The Cliffs of Insanity (
tinhuvielartanis) wrote2008-07-27 07:46 pm
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Opera
It's not bloody music. How can anyone think it's music? If I want to hear people screaming and wailing like they're having their bits twisted, I'd better damned well be watching some really good BDSM porn, where people are actually having their bits twisted and are enjoying every excruciating minute of it.
Opera and Country Music: wastes of auditory space. Just my not-so-humble opinion. *snort*
Opera and Country Music: wastes of auditory space. Just my not-so-humble opinion. *snort*
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I like some opera ... most of the happy crappy stuff doesn't do much for me ... but their are some pieces that just ... I don't know , can't put it in words. But if you don't get it by listening to Nessum Dorma then my words won't express it either :)
Here's a link to pavarotti doing it on You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONUCPKdGcrk
listen to the whole thing (only 3 minutes or so) because it's towards the end that it really gets me.
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I'm a bit of a fan of the genre, but hell, just like any other type of music, some of it's better/worse than other bits.
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Then again, i'm biased, being somewhat disinclined against tenors. More of a bass/bass-baritone fan, m'self. Sam Ramey = teh hotness.
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Nessum Dorma makes me cry.
Eh, different strokes and all...
LOL...what you feel about Opera is what I feel about Hip Hop.
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I still agree on the Country front tho. ;)
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Mostly agreed
Don't do opera cause I listen to music to escape - I don't want my brain in a knot when I'm trying to relax...
Country - I listen to music to lift me up - If I wanted to be depressed I'd listen to country (Ok I know there are a few...) - Basically play country music backwards to get your wife/husband, stuff back...
Give me good ole Rock & Roll...
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Re: Mostly agreed
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I guess what I don't like about hip hop or pop is when the singers do that high-pitched screeching. That and the 'borrowing' of classics to use as a base to their own lyrics. I'm quite snooty about the whole, 'can't people play musical instruments anymore'?
That's just me being a musical snob pretty much. There are some older hip-hop songs I like, but I refuse to call them hip-hop, because I dislike the pop side of that genre.
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Like
But that's just me.
As for country, I can't weed it out of my insides because it has been there since my formative years.
I like a little of everything, as I've said, but I find repetitious music to be bothersome in short order. One particular song that absolutely makes my brain bleed is Call The Ambulance by Busta Rhymes/Rampage.
I'll stop babbling now.
How you doin'?
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S. Ramey & K. Moll "The Commendatore Scene" Don Giovanni - good stuff right there.
Another version of Nessun Dorma, as sung by a rather odd looking chap on Britain's Got Talent. The reactions to him give me chills:
Paul Potts sings Nessun Dorma. Now, that's a good version, but what really threw me off was finding a version of Nessun Dorma by Manowar. Actually not bad at all - Ben tells me the dude's had no small amount of classical training. Weird. Eerie.
In any case, you're perfectly welcome to hate each and every one of these, as taste in music is entirely subjective. I grew up around this stuff, so i'm used to it and even like a fair bit of it.
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Country music... occasionally i will like the odd song, but for the most part it makes me want to chew off limbs.
How about this opera?
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I've noticed that opera pieces often do very well when taken out of opera and performed in a different style--like Bugs Bunny.
And I'll always have a soft spot for Gilligan's Island putting Hamlet to the music of Carmen.
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Re: How about this opera?
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i *do* have to be in the right mindset to listen to opera- it's certainly something where i find i have to sit down and give it my full attention- i can't just have it as background music while doing the dishes or something...
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