Which style of music don't you like and why?

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Which style of music don't you like and why?

Post by MJMcCready » Sun May 30, 2021 10:34 pm

Personally I cannot stand opera at all and am convinced those who do tolerate it have very poor taste. Is there a style of music you despise particularly?
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Re: Which style of music don't you like and why?

Post by IM Jack Rudd » Sun May 30, 2021 11:05 pm

The thing about opera is that it really needs to be seen on stage. There are two reasons for this:

(a) it is nearly always written to form part of a dramatic work, and seeing the dramatic work will give you necessary context

(b) it tends to use stage-specific projection techniques that sound artificial in recorded music.

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Post by MJMcCready » Sun May 30, 2021 11:06 pm

That said I still can't stand it. It's far too OTT.

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Re: Which style of music don't you like and why?

Post by David Sedgwick » Sun May 30, 2021 11:26 pm

Anything, other than National Anthems, which is played at a cricket match.

I recently received an email from the promoters of The Hundred competition proclaiming their intention to blast out live music throughout every game. I freed up one or two dates in my diary by replying as follows:

"Dear Sir / Madam,

I had intended to go to one or two of The Hundred matches to see what they were like. Thank you for making it clear to me that this is a competition which needs to be avoided.

You clearly have no conception that cricket is a game that should be watched in respectful silence interspersed with polite applause.

Yours sincerely,

David Sedgwick"

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Post by Kevin Thurlow » Sun May 30, 2021 11:29 pm

I agree with David.

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Re: Which style of music don't you like and why?

Post by MJMcCready » Sun May 30, 2021 11:32 pm

Does anyone actually like our national anthem? I can't stand it.

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Post by Simon Rogers » Sun May 30, 2021 11:37 pm

I prefer the Russian National Anthem.
This might change your mind about Opera, Mark:
Spente Le Stelle (Club Dub)
by Opera Trance featuring Emma Shapplin.
Worth a listen.
Takes me back to my clubbing days in Blackpool.

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Post by MJMcCready » Sun May 30, 2021 11:38 pm

Simon Rogers wrote:
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I prefer the Russian National Anthem.
This might change your mind about Opera, Mark:
Spente Le Stelle (Club Dub)
by Opera Trance featuring Emma Shapplin.
Takes me back to my clubbing days in Blackpool.
Trance is brilliant I shall take a look. Anthems need to be modernized and not full of romanticised sentiments that no one cares for much outside of sporting events.

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Post by MJMcCready » Sun May 30, 2021 11:40 pm

Okay just listened. I can't go with opera and trance mixed together. There are many great fusion styles of music around like metal + rap but I not trance and opera, they are too far apart.

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Post by Simon Rogers » Mon May 31, 2021 12:06 am

There is another dub version of the song without the opera. I think there is also a Yomanda mix.
I remember Charlotte Church and Jurgen Vries bringing out a Trance Opera Song back in 2003.

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Post by NickFaulks » Mon May 31, 2021 12:12 am

Kevin Thurlow wrote:
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I agree with David.
I expect that most people who pay to watch cricket do. Why would the authorities care?
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Post by MJMcCready » Mon May 31, 2021 12:30 am

Simon Rogers wrote:
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There is another dub version of the song without the opera. I think there is also a Yomanda mix.
I remember Charlotte Church and Jurgen Vries bringing out a Trance Opera Song back in 2003.
That song was listenable.

Adagio for Strings, fused with trance, by William Orbit was a better try I think

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNcdVuPVXR0

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Post by Simon Rogers » Mon May 31, 2021 12:38 am

MJMcCready wrote:
Mon May 31, 2021 12:30 am
Simon Rogers wrote:
Mon May 31, 2021 12:06 am
There is another dub version of the song without the opera. I think there is also a Yomanda mix.
I remember Charlotte Church and Jurgen Vries bringing out a Trance Opera Song back in 2003.
That song was listenable.

Adagio for Strings, fused with trance, by William Orbit was a better try I think

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNcdVuPVXR0
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Re: Which style of music don't you like and why?

Post by MJMcCready » Mon May 31, 2021 12:53 am

Never came across it before, that's nearly as bad as Metallica playing with an orchestra

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sh5S3OxiE-s

Which is nowhere near as good as Scooter meets SuperTramp with 'The Logical Song'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YxTa1AUqps -a bit cheesy yes but groovy.

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Re: Which style of music don't you like and why?

Post by JustinHorton » Mon May 31, 2021 4:28 am

MJMcCready wrote:
Sun May 30, 2021 10:34 pm
Personally I cannot stand opera at all and am convinced those who do tolerate it have very poor taste.
Well, I spent my Saturday evening listening to Tristan und Isolde on the radio.

The climax of the opera, the Liebestod, is delivered here by Birgit Nilsson in what is probably my single favourite musical clip on the internet.

I wouldn't mind if I never heard another national anthem again, at a cricket match or anywhere else. Even the Marseillaise is tacky when you think about it.
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