Classical music = intelligent? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: WZOLL
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 29, 2015, 10:08:47 pm
content: What genres of music would you say intelligent people listen to and vice versa?

author: TimFox
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 29, 2015, 10:12:49 pm
content: Intelligent people like me listen to many kinds of music.It's easier to identify the types of music to which lesser-intelligent people listen.

author: Joule Thief
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 29, 2015, 10:28:33 pm
content: Quote from: TimFox on December 29, 2015, 10:12:49 pm2 giveaways+40db bass boost and spittle all over the mics

author: continuo
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 29, 2015, 10:34:40 pm
content: Check this:http://musicthatmakesyoudumb.virgil.gr/

author: Halcyon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 29, 2015, 10:41:46 pm
content: Quote from: continuo on December 29, 2015, 10:34:40 pmPretty much mimics my own thoughts on certain genres.

author: Synthetase
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 29, 2015, 10:45:42 pm
content: Really?This question reminds me of aDara Ó Briainbit:"Music snobbery is the worst kind of snobbery. 'Oh, you like those noises,? those sounds, in your ear? Do you like them? They’re the wrong sounds. You should like these sounds.' "

author: SL4P
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 29, 2015, 11:05:43 pm
content: Quote from: TimFox on December 29, 2015, 10:12:49 pmi think both positions give away far too much of the individual's expectations or bias.Music or other soundscapes - provide whatever the listener wants it to provide in the circumstances.This definitely falls into the same category as digital, vinyl, oxygen-free, 6-way, infinite baffle systems with 25kw PMPO drivers, playing from an iPod - running from a LiPo battery pack.

author: Marco
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 29, 2015, 11:19:12 pm
content: IME classical music is more of a class thing than an intelligence one, of course intelligent people see the value in networking and the benefit of obscure in-crowd knowledge/experience for doing so (to a large extent this isn't even conscious).In my days at a technical college when such pressures were largely absent I'd say metal, dance and electronic music were more popular with the higher IQ crowd.

author: tszaboo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 29, 2015, 11:27:02 pm
content: Quote from: continuo on December 29, 2015, 10:34:40 pmSAT... That is like american high school graduation whatever.So you think a teenage american has a broad knoledge of music, and can make totally unbiased decision what music to listen to. They have no bias due to the social pressure whatsoever.And they actually know what classical music is. You know like pointing on the timeline, which century classical is.

author: Howardlong
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 29, 2015, 11:37:28 pm
content: I also think it might depend to some extent what side of the instrument you're at.There is (apparently) some technically astounding jazz, but to listen to it just doesn't float my boat although I can see there's a skill to play it.I am predominantly a blues sax player for my sins with plenty of improv, and I am pretty sure my neighbours don't have a better or worse IQ as a result. Well they never speak to me anyway, so how would I know?

author: continuo
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 30, 2015, 12:51:00 am
content: Quote from: NANDBlog on December 29, 2015, 11:27:02 pmNo, I thought it was funny. Don't take that site too serious. Btw... Check out the "Booksthatmakeyoudumb" link at the bottomQuoteWe did Prokovjews "Peter and the wolf", Smetanas "The Moldau" and Mussorgskis "Pictures at an Exhibition" during elementary school in musical class, probably more, but these are the pieces I remember. US shouldn't be to different

author: edy
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 30, 2015, 12:53:08 am
content: I don't think the type of music has anything to do with making you intelligent or not. Some say classical music (certain composers) use very "mathematically pleasing" note progressions and rhythms but when I listen to classical music I am not thinking math at all. I don't think what you hear is going to influence your ability to perform math or not, and has no impact on your "intelligence". As well, I don't think "intelligent" people prefer any type of music over another.On the other hand, performance of music can stimulate your hand-eye coordination, concentration, pattern recognition and other mental faculties to give your brain some exercise. Perhaps that will translate to performance in other "intelligence"-related areas. I have played keyboards from a young age and began MIDI sequencing over 2 decades ago! (It's hard to believe). Perhaps my affinity to electronic music is because it was the best I could do with computers and keyboards... Not because the music makes you intelligent, but because you need to have some computer skills to use the equipment needed to make the music. Is it "selection" for intelligence to be able to perform certain music? Is it that classical music is often the first type of music that one is typically taught?I would argue that Jazz and certain other improvisational genres are much more complex than the very predictable classical music patterns, and most of this musical style did not come from high-brow elitist Ivy-league type people you would equate with "intelligence" or money. Perhaps people who listen to Jazz are able to afford the tickets to attend the concerts, or to attend classical music symphonies. Perhaps the "intelligent" or "rich" (more like it) people are often the benefactors (as was also in the past days of classical music) and funded many poor starving artists who had talent to compose but could not afford to live unless hired by some duke, or king, or bishop, or other head of state to compose music for the well-off for entertainment purposes.So who is the "intelligent" one? Those who are listening to it and paying for it to be created? Or the artists who otherwise can't scrape two pennies together but have an emotional musical "intelligence" and creativity that goes far beyond?

