He he :D You played Mortal Kombat? yay!!! I have found one computer games player :DQuote:
Originally Posted by stephofthenight
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He he :D You played Mortal Kombat? yay!!! I have found one computer games player :DQuote:
Originally Posted by stephofthenight
I shall refrain... *sniffle*Quote:
Originally Posted by Lote-Tree
You little hypocrite... :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Lote-Tree
I know student life can be hard. Live a care-free existence and come june and sit your exams and it's all done. Now who's contradicting themselves? Eh?
Got you there Lote ;)
Why would I hate you?Quote:
Originally Posted by Lote-Tree
Although that's not my personal music preference doesn't mean I hate it and those who like it. Very classy I must say Lote ;)
Ah U2 are excellent (listening to them now actually), along with evanescence.
Like you, I listen to lots of different music genres but my personal favourites are all the sub-genres of rock excluding (REALLY) heavy metal and screamo.
Not at all, but it is nice to know my opinion counts for something :thumbs_upQuote:
Originally Posted by Lote-Tree
No way! I meant hard as in you have to cook for yourself. And rather than do that you would eat your book :DQuote:
Originally Posted by LadyW
Music either works for you or it does not...music either speaks to you or it does not...there is nothing "classy" about listening to "classical" music :DQuote:
Like you, I listen to lots of different music genres but my personal favourites are all the sub-genres of rock excluding (REALLY) heavy metal and screamo.
Hey!Quote:
Originally Posted by Lote-Tree
I'll have you know I got a GCSE in Food Technology 2 years early :D (VICTORY DANCE)
Hahaha. I am the master chef.
Oh yes I know... I was merely implying you were a pompous arse :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Lote-Tree
I kid...
Ah good - a modern women who has learnt to Cook :D Bueno! Credit to you :DQuote:
Originally Posted by LadyW
Ha ha "Pompous"? :D Not at all. My grandfather was a violin maker...:D so can't help it liking those types of music :DQuote:
Oh yes I know... I was merely implying you were a pompous arse :D
I kid...
LadyW...I have to go now...good night :D
Yet I still manage to burn my toast and nearly set the whole place alight...hmmm. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Lote-Tree
I meant no offence Lote,I promise you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lote-Tree
A violin maker? Wow :)
I have to say I haven't actually listened to alot of classical music and so I can't pass comment.
Nitenite then :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Lote-Tree
No offence taken :DQuote:
Originally Posted by LadyW
You are missing out LadyW :-)Quote:
I have to say I haven't actually listened to alot of classical music and so I can't pass comment.
Okay :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Lote-Tree
Recommend a few personal favourites, I shall look them up and see what I think?
Always up for trying new things ;)
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Originally Posted by LadyW
LadyW I believe that Music is the secret the language of our soul. It has more power to move us than by the words we write or speak. Life without music would be dull and boring. So let me be your guide to the world of “High Music”. But do not be put off by the word “High” because there is no such thing. Music either works for us, or it does not and there is nothing else to it.
Classical music aspires to our mind as well as to our heart. It infuses and feeds our soul.
1. Puccini's - Madam Butterfly - "One Fine Day"
First on this classical list is called “One fine day” and it is from the opera “Madam Butterfly” by Puccini. It is about a Japanese lady named Butterfly, who falls in love with an American sailor called Pinkerton. Pinkerton promises Butterfly that he will return to take her back to America, but he never does. So with a broken heart Butterfly sings “One fine day, over the green hills he will come…” But he never does. It is the nature of humanity to yearn for things that will never happen. So the music speaks directly to our soul, of this longing for someone who never comes to us and yet we still hope they might come, one fine day and set us free from our pain.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMHVncVMEzU
2. Beethoven's - "Moonlight Sonata"
The second on this list is by Ludwig Van Beethoven and is called “Moonlight Sonata. It was composed in the summer of 1801 and was dedicated to Countess Giulietta Gucciardi to whom Beethoven had an unrequited love. And there is also speculative story that goes something like this: Beethoven loved someone so deeply that he referred to this person in his letters as his “Immortal Beloved”. The music may have been borne out of that or something else or it is as some Beethoven Scholars speculate a lament for the dead. Perhaps it is. Perhaps it's not. Either way the music is moving both for the lament for the dead and for the pain of the unrequited love.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQVeaIHWWck
