Sure, classical music gets a lot of flack for being 'pretentious' and for high brow folks. I think part of that stereotype is the fault of media and movies and TV shows it's used as a social stance. However one doesn't need to be rich to appreciate it, but when you're uneducated a noob, I guess and you've only been listening to it for a few days, that doesn't make you an expert. Plus the way people describe their music experiences are really cringe worthy. 'That music is intense, it's just so awesome man' Leave your modern vernacular to your modern music. 'Awesome'? 'Intense'? Learn more vocabulary. The intellectual and emotional appeal of classical music is more true than the modern stuff. When was the last time you felt at peace, or joyful, or grief struck? Or full of rage? People nowadays exaggerate to such a large degree it seems like words have no meaning anymore. I think some of this may have to do with music being taught in schools as well. How many of us got exposure to it in an educational setting? No, Buggs Bunny doesn't exactly count. It seems like people will hear a solo classical instrument, like a guitar or violin performing on the street, and just mentally label it as classical when it's actually some pop melody or something. Of course, people who know things about classical music forms, facts, dates, theory, that sort of thing just get labeled as snowflakes when we point out a statement that, to us, is obvious or obviously wrong. Most people nowadays refer to everything as a goddam song. And that, I believe, is because we haven't had any exposure to any different styles in our twenty some odd years due to most radio stations playing 'songs' from various 'song' genres jazz, rock, pop, metal, etc. But a concerto? A fugue? An allegro? People take music too much for granted to want to explore, to want to learn its inner workings. Why do people think they wrote that music centuries ago? Sure, a lot of it was commissioned work by kings or dukes or colleagues. But to dedicate a concerto or string quartet to a pal or wife or write a series of keyboard pieces for your son to play was a common thing. Kanye West writes a song for his dead mother? Swift, for all her exes? The only difference between then and now is that the forms of music have changed greatly. Using four chords and changing the tonic to a half step halfway through your sick track is all just the basic recipe to a bland cake. What about modulating? Counterpoint? deceptive cadences? Or, I could be as uneducated about modern music as some people are about classical granted, my exposure is quite limited. Oh yeah, people hide behind this statement all the time too If I like it, it's music yeah okay pal, you do you, but Schonberg and Messaien are not my cup of tea. When you share something tonal and pretty say, a Bach fugue or Handel aria with someone who has no clue of classical music, they don't know how to appreciate it. You show them Thernody by Penderecki and they'll say, 'Oh. What's what's that about? It just sounds like noise.' Although then you have to explain that there's still intent and theory behind it, but at face value Perhaps this whole thing is a society trope. Superficiality in food, music, clothes, hell even the news it's like the only thing that shows human emotions directly are a lot of TV shows. To go off on a different point, I'm curious behind the appeal of popular artists today. An autotuned voice isn't singing what happened to vibrato? Do people care more about lyrics than melody? If so, why don't you become a poet? Why do you need the bass super loud? Do you care if something is in a different key? What's the appeal behind dancing? Much of classical music is based on dance forms minuets, gigues, allemandes, for example. No, you can't twerk to Beethoven well maybe you could? blast Symphony 5 and back dat ass up but then again, why is physical expression of enjoyment of music even necessary, or singing along or tapping your foot? You can enjoy something without having to show that you enjoy it. Sorry for the long post, but I'm genuinely curious. Please enlighten me I feel like I thought a lot but didn't it didn't come out the way I wanted it. edit thanks for all the responses so far I love the discussion I have to head out for the rest of the day so I won't be able to get to replies til later in the night. I'll be back I promise gt This is a footnote from the  moderators. We'd like to remind you of a couple of things. Firstly, please read through our rules If you see a comment that has broken one, it is more effective to report it than downvote it. Speaking of which, downvotes don't change views Any questions or concerns? Feel free to message us Happy ing
Classical Music should be appreciated more