Death of Rock 'n' Roll

I suspect the soundtracks for Forest Gump, Easy Rider, Full Metal Jacket, Goodfellows and Casino wouldn’t work too well with classical music.

schubert 

I never heard a note of classical till I was over 30 ... I am sure, very sure, that if that had that had not happened I would never , with my 8th degree education , got degrees from top US and German universities , married a beautiful educated women , and thanks to Bach, become a Christian ... I was always smart but Classical music gave me something I never had ,
"Good Taste ", without which intelligence is rather lame .And it does it in all elements of life , not just music ! No other form of music
can do that, some do just the opposite .That is why when I hear , "oh, its a just a matter of taste " I think yes, good taste and bad taste .

What's interesting about this sort of elitism is that there are similar adherents for just about every genre of music. The notion that a certain genre is more pure, more intelligent, more tasteful, more worthy, is just a consequence of cultural bias and ignorance.

Well spoken cleeds2. I have nothing to add.

@cleeds


+1. There is no music more worthy than another. What matters is that people enjoy it and connect emotionally and artistically with it. New art is always contextual - so it changes constantly in response to the prior art.

Rock/folk/jazz is amazing because of the joint group creative element. Classical is often formed in the mind of a single composer. Technically classical is more complex but lacks the spontaneous creativity that occurs when a smaller group of musicians simply jam.

Check out this amazing song that came from jamming

https://youtu.be/52gZsM88DMY

Both art forms are enriching and wonderful.

@roxy54 : " I am always fascinated by the words "praise" and "worship". If there was indeed an almighty deity, he wouldn't need or desire anyone's praise or worship."

While this is 'technically' true it misses the point or worship. Worship is for the benefit of the worshiper and is the only rational response toward an all-powerful and all-loving deity that loves the worshiper and knows what is best for him. I'm not asking anyone to believe this, I'm just pointing out that roxy's if-then statement is a bit of a straw man.