Poll: Do you listen to classical music?

[The Stonker]

Well Escapist's.
I'm a big fan of classical music but of course I listen to all sorts of it, except for rap and hip hop which stands for retards attempting poetry.
(No offese towards well, retarded people)
Well I listen mostly to Beethoven,Haydn,Chopin,Mozart and Schubert.
How about you escapist's?

 

[Arctodus_Simus]

Yup, especially cello sonatas (I'm biased ). Bit of Elgar cheers me right up!

Chopin's Prelude in D Flat Major is great for getting off to sleep too, or in a thunderstorm

 

[MetalPhoenix]

Jup. I mostly listen to metal, but Mozart, Bach, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven and some others also find their way to my playlist

 

[Skuffyshootster]

I'm not a big fan, but I'm also not an ignorant philistine that refuses to listen to anything besides the uninspired dreck that populates our radio stations nowadays (*cough* high school students *cough*)

The fools.

 

[AWAR]

I occasionally listen to J.S Bach, Chopin, Brahms and Vivaldi when I'm in the right mood (never)

 

[Hosker]

Yup;it's probably what I listen to the most. I tend to find it's only musicians who like it; I could be wrong.

 

[Hosker]

Double post sorry.

 

[Dr. wonderful]

I perfer Mozart.

Well I listen mostly to Beethoven,Haydn,Chopin,Mozart and Schubert.
How about you escapist's?

....No Offense.

But you listed only TWO classical musicians.

The other three were ROMANTIC composers.

And BTW, I listen to Hiphop and some Rap does that meke me retarded?

 

[The Stonker]

I perfer Mozart.

Well I listen mostly to Beethoven,Haydn,Chopin,Mozart and Schubert.
How about you escapist's?

....No Offense.

But you listed only TWO classical musicians.

The other three were ROMANTIC composers.

And BTW, I listen to Hiphop and some Rap does that meke me retarded?

Classical music is in fact several era's.
For instance there is the baroque,classical period music,romantic music and then modern classical music which have composers such as Igor Stravinsky and John Adams.
If I would have said classical-era music then you would have been right but you're not.

I never said that you were retarded, just rap.
Because I think some rappers insult poetry by calling them selves "poets".

 

[Turbo_Destructor]

Nah, I just find it boring. I'm not saying it's bad or anything, but I just find it to be soulless, lacking in any emotion or narrative.

 

[Dr. wonderful]

I perfer Mozart.

Well I listen mostly to Beethoven,Haydn,Chopin,Mozart and Schubert.
How about you escapist's?

....No Offense.

But you listed only TWO classical musicians.

The other three were ROMANTIC composers.

And BTW, I listen to Hiphop and some Rap does that meke me retarded?

Classical music is in fact several era's.
For instance there is the baroque,classical period music,romantic music and then modern classical music which have composers such as Igor Stravinsky and John Adams.
If I would have said classical-era music then you would have been right but you're not.

I never said that you were retarded, just rap.
Because I think some rappers insult poetry by calling them selves "poets".

*Pinch nose* True.

and on the subject of Rap, It's IS poetry, just a different kind. Urban almost, sure what they saying is wrong ~and stupid~ it is expressing themselves.
Take this verse:

It's time to fight back that's what Huey said
2 shots in the dark now Huey's dead
I got love for my brother but we can never go nowhere
unless we share with each other
We gotta start makin' changes
learn to see me as a brother instead of 2 distant strangers
and that's how it's supposed to be
How can the Devil take a brother if he's close to me?
I'd love to go back to when we played as kids
but things changed, and that's the way it is

is it a rap or a poem?

 

[Aedes]

Why, yes. I do listen to them.
I'm a fan of Mozart and Chopin but I do know other master musicians such as Beethoven, Bach, Vivaldi and Tchaikovsky. And a little bit of Pachelbel too.
I'm only a little ashmed because although I can reconize many melodies, I can't recall their names at all. So many musics I can't listen because I don't know how they're called... >.<

 

[TheRobotandtheBeast]

5th and 9th symphony FTW.

 

[Tartarga]

I'm a Chopin man myself. Damn you Eternal Sonata. I many of the other composers as well, just not as much as Chopin.

 

[PureChaos]

the closest i get to classic music is OSTs. this always makes me laugh:

 

[SimuLord]

I'm a Romantic Period enthusiast myself. Johann Strauss II and Giachino Rossini are my favorite composers, probably due in no small part to all the cartoons I watched as a kid that featured the music of both.

 

[Woodsey]

I've listened to some Oasis in my time.

 

[V8 Ninja]

I usually don't listen to classical music, but it's not like I have anything against it. I just don't listen to it.

 

[AWAR]

I perfer Mozart.

Well I listen mostly to Beethoven,Haydn,Chopin,Mozart and Schubert.
How about you escapist's?

....No Offense.

But you listed only TWO classical musicians.

The other three were ROMANTIC composers.

And BTW, I listen to Hiphop and some Rap does that meke me retarded?

Classical music is in fact several era's.
For instance there is the baroque,classical period music,romantic music and then modern classical music which have composers such as Igor Stravinsky and John Adams.
If I would have said classical-era music then you would have been right but you're not.

I never said that you were retarded, just rap.
Because I think some rappers insult poetry by calling them selves "poets".

*Pinch nose* True.

and on the subject of Rap, It's IS poetry, just a different kind. Urban almost, sure what they saying is wrong ~and stupid~ it is expressing themselves.
Take this verse:

It's time to fight back that's what Huey said
2 shots in the dark now Huey's dead
I got love for my brother but we can never go nowhere
unless we share with each other
We gotta start makin' changes
learn to see me as a brother instead of 2 distant strangers
and that's how it's supposed to be
How can the Devil take a brother if he's close to me?
I'd love to go back to when we played as kids
but things changed, and that's the way it is

is it a rap or a poem?

I have no idea what it is but this is what I consider poetry:

Spoiler

Suddenly the night has grown colder.
Some deity preparing to depart.
Alexandra hoisted on his shoulder,
they slip between the sentries of your heart.

Upheld by the simplicities of pleasure,
they gain the light, they formlessly entwine;
and radiant beyond your widest measure
they fall among the voices and the wine.

lt's not a trick, your senses all deceiving,
a fitful dream the morning will exhaust---
Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving,
Then say goodbye to Alexandra lost.

Even though she sleeps upon your satin.
Even though she wakes you with a kiss.
Do not say the moment was imagined,
Do not stoop to strategies like this.

As someone long prepared for this to happen,
Go firmly to the window. Drink it in.
Exquisite music, Alexandra laughing.
Your first commitments tangible again.

You who had the honor of her evening,
And by that honor had your own restored---
Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving.
Alexandra leaving with her lord.

As someone long prepared for the occasion;
In full command of every plan you wrecked---
Do not choose a coward's explanation
that hides behind the cause and the effect,

You who were bewildered by a meaning,
whose code was broken, crucifix uncrossed---
Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving.
Then say goodbye to Alexandra lost.

 

[phantasmalWordsmith]

Im not a fan myself but, most rock and roll is taken from a classical source so hats off to them