Name the seminal piece that got you interested in classical music

[Coopmv]

Bach BWV 1041-1043, Violin Concertos ...

[eyeresist]

One children's show which really perked up my ears used Smetana's Moldau to accompany a short film showing politically correct propaganda about how rain eventually forms rivers.

Corrected.

[Cato]

Corrected.

              

[Sergeant Rock]

              

Maybe he's trying to imply that Intelligent Design forms rivers, not rain and snow 

Sarge

[DavidRoss]

Maybe he's trying to imply that Intelligent Design forms rivers, not rain and snow 

I think he's trying to imply that people concerned about the dangers of Orwellian group-think political correctness are idiots who deny the validity of science. At least, that's the politically correct way to denigrate anyone exercising rational skepticism regarding the One True Faith of the Politically Correct.

[Cato]

Maybe he's trying to imply that Intelligent Design forms rivers, not rain and snow 

Sarge

Hmm!  Good idea!

To paraphrase Joyce Kilmer:

"Dams are made by fools like Mao,
But only God can make the Moldau."   0:)

[eyeresist]

I think he's trying to imply that people concerned about the dangers of Orwellian group-think political correctness are idiots who deny the validity of science. At least, that's the politically correct way to denigrate anyone exercising rational skepticism regarding the One True Faith of the Politically Correct.

So, you're one of those free thinkers who thinks global warming is communist propaganda?

[Cato]

So, you're one of those free thinkers who thinks global warming is Al Gorical propaganda?

Corrected.   

"Now it is complete!"   

[eyeresist]

Corrected.   

"Now it is complete!"   

Thanks, Christ! *thumbs up*

.... Allegorical?

[DavidRoss]

So, you're one of those free thinkers who thinks global warming is communist propaganda?

Nope.

[eyeresist]

Nope.

G'wan, admit it

[scarlattiglenross]

Come on. Everyone knows it's capitalist propaganda.

[eyeresist]

Come on. Everyone knows it's capitalist propaganda.

Yeah - they finally found a way to charge for sunlight!

[Uncle Connie]

I like even Katy Perry's music. Good to know it doesn't make me stupid. 

It comes perilously close though. I listen to Annabella. I'm sure that has knocked more than a few points off my IQ 

Sarge

Would I be ostracized if I confessed to a leftover soft spot from high school days - namely, Little Richard?  (Well, hell, aren't oldies 'classics?')

[Sergeant Rock]

Would I be ostracized if I confessed to a leftover soft spot from high school days - namely, Little Richard?  (Well, hell, aren't oldies 'classics?')

No, you wouldn't be orstracized. Little Richard is one of the giants in music. No comparison between him and guilty pleasures like Katy and Annabella.

Sarge

[Cato]

I wonder how many people discovered Beethoven because of Schroeder, the classical pianist of Peanuts.

And then there were the Good Ol' Days of early television, when major networks did not think e.g. Toscanini and Verdi were beyond the American public, (and if they were, then the public should take advantage of the opportunity to become acquainted!     )  :

From 1949: Live broadcast

http://www.youtube.com/v/qo--vvnKgQ4&feature=fvwrel

[Gurn Blanston]

Would I be ostracized if I confessed to a leftover soft spot from high school days - namely, Little Richard?  (Well, hell, aren't oldies 'classics?')

Back in 1998, I traveled from Shreveport LA to Memphis TN in a little Saab 19 seater of the type known by seasoned travelers as a "freakin' crop duster". Sitting across the aisle from me was none other than Little Richard! His band were here and there around the plane too. We had a fun chat all the way to Memphis, when we ran into a big thunderstorm, and all of a sudden, ole Richard warn't talking any more. Well, neither was I, really.   It was a nice trip anyway, one doesn't frequently get to spend easy times with a R & R legend!

[Karl Henning]

I wonder how many people discovered Beethoven because of Schroeder, the classical pianist of Peanuts.

(* raises hand *)

[Gurn Blanston]

I wonder how many people discovered Beethoven because of Schroeder, the classical pianist of Peanuts.

And then there were the Good Ol' Days of early television, when major networks did not think e.g. Toscanini and Verdi were beyond the American public, (and if they were, then the public should take advantage of the opportunity to become acquainted!     )  :

Not Schroeder and Toscanini, Bugs Bunny and Leonard Bernstein. Young People's Concerts and The Wabbit of Seville were 'must see TV' when I was a kid.

[Cato]

Not Schroeder and Toscanini, Bugs Bunny and Leonard Bernstein. Young People's Concerts and The Wabbit of Seville were 'must see TV' when I was a kid.

Amen!   0:)

I have mentioned recalling Bernstein on TV (now and then on Friday night on CBS) calling the opening of Liszt's Faust Symphony a kind of "12-tone row."

See:

http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?topic=9291.240