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[Manny]

Pop actually empbraces elitism by design.

How do you mean. The term "pop" itself refers to popular culture.

[cybercoma]

One of the big arguments I've read, not just here, is that people would be late for work, so they didn't stop. The trains in NY run every 2-5 mins during rush hour. That means, if you stopped and listened to the entire piece it would hold you up less than 10 minutes (the pieces is just over 5 mins long from start to finish and that's assuming you caught it from the very beginning). Most people get to work 10-15 minutes ahead of schedule, if you're responsible and especially if you live in a big city where there can be complications that hold you up. So my point is that people likely would not have been late if they would have stopped and listened for even a few minutes, since the trains run so frequently that you would not have to wait any longer than 5 minutes for another one.

Edited by cybercoma, 03 March 2012 - 07:37 AM.

[eyeball]

One of the big arguments I've read, not just here, is that people would be late for work, so they didn't stop. The trains in NY run every 2-5 mins during rush hour. That means, if you stopped and listened to the entire piece it would hold you up less than 10 minutes (the pieces is just over 5 mins long from start to finish and that's assuming you caught it from the very beginning). Most people get to work 10-15 minutes ahead of schedule, if you're responsible and especially if you live in a big city where there can be complications that hold you up. So my point is that people likely would not have been late if they would have stopped and listened for even a few minutes, since the trains run so frequently that you would not have to wait any longer than 5 minutes for another one.

I think if these people had a better idea of what they were walking past you would have seen a different result.

Try running this little experiment with Justine Beiber or Mick Jagger and see what happens.

[cybercoma]

I think if these people had a better idea of what they were walking past you would have seen a different result.

Try running this little experiment with Justine Beiber or Mick Jagger and see what happens.

That's the point. Isn't it? People relate to signs and symbols, rather than the reality they supposedly represent.

Edited by cybercoma, 03 March 2012 - 03:41 PM.

[RB]

Someone sent me this on facebook, and i thought it was interesting...

Someone sent me this on facebook, and i thought it was interesting...

Someone sent me this on facebook, and i thought it was interesting...

hmmm I can only say that percentage of population that can relate to classical music is low, 1 in 9 ever saw one classical performance. Here is some stats How Many People Participate in Arts and Cultural Activities?
So if we disect that stats given, only about 100 of the passerby would have been familiar or vaguely familiar with classical music to recognise the pieces and out of those probably the 6 that stopped to listen would have played classical music, and know a thing of beauty.

The folks who actually seen, appreciate, know and play classical music might not be the demographics travelling on the subway.

To know a thing of beauty you would have to seen it before, or you would know its face if you are looking, or have an instinct like the young kids.