I have started listening to classical music, on purpose, and I’m concerned.

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Dakkin4@reddit

I’ve listened to classical music since my Fine Arts class in high school. My shuffle could go from gangsta rap to Beethoven to Metal at any given moment.

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jasonrubik@reddit

Academic Decathlon in highschool did a number on me. I actually need to get back to my classical roots

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Anahata_Green@reddit

Same. I've been listening to classical music since I was a teenager.

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amindfulloffire@reddit

That's why I've a playlist just titled Anything--from the Beatles to Rage Against the Machine to Vivaldi and Beethoven.

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College for me. My friend was going on about how he got college credit for listening to Jimi Hendrix and the Stones, and that sounded cool to me. I wanted to sign up for Classic Rock, but instead signed up for Classical cause I’m kind of an idiot. But I have it a shot and really enjoyed it.

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MartiagoPlusDeux@reddit

Same!! The Wu Tang to Chopin transition is real.

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Large-Inspection-487@reddit

Wu Tang is for the children

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Nwcray@reddit

Wu Tang clan ain’t nothin to fuck wit

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heresyforfunnprofit@reddit

And then the theme from Katamari Damacy starts playing…

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agentmkultra666@reddit

Naaaaaaa-na-na-na-na-na-naa…

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Nwcray@reddit

Same. The first time my playlist went from Biggie to Tchaikovsky, my girlfriend was like WTF. Then I married her.

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badchefrazzy@reddit

Try some Knower. They rule.

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Economy-Camp-7339@reddit

Look for the Bob Florence Orchestra, if you can find it. Truly amazing jazz, if you like big band.

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Sausage_Queen_of_Chi@reddit

I love spending a Friday evening at a local jazz club, sipping on some classy cocktails and enjoying jazz. From my own seat! So much better than a nightclub or loud ass bar.

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canisdirusarctos@reddit

Mine as well. My CD case had so much variety and around a third were CDs of classical music.

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FoppyRETURNS@reddit

🤘

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GetrIndia@reddit

Are you me?!?! Love an unpredictable Playlist hahaha

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CheesyRomantic@reddit

I don't know the names of the classical music I like. I don't know the composers names. But I do sometimes appreciate and enjoy classical music.

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Amazing-Treat-8706@reddit

First I was a rocker, then an EDM person. Lately I’ve been going to the symphony. Can highly recommend. If you’re not a fan of classical you can dip your toes by going to one of those ‘music or star wars’ or a video game music performance. A live symphony is dope. Try to get good seats so you can arch all the musicians well too.

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the-cookie-momster@reddit

I listen to an unreasonable amount of Big Band and early 1900s music, but I always have ever since I was a teenager and a band nerd. I used to go get records from the flea market to listen to the Glenn Miller Orchestra, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Artie Shaw and stuff. Now I can listen to it on XM radio, and I do pretty much every night before bed.

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yourlittlebirdie@reddit

Have you seen the Glenn Miller movie with Jimmy Stewart?

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Economy-Mango7875@reddit

Same here. My ADHD brain has wait and bleed playing with the beat of flight of the bees while gargoyles are fighting the ninja turtles with cometary from mystery science theater robots are arguing with the old muppets in the balcony. WTF. I'm surprised I can focus enough to to operate an excavator

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morganford78@reddit

Just wait, soon you'll start paying more attention to birds....

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William_Shaftner@reddit

But birds are such amazing creatures! And raptors, don’t get me going about raptors.

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MiniRems@reddit

One day I was watching a fledgling blue jay hopping around the shrubs in my front yard, and seemingly from out of nowhere, a red tailed hawk swooped down and snapped it up. It was the most horrible and awesome thing I'd ever seen!

Also love reading all the idiots complaining on Nextdoor about the hawks leaving bits of rabbits and squirrels in their yard, demanding someone do something about the "eagle problem" 🤣

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William_Shaftner@reddit

I was walking next to a local park when I noticed a tiny feather floating down in front of my face. And then another. And then enough more started dropping that I started looking around.

And in the branches in the tree above me a hawk was just chowing down on a bird. It was so metal.

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morganford78@reddit

You're speaking my language

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AlaskanPotatoSlap@reddit

There is a great app for that.

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Anahata_Green@reddit

I've been into both classical music and birds since I was a teen. What does that say about me? 🤣🤣

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throwawayfromPA1701@reddit

My parents for years only called me to update me on the blue Jay and hummingbird drama and last year it just kinda stuck. Now I have my own bird drama to watch at my feeder and bird bath

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ThePerfectSnare@reddit

Is that a thing? I ask because a close friend recently pointed out how much I talk about spotting certain birds and recognizing bird calls these days. I've started collecting feathers too. This was not planned.

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ObligationJumpy6415@reddit

Have you downloaded the Merlin app? Identifies birds by their songs. It’s on my phone home screen next to the Seek app (identifies plants/animals/bugs).

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morganford78@reddit

Probably my second most used app🤘🏼

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gamblinonme@reddit

No freaking lie

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badchefrazzy@reddit

I almost always have in my own case, they're comforting.

