Poll: Why do you classical music?

In light of a recent thread, how about we keep beating that dead horse some more. Maybe instead of rotten horse meat we'll get candy this time (gotta stay positive.)

Hmm classical music... I'm more into the music making of monks and the like, lately. It adds something 'professional musicians' don't have, for me... I used to consume lots of classical music but classical music is as much a consumerist culture as popmusic. It's mostly about me enjoying myself. While these monks and nuns add a prayerful attitude in their music in which they can take you. I developed a preference for the latter in the past couple of years, tbh. When I hear this for instance I just melt.

"It sounds great"

Is this not like arguably the whole point of music?

6 hours ago, aMusicComposer said:

"It sounds great"

Is this not like arguably the whole point of music?

You'd think, but honestly I've heard all kinds of reasons why people like music. Personally I'm also pretty big on the "sounds great" part, but since that changes with each person (and with time), you can also have other reasons. I do like some pieces out of nostalgia, even if they're not really my thing anymore, but they meant something to me years ago.

5 hours ago, SSC said:

You'd think, but honestly I've heard all kinds of reasons why people like music. Personally I'm also pretty big on the "sounds great" part, but since that changes with each person (and with time), you can also have other reasons. I do like some pieces out of nostalgia, even if they're not really my thing anymore, but they meant something to me years ago.

Fair enough. My own opinions of individual pieces, styles and other genres of music outside classical change regularly so at any point I'm only really listening to stuff I like the sound of. Interesting point about the nostalgia, and I wonder if that's partly why some (really not very good compared to other things) pop music from 60 years is still circulating?

29 minutes ago, aMusicComposer said:

Interesting point about the nostalgia, and I wonder if that's partly why some (really not very good compared to other things) pop music from 60 years is still circulating?

Hm, well, if it's still circulating we'd have to see the demographic. If it's people who were young in the 60s, then most likely nostalgia is a factor. If it's younger people tho? Dunno. There is such a thing as a "retro" revival, like we had of the 1980s in the last years or so. And think about it, 1980 is more than 40 years ago now!