author: Deathwish
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 30, 2015, 12:59:07 am
content: Quote from: Joule Thief on December 29, 2015, 10:28:33 pmyou missed out the continous "what did ya say" from deafness at being ear bashed all the time and the vacant spaced out look of the "I think i headbutted the wall too many times" crew

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 30, 2015, 01:25:25 am
content: Where do people with eclectic tastes fit?

author: SL4P
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 30, 2015, 01:36:34 am
content: ... whoa there!...I know you've put this in quotes... but-Quote from: edy on December 30, 2015, 12:53:08 amAre we equating intelligence to wealth or class here... that is precisely the problem that has brought the world's communities to their knees in the current century.

author: iampoor
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 30, 2015, 02:36:24 am
content: I know alot of intelligent people that prefer Progressive rock/metal and extreme metal...I have generally found that "intelligent" people tend to like music with more going on...not just pop patterns. Of curse, this might also come from the fact that I am am very involved in the music scene in general.IEWhen I think of mathematical music however, I think of Math rock/metal, not classic music. Here is an example.https://youtu.be/8d5SCH0Umbs

author: edy
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 30, 2015, 02:45:57 am
content: My point is that intelligence or higher than average aptitude may be very specific to certain areas for some people and may be also influenced by opportunities to develop those areas based on the environment in which they are raised (which affluence can certainly influence as well). The reason I put "intelligence" in quotes is because there are streams of thought that there are several types of intelligence as per the definition :Intelligence has been defined in many different ways including one's capacity for logic, abstract thought, understanding, self-awareness, communication, learning, emotional knowledge, memory, planning, creativity and problem solving.

author: sleemanj
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 30, 2015, 03:33:45 am
content: I'd like to think I'm above average intelligence, well, I used to be, every year the little grey cells get littler, but anyway, I'll listen to most stuff, except for modern pop music from the late 90s onwards, the highly manufactured stuff... oh, and no ICPNot that music from "my generation" 70s, 80s and early 90s wasn't necessarily manufactured too, but at least they didn't have autotune.My car SD card has mixture of mp3s including Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Pink Martini, the Puppini Sisters, Pink Floyd, Air, Grateful Dead, Camel, Madonna, Jesca Hoop, Joanna Newsom, Cloudboy, Blondie, Kate Bush, Bernard Cribbens, the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, and the Wombles theme from Mike Batt is in there somewhere too.

author: Rick Law
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 30, 2015, 06:59:42 am
content: It is the discipline and the will. Playing violin is a good bit more difficult than humming a song. It requires discipline, practice, and initiative.Intelligence is by birth, it is the hardware. Smart is how you use that intelligence. I have seen a lot of intelligent people doing dumb things, but smart one make good use of the talent they are blessed with.So, it may not be the music per-se, but certain the attribute gained by practicing the music appears to help. Perhaps the so calledMozart effectis real, perhaps not. You have one chance of growing up. You can't turn back. Would you want your best shot for your future or do you want your future shot?Since "a long-dead Austrian composer" isn't good enough for some, try an Italian.If giving up Angry Bird but instead yet another round of Paganini Violin Concerto #1, are you driven to do it? Those who are driven enough to do it again and again to improve and improve, in all probability, are more driven to success.Luck tends to favor the well prepared.Scientific Americans, "Fact or Fiction?: Babies Exposed to Classical Music End Up Smarter" September 2007Rather than passively listening to music, Rauscher advocates putting an instrument into the hands of a youngster to raise intelligence. She cites a 1997 University of California, Los Angeles, study that found, among 25,000 students, those who had spent time involved in a musical pursuit tested higher on SATs and reading proficiency exams than those with no instruction in music.......Chabris says the real danger isn't in this questionable marketing, but in parents shirking roles they are evolutionarily meant to serve. "It takes away from other kinds of interaction that might be beneficial for children," such as playing with them and keeping them engaged via social activity. That is the key to a truly intelligent child, not the symphonies of a long-dead Austrian composer.

