Will classical music ever come back?

Question

I really like 30's to 50's music, but will it ever come back? I sure do hate it when kids listen to this lame, gay ***, whore ***, new hip hop music now a days. I just wish and hope the good old music from the great days, that actually had meaning to it, will come back again. hip hop doesn't even make any sense! its stupid and lame how people would listen to this BULLSHIT! I just want old music to come back like the ink spots and all those awsome songs to come back.

Answer 1

I totally agree with you.



In my high school (about 2k people) I hang out with a group of maybe thirty people, who all love classical and 50's-80's music. We are all pretty high achievers, in the top stream and top two classes, and all take at least two sciences and higher math; also, we're among the few who don't swear and don't sleep around.

Classical music has a reputation of being for loners, but we're all well-adjusted, happy kids... some of my friends have the best (and clean) sense of humour I've ever seen, and many are really creative and artistic to boot.



Maybe there's a connection, huh?

Answer 2

First of all, I love classical music. But a large part of the reason for its decline in popularity is that no really memorable new classical pieces have been composed for over fifty years. Benjamin Britten's War Requiem, which was composed in the 1950's, is the most recently composed piece that has any realistic chance of being remembered 150 years from now. In fact, very few pieces in the 50 or so years prior to THAT are popular with most listeners. Almost all of the really beautiful classical music was composed between 1700 and 1910. People are attracted by things that are new, and classical music seems old hat.

Answer 3

I've often wondered the same thing. Teenagers are completly brainwashed when it comes to music. Most every hip-hop song talks about money, girls, or sex. I personally believe that we would have a much better future as a society if everyone would listen to and like "real music". That is my personal opionion....That being said, I think back to great artists like mozart. He had various works banned by the emperor because they wern't meeting society's standards at the time. So I think, If people back then hated his music, but eventually embraced and loved it, then perhaps we will someday love hip-hop.

Answer 4

totally agree bra i wish i could go back to the 70's 80's and 90's but the truth is no. you have to adapt to what is now and if you cant find anything then dont let music ruin you like it did me. hip hop today isnt even hip hop. stay away from it. there is some good stuff out there nothing classical though

Answer 5

I just need to point out to you that what you are referring to is NOT classical music. 'Classical' music is 'western art music' of the 'common practice' and includes composers such as Bach, Beethoven and Mozart.



It seems to me that you mean 'classic' songs rather than classical music.



While I agree with you that much of modern 'pop' music is very poor, there is also very fine music being produced. I enjoy music from the age of swing and be-bop, but I do not close my mind and my ears to modern developments either. I would urge you to be a little more adventurous and listen to modern music beyond that which is in the charts which, almost my definition, will be specifically manufactured to appeal to teenagers with the attention span of a goldfish.

Answer 6

Thirties to Fifties ...



.... Unless you are preceding that with an 18, you're not talking about classical music.