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Frequent_Alfalfa_347@reddit

Season subscription to the symphony and my Merlin app- life’s good!

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sageamericanidiot@reddit

And lizards. And bats. I can spend hours in my backyard watching the variety of birds and lizards. Then at night I'm completely enthralled by bat flight patterns.

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ObligationJumpy6415@reddit

I love watching the bats fly over my yard in the evening! 😍 and I have absolutely cultivated a little haven in my yard for bees and beneficial wasps and lizards and geckos and… well, yeah! Some of the regulars may or may not have been bestowed with names… lol

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WeWander_@reddit

I've been paying attention to birds for a long time, I'm only 41. Birds are cool! I've been going to video game symphonies forever too, not exactly classical but orchestras are awesome!

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apresmoiputas@reddit

I've been listening to classical music since I was in middle school in the early 90s. . And I also listened to jazz and other genres

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pseudonymmed@reddit

I’ve been into classical my whole life. My parents played it around me when I was a kid. I can listen to Bach one day and then Tool the next. Classical isn’t just for older people.

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pierdola91@reddit

I’ve got adhd. I have no idea how people got through school without listening to classical music. So…welcome….? Water’s fine. 🤣

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Nanaman@reddit

My favorite classical music song is Tubthumpjng!

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pamakane@reddit

It’s a sign you’re maturing and appreciating the finer things in life.

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Sunnnshineallthetime@reddit

I have listened to classical music my entire life. I don’t think it has anything to do with age.

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rangeo@reddit

Confused by liking music? ... Try other styles you haven't before. I was a band geek in highschool my tapes, CDs and now playlists are all over the map

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Ok_Percentage5157@reddit

Classical music is important to add to a well rounded catalog of listening. It's fine, and most of all, good music.

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_Internet_Hugs_@reddit

I started listening to classical music in high school.

Maybe you're a late bloomer.

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Helo7606@reddit

Been listening to classical music most of my life. I also use movie scores I like to go to sleep to.

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RedSolez@reddit

I've liked it since I took piano lessons at 5 years old.

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fromthedarqwaves@reddit

I used to listen to Bach famous organ works in Highschool and I recently played it again. It’s wonderful.

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BittenBeads@reddit

You're obviously not a metalhead or a cartoon fan, otherwise classical music would be an old friend.

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the_kid1234@reddit

I’ve always listened to classical.

It’s listening to the Spa and Smooth Jazz Sirius channels unironically that have me worried.

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Illustrious-Lead-960@reddit

I’ve been listening since my tweens so please cut that out.

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_shaftpunk@reddit

I got really into jazz in my 30s.

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cmajka8@reddit

I started while working from home during the pandemic and haven’t stopped since. Love it

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sleeperninja@reddit

I’ve never been huge into classical music, but I do love ballet scores, I used to sleep to Rite of Spring and just really love the imagery of Stravinsky.

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Anahata_Green@reddit

I can't imagine anyone sleeping to Rite of Spring. It caused a riot at the premiere!

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sleeperninja@reddit

The oboe is peak sleep, but the swells can be starters.

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Ok-Foot7577@reddit

I love classical music.

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primabelladonna35@reddit

Yeah, I've been listening to classical since I was in high school.

I'm still a full on uncultured swine who loves my trash music and trash TV.

But get ya monocle out and rock that shit ifn you want.

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kjb76@reddit

I’ve been listening to classical music and opera since I was a teen. But now at the ripe old age of 49 I am in my reggaeton phase. Go figure.

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travelinmatt76@reddit

I've been listening to classical since I was in band in middle school.

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CaptZombieHero@reddit

You taking your car to the mechanic? In my experience, 90% of people put on a classical music station before bringing their car into my shop for service.

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MagnumPIsMoustache@reddit

I went hard into jazz in my 40s. I was always jazz-curious, but now I listen to jazz to fall asleep every night.

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Upstairs_Usual_4841@reddit

May I recommend, with headphones, ofc, "The Moldau" by Smetana? It's absolutely gorgeous and has been my favorite song since a music appreciation class in high school (thanks, Mr. Conrad!).

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Ok_Researcher_9796@reddit

Not my thing but if you like it cool.

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mtron32@reddit

I did that in college which led t film scores and show tunes. I’ve listened to and learned to like a pretty broad range of music after high school, even country (the old stuff)

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amindfulloffire@reddit

I've enjoyed classical music since I was a kid, so I don't see it as an elderly thing.

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lazyMarthaStewart@reddit

I have a theory that it's because we were raised with culture, from Bugs Bunny to Mr Rogers.

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dinosandbees@reddit

We joke, but there's soooo much classical music our generation knows or recognizes purely from watching Looney Tunes.

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lazyMarthaStewart@reddit

Oh, absolutely. My favorite opera is still The rabbit is deeaaddd! No, really, I recognized at some point all the music we were exposed to.

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dinosandbees@reddit

“Kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit!”

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Sausage_Queen_of_Chi@reddit

Also a lot of movie scores. John Williams, Danny Elfman, Ennio Morricone. A lot of them were influenced by older composers, and their music can easily blend into the older classics.

