I might not be able to respond immediately. I would like to discuss this further when both of us have more time (It's evening for me). If you post some way to contact you after this thread, I'll check it out
>Turning completely against something you used to enjoy is not a mark of maturity
It depends on what this particular thing is, I used to enjoy Ennio Morricone soundtracks and Frank Sinatra when I was 12. I still enjoy them from time to time. But this is because I can find genuine worthwhile qualities in that music that intrigue me when relistening to them. I personally hold a preference for music that, to some degree, tells a compelling story through it's music (in either a literal or figurative sense) and utilizes the medium as a tool for expression. Some genres just do not utilize the expressive capabilities of the medium by their nature, someone not liking that genre in their entirety I do not think is a crime like you claim it is. If someone dislikes a genre not for it's musical characterstics but due to it's image; I'd say that is a sign of immaturity, yes. And I would also say liking certain genres for how you look when listening to it is also a sign of immaturity. Being into classical music has exposed me to enough people like that. If that is your main argument, then sure I can agree to an extend. But I think you present it in a flawed way.
>If you can't find something to enjoy in ANY genre of music then you have no soul and that's a fact
Are you religious? Because if you are not, then the concept of a soul does not exist. If you are, then by necessity every human being has a soul. Unless you are a gnostic who believes in the concept of hylics, but gnosticism is a heresy that isn't taken seriously by almost anyone. I'll be charitable and assume you are using it in the metaphorical sense, but even in the metaphorical sense I find this really silly. Having specific personal musical preferences is not something that indicates a lack of soul.
I might not be able to respond immediately. I would like to discuss this further when both of us have more time (It's evening for me). If you post some way to contact you after this thread, I'll check it out
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