author: miguelvp
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 30, 2015, 09:30:38 am
content: What I've heard is that music with lyrics distract you because you start to sing along or at least you pay attention to the words, taking away concentration on the task at hand.Classical does not have words, so it doesn't affect your attention to the task at hand that much.Myself I rather have no music if trying to figure out a complicated task that requires concentration. For tasks that don't require concentration well, I like Bowie, Lou Reed, Ramones, and the like. On the Spanish side I like Joaquin Sabina, but that take your concentration away if you know the language.Andres Segovia is my favourite for working (classical guitar).Paco de Lucia 2nd because he sometimes has lyrics.Both rest in peace.

author: German_EE
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 30, 2015, 09:46:11 am
content: It is an interesting question that has been posed. I like to think of myself as intelligent and my musical tastes are very broad, everything from Enya to Motorhead (R.I.P. Lemmy) and Tangerine Dream to Vivaldi but looking at my iPod there is no rap on there.However................I once watched a movie with Jack Nicholson in it called 'Wolf' where he played a music executive about my age who dealt with rap bands. He described rap as "poetry" and I think he was right, rap is 21st Century poetry that happens to be spoken to music, it just isn't my thing. As for classical music having a class problem I invite you to consider the choirs formed by the various miners groups in Wales. Working class to a man they are/were quite happy to sing works by Bizet and Handel plus anything else that has a good tune.

author: Deathwish
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 30, 2015, 10:22:57 am
content: I have all sorts, personally I like floyd as well as a lot of funk and soul. However I also like to wind up the volume on the bloodhound gang albums till the glass rattles, usually just to annoy the neighbors into believing there is a nut job living next door.

author: Galenbo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 30, 2015, 11:37:28 am
content: Quote from: WZOLL on December 29, 2015, 10:08:47 pmNothing more stupid than only listening to a prechewed, defined by others, "class" of music.Number two: Very stupid also to search a correlation between those 2 things.

author: Mechanical Menace
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 30, 2015, 02:52:24 pm
content: I'd personally say the broader someone's taste in music is the more intelligent they are likely to be. I'd also say someone's willingness to admit to also liking theembarrassingpop tracks in their playlist is also generally sign that person has a little more going on between the ears.Also in my experience those who can play one instrument extremely well are generally less intelligent than the Jack of all trades who can play multiple instruments to a decent level and pick up almost any instrument and play it to a passable standard in a few hours. Would love to hear others thoughts and experiences on that.Quote from: German_EE on December 30, 2015, 09:46:11 amOr the Brass Bands from Northern England. My school wind band was lucky enough to play with the famous Black Dyke Mills Band on multiple occasions and while there was no reverse snobbery going on the majority of both were working to lower middle class and we all seemed to love playing everything from Prokofiev to Europe...

author: German_EE
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 30, 2015, 05:36:36 pm
content: "I'd also say someone's willingness to admit to also liking the embarrassing pop tracks in their playlist is also generally sign that person has a little more going on between the ears."Let's see:Diamonds Are Forever - Shirley BasseyFrom Russia With Love - Matt MonroeIf You Could Read My Mind - Gordon LightfootKing of the Road - Roger MillerLittle Willy - The Sweet (the first record I ever bought)Magic - Olivia Newton-JohnThe Great Pretender - Freddy MercuryRollercoaster - B*WitchedThat's from the miscellaneous folder on my iPod, there are others but I want to preserve SOME of my reputation

author: continuo
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 30, 2015, 05:57:13 pm
content: Anyone who really understands the meaning of the lyrics in this song can be considered intelligent

author: KJDS
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 30, 2015, 06:03:00 pm
content: Quote from: sleemanj on December 30, 2015, 03:33:45 amI had no idea that anyone outside of England had ever heard of Bernard Cribbens.I've got a variety of genres in my collection, from classical to heavyish rock, but these days I'm mostly into New York Anti-Folk

author: TimFox
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 30, 2015, 06:08:27 pm
content: Quote from: miguelvp on December 30, 2015, 09:30:38 amYou have left out many genres of "classical" music: choral, art songs (Lieder), opera, Beethoven's 9th symphony (without electronic percussion), etc.

