Metal >/< Classical? Metal Vs. Classical?
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I don't think your professor is a dick... I think he wanted you to write a classical piece and by your own admission you wrote a folk piece.
Your not going to find anything in metal that rivals the genius of Beethoven.
My advice:
Dissection - Their acoustic interludes pretty much are classical music...
Maybe songs like "Feathers Fell" and "Crimson Tower" would at least have some merit in the eyes of your professor. Good luck!
Your not going to find anything in metal that rivals the genius of Beethoven.
My advice:
Dissection - Their acoustic interludes pretty much are classical music...
Maybe songs like "Feathers Fell" and "Crimson Tower" would at least have some merit in the eyes of your professor. Good luck!
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Oh, y'all are gonna get a kick outta this...
I misheard his criteria. He mentioned that metal wouldn't be as sophisticated as Beethoven. He said that he found something new in Beethoven's 7th every time he listened to it, and that he'd heard it maybe hundreds of times. He wanted to hear one metal song that it would take him a hundred listens to decipher. If i could find that, then I would prove to him that metal isn't just kids' music.
Apparently I'm deaf, and a retard. Also, he has a much higher opinion of himself than I ever thought possible. He'd probably suck his own cock if he could...
Now I'll probably end up playing him Cryptopsy or something...
I misheard his criteria. He mentioned that metal wouldn't be as sophisticated as Beethoven. He said that he found something new in Beethoven's 7th every time he listened to it, and that he'd heard it maybe hundreds of times. He wanted to hear one metal song that it would take him a hundred listens to decipher. If i could find that, then I would prove to him that metal isn't just kids' music.
Apparently I'm deaf, and a retard. Also, he has a much higher opinion of himself than I ever thought possible. He'd probably suck his own cock if he could...
Now I'll probably end up playing him Cryptopsy or something...
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Im not an expert when it comes to classical music, but that sounds quite impossible due to the limited amount of instruments in a metal band.
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Give him Lateralus and its anal Fibonnaci sequences. Given it's not metal, but I think the amount of wankery associated with it would be very appropriate for that asshole you call a 'professor'.
It's hopeless dealing with someone who holds all the power and is also INHERENTLY BIASED. He won't give metal a chance, simply because he's comparing it on classical grounds. He's looking for classical elements in METAL music, and you can tell him he's a fucking nobjockeyed cockloving faggot for that, signed Moonlapse 18/03/2004.
Go to your nearest underground metal store... and just ask the clerk for the most obscure, shittest recorded fucking death/black metal demo CD you can find and play it for the fucker at your next lesson. If that doesn't drill into his asshole of a head that the essence of metal is to break free of the constraints applied by mathematical music then you know this one's beyond redemption.
Actually out of sheer curiosity, why not a big of Meshuggah? If he's so anal about analysis then surely one would find whether his vanity is exclusive to metal or not if you play some of their music. Whilst quite simplistic, the polyrhythmic nature of it warrants some analysis at least, and if he overlooks that... well hey... you know it proves what each one of us said ever since you started this thread.
PS Choke him. Slowly.
It's hopeless dealing with someone who holds all the power and is also INHERENTLY BIASED. He won't give metal a chance, simply because he's comparing it on classical grounds. He's looking for classical elements in METAL music, and you can tell him he's a fucking nobjockeyed cockloving faggot for that, signed Moonlapse 18/03/2004.
Go to your nearest underground metal store... and just ask the clerk for the most obscure, shittest recorded fucking death/black metal demo CD you can find and play it for the fucker at your next lesson. If that doesn't drill into his asshole of a head that the essence of metal is to break free of the constraints applied by mathematical music then you know this one's beyond redemption.
Actually out of sheer curiosity, why not a big of Meshuggah? If he's so anal about analysis then surely one would find whether his vanity is exclusive to metal or not if you play some of their music. Whilst quite simplistic, the polyrhythmic nature of it warrants some analysis at least, and if he overlooks that... well hey... you know it proves what each one of us said ever since you started this thread.
PS Choke him. Slowly.
Lakestream
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Don't play him the dissection-interludes.. those are pure folk. Finnish folk music, to be precise (at least according to my old guitar teacher) 
Lakestream
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If he wants somethign that'd take a while to decipher, then maybe some Opeth would be nice.. "The Moor", maybe? Or some pain of salvation.. like "In The Flesh" or "New Year's Eve"
I was nervous.
Class had just ended, and I was clutching the mix CD betwixt a white thumb and forefinger. My weekend of turmoil and toil had reached its conclusion. It was time. I remembered all the suggestions you guys had given me. I even had a few. But I knew what I had to play.
He walked over to the boombox and said that it was time to prove him wrong, in a sarcastic tone, of course. I handed him the CD and told him to skip to track 02. As he did so, I impulsively reached for the pause button and pressed it. He pulled up a chair and sat down, motioning for me to do the same. The bomber planes in my gut told me otherwise, so I shook my head no and stood my ground. My knees were shaking. I asked him if he was ready, and he shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly. "Sure."
I pressed play.
The opening chords of the song rolled in, and when the distortion dropped in afterwards, my heart skipped a beat. I turned to glance at my professor's face, and in his eyes I knew it all too well. I had won.
3:53 later, the subwoofers were still sizzling, my knees still rumbling, and my face still shining with pride. And he was smiling, too.
-That is the most complex form I've ever heard in heavy metal. Those vocals, were they actual words?
-Yes.
-What about?
-Philosophy, I believe. Their older lyrics were more tongue-in-cheek, but I reckon the lyrics for that song are a half page long if I recall.
-(pause) That was an interesting delivery. The vocals are not meant to be understood, I presume?
-No.
-(pause) That was...evil.
-Thank you.
-What's this song called?
-"Cold Hate, Warm Blood"
*applause*
Class had just ended, and I was clutching the mix CD betwixt a white thumb and forefinger. My weekend of turmoil and toil had reached its conclusion. It was time. I remembered all the suggestions you guys had given me. I even had a few. But I knew what I had to play.
He walked over to the boombox and said that it was time to prove him wrong, in a sarcastic tone, of course. I handed him the CD and told him to skip to track 02. As he did so, I impulsively reached for the pause button and pressed it. He pulled up a chair and sat down, motioning for me to do the same. The bomber planes in my gut told me otherwise, so I shook my head no and stood my ground. My knees were shaking. I asked him if he was ready, and he shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly. "Sure."
I pressed play.
The opening chords of the song rolled in, and when the distortion dropped in afterwards, my heart skipped a beat. I turned to glance at my professor's face, and in his eyes I knew it all too well. I had won.
3:53 later, the subwoofers were still sizzling, my knees still rumbling, and my face still shining with pride. And he was smiling, too.
-That is the most complex form I've ever heard in heavy metal. Those vocals, were they actual words?
-Yes.
-What about?
-Philosophy, I believe. Their older lyrics were more tongue-in-cheek, but I reckon the lyrics for that song are a half page long if I recall.
-(pause) That was an interesting delivery. The vocals are not meant to be understood, I presume?
-No.
-(pause) That was...evil.
-Thank you.
-What's this song called?
-"Cold Hate, Warm Blood"
*applause*
x_OPETH_x
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