I am a classical music lover, and in the common perception, classical music represents elegant, offbeat, high-class imagery. I am accompanied by Beethoven, Mozart, Bach and some other artists. And I just have contempt for those who love to listen to square dance bling and noisy electronic synthesized music. Some people are going to refute or even criticize me, does square dance blonde music and electronic synthesized music mean vulgarity? Who are you to say anything when other people listen to their favorite music? When I think of this, I can't help but break out in a cold sweat for fear of being reviled by thousands of people. But I still feel the need to talk about this chain of contempt. (And also as a way to exonerate myself. (Laughs) In the following, I am going to compare and contrast classical music with the popularized popular music nowadays. Please be patient, hold down your anger and listen to my sophistry.
First of all, the history of classical music. The formation and development of classical music is naturally much more mature than that of popular music, and its system is much more complete. In the long process of time, the excellent works of various masters' interpretation of the perpetual transmission, and increasingly perfect, and therefore induced the rise of the record industry. For example, Beethoven's Fifth and Seventh Symphonies are usually twinned (i.e., the producer usually chooses to publish them together). To this day, the crown jewel of classical recordings is DG Records' version of Beethoven's Fifth and Seventh Symphonies performed by Kleiber & the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Since the emergence of this version of the record has not been the right one. And best-selling to this day, is still the first choice. This is a good proof that a well-developed music system and its supporting industries can always adapt to the requirements of different times and make rapid changes. On the contrary, how many popular music songs have been passed down? Just ask a high school student nowadays whether he knows "Symphony of Fate" or "I Love You, My Wife". It is not that the system of popular music is not perfect, but the family members of popular music are too large, so it is inevitable that there are hidden dirt but it is difficult to find out, which leads to the accumulation of viciousness. Just like people nowadays, you may write one or two ditties and make up a few words on the spur of the moment and pick up the guitar to play and sing them easily. Who can write an eight-minute trio at the drop of a hat?
This means that the creation of classical music is more of a test of the accumulation of specialized knowledge, the cost of creation is higher, and accordingly the production is smaller, so the rate of defects is also relatively low.
Secondly, there is the connotation of the music itself. A good piece of music is nothing more than harmonized notes paired together to form a beautiful and moving tune, coupled with catchy and beautiful lyrics. Like the German composer Mahler's symphonic suite Das lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth), the moving symphonic music is entwined with German lyrics from seven Tang poems, which are mesmerizing. However, in the current popular music market, there is a widespread trend towards shoddy production and "fast food" music, with unscrupulous publishers recording and reproducing large quantities of shoddy, fast-food music, which in itself is a blight on the music. The beats are too loud and the lyrics are too empty and uninteresting. The reason for this is the "cost" mentioned above, which I won't go into here. A good piece of music should first show the composer's attitude towards music, just like my favorite Jay Chou, whose music is not only updated with the characteristics of the times, but also integrates Chinese classical instruments into his phrases, a creative concept that I greatly appreciate. This is what good music should be like, with a strong infectious effect. I don't think there is a single person who loves classical music who would not hear Isolde's heartfelt words, "His smile, how gentle, his eyes, how sweet". His eyes, how sweet" will not be trembling in the liver. This is the great music of the powerful infectious force, can make you **** love, so as to cause your emotional changes.
The third is the audience. Classical music has always been regarded as an elegant, high-class group of consumer goods. In recent years, the number of organizations and festivals promoting classical music has been increasing, and its contribution cannot be denied, but the results have been minimal. It's not hard to imagine how a working man would have the patience to sit down and enjoy an hour-long Beethoven's 9th Symphony after a tiring day. He would rather open the music app on his phone and let the midnight radio station randomly play a sentimental love song sung by who knows who, but instead he will feel the dark sadness in the song. Appreciation of classical music is also required to appreciate the level of the so-called insiders to listen to the doorway, the layman to listen to the hustle and bustle. If a random person puts on the headphones and plays a piece of Messiaen, I think he will immediately drop the headphones on the ground and curse: what the hell is this! It's not as good as Live, the drums and horns at the opening of the store, so class is inevitably differentiated, and the class gap is so pronounced that there will inevitably be snickers. It's not that they look down on people who don't listen to classical music, but it's almost a mocking question: what's so good about that stuff? What's so good about that stuff? It's not meaningful and it's poor, so why don't you join me in enjoying Mozart? Every classical musician is an active propagandist, desperate for newcomers, and with every newcomer the so-called "high quality of appreciation" moves further away from the ground. They are eager to "get their feet on the ground"! （
These are the author's thoughts on the chain of contempt in music. Of course, this is a personal opinion, and the author is not trying to insinuate or discriminate against any particular person or group of people. It's just a way to provide you with something to talk about after dinner. If there is any offense in the article, it is purely unintentional, and you can all laugh it off.