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Adventurous_Pin_344@reddit

Nah, makes sense. My Xer spouse was the original Hip Hop head (I made the mistake of telling him about an interview I heard on NPR of an author of a new book on Tupac... And my spouse is not even a Tupac fan, but he proceeded to tell me more than I needed to know about Tupac's history) but he prefers to listen to our classical radio station and our PBS-run jazz station over anything else.

I don't even know how to turn regular radio on in our car, unfortunately, which leaves me listening to King Gizzard and... King Gizzard. Could be worse, but sometimes I need a change.

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Oye_Oso@reddit

Classical kicks ass. At times, Bach and Beethoven can be so, so metal. Don't even get me started on Vivaldi. And Rachmaninoff? Check out that 2nd Piano Concerto of his for a most wonderous musical experience.

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agentmkultra666@reddit

Y’all ever put on Rites of Spring? That shit goes so hard

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Oye_Oso@reddit

Holy crap, yaaaassss!!!

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agentmkultra666@reddit

Oop *The Rite of Spring
Brb gotta go blast some Stravinsky thanks to this post

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paradox183@reddit

Classical music, more than with any other genre IMO, allows you to listen to the same piece 20 times and hear something new every time. Whether it’s within a piece itself (different subtle harmonies layered throughout the orchestra) or the performance of it (different musicians/orchestras won’t all play a piece the exact same way) it’s really a gift that keeps giving. There’s absolutely no shame in enjoying it.

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dinosandbees@reddit

The way I checked out a CD of a favorite piece from the library (god, I feel so old saying that sentence) and RAGED because "How did this performance get recorded? It's so bland, so emotionless! It's not even the same piece of music!"

The orchestra makes *such* a difference to the music being played.

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pug_fugly_moe@reddit

Rite of Spring was djent before djent. A hill I die on.

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icepick3383@reddit

Mars, the bringer of war by Holst is essentially prog metal.

I don’t listen to classical very often, but when I’m in the mood, nothing else scratches that itch. I also love symphonic prog like yes, Spock’s beard, Emerson, Lake & Palmer.

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bscott59@reddit

It's calming and less distracting. I've enjoyed classical music since my 20s but I listen to it more frequently now (partially because my wife is a cellist). The local classical radio station doesn't have ads, there's few lyrics (operas), and overall it puts me in a more positive mood.

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platywus@reddit (OP)

Discovering the lower part of the FM dial is enlightening. I’m able to learn more about the influential composers and directors between pieces.

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yourlittlebirdie@reddit

I highly recommend the podcast “Sticky Notes” if you want to learn more cool details and info about individual pieces! It really helps you understand the music on a much deeper level.

Here’s a great one about Rhapsody in Blue: https://stickynotespodcast.libsyn.com/gershwin-rhapsody-in-blue

It can get a touch music theory wonky at times, but for the most part, it’s pretty accessible even if you don’t have a music theory background.

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pug_fugly_moe@reddit

Is the host related to Alyssa Weilerstein?

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yourlittlebirdie@reddit

He’s her brother!

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pug_fugly_moe@reddit

They’re basically a dynasty?

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pug_fugly_moe@reddit

“Exploring Music” is a good program.

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rialucia@reddit

I was raised in a family of musicians and was exposed to a lot of different types of music, including classical. I fell in love with Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin especially. Listening to classical music on NPR is a long time comfort food for me. Good on ya for exploring new music styles at middle age!

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throwawayfromPA1701@reddit

Bach slaps tho

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TheBrownCouchOfJoy@reddit

Everyone has their thing. I like 1920s-30s jazz. It’s not the only thing I listen to, but I’ll listen to hours at a time.

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dudemanspecial@reddit

While classic rock and grunge are and have always been my mainstays, I have listened to classical music since I was a teenager.

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NighthawkCP@reddit

Pretty similar for me as well. I'm more into rock/metal and bluegrass, but I really got into classical as well as movie soundtracks in middle school when I started taking concert band classes and playing the Trombone. My randomized playlists on Spotify will sometimes have a random Mozart or Holst song as well as a John Williams march or Hans Zimmer track. Hell I got to see Hans Zimmer live in concert last year and it was awesome!

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jdoe36@reddit

I really got into classical as well as movie soundtracks in middle school when I started taking concert band classes and playing the Trombone.

My love of classical music and movie soundtracks was also sparked by band, particularly high school marching band. One year we did a show based on Dvorak's New World Symphony, and another year we did Jerry Goldsmith's The Wind and the Lion.

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NighthawkCP@reddit

Yea marching band was clutch as well. We did a First Knight show one year, which was another Jerry Goldsmith soundtrack and I liked it so much I bought the soundtrack on CD! We did a jazz show another year, so that got me more into jazz music, which I sometimes indulge in at a friends jazz bar nowadays.

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oldscotch@reddit

It's fantastic when driving.

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Illustrated-skies@reddit

My piano playing teenage self was obsessed with classical, it’s 90% of what I played (the rest - ragtime). But I listened to metal/alternative rock.

