Author Topic: Vrituoslty and beautifull music lost on most? (Read 4461 times)

MDV · « **on:** April 15, 2007, 03:53:29 PM »

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/04/AR2007040401721.html?hpid=topnews

Interesting article.

I'm sure a combination of lack of appreciation and being stressfully on their way somewhere made most pass by. Still a real shame, though.

indysmith · « **Reply #1 on:** April 15, 2007, 04:10:10 PM »

that was a great artical - didn't suprise me in the least sadly enough. the human race has gone and got themselves in a godawful rush to do a whole load of shitee that doesnt matter.

Ratrod · « **Reply #2 on:** April 15, 2007, 04:54:57 PM »

We would have made more money and a larger audience if he had a beat box and a record player.

hunter · « **Reply #3 on:** April 15, 2007, 05:20:53 PM »

To me it's obvious why it didn't work out: he didn't use BKPs :twisted:

indysmith · « **Reply #4 on:** April 15, 2007, 05:22:54 PM »

Quote from: hunter

To me it's obvious why it didn't work out: he didn't use BKPs :twisted:

LOLOCAUST

noodleplugerine · « **Reply #5 on:** April 15, 2007, 05:55:38 PM »

Quote from: indysmith

Quote from: hunter
To me it's obvious why it didn't work out: he didn't use BKPs :twisted:

LOLOCAUST

Off topic - But my mate's mobile phone comes out with "LOLOCAUST" every time he puts in "lol".

Funny thing is - He's jewish, and he doesn't know how to change it.

He's convinced that his phone is mocking him xD

Crazy_Joe · « **Reply #6 on:** April 15, 2007, 06:05:12 PM »

That was a good article, and shows how stupid America is :lol: However, it was a long read and most of it was pointless drivel, it could have been summarized in a few paragraphs.

hunter · « **Reply #7 on:** April 15, 2007, 06:07:38 PM »

Quote from: Crazy_Joe

That was a good article, and shows how stupid America is :lol: However, it was a long read and most of it was pointless drivel, it could have been summarized in a few paragraphs.

Yeah you know, free editors get paid by the number of words they provide :roll:

MDV · « **Reply #8 on:** April 15, 2007, 06:13:52 PM »

Quote from: indysmith

that was a great artical - didn't suprise me in the least sadly enough. the human race has gone and got themselves in a godawful rush to do a whole load of shitee that doesnt matter.

True dat.

Crazy_Joe · « **Reply #9 on:** April 15, 2007, 06:32:10 PM »

I wouldn't pay him/her for every word that was written there, most of it was random cr@p and in the end it was just boring.

dave_mc · « **Reply #10 on:** April 15, 2007, 07:14:28 PM »

i kinda skimmed the article ( :oops: ) but from what I gathered, seems about what i expected.

Kepu · « **Reply #11 on:** April 15, 2007, 07:23:50 PM »

sorry but the article is just too huge
can anyone summarize what it all was about in just couple of sentences?

mecca777 · « **Reply #12 on:** April 15, 2007, 07:49:03 PM »

Quote from: Kepu

sorry but the article is just too huge
can anyone summarize what it all was about in just couple of sentences?

Virtuoso violin soloist busks for three-quarters of an hour in one of America's largest and supposedly-most-sophisticated cities; earns about $32 and hardly anyone even stops to listen.

A very interesting and slightly disheartening article; the bit that I found most striking was that almost all of the adults were too busy to spend a moment appreciating a master of his art, but every single child who passed by with a parent wanted to stop and listen. As someone who deliberately tries to remain as childish as possible in my daily life, I identified strongly with that image. :D

Philly Q · « **Reply #13 on:** April 15, 2007, 09:22:23 PM »

There's a rather snooty tone to that article - it seems to imply that it's just terrible that people ignored a great classical musician like Joshua Bell (whoever he is), but it wouldn't have mattered at all if it was a run-of-the-mill-nobody busker.

Personally, I have a lot of sympathy with the passers-by. If you're on your way to feckin' work at 8 in the morning you may just not feel like listening to music - it's completely irrelevant whether it's good or bad.

And I agree Joe, it didn't half go on. Editor!

Muzzzz · « **Reply #14 on:** April 16, 2007, 12:32:18 PM »

Philly, I agree with you in part, but there's no denying that most people are completely oblivious to real musical talent in this current day and age.

Example - my home town, with a humble population of about twenty thousand was visited by Alexander Gavrylyuk - one of the most mind buggeringly INCREDIBLE classical pianists in the world. In Sydney, the asking price for a concert of his is about $150 AUD upwards. Knowing we were a regional area, he lowered the cost to about $15. He put on two concerts here at the Manning Entertainment Centre.

They were very well advertised around town, mind you - but I went to the second one, and there was hardly anyone there. I have never experienced a more amazing musician in my life, and he couldn't even fill a third of a 400 seat venue.

What's the world coming to?