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Well, in the end, the only thing this snobbery does is that it makes you look/sound old.

Nobody cares. I've heard the same thing when electronic music came up. The old ones couldn't stop complaining about this "computer music" where nobody does real handwork anymore.

I see it as democratisation of art. Everybody can do it now and this is a good thing.

Let's face reality. There is no way back. We'll see what comes of it. I've seen fascinating videos recently on reddit. Things people came up with and would have never gotten the budget to be made. It's great.



>Let's face reality. There is no way back. We'll see what comes of it. I've seen fascinating videos recently on reddit. Things people came up with and would have never gotten the budget to be made. It's great.

Yeah McLuhan and Postman were pretty clear about all of this. Enjoy the content you desire to consume.


It's not art. It's democratization of crap.


Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man.


Cool, a movie quote. Nice.


How was your opinion more profound?


Pity the movie wasn't Lisztomania, 'cause, like, you know, Liszt used to be a bit like a pop musician.

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisztomania_(film)

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peJ_ncxXung


Liszt was a very different musician in a very different time than Handel, and he was mostly just cribbing off of Paganini when it came to these antics.


But does Klaus Kinski's Paganini have the quotability and outrageous lighthearted over the top-ness of Russell's Lisztomania ?

There's a 2013 film The Devil's Violinist in the mix now apparently.




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