author: Zero999
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 30, 2015, 06:25:15 pm
content: Quote from: sleemanj on December 30, 2015, 03:33:45 amThat's quite common. People often to listen to the type of music that was around when they were younger and as they get older they're less open to new types of music.

author: Len
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 30, 2015, 06:38:14 pm
content: Quote from: KJDS on December 30, 2015, 06:03:00 pmHe was on Doctor Who. Before that, no.Quote from: German_EE on December 30, 2015, 05:36:36 pmI had no idea that anyone outside of Canada had ever heard of Gordon Lightfoot.

author: Len
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 30, 2015, 06:44:01 pm
content: Quote from: iampoor on December 30, 2015, 02:36:24 amTwelve-tone music is a lot older than rock! But I've never liked it. I guess that puts my IQ somewhere between ELP and Schönberg.

author: HighVoltage
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 30, 2015, 07:16:16 pm
content: Lately I am only listening to "South American Native Indian" music. It seems to me that this type of music is more relaxing when I am designing anything than any other type of music. But music taste is changing over time.

author: hamster_nz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 30, 2015, 07:41:44 pm
content: Quote from: Galenbo on December 30, 2015, 11:37:28 amEveryone that confuses correlation with causation eventually ends up dead... for example:

author: Electric flower
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 30, 2015, 09:10:08 pm
content: I have, and I still listen classical music, rock, metal and blues, and that is why I will speak only about my personal experience.During different times of year I mostly listen to one of the genres I listed above and I can confirm that I have had most sucess when listening to classical music, (mostly Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and Antonin Dvorak).My worst preformance was when i was listening metal (Red, NoPoint, Adept, Sonic Syndicate) and other sorts of more hardcore rock (AC/DC, Pantera, Metallica, RATM) , for rock (Pink Floyd, Foo Fighters, Deep Purple, Dire straits, Joy division, The Smiths ) I was doing somewhere in between but good overall.But none of those music genres made my IQ go lower or higher, thing is that my productivity greatly depends on my mood, if i'm happy, sad, wrecked, desperate or joyful.But not every genre suits you in every mood, when I'm happy, delighted and feeling great in general I listen mostly classical, and because I feel good I am amazing at everything I touch.When fed up with everything, then I listen to metal, and every other occasion alternative rock and blues.TLTR: Music doesen't make you smarter, but it greatly reflects your mood, and your mood it's proportional to how much you use your brain and work to solve puzzles. And yes, some music can spark confidence and peace into you thus making you act smarter.Still, I am an electronics butcher and mechanical junkie, but I have a big spot in my soul for literature and music,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineers_of_the_human_soul

author: Macbeth
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 30, 2015, 09:52:43 pm
content: Quote from: continuo on December 30, 2015, 05:57:13 pmWell what lyrics did Bach put to his pop sensation Air? Someone had to do it.

author: alho
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: December 30, 2015, 09:57:59 pm
content: This chart ranks rappers based by their vocabulary size. As a non American non rap listener I recognize more names from low end which could mean that unintelligent music sells more. Like George Carlin said “Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.”.

author: VK3DRB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 30, 2015, 10:35:48 pm
content: My range of music interest is wider that most people, ranging across Royksopp, the Sex Pistols, Ritchie Family, Dave and the Derros, M People, Rick James, Franks Sinatra, Laurie Anderson, Pink Floyd, AC/DC, Twisted Sister, The Who, Mozart, Bloodsucking Freaks and thousands of others. You don't get any wider than that.I know an engineer who only knows classical music. He (seriously) had never heard of the Beatles, Queen, Elvis Presley, Motown or Johnny Cash. He is training his daughter to be a skilled pianist. And of course is sending her to a private school despite my advice that he is wasting his money sending her to one. It is really about doing what he thinks is best for his daughter at all costs, and also about saving face to some extent. He thinks classical music is for those who are cultured and is a status symbol to some extent. Sadly, he is missing out on enjoying the creativity and talents of various artists.Some people think those who can play classical music on a piano are talented. I beg to differ. All they are doing is copying someone else's creativity. They create nothing, just follow instructions for copying. To me it is boring.

