Comments on: Beethoven or Beatles? http://www.achingbrain.net/alex/beethoven-or-beatles Not just another WordPress weblog Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:24:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Alex http://www.achingbrain.net/alex/beethoven-or-beatles#comment-235 Alex Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:52:17 +0000 http://wordpress/blog/alex/beethoven-or-beatles#comment-235 A little bit. No hard feelings though, eh? A little bit. No hard feelings though, eh?

]]> By: CAB http://www.achingbrain.net/alex/beethoven-or-beatles#comment-234 CAB Tue, 13 Feb 2007 18:43:33 +0000 http://wordpress/blog/alex/beethoven-or-beatles#comment-234 Sorry. I sound hoity-toity don't I? Sorry. I sound hoity-toity don’t I?

]]> By: Alex http://www.achingbrain.net/alex/beethoven-or-beatles#comment-233 Alex Tue, 13 Feb 2007 16:39:25 +0000 http://wordpress/blog/alex/beethoven-or-beatles#comment-233 Indeed, yes. It was supposed to be sort of a joke. Ha ha. Indeed, yes. It was supposed to be sort of a joke. Ha ha.

]]> By: CAB http://www.achingbrain.net/alex/beethoven-or-beatles#comment-232 CAB Tue, 13 Feb 2007 16:18:28 +0000 http://wordpress/blog/alex/beethoven-or-beatles#comment-232 Not that I don't love the Beatles, but what does the complexity of a sound map prove? A child playing with pots and pans can make a complex-looking sound map. Also, you've mapped one of the least complex of Beethoven's works - try the final movement of the ninth symphony. Most of Beethoven's music is built from three or four note ideas, which is quite simplistic. However, what he does with the stuff is significantly more complex than anything in modern pop music (or in Beethoven's contemporary pop music). The reality is that they are two entirely different styles that really have nothing to do with each other - though it could be argued that the Beatles wouldn't sound like they do if Beethoven didn't do what he did 150 years earlier. Not that I don’t love the Beatles, but what does the complexity of a sound map prove? A child playing with pots and pans can make a complex-looking sound map. Also, you’ve mapped one of the least complex of Beethoven’s works - try the final movement of the ninth symphony. Most of Beethoven’s music is built from three or four note ideas, which is quite simplistic. However, what he does with the stuff is significantly more complex than anything in modern pop music (or in Beethoven’s contemporary pop music). The reality is that they are two entirely different styles that really have nothing to do with each other - though it could be argued that the Beatles wouldn’t sound like they do if Beethoven didn’t do what he did 150 years earlier.

]]> By: ktm http://www.achingbrain.net/alex/beethoven-or-beatles#comment-231 ktm Tue, 30 May 2006 10:36:29 +0000 http://wordpress/blog/alex/beethoven-or-beatles#comment-231 Just ensuring that you don't get struck down by petty muso types... Just ensuring that you don’t get struck down by petty muso types…

]]> By: Alex http://www.achingbrain.net/alex/beethoven-or-beatles#comment-230 Alex Tue, 30 May 2006 10:06:50 +0000 http://wordpress/blog/alex/beethoven-or-beatles#comment-230 <blockquote>'Moonlight Sonata' I think it's called.</blockquote> Oops...

‘Moonlight Sonata’ I think it’s called.

Oops…

]]> By: ktm http://www.achingbrain.net/alex/beethoven-or-beatles#comment-229 ktm Tue, 30 May 2006 09:22:45 +0000 http://wordpress/blog/alex/beethoven-or-beatles#comment-229 'Moonlight Sonata' I think it's called. I wonder which is which?? ‘Moonlight Sonata’ I think it’s called. I wonder which is which??

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