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RealCauliflower773@reddit

Depending on your taste, the real metal composers are Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, Mahler, Dvorak, and Stravinsky.

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Imaginary-Mix-5726@reddit

Totally normal. Not all music needs to be loud. Jazz clubs and chamber ensembles are beautiful analog experiences in a hyper-digital world. They're niche enough to scratch the Xennial itch.

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LACna@reddit

Classical music isn't only for seniors. I love moody cello & brass instruments.

I also listen to it to fall alseep sometimes. I have Bach & cello mixes on Youtube I like.

I only use this method if I worked over 16+ shift & can't fall asleep right away. It relaxes me & knocks me out.

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catsoncrack420@reddit

Nope my love started in NYC in 90s on a school trip to Lincoln Center. Fell in love with classical music alongside hip hop.

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pug_fugly_moe@reddit

Been a deliberate listener for over 30 years.

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PoisonMind@reddit

Good choice. Classical radio stations don't have commercials and never play the same song twice in a single day. Live concerts are affordable and you don't have to compete with bots to buy tickets. Much fewer annoying people on their cell phones too.

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IronbAllsmcginty78@reddit

Vivaldi is metal AF

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kelp_forests@reddit

No, most new music in the genres I enjoy suck. I don’t listen to my old rap music becaue its a bygone era.

So I listen to EDM, classical, and instrumental music/guitar. Much more calming and enjoyable. Oh and 80s music.

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Wak3upHicks@reddit

I do jazz for vibing at home

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Jupiter68128@reddit

I started the Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack in my car on the way to work the other day. It’s a banger.

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honeybear3333@reddit

I love it! My favorite Christmas soundtrack.

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Brilliant_Drop8032@reddit

Ohhhhh….the Vince Guaraldi Trio is chef’s kiss. Make sure to check out his other work (if you haven’t already) if the Christmas soundtrack is your jam. You won’t be disappointed!

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wino_whynot@reddit

Upon your post, I just put on the VG Fall playlist I found. Pairs exceptionally well with my coffee this fine fall morning.

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screamingcatfish@reddit

Yes! I like to get cozy with a book, my recliner, a fireplace YouTube channel on the TV, and the Vince Guaraldi station on Pandora!

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dubalot@reddit

They released an official Charlie Brown Thanksgiving special soundtrack a couple years ago, FYI. It's really good. We listen to it in fall a bunch. Apparently the producer's kids found a bunch of tapes from the sessions.

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worksnake@reddit

I have a tradition of only listening to that from Thanksgiving through to Christmas. So, I’ll be joining you soon.

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badchefrazzy@reddit

Knower Rulez

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misskellycupcake@reddit

Those hours long jazz mixes on YouTube are my background chores and study go to as I try to switch careers and keep house between my SO's 3 tornado children with 50/50 custody 😂

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elbr@reddit

Yea, once I hit 36, jazz suddenly became morning coffee music, focus at work music, and relax for bedtime music. When I'm traveling, I even look for jazz clubs.

I still listen to punk, 90s alternative, indie and alt-folk, but not at 8:am.

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Wak3upHicks@reddit

Always have been, always will be a metalhead. But Cowboy Bebop just awoke something in my soul back in the day

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Edgarmustavas@reddit

Sunday is for jazz vinyl. Found a giant stack at the Salvation Army store years ago and cycle through it on Sundays. Good Sunday vibes.

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Extension-Ant-8@reddit

Same anything released by Gondwana Records is awesome. Very modern and got that double bass drop.

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odin_the_wiggler@reddit

Blue Note Records compilation discs. 👍

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Wak3upHicks@reddit

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garygnu@reddit

I had a record player in my room. I'd reckon half my parents record correction was classical. I fell asleep listening to Beethoven's 6th or Rhapsody in Blue.

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Legitimate-Produce-1@reddit

Been listening since my 20s. Welcome to the club.

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skyciel@reddit

Omg it’s pretty much all I can listen to while driving

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TinsleyCarmichael@reddit

I’ve listened to classical since I was born …

The fact now that I consider a lot of pop “noise” is the bigger sign

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ham_solo@reddit

I don't find this odd at any age. Personally, I hate the term 'classical' music. It sounds so stuffy. I prefer 'orchestral', or 'symphonic', for large orchestras and 'chamber' music for smaller groups. There is tons of amazing orchestral music written in the 20th-century, so I wouldn't call it 'classical'

I personally like the 20th-century composers best - Ravel, Bartok, Debussy, and Penderecki if you wanna get NUTS.

It's very relaxing music, but also can be challenging in the way that a puzzle or game can be.

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AdComprehensive7939@reddit

Classically trained musician here, so it's always been normal for me (I was obsessed throughout childhood.) I like/have played in rock and country bands too but in recent years I've become obsessed w jazz. Have been teaching myself jazz piano for a few years now. Never thought I'd be into jazz, but it feels like the ultimate form for a player. It makes me think about what it wouldve been like in the earlier 20th century, when many people had pianos at home and spent time together playing and singing. I wish humans still casually did that but I think screens killed it.

