You've never had to listen to John Cage's "Roaratorio" have you?
Music has very much evolved, but a lot of things were tried along the way which were completely unlistenable. Much of Stockhausen's work is very important in terms of technology and technique, but the audible results were pretty horrible.
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Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Thu 9 Aug 2012, 22:32,
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Unlistenable and horrible by what measure?
I'm not claiming by any means the Stockhausen is the greatest composer ever and I listen to him on the way to work every day, but so much wooly nonsense about what music should be gets bandied about. Yes you have to work harder to get something out of music that's outside your usual listening idiom. If you don't want to don't, but nothing is unlistenable.
Sorry I'm not having a go, I know this is all beard stroking nonsense really and probably agree with you for the most part. It just annoys me how safe, pedestrian and tame 99.999% of music is. Such that metal, punk and dubstep are considered extreme. Terrifying really.
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Throat And Ice Pie I see dem tatties dere., Thu 9 Aug 2012, 22:44,
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