author: VK3DRB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 30, 2015, 10:44:50 pm
content: I once gave a presentation to about 200 people, mostly engineers, technicians and others, about an electronic device I has developed. During the presentation I asked the question: "What is the most recorded band in history?"A prize was offered to anyone who could answer it, but not one of them had any idea. And chances are you don't know the answer either. Before reading on, close your eyes and make a guess.The answer is The Funk Brothers.

author: Rick Law
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 31, 2015, 03:51:58 am
content: Beside the Scientific American article I cited, NOVA, a Public Broadcast Network show on Science, did a one hour show on the link between music and our brain.Their analysis shows a rather compelling link. I think before one accept or reject the idea. It would be wise to see NOVA's rather comprehensive look.From youtube:Musical Minds is a NOVA documentary based on neurologist Oliver Sacks's 2007 book "Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain" about music and the human brain aired on June 30, 2009 on Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).

author: sleemanj
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 31, 2015, 04:15:51 am
content: Quote from: KJDS on December 30, 2015, 06:03:00 pmTo be fair, dad and his parents were imports from England, having them around when I was growing up tends to show through in me culturally speaking from time to time :-/

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 31, 2015, 06:19:03 am
content: Quote from: WZOLL on December 29, 2015, 10:08:47 pmMy Mom said I was intelligent. I really enjoy classical music. Therefore, intelligent people listen to classical music?

author: miguelvp
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 31, 2015, 07:16:51 am
content: music has a lot to do with quantum physics.I guess at the core we knew this long ago.

author: Richard Crowley
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 31, 2015, 07:49:38 am
content: Quote from: German_EE on December 30, 2015, 05:36:36 pmWhile probably 80% of my playlist is classical and maybe 15% jazz, there are a few outliers like...Ladysmith Black MambazoBrazil 66John CoatesRamsay LewisElton JohnPaul SimonFlim and the BB's (the very first band to utilize digital recording)And Even: Claudine Longet, Carly Simon, Carol King, Carpenters (lots of "C"s!)and most bizare of all: ABBA DJ Club ReMixesI dare anyone to admit to anything more "outlying" than that.The Beatles had just hit the US when I was in high school.I was the only one in the school who wasn't impressed. I'm still not.

author: Tim F
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 31, 2015, 08:28:39 am
content: I like/listen to american rap music because the lyrics are ridiculous/amusing... does that make me stupid?

author: hamster_nz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 31, 2015, 09:08:01 am
content: Quote from: Tim F on December 31, 2015, 08:28:39 amNot as stupid as me - I've recently become fond of Katy Perry's 'Teenage Dream' album. It is very, very well written and executed and filled with quite a few ear-worms... the mix is quite awesome on half-decent headphones.

author: Deathwish
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 31, 2015, 09:35:00 am
content: well as German_EE has admitted to liking SB, I guess I should do too. Especially this track from Richard Hawley

author: Mechanical Menace
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 31, 2015, 10:14:15 am
content: Quote from: Tim F on December 31, 2015, 08:28:39 amI like/listen to an awful lot of the hippity hoppity music, especially this fella:http://youtu.be/JItQ4Kg5Zy8http://youtu.be/1a0Y-CRx4nEWhile not everybody's beverage of choice, I haven't actually met anyone else who can stand him, I do think he's a good example of why blanket generalisations about massive meta-genres aren't good things to make lol.

author: VK3DRB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 31, 2015, 11:34:07 am
content: I admit it. I like disco.In fact, in the 70's when I was at uni, a mate and I frequented one of Melbourne's top discotheques called Tatlers. It was very unusual for an engineering student to attend a disco and dress up like John Travolta, as most EE students were dags who would not discover girls until well into their 30's or 40's.In the end I decided to choose the oscilloscope over girls such as those in Super Freak...

author: continuo
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 31, 2015, 12:43:10 pm
content: Quote from: Macbeth on December 30, 2015, 09:52:43 pmI love the Hammond organ in "A whiter shade of pale", such a beautiful sound... Another one from my playlist:My favourite Bach piece, performed on Brass:And here's something for the New Year's eve party tonight, Yello, electro-pop can't be performed any betterA Happy New Year to all of you!