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NoBeerIJustWorkHere@reddit

I’ve been listening to classical since I was like 8. Good music is good music.

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Bastard1066@reddit

Nah, classical is great, it can really alter your mood. It's called growth! Find your local WRTI classical station and program one of your buttons in your car to it and listen on your drive home from work! Lean into it!

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Acceptable-Double-98@reddit

Ive been listening since I was a teenager! You have refined taste lol

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djdecimation@reddit

Classical music is metal

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kinopiokun@reddit

Since so many people here have a boner for feeling old, I’d say you’re in good company! But classical music doesn’t make you old, you’ll have to stick to reading glasses or illness like everyone else 😂

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ConcreteKeys@reddit

The Braveheart soundtrack had a hold on me back in the day

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ConcreteKeys@reddit

I was concerned when I was five changing my shoes with Mr Rogers. How did I get so old, so fast? I didn't even have a personal trolly in my retirement yet.

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therobotscott@reddit

I've been listening to it ny whole life, as Looney Tunes used that stuff all the time. But I've been actively listening to classical music since middle school. It was by no means the main thing I listened to, but I wasn't too cool to ignore it. I've been in bands most of my life and have written a lot of songs, but I went to school for music and have written some ensemble pieces. So I don't think it's an elderly thing, just that your tastes are expanding as you're getting older.

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sophietehbeanz@reddit

Uh 🙄 this seems kind of nonsensical.

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sageamericanidiot@reddit

In elementary school I has a field trip to the San Francisco Symphony and that rocked my little world. I've been listening to classical since and take my kids to the philharmonic every chance I get.

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wino_whynot@reddit

SAME!

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sonyisda1@reddit

Barry Lyndon has a great soundtrack (and a good movie too)

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badchefrazzy@reddit

Y'like Jazz? Knower Rulez.

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Automatic_Beat5808@reddit

Okay, nobody come at me here but I'm going to say something controversial. I don't listen to music. At least not regularly. Recently I've been trying to get back into listening to music. When I was younger, of course I listened to all the great pop stations. But I just can't seem to vibe with anything now. So I've resorted to Lo-Fi as well as classical. Is it because I'm elderly now? I'm not sure. But I like it.

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southernfirm@reddit

For me it is Jazz. Not going to apologize to anyone for this.

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twilightswimmer@reddit

I grew up listening to it. I still listen to it and love going to the symphony if a chance comes up.

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BlacksmithThink9494@reddit

Daft punk did it that way. Why not you?

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JFB187@reddit

Appreciation grows through wisdom. Wisdom grows with time.

For most, at least.

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SakaWreath@reddit

I’ve listened to a wide range of music my entire life. I hear something I like, I keep it around.

Like what you like, don’t let anyone put you in a box.

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Myrtle_Snow_@reddit

I studied violin starting at age 8, so I’ve always loved classical music. Classical isn’t an age thing. It’s more popular outside of the US among people of all ages in my experience.

If you’re in the US, we mostly aren’t taught how to listen to it here and appreciate the complexity of it. Classical is the one kind of music I can’t listen to while working or doing other tasks because it requires my full attention to really enjoy it, and I’m totally indisposed when I’m listening.

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realauthormattjanak@reddit

Because you're listening TO the music instead of FOR the music. There's not a specific lyric or guitar breakdown you're anticipating.

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zombie_overlord@reddit

I like it when they spice it up a bit

Spicy Mozart

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potatopigflop@reddit

Some people listen to it since childhood. I don’t think there’s an age limit on music.. I listen to BigBad Wolf by Jool Tv and it hits so hard (kids song)

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kozynook@reddit

It means you’re expanding your musical horizons and trying new genres. That a great thing!

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foxhagen@reddit

I've been listening to classical since junior high.....

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Ninja-Panda86@reddit

I'm also listening to more classical music, and new age stuff.

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platywus@reddit (OP)

I wonder if it’s the increased feeling of foreboding gloom, corruption, and disarray in the current world. Classical evokes a deep peace like nothing else.

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GDRaptorFan@reddit

We are honestly also at an age where lyrics don’t hit the same way. I used to be in my room for hours listening to songs with lyrics that spoke to my young, romantic, hopeful heart. That’s long gone! I mostly listen to music for the music anyway, so sometimes you can take out the middle man.

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Prudent-Session985@reddit

Oh man listen to Fred Jones part 2 by Ben folds and tell me that doesn't hit

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Prudent-Session985@reddit

I was going to tell you Opera slaps but the stories are the most dismal things.

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yourlittlebirdie@reddit

Every plot is “a soprano and tenor fall in love but a baritone won’t let them be together.”

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nbd9000@reddit

ok, so at least im not alone on this. i was in a music store yesterday and spent most of my time looking at classical records. i dont even own a record player. getting old is weird.

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Economy-Camp-7339@reddit

I mean, I grew up in a house with more classical, jazz and show tunes than classic rock or oldies.

So for me it wasn’t something about aging, it’s been my exposure.

But yea my playlists have always gone from like Green Day to Grieg to the bangles to Stan Kenton to Dr Dre to broadway show tune, which let me tell you, when I knew all the lyrics to all of it made 2001 self really a hit with the ladies and never made me appear questionable in any way.

