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« Reply #90 on: 23:15:38, 13-05-2008 »
To John W - What y said about the constant bombardment of pop music  is so true and i know to my cost - i work part time in a supermarket and have to endure a constant stream of what i suppose is called todays pop music - have to say about 90 percent of it to my mind is so utterly bland and just flows over me - of course most people love this sort of stuff and so who am i to carp on their enjoyment - i know if classical music was played in a supermarket there would probably be a mass rush to the exits,,, sad but true!!!!
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« Reply #91 on: 23:43:04, 13-05-2008 »
I went into a card shop in my mum's small town on the Devon coast today to buy a belated birthday card for my niece, and the finale to Beethoven 9 was burbling along merrily.  I'm not sure I would rather have some pop pap just as soon.
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« Reply #92 on: 10:26:42, 14-05-2008 »
My sister (a pop/rock listener, I am the only one of the 3 of us siblings that likes Classical) once said that anything live is worth seeing.  Maybe this is why the sort of "Proms in the Park" / firework concerts always seem to be well attended but the people who attend don't gravitate to going to 'ordinary' concerts?
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« Reply #93 on: 12:38:55, 14-05-2008 »
Each year the National Trust puts on two summer open-air concerts at Gibside, a large country estate just straddling the border between Tyne and Wear and County Durham.  Both concerts make for a really good night out; the Friday one is always pop-oriented, often featuring Abba and Queen tribute groups, whereas Saturday is a Summer Prom, featuring the Northern Sinfonia or occasionally another similar orchestra, with regional treasure Graeme Danby as bass soloist and compere.

We always try to organise a party to go to the concerts.  We invariably have an excellent turnout to the pop nights but none of the others will ever sign up to the Summer Proms.  For all we try to sell the very light nature of the concert, it seems that any hint of classical music frightens our regulars off.

Ian.
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