I think I've figured out why classical music is so boring

[Skanky Burns]

It was a thread with "classical music" in the title - I knew you couldn't resist, regardless.

[Asher]

Originally posted by Buck Birdseed
Lemme put it this way: There's one person on the "got the joke" list so far, and it ain't you.

That's probably because people didn't read your post, just the subject. Everyone but one person apparently knew better.

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Six Thousand Year Old Man
I thought it was because they were always sitting down, and hiding being sheets of music. Zero charisma.

Now, if the lead violinist windmilled his/her bow prior to a solo, and then set fire to the violin on the stage... then we'd have something.

You should see the fireworks divas do in opera to get attention.

Donizetti made the horrendous mistake in his opera Maria Stuarta of having two soprano parts (Queen Liz I and Mary Stuart) of equal size performed by divas of equal egos. Then he compounded the error of giving them an actual scene where they were on stage...at the same time.

The first two divas to partake these roles broke into a scuffle and were rolling around on the stage, tearing at each other's hair. Now that would have been a spectacle.

The problem isn't the music, it's the audiences. Classical audiences are far too staid and polite, especially in the U.S. In the old days, audiences weren't afraid to voice their pleasure/displeasure in the rowdiest of ways. Rossini had to flee the opera house in fear of his life after the disasterous premiere of The Barber of Seville. Stravinksy's The Right of Spring sparked a fist-fight that turned into a street riot in 1913 in Paris. In certain parts of Italy, opera singers have had to dodge gun fire from the stalls.

And you think that'd be boring? Cha!

[Dis]

did they have the east coast/ west coast classical fued

[Al B. Sure!]

Boris:

That reminds me of Shakespeare... today, people think Shakespeare is boring and all that but back in the 16th century, a shakespeare play on stage was like a circus... the audience shouting things out and acting rowdy and the actors hyping them up


thanks

[Az]

Snapcase:

(btw, I'm keeping a "got the joke/didn't get the joke" tally of the people in this thread. Keep the responses coming.)

Boris:

No, I got the joke.

Snapcase:

Lemme put it this way: There's one person on the "got the joke" list so far, and it ain't you.

Best X-post EVER!

[Wraith]

--"Lemme put it this way: There's one person on the "got the joke" list so far, and it ain't you."

I should have included a visual.

Wraith
"Aaah! They cut out all my scenes!"
-- Dug Finn ("Dragon Half")

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Dissident
did they have the east coast/ west coast classical fued

There were tons of feuds among classical composers, schools of musical thought, and of course between performers, particularly opera singers.

There was of course the celebrated Mozart-Salieri rivalry. But that was largely fictional.

Then there was Brahms vs. Wagner. Well, more like Wagner vs. Brahms while Brahms scratched his head and wondered why he was being so badly treated, since he had openly expressed admiration for Wagner's music in many instances.

Hmm, can't recall any hits or contractual murders in any of them, although divas have paid people to boo their rivals in opera performances. That happened as recently as the 1960s (and probably still does today), with a notorious incident at La Scala when Mirella Freni debuted in La traviata (she was 17 at the time).

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

Originally posted by Buck Birdseed
Lemme put it this way: There's one person on the "got the joke" list so far, and it ain't you.

Me, me!

[Zylka]

Well, like, your wonderful little inside "joke" wasn't at all obtuse and worthless

Gold star for originality, ******

[St Leo]

U r all gray twits. Klazzikal Muzak r0x0rs my b0x0rs.

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Asher
Opera is boring because there's no coherent vocals.

And hey...isn't this like saying Foreign Films are boring because you don't speak the language?

[St Leo]

Opera is boring because there's no coherent vocals.

Strangely enough, my two genres of choice are Classical and Metal. In both, the vocals are rarely coherent (compared to, say, those in Yellow Submarine). I guess I am just not a vocals kind of guy.

[KrazyHorse]

Snappie, everybody here got the joke. Well, most of them, anyways.

It's not like you've ever started this topic before....

[Urban Ranger]

I think your handle sounds better if you change it to "Buck Birdfeed."