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PeoniesNLilacs@reddit

I didn’t get into anything instrumental until I went to a spa 4 yrs ago. The music in the background was so calming. So I found it on my siriusXm and got into all other kinds of instrumental music, including classical. Words and fast beats are just too chaotic sometimes. Call it old age, call it expanding my musical horizons, whatever it is, it should not be a concern. The more different genres of music you can enjoy the better for therapeutic benefits. Sound is healing. No need for concern, enjoy your newfound wisdom.

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RamshackleDayParade@reddit

My grandfather was a clarinet and sax player in orchestras and all types of jazz bands. I never took to music as a player, but I have loved classical and some jazz since I was a lil guy. It always makes me think back to times with my granddad. I listen to it a lot when working as well.

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lupulineffect@reddit

I was gonna say "no, not really," then I remembered that literally two nights ago I went to see the Dandy Warhols play with the Oregon Symphony.

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Disastrous-Tap-3353@reddit

Same. Background for work. Sorry Green Day.

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SanPadrigo@reddit

I was a band geek, so I’ve been listening to everything from Haydn to Rachmaninov since I was 14. If I’m gonna be doing something intensive for work I always prefer classical music because it’s minimally distracting.

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rosemarylemontwist@reddit

My parents both loved music. They listened to all genres. I grew up listening to classical music . Long car trips were always for listening to Vivaldi or Mozart. I still listen to classical when I need to concentrate.

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bitwarrior80@reddit

My desk radio is a 1960s Panasonic model with vacuum tubes. The local classical station is the only channel that comes in good on it.

For those piano enjoyers, I recommend "Introduction and Rondo Brillante in B-Flat Major, Op. 98" by Hummel.

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Ayuuun321@reddit

I’ve been listening to classical since my mid 30s. I was driving a lot and I just got so sick of listening to lyrics. I’ve loved it ever since.

I don’t listen to it all of the time, but when I do, it’s usually in the car so I can conduct the orchestra while I’m driving.

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knownerror@reddit

If it helps, it was the rock music of its time.

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canisdirusarctos@reddit

I’ve listened to it since I was a kid. I’m a total snob about it, with composers I like and dislike, eras I strongly prefer (like actual classical and baroque), etc. The funny part is that it has never been the only genre of music I enjoy listening to.

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Jets237@reddit

I recently started really getting into historical documentaries.

We're getting old

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Leucippus1@reddit

My first album was Bach's Violin Concerto with Pinchas Zukerman. So, welcome to the club, but lately it has been jazz for me.

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statistacktic@reddit

No judgement here.

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KrAEGNET@reddit

Honestly, you probably transitioned from watching alot movies and consciously or subconsciously enjoying the scores. Many scores have classical similarities due to orchestral involvement as they tend to take on many classical songs. I personally can listen to classical, but not for very long, too stripped down for me. It's like me, as a Native American liking Native American music for what it is, usually flute work and drums, often times together, with very bare bones production - and then listening to modern produced "nordic/viking" music which play on the same basic idea but with added layers or productive accompaniments and I enjoy it way more.

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Designer-Bid-3155@reddit

I listen to instrumental chill when I'm high.... so frequently

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Awkward-Zone6150@reddit

I listen to ballets while writing work reports. It makes me feel like an artist composing with words.

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yourlittlebirdie@reddit

I find that listening to movie scores while working makes writing my budget reports feel like I’m doing something epic and mysterious instead.

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1ndomitablespirit@reddit

Not prepared for what? Maturity and a refined sense of taste?

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Knowledge_VIG@reddit

I still listen to that shit. I've been listening to it since I was a teenager along with all the other music genres I like. It's quite relaxing.

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junto80@reddit

Life is complicated enough, I’ve no time for lyrics.

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Cosmohumanist@reddit

No kidding. “Stop telling me what to think! I got shit to do over here!”

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yourlittlebirdie@reddit

I’ve always been into classical music and I’m realizing now that I’m no longer “the young person” at symphony concerts 😞

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Majestic-Marzipan621@reddit

It's wonderful to drive to.

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marcos_MN@reddit

I don’t understand this post. What’s concerning?

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Procrasturbating@reddit

I picked up classical in my 30s and it lead to me producing EDM after figuring out where they were stealing all of the good melodies from.

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xRVAx@reddit

Wait until you start to distinguish classical music from late baroque and Romantic era 🤓

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Stitchin_Squido@reddit

Classical and neoclassical music is my jam, especially for morning music. I even dabble in ambient. Throw in some morose violins and I am hooked.

Yes, I was huge into the punk scene circa 1998-2004. Yes, I played all the screamy songs at high volume. Yes, I liked being as close as I could to the amp so that the sonic waves could tear my atoms apart and I could become one with the music.

But, I’m old boss. Let me rest to the scrapes of a bow over strings….maybe some floaty jazz flute…and a cappuccino.

