Modern Music

[Pale Gray]

I must say, before we begin, that even pieces by Bach are much too exciting for my dull self.

My younger brother, however, is a fan of this modern music that they play on the airwaves. He is especially interested in this "Party Rock Anthem". He became frustrated with me a short while ago, and so the fool had the nerve to turn on the television and play that anthem, along with a horrid video.

It starts in a nice, white room. Then, suddenly, they were outside, and all these horridly dressed people were doing a small jig in the street. I was blinded by the colors and deafened by the horrible noises that emitted from that television. I had to tuen away, for risk of throwing up. When I finally looked back over, hoping it had finished, there was an individual, a female, screaming at me to "Get up, get down, put your hands up to the sound". I, obviously, did not follow her instructions.

The people my age actually like this mess that they can call music. Soft piano is the only acceptable music. Maybe accompanied by a violin if you're feeling daring. Do you not agree?

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Personally, I find that music in general is far too exciting. After all, most pieces seek to evoke emotion, do they not? Why, I've heard so many accounts of people being driven to tears by music, or to the other extreme, uplifted even in the midst of gloom. Music is created to be the antithesis of boring, something to liven up even the most respectable boring person sitting in a room staring at a wall.

As such, I can only listen to muzak, that delightfully bland concoction of sound they put in stores and restaurants-- background noise with no horrid emotion to it.

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My personal favorite piece of music is John Cage's 4'33".

[Arret Brown]

That piece is so excellent, Icon. The simplicity of it, the pureness of the sound...it's simply poetry.

[Grey]

Agreed. Modern music is too loud and colourful. Heck, even older music is still too exciting and evokes too much emotion. I once listened to something called 'The Sound of Silence' expecting it to be exactly what it said it was and what did I hear? I heard *shudders* singing and...instruments and....urgh, actual emotions! I screamed and turned it off then went off to stare at the white tiles in my bathroom until I felt better.

From that day forward, I only listen to white noise on the radio. It is the most beautiful concentration of blandness that cannot be achieved by any music created by man ever. Just listen to it.

[Tan]

I feel nothing about modern music one way or the other.