Me against pop.

[violajane]

I'm taking a great class called "Classical Music in an Age of Pop."  It's taught by Greg Sandow (www.gregsandow.com), a great critic and music thinker who has some pretty radical (read realistic) views about the state of classical music as we know it.

So, today we talked about pop music.  May I begin by saying that punk/hard core/all things I know

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[spiritsense]

Well, you're not alone. I'm in a similar situation - having been brought by parents who are great lovers of classical music (and I mean nothing later than Rachmaninov) I didn't have the 'exposure' to pop music that others in my generation did.
So I've liked some of the bands and artists I've heard, but even now I don't care much for most of what is in 'the charts'. I like the more mellow stuff like Norah Jones, K T Tunstall, Joss Stone and Eva Cassidy, and a few bands like Cold Play and the like, but really I'm a classical music kinda guy.

So don't feel alone! :o)

[muse_81]

Oh, my favorite is when I try to draw parallels between the pop music snob's extensive knowledge of pop music and mine of classical genres