Now, I’m not what you would call a Classical Music Junkie or anything like that but I do like a few classical songs. For example. Little Fugue in G Minor or Hungarian Rhapsody #2. Yeah, that’s pretty much it.
Anyway, I’ve noticed something with classical songs. As with most classical songs I’ve heard, they go well over 7 minutes. They are good in the beginning few minutes but then, to me, it appears that the composer’s (let’s say Flist) imagination kinda wanes. Either that or he has too much imagination. Let’s take Hungarian Rhapsody #2 (which you can find a midi file of it online). I like the beginning a lot. Mainly ’cause it’s minor. Well, halfway through the song, it get’s all crazy, there isn’t much melody anymore and it just becomes a lot of noise. And believe me, my musical endurance/appreciation is heavens higher than anybody I know. (I mean who else likes Traditional Bluegrass, semi-Traditional Blues, Traditional Japanese, Traditional Greek, Traditional Russian, Traditional Turkish, Traditional Arabic [but let's leave politics out of this] Traditional Chinese, Traditional Celtic-ish, and a tad of Traditional Classical?) But just when it get’s to be a whole mess and it’s just fast and outta key in all, I kinda want to skip ahead in the song. It’s seems kinda nerotic/crazy/schizophrenatic. I guess that’s why I’m not a big fan of Gypsy Jazz (the Django kind). I mean it’s a little bit better when the fiddle is playing the notes but when Luke’s just strumming all the keys without any melody, it’s just a bunch of noise. I think of a nut house in a music box when I hear it! (I don’t really know how that makes sense but you get the idea) I mean how does that even sound good?
Of course, I also like Tsugaru which is like that but at least there is melody and a pattern in the music and it’s also Traditional.
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