You've been listening to too much classical when...

[George]

*When you turn down sex so that you can listen to the Berlin Philharmonic release/recording of Mahler's 6th symphony.  Just give me 85 minutes honey, and I'll be right up!

(thanks G, for pointing this out, I missed it the first time around)

[DavidRoss]

*When you turn down sex so that you can listen to the Berlin Philharmonic release/recording of Mahler's 6th symphony.  Just give me 85 minutes honey, and I'll be right up!

Oh, my.  I presume you must really like that recording to pay such a high price--not the price of putting off the sex, but the price of having said "Not now, dear."

[Novi]

When you go over some work and see that you've written 'Anton Webern's "iron cage" vision of society' . 

When the first thing that comes to mind when contemplating working in Japan is, 'wow, free shipping from hmv.co.jp!'

(These are true stories ).

[hornteacher]

You know exactly what speed to drive during your work commute to time your arrival with the end of movements.

[hornteacher]

.............your "celebrity crush" is a violinist.

[George]

You know exactly what speed tempo to drive during your work commute to time your arrival with the end of movements.

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* Thread duty - you make corrections like the one made above.

[eyeresist]

This is a funny thread!

*You're the only '30 something' in a Brahms & Dvorak Music Appreciation class amongst a crowd of all over 70 year olds, and you absolutely enjoy it! 

As much as I love these composers, the idea of being in a roomful of greyheads "appreciating" them sounds like torture. Which reminds me than one of my long-term anxieties is the company I'll have to keep when I eventually have to move into a "home" - a building full of knuckleheads who spent their lives listening to Britney Speers or Fiddy Cent. Aaargh! Are there special places for people who like music?

You know you've listened to too much classical when .. you worry about how it will affect your retirement. Not to mention spending all your savings on CDs.

1. You start getting interested in and buying opera CDs 
...
3. You have the entire Bobblehead Doll collection of composers born between 1685 and 1899

#1 is true 
Is there really a bobblehead composer collection?

[Brian]

2. You have 80 complete sets of Beethoven's symphonies.

I am up to 6, which is not so bad for a teenager, right?

[Brian]

Is there really a bobblehead composer collection?

Yes. One of my friends has Bobblehead Mozart in his dorm room window!

[Bogey]

When your only displayed autograph is from "Christopher Hogwood".

When you are copying down fragmentary works from Mozart that were not in your Complete Brilliant set and are yelling at the dog about how your definition of COMPLETE is not the same as the company that put out the set.

When you are worried about typing either 1962 or 1963 when referring the the HvK Beethoven Symphony Cycle, so instead you  get cute and type 1962*.

When you have close to 1,000 classical cds, and you are contemplating how you might be able to get a duplicate of most of that collection on vinyl.

You spend 90 minutes on the phone with a friend in New York cross referencing Richter recordings for him on the internet as he sits in a record shop deciding whether to by a cd....and both of you find this time well spent....and fun.

[eyeresist]

--When you like to curl up at night with the Third Ear Guide, and the last decent edition of the Penguin Guide (plus yearbook).

Yes. One of my friends has Bobblehead Mozart in his dorm room window!

They're pretty ugly, but the Tchaikovsky one would be nicely ironic (given his eccentric conducting style).

[Sean]

...you still listen to BBC Radio 3 long after it became pop classical drivel, trying to cut out the announcer's intentional ignorance before the music starts.

...you've already spent 25-30 000 hours listening to the stuff & know music by 1100 mostly very dead composers.

...you understand that art is only a reflection of life and like Prospero and his books, just want to be set free.

[Szykneij]

...you just sold all of your clothes so that you can buy more interpretations of Beethoven sonatas. An added bonus is all that extra CD storage space gained in your now empty closet. When your live-in girlfriend tries to talk some sense into you, you threaten to leave her. She calls your bluff and you think it would be very "Beethoven" to storm off, naked and alone with all of your little silver discs. After leaving, you suddenly wish the hole in the discs were just a bit larger. You somehow think that this issue is your biggest problem. 

Just one more advantage of vinyl, I guess ...   

[ChamberNut]

*You need a control center to monitor all the classical music discussions you are on.

[ChamberNut]

...you just sold all of your clothes so that you can buy more interpretations of Beethoven sonatas. An added bonus is all that extra CD storage space gained in your now empty closet. When your live-in girlfriend tries to talk some sense into you, you threaten to leave her. She calls your bluff and you think it would be very "Beethoven" to storm off, naked and alone with all of your little silver discs. After leaving, you suddenly wish the hole in the discs were just a bit larger. You somehow think that this issue is your biggest problem. 

George, I hope this isn't autobiographical? 

[Opus106]

You spend 90 minutes on the phone with a friend in New York cross referencing Richter recordings for him on the internet as he sits in a record shop deciding whether to by a cd....and both of you find this time well spent....and fun.

I wish I could do something like that whenever I'm at the store going over CDs. I don't have a mobile phone that can access the web.

[ChamberNut]

*You start spreading conspiracy theories about Mozart or other famous composers claiming they are frauds that did not actually compose several of their masterpieces.

[Opus106]

*You start spreading conspiracy theories about Mozart or other famous composers claiming they are frauds that did not actually compose several of their masterpieces.

No, no. Those are the kind who, like the true listeners, have a lot of free time on their hands () but don't spend it wisely listening to the music.

But they spend enough of their time on internet message boards.  0:)

[Keemun]

Your ideal pen is from the Mont Blanc Donation collection.

In the morning you decide on a listening theme for the work-day (favorite recordings, unfamiliar works, a composer's complete symphony cycle, etc.).

Your Amazon.com wish-list contains a number of CDs that are "currently unavailable" because you want to remember what they are and hope they will be available again some day.

[Brian]

They're pretty ugly, but the Tchaikovsky one would be nicely ironic (given his eccentric conducting style).

--You think the Brahms bobblehead looks more like Dvorak.