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madgirafe@reddit

I started listening to Wreckno, we're all cracking a little I think. 🫠

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Sausage_Queen_of_Chi@reddit

I’ve always listened to classical music, my dad loved it and that’s what he’d listen to in the car, and also I was in orchestra in high school.

And there are some real bangers! Listen to the last movement of Dvorak’s New World Symphony, it was John Williams’s inspiration for the Star Wars themes.

Anyway, these days I still like classical music especially in the evening when I’m trying to help my brain wind down.

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zerombr@reddit

Idk about you but it really seems to shift my mind greatly anymore.

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CrosseyedCletus@reddit

I dunno, but I’ve been diving headlong into soft rock and it is so relaxing. Turns out I’m a huge Steely Dan fan (not exactly soft rock, but who knew). A sunset, a cigar, and Steely Dan is basically my favorite thing now. I used to be a punk. I tell myself this is my version of aging gracefully.

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Hopepersonified@reddit

I do it too and I'm more likely to speed while it's on.

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Background-Student62@reddit

I’ve been attending Candlelight Concert Series which is a drastic difference between all the festivals and concerts I’ve attended. It happens

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gpo321@reddit

Had a math teacher in 8th grade that would play classical music in the classroom. She swore it made students perform better.

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JeffTS@reddit

I don't mind classical. Every once in a great while, I'll give it a listen. If I need mellow though, I usually switch over to acoustic music.

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braywarshawsky@reddit

Nothing wrong with classical music... it depends on the mood, and situation.

Personally I listen to it while at work. It helps me to focus. Always has.

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jar36@reddit

I'm getting close at 50. I started playing it for my cannabis plants this year, so it's on when I'm tending to them. I feel like a character in a movie that the main character is going to have meet while I'm doing this. Half expecting Keanu Reeves to walk through the door lol
It sets a nice mood and makes me take my time a bit. I feel more relaxed while I work, making it much more enjoyable

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InertPistachio@reddit

Are you recreating that scene in Minority Report in your head lol

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jar36@reddit

probably a mix of several flicks lol

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Outrageous-Swimmer65@reddit

Let them have their moment!! 😂

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Sweet_Deeznuts@reddit

Is THAT how you get the weed that calms you down instead of making you anxious? 😉

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Sirtriplenipple@reddit

You just have to learn what the terpenes do to you, then you can craft whatever experience you want. Calm you down, you are going to want Myrcene, Linalool, and Caryo.

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kenyafeelme@reddit

No. You aren’t special

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No-Championship-8677@reddit

I’ve listened to classical regularly since my early 20s! It doesn’t mean you’re old, just that you appreciate music

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Express-Cow190@reddit

Nothing wrong with or old about it. With people making AI music now I’m just happy to listen to anything composed and performed by people.

But if you need to check yourself, listen to “Bassthoven” by Kyle Exum. It’s a rap song set to Fur Elise.

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redditsuckshardnowtf@reddit

I've never liked classical music, my blood boils whenever I hear it being played.

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CuriousRiver2558@reddit

Instrumental music in general appeals to me now. Basically Muzak. I have stations like “music for studying” and instrumental hip hop. Perfect for background music in the office.

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flowbkwrds@reddit

I grew up listening to classical music with my grandparents. I had a few favorite songs back then. They'd bring me to the local symphony performances sometimes and I enjoyed them. I still go catch a classic performance when I can. I also love a good rock concert and spent my teens and 20s hanging out with death metal bands.

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Quirin_Cottonbriefs@reddit

Or maybe you were raised in a lower class household? Weird to comment that I concerns you.

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platywus@reddit (OP)

Grew up in a very working-class small home in a rust belt Great Lakes city(proudly, might I add.). Loving parents and home surrounded with pop and rock music. I suppose my parents were not raised with classical in their homes, so they didn’t play it themselves. My father listened to a lot of 60s Motown and pop, my mother had affection for the Michael Jackson and Huey Lewis side of things. I loved it all.

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Quirin_Cottonbriefs@reddit

Oh. So you did. Still strange you find it concerning.

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VampireOnHoyt@reddit

I started really getting into opera in the last couple years. Love what you love.

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Intelligent-Camera90@reddit

I put it on occasionally when I’m working on something boring, but i really need focus.

Mostly just putting on a classical station, but sometimes I’ll put on a movie soundtrack (like LOTR) or anything John Williams has scored.

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Specialist-Job-509@reddit

Classical music is like nails on a chalkboard to me and always will be but that’s because I’m a real one and obviously you never were. (I’m gonna put the /s here even though I think it’s obvious so no one thinks I’m being a jerk.)

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jasonmoyer@reddit

Are you getting more intelligent? That's likely a bigger correlator to listening to classical music than getting old is.

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platywus@reddit (OP)

I am more philosophical and introspective than ever. However, I’m not sure if it’s reactionary to current times or just aging rapidly.

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TheDavidCall@reddit

Pshhhh. I’m 42 and have always enjoyed some classical. It’s okay to be moved by more things than what we listened to in high school :) To me it means you’re growing, not shrinking.

