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Aug 26, 2010 - 4:15pm
planet_lizard wrote:
OK - let's change that to 'non-classical songs' - he's a classical music listener and dismisses all else. I have no problem with 4/4 at all, but one of his reasons for not liking non-classical music is "it's all in 4/4" (and yes he & I both know it's a generalisation).
If you like let's widen the request to any music that is good to play to someone who only listens to classical music to convince them that there is decent non-classical music out there!
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He needs to hear (albums): Time Further Out - Dave Brubeck Soft Machiine - Third National Health - Of Ques and Cures Yes - Close To The Edge Reniasance - Live at Carnegie Hall Frank Zappa/ The Mothers: Burnt Weenie Sanwich Waka/Jawaka The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life
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Aug 26, 2010 - 4:10pm
beamends wrote:
Pink Floyd's 'Money' - the bars alternate between 3/4 and 4/4
Technically it's 7/4, except for the bridge/guitar solo, which is in 4/4
Others: Yes - The Fish (7/8) Soundgarden - Spoonman (7/8) Jethro Tull - Living In The Past (5/4) Grateful Dead - The Eleven (11/8) Pat Metheny Group - The First Circle (22/8)
I perfectly know that you're trying to make me believe we're talking in "Tomato Gardens". Wikipedant defines Capt. Beefheart as follows : Experimental rock, blues-rock, psychedelic rock, progressive rock, protopunk, outsider. What's abnormal... oh wait.
Don't get me wrong. I love the guy. He's a through & through genius but I'd hardly call him easy listening.
OK - let's change that to 'non-classical songs' - he's a classical music listener and dismisses all else. I have no problem with 4/4 at all, but one of his reasons for not liking non-classical music is "it's all in 4/4" (and yes he & I both know it's a generalisation).
If you like let's widen the request to any music that is good to play to someone who only listens to classical music to convince them that there is decent non-classical music out there!
Now that's a challenge! If you ignore all the issues surrounding lyrics and such, which don't really feature in classical music unless you include operetta, and are purely looking at the way the music is constructed. That would suggest prog-rock, or someone like Pink Floyd and such which are more than verse-chorus-verse-chorus-middle 8-verse-chours-ad-infinitum. Personally I'd go for Floyd from Dark Side Of The Moon onwards, but I am severely biased, there are many alternatives!
Does your friend listen to jazz ? Or does he consider jazz as classical music ? I'm afraid this wittypedia link only will suggest that there are many more classical music titles than "pop songs". So maybe you could copy the list and delete all that could look regularly classical to your friend.
@nuggz : And stop being stubborn, young man.
What ? The only classification I can think up for Beefheart is......abnormal.
OK - let's change that to 'non-classical songs' - he's a classical music listener and dismisses all else. I have no problem with 4/4 at all, but one of his reasons for not liking non-classical music is "it's all in 4/4" (and yes he & I both know it's a generalisation).
If you like let's widen the request to any music that is good to play to someone who only listens to classical music to convince them that there is decent non-classical music out there!
Does your friend listen to jazz ? Or does he consider jazz as classical music ? I'm afraid this wittypedia link only will suggest that there are many more classical music titles than "pop songs". So maybe you could copy the list and delete all that could look regularly classical to your friend, then show him...
OK - let's change that to 'non-classical songs' - he's a classical music listener and dismisses all else. I have no problem with 4/4 at all, but one of his reasons for not liking non-classical music is "it's all in 4/4" (and yes he & I both know it's a generalisation).
If you like let's widen the request to any music that is good to play to someone who only listens to classical music to convince them that there is decent non-classical music out there!
Er....then I wouldn't suggest Captain Beefheart.
But I would definitely recommend Mahavishnu Orchestra for someone who likes classical.
What do you call pop songs, and what's the problem with 4/4 ?
OK - let's change that to 'non-classical songs' - he's a classical music listener and dismisses all else. I have no problem with 4/4 at all, but one of his reasons for not liking non-classical music is "it's all in 4/4" (and yes he & I both know it's a generalisation).
If you like let's widen the request to any music that is good to play to someone who only listens to classical music to convince them that there is decent non-classical music out there!
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Right. Lyrics like that will make you real popular around here
