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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jdvn1" data-source="post: 2159261" data-attributes="member: 26424">Aww, what a shame.  Classical music?  Sure, I like me some Bach, Tchaikovsky, Stamitz, or Rachmaninoff, but there are some really cool modern remixes of those guys too.  As a music purist, I'm hugely fascinated about music as a societal outlet, and how it developed into current pop culture.  Sure, knowing how Beethoven's 9th spurred the Romantic era in music is nice, but if you can trace it to Britney Spears or Metallica, that's something.  Copland and Gershwin were all about bring music to the masses.I'm not huge on TV either, but it is interesting to relate Opera to TV.  Seeing as how they both are public media.  The Germans had puppet operas that was put on for the lower classes.  That was the TV of today.  Now, puppet operas (which evolved into full operas) are "fine art."  I also like Sports, but not particularly from a historical perspective.  Although sports history is neat, I'm not big on the origins.But you're missing out.  I think.  Your opinion will obviously vary.</blockquote>