Nero wrote:JD wrote:Nero wrote:
Don't hesitate, man! The Dante series absolutely is a masterpiece!!
Hats off for Edgar's courage to compose it despite the high probability of
being misunderstood and damned by fans who couldn't understand it at all - which proves that his pioneering spirit is still in flames....
The Dante series is the most controversial opus and the most fascinating at the same time! I think it was an inner spiritual need which forced him to express this magic philosophic work into music - and he did it! Nothing more...
What an interesting point of view ! Here was me thinking the reason I didnt like it was because I found the music to be boring, badly written and produced/mixed with awful singers and pretentious lyrics etc when in reality it was because I didnt understand it ........
I wish I was as clever as the fans wot like it .
You don't need to be clever, just try to be open-minded and open-hearted and more tolerant, that's all. This is what I mean with "understand"...
The fact that the Dante story touches you is obvious - although in a negative way. But it touches you, it's not a kind of music leaving you lukewarm behind the oven, no, Dante INFURIATES you! Great! Love and hate are sisters, man!
Aha ..well I did think you were referring to intelligence when you said understand .....but, I do consider myself open minded and open hearted when it comes to music ...I mean i'm a TD fan after all, if weren't open minded I would be listening to the pop charts and avoiding anything that held my attention for longer than 30 seconds
When you say the Dante story, Im presuming you mean Edgars version , but this doesnt infuriate me at all, it doesnt touch me either, if anything it leaves me flat and cold and so I never ever listen to it now, I barely made it through once.
The only thing that has stirred me is my disbelief at how people rate it as a classic or masterpiece etc I just cant see it ? I know music is subjective but even on a basic level there is a kind of universal benchmark to which things are measured, and a general consensus if something is good " but not for me", or if something can be considered wrong or plain bad.
You only have to listen to the same piece of music played by a top orchestra next to a crappy school brass band to understand the point Im getting at. Of course somebody somewhere might prefer the school band for its youthful exuberance and chaos , but 99% of the rest of us judge from similar comparisons , and for me, the Dante albums (the 2 Ive heard) fall into the school band category.
"I have opinions of my own -- strong opinions -- but I don't always agree with them". - George Bush
