Unpopular Opinions

[jochanaan]

Mahler's Eighth is his greatest symphony and one of the greatest symphonies in the canon. -- There!  That's an unpopular opinion, at least on GMG!

[Ken B]

Mahler's Eighth is his greatest symphony and one of the greatest symphonies in the canon. -- There!  That's an unpopular opinion, at least on GMG!

No unpopular enough! 

[Madiel]

Mahler is the most overrated human being ever lived. 

Have you not heard of the Kardashians?

[Christo]

Donald Trump. Something with balls and brains.

[The Six]

Brahms is the ultimate example of the individual shaped by the signifier. He is a man seen only in mirror images; lost in a hall of mirrors, Brahms is a reflection of a reflection of a reflection. You start with Beethoven – the purest representation of humanity itself, and reflect him to create Schubert – the same thing, but slightly less. You invert Beethoven to create Wagner – Beethoven turned septic and libertarian – then you reflect the inversion in the reflection: you create a being who can only exist in reference to others. Brahms is the true nowhere man; without the others he reflects, inverts and parodies he has no reason to exist. Brahms's identity only comes from what and who he isn't – without a wider frame of reference he is nothing. He is not his own man. The saddest thing? In a world where our identities and beings are shaped by our warped relationships to brands and commerce we are all Brahms.

[Jo498]

This sound like a post-modernist slant on the Wagnerian rant that there was a certain composer without any ideas or personality, so that he had to present wearing in turn the mask of the gypsy fiddler, the ballad monger, the Handelian wig and therefore could not be taken seriously when he took on the persona of a serious symphonist...

[Florestan]

Brahms is the ultimate example of the individual shaped by the signifier. He is a man seen only in mirror images; lost in a hall of mirrors, Brahms is a reflection of a reflection of a reflection. You start with Beethoven – the purest representation of humanity itself, and reflect him to create Schubert – the same thing, but slightly less. You invert Beethoven to create Wagner – Beethoven turned septic and libertarian – then you reflect the inversion in the reflection: you create a being who can only exist in reference to others. Brahms is the true nowhere man; without the others he reflects, inverts and parodies he has no reason to exist. Brahms's identity only comes from what and who he isn't – without a wider frame of reference he is nothing. He is not his own man. The saddest thing? In a world where our identities and beings are shaped by our warped relationships to brands and commerce we are all Brahms.

I don´t know what you drank or smoke, but it must have been really strong.

[Mirror Image]

I don´t know what you drank or smoke, but it must have been really strong.

+1

Brahms is his own man. Always was, always will be.

[Brian]

Brahms is the ultimate example of the individual shaped by the signifier. He is a man seen only in mirror images; lost in a hall of mirrors, Brahms is a reflection of a reflection of a reflection. You start with Beethoven – the purest representation of humanity itself, and reflect him to create Schubert – the same thing, but slightly less. You invert Beethoven to create Wagner – Beethoven turned septic and libertarian – then you reflect the inversion in the reflection: you create a being who can only exist in reference to others. Brahms is the true nowhere man; without the others he reflects, inverts and parodies he has no reason to exist. Brahms's identity only comes from what and who he isn't – without a wider frame of reference he is nothing. He is not his own man. The saddest thing? In a world where our identities and beings are shaped by our warped relationships to brands and commerce we are all Brahms.

I like this post a lot!

Unpopular Opinions is for people to say their unpopular opinions, and this is a huge success. 

[Karl Henning]

I like this post a lot!

Unpopular Opinions is for people to say their unpopular opinions, and this is a huge success. 

Hah!

[Florestan]

I like this post a lot!

Unpopular Opinions is for people to say their unpopular opinions, and this is a huge success. 

Yeah, but unpopular does not necessarily mean weird, and I mean weirdo weird. 

[(poco) Sforzando]

Yeah, but unpopular does not necessarily mean weird, and I mean weirdo weird. 

Weird and weirdo weird opinions each have their own thread.

[TheGSMoeller]

I am Johannes Brahms.

[jochanaan]

At this point, Brahms himself might say something like, "At least I have a reflection."

[Madiel]

Brahms: such a great all-rounder, he's suitable for comparison to all comers.

[Karl Henning]

I don't care for The Simpsons at all.

[Brian]

I don't care for The Simpsons at all.

That makes two of us!

Although I do like some of the quotes.

[Karl Henning]

That makes two of us!

Although I do like some of the quotes.

Oh, those, no one could take away from Groening & al.

[Mirror Image]

I don't care for The Simpsons at all.

+1 Really dislike that show along with all of those others like Family Guy, American Dad, South Park, etc.

[Mirror Image]

I dislike Verdi, Puccini, or their ilk. Whether this is an 'unpopular' opinion, I'm not sure, but there you have it.