WALKER, MI—Plunking out a solo as the performance entered its 45th minute, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was reportedly forced to play the glockenspiel at a rally Friday after every musical artist in the country banned him from using their songs. “He started out with some sheet music, but within minutes he was just hammering […]
I’ve never understood why classic is “smart people music”.
I like a lot of classic music, but I don’t think it should be considered any more cultured or intellectual than any other music.
I know of one dude that listens to classical music while working - manual, not particularly brain intensive, but somehow he manages to be too daft for that anyway and does a shoddy job. He’s a contractor in a niche field tho, and there’s not a whole lot of them around, so his job security doesn’t strictly hinge on quality.
It’s definitely not “smart people music”.