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 31, 2015, 12:49:31 pm
content: This video contains BLABLABLA, Watch on YT so we can pump you with ads..........Anyway, Merry new year to all

author: WZOLL
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 01, 2016, 09:57:24 pm
content: Quote from: VK3DRB on December 30, 2015, 10:44:50 pmAnyone know the first album to be digitally recorded and when?Take a guess.It's E=MC2by Giorgio Moroder in 1979 one of my personal favorites.

author: Howardlong
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 01, 2016, 10:05:52 pm
content: Quote from: Mechanical Menace on December 30, 2015, 02:52:24 pmAlthough I "play" several instruments, I am only any good at two, which is sax and drums. I do all arranging on a full 88 key fully weighted keyboard because that's how I first learned to read music, but I'm useless when it comes to sight reading or even playing to a reasonable level on a piano, whereas on drums and particularly sax I am at one with the instrument, my limbs and fingers just know what to do, there is little conscious thought, it's pretty much all muscle memory once I get going.I was taught classically on the piano and violin over 40 years ago, but at the age of eight or nine, you can take a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. The drums and sax I started teaching myself only eight years ago, and it took about three years of daily practice - playing what _I_ wanted to play - to become reasonably good.The most interesting thing I found about taking up an instrument and teaching myself in later life (rather than being taught classically) was that improvisation, something I thought was only for serious gurus, I found is exceptionally easy. I also found sight reading, where the player is given a score to play that they've never seen before, is much, much easier.I am sure there are many others on this board who might've had some dalliance in playing an instrument in earlier life, but gave it up like I did. I can only encourage them to take up the helm in their mid life crisis as I did, and play something that they always wanted to play, much like many of us collect bits of old test equipment that we could never afford.Why did I reopen my musical career? I am not generally a gamer, but after becoming reasonably adept at Guitar Hero some years ago, I questioned why am I doing this when I could be doing it properly? And what of the PS3? Well, it plays Blu-rays I suppose.

author: Richard Crowley
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 01, 2016, 10:16:04 pm
content: Quote from: WZOLL on January 01, 2016, 09:57:24 pmOne of my favorites, Flim and the BBs claims to be the first to be recorded digitally, but Tom Jung used an experimental laboratory recorder at 3M, and when it was dismantled, the recording became unplayable.Quote

author: dannyf
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 01, 2016, 11:34:09 pm
content: QuoteThat cannot be true, if the fans of classic music think so.

author: jancumps
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 02, 2016, 07:21:01 pm
content: Quote from: Len on December 30, 2015, 06:38:14 pmCold on the Shoulder has been a great hit here in the Low Countries.https://youtu.be/3VGRud1bmLs

author: apelly
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 02, 2016, 07:46:39 pm
content: I don't understand music. Every time you hear something is another time you can't un-hear it; ultimately everything gets boring. Until you add alcohol.Just put the radio on, people. If you don't like what's on then change the station.I listen to 90% BBC world service (Which is shit at the moment. What's with all the fucking human interest bullshit for the last 18 months?) and 10% disposable pop. All music is shit until you've heard it a few times, so why not listen to new stuff?Also, what the hell is with the correlation between the hottness of the singer and the popularity of her music? Looks to me like Big Label selects who to promote based on who they think white teenagers want to shag.

author: Galenbo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 05, 2016, 10:16:55 am
content: Quote from: WZOLL on January 01, 2016, 09:57:24 pmAnyone knows the first longplayer with spoken publicity between the songs?:-)

author: jancumps
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 05, 2016, 12:32:17 pm
content: Quote from: Galenbo on January 05, 2016, 10:16:55 amZigue Zigue Sputnik - Flaunt It

author: Galenbo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 06, 2016, 09:58:52 am
content: Quote from: jancumps on January 05, 2016, 12:32:17 pmRight. Because you know that kind of music, you are the most intelligent person now :-)

author: jancumps
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 06, 2016, 10:58:06 am
content: Quote from: Galenbo on January 06, 2016, 09:58:52 amIt's worse. I have the album

author: Galenbo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 06, 2016, 12:16:40 pm
content: I don't know if it would be very intelligent from me, to come out of the closet and say I have it too :-)

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 06, 2016, 01:24:23 pm
content: Why is it I am having the album as an earworm now..........Affordable Fire Power!