> There was a guy at work who kept putting classical music on the radio for background > music. Some is OK. In some of the 'music' they played, the violins sounded like > fucking fingernails on a chalkboard.
That might've been some later period Art music. As I was saying today to one of the staff at Trader Joe's (which had the sat on some 60s/80s mix channel...) in a discussion about Art music, and what's actually 'avant-garde': most people STILL don't have the tools to comprehend early 20th century Schoenberg.
Consider it high comedy....sincere tragedy....whatever...don't take it personally.
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