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Originally posted by Joewithajay:
Wow. This is something of an accomplishment; I actually think I've found the most pretentious post on the entire internet. You know, I love music - I'm a musician - I write about music often. I honestly believe music is the best chance humanity has to reconcile their differences and find shared understanding and sympathy with each other. To that end, music is personal, and when self-described holier-than-thou 'indie' listeners stomach a few hours of what Pitchfork shoves down your throats, you suddenly believe that you're impervious to committing the heinously offensive act of dismissing a person's entire relationship with music simply because you know better. What you've actually done, in this effort, is alienate me from your entire selection of music, because I deeply and resolutely wouldn't want to associate any part of my listening habits with self-praising aural egotists like yourself.

THIS is the reason indie-music gets a bad name.

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Originally posted by Shadrach:
So, my wife will only listen to things like Dr.Dre, Metalica, Beach Boys, Sufjan Stevens, James Taylor. That kind of garbage. I'm wanting to get her interested in some good classical opera. I'm wondering if anyone has some great suggestions for some good "transitional" classical opera.

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Originally posted by Shadrach:
So, my wife will only listen to things like Dr.Dre, Metalica, Beach Boys, Sufjan Stevens, James Taylor. That kind of garbage. I'm wanting to get her interested in some good classical opera. I'm wondering if anyone has some great suggestions for some good "transitional" classical opera.