If everyone I knew thought it sucked, it must suck.Ī few years back, I decided that it was time to stop with this nonsense and started exploring Country music on my own, figuring out what I liked and appreciated, figuring out what I wasn't really that fond of. Growing up where I grew up, Country music had a terrible reputation for no other reason than my friends hated it. It's high-effort, high-reward for a particular kind of person. The kind of people who like classical music are the kind of people who enjoy watching documentaries or reading Shakespeare. It's simple, and I say this as someone who has studied classical music for many years (including conducting): classical music isn't that much fun, compared to so many other options today. This is ridiculous for a million reasons. > Maybe millennials are repelled by classical music not for coherent reasons but by a vague sense of mistrust, nourished for decades by movies and media. Rich people are associated with evil in films, and their stereotypical "too-good" pursuits - mansions, opera halls, tuxedos, and yes, classical music. then uses two light-hearted comic operas as a counterpoint? Sure, technically both classical, but as far away from each other as you could get. The article talks about "serious" classical music associated with evil characters. Looney Tunes lampooned The Barber of Seville’s “Largo al factotum,". Enrico Caruso’s rendition of the aria “Vesti la giubba” from the opera Pagliacci was the first record to sell a million copies. Once, classical music was the backbone of American popular entertainment.
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