3. Mozart Piano Concerto No 23.
The third on this list is by Mozart and it is simply called “Piano Concert No 23.” Mozart was a child genius. He was writing complex music by the age of six. Though he has given us some of the world’s most beautiful music, he died young and penniless and was buried in a pauper’s grave. To me, “Piano Concert No 23” is one of the most serene melodies in the world. When I listen to this music something enters into my soul and makes me weep with joy and sadness. This melody touches me so deeply that I cannot explain why. Perhaps, it does not need an explanation. Perhaps it should remain unexplainable.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHTL5qyXfrk
4. Rodrigo - "Concerto De Aranjuez"
The fourth in the list is by the blind Spanish composer Rodrigo and is called "Concerto De Aranjuez". It is a brilliant piece of music. When I hear it I am standing in a lush green field. There is a gentle breeze that dances with flowers. The sky is delphenium blue. My eyes scans the horizons, climbs the gentle slopes of the distant mountains, and then travels along the streams with sparkling waters. And then it comes the final. The melody lifts me up in it's warm embrace towards the cloudless sky - higher and higher and the it gently brings me down to the earth again...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKEJSk0J8jE
5. Bach's - "Brandenburgh Concertos No 1 to 5".
Here is No 5.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49IOKnhX0Sk
It's pure musical meditation. Pure joy! :D
6. Brahms - "Hungarian Dance No 5".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfLGMQuVs-I
7. Vivaldi - "Four Seasons - Spring"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St9wYu_WeAM
8. Tchaikovsky - "Swan Lake"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz-Bf...eature=related
9. Mozart - "Eine Kliene Nachtmusik"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhPPQaXx7K8
10. Nyman - "Heart Asks Pleasure First"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dPS-EHl-FE
11. Delibes - “Flower Duet”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Qx2l...eature=related
12. Strauss - "Blue Danube"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTqlLKBKFhg
13. Holst - "Jupiter"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6Nop...eature=related
14. Beethoven - "Symphony No 5"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhcR1ZS2hVo
15. Beethoven - "Symphony 9 - Ode to Joy".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJGESRc3XfY
I hope you enjoy these tracks. If you don’t it doesn’t matter. What matters is that you have tried listening to something different. Music should speak to us. If it does not, it is not for us. All musical tastes are therefore subjective. If we like it, we like it. If we don’t, we don’t. I have not sent you a test that you need to pass to show that you are intelligent (not that you are not!). Music rises beyond any cerebral activity. Yes, it is true you need intelligence to write music but appreciating music is something that goes beyond any intelligence. Like all art therefore, music touches something deep inside us and we respond to it without understanding why. It can move us to tears or fill our hearts with joy. It can uplift and inspire us and make us forget for a while the harshness of the world.
Some music however takes time to grow on us while others drop off easily from our consciousness and is then forgotten forever. Good music therefore becomes our close friends. In time of need, we turn to them so that they can comfort us with their melodies.
I don't know a lot about classical music, but I am in love with the Moonlight Sonata, I have always found it so wonderfully sad and beautiful. :( :)
oh, Lote, I love this piece! I've got it on a CD somewhere, but I misplaced it. thanks for posting the link (I'd forgotten the title and name of the composer)Quote:
Originally Posted by Lote-Tree
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I love this, too, but the scary version from "Hannibal" is much better ;)Quote:
Aye lassie...it is sad and beautiful...Quote:
Originally Posted by Sweets America
It is from the Opera Lakme...Lakme...or more correctly Laxmi is the Indian Goddess of Wealth and Good fortune...Quote:
Originally Posted by SleepyWitch
Beethoven symphony 9 is my favorite. its a beautifull peice
a divine female Grand Nagus? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Lote-Tree
Hm, Lote, I find a completely new side of you here. From your um, er, sometimes a wee bit weird posts ( :D no offence) I wouldn't have thought you had such an exquisite taste of classical music. They're all masterpieces.
And I think you're quite right that music has to work for you, that is, touch your heart. But some of my friends (classical musicians) would not agree. They hold that music must be a challenge for the intellect. For example, they don't love Bach because of the feelings his music creates but for the intricate fugues - which, as an amateur, I don't understand, of course.
Here' another one that you may like: Smetana, Die Moldau (Vlatava?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlLPL...eature=related