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magsli@reddit

I work as an arts and classical music producer in public radio and podcasting for the last 20+ years. And I have played the cello since I was 8. This is not concerning, this is a good thing. The mission in our work is to try and help people learn about it and love it. I honestly love to hear that you’re listening and concerned. That means you’re fighting but your mind and body are telling you that you love it. Embrace it. It’s beautiful and a foundational form of musical composition. You’ve evolved and now that you listen, you will absolutely have a new and better understanding and outlook on the world. Enjoy!!!

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SplakyD@reddit

I've always listened to it a little bit. Earlier this year, I heard some Philip Glass chamber music called "Glassworks" on my local NPR station that I'd highly recommend to anyone here. It came out in 1981 and it was his attempt to be more pop oriented and "Walkman suitable," and I know how much we love our Walkmans around here. But check it out!

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Exciting_Squirrel_84@reddit

I've been sprinkling classic and jazz since my teens.

I'm more concerned with how much I am loving vaporware because it is 1993 hold music.

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WanderAndDream@reddit

Gimme that Yo Yo Ma

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Fuckspez42@reddit

I was actually far more into classical music (especially oratorio) when I was a teenager than I am today, but I still love classical music.

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Striking-Access-236@reddit

My musical preferences are very eclectic as well...all over the place

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Merentha8681@reddit

I've really gotten into blues music.

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DiaDeLosMuebles@reddit

I’ve always listened to it. I find it fascinating that you’ve denied yourself good music because you perceived it as “old people music”

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John_481@reddit

As long as you like the movie Amadeus, it’s OK.

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NopeYupWhat@reddit

I think as long fall into the trap of all the new music sucks you’re not getting old and can listen to whatever you want. Q

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mysticalsnowball@reddit

Yes me too! My home pod has free classical so I put it on for my kids regularly. It’s so soothing

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cantwejustplaynice@reddit

I've been listening to symphonic music since Star Wars came out. John Williams effectively scored my childhood so I've always had a place in my music library and in my heart for orchestral works.

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MrsJennyAloha@reddit

We listen but just because it’s safe music for the whole family

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cartoonchris1@reddit

I listen to classical when I’m reading or if something I’m working on needs 99.9% concentration (animator, lots of keyframes to keep track of) where I can’t listen to podcasts, audiobooks, or ‘normal’ music. Most of the time if I’m listening, it’s audiobooks though.

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ezmoney98@reddit

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Beastie Boys is my favorite classical music

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FoppyRETURNS@reddit

Classical kicks ass. I'm a metal guy, no shame about it.

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BalrogRuthenburg11@reddit

I’ve been listening to classical music since setting Fantasia at like age 5.

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thepatientwaiting@reddit

I went to see the Swan Lake ballet a few years ago and fell pretty hard for Tchaikovsky. I've always liked Chopin as well, especially the Pianist soundtrack.

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Enxer@reddit

My mix is Perry Como, Zeppelin, the Tron Legacy soundtrack, Nirvana, Scattman Corthers, Weird Al and the Loop Hero soundtrack.

I've been working my way back in time but new alternative rock still slaps as well.

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This_hoe_dumb@reddit

I listen to classical to help me focus. The music drowns out the constant chatter in my brain without the need to focus on the words. 🤷‍♀️

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jjmawaken@reddit

I love classical music 20 years ago. It actually mixes really nice with rock music. And video games. The orchestral sound tracks from Mario Galaxy are really great to listen to.

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Golden_Enby@reddit

If a CD isn't playing in my car, I'm listening to my local classical station. My mother raised me on classical music, along with rock and metal, so it's always been important to me. I've always thought that if people like movie, game, or series OSTs, they like classical music.

Not sure why you'd be concerned about suddenly liking classical music. It's been proven to be good for your brain. Enjoy it all you want with no shame. ✌️

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No9No9No9No9@reddit

Nice Beethoven shirt! Name 3 concertos!

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mr_Papini@reddit

When I was four years old I danced around to Rimsky-Korsakov and Edvard Grieg. When I was fourteen I read A Clockwork Orange then saw the movie and well

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wanna_be_green8@reddit

I've found it's great at calming the nerves. We've used it on road trips to silence children bickering, seemed to work for us.

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elkniodaphs@reddit

I hope we're not forgetting that we all grew up listening to classical music by design as it was featured in the cartoons we watched, and countless other programs we might have seen like Great Performances, Sesame Street, or Carl Sagan's Cosmos, not to mention the hand-me-down records I was personally spinning in my room in 1985. The fact that we will sometimes return to things we did as kids is not surprising on a subreddit driven by nostalgia.

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effugium1@reddit

I’ve like it since I was a child, but I can relate because there’s plenty of music I didn’t like in the 90s that I do now.

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ElvisAaron@reddit

Same and now Ive started composing it, have even released some. My teen grunge band self would be disappointed. Enjoy!!

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odin_the_wiggler@reddit

Back in college I took a music appreciation class as an elective.

First day, this older ZZ Top looking guy walks in. Leather vest, big beard, somewhat intimidating.

He goes to the podium, and very excitedly begins to talk about the importance of music, but especially opera and classical music. He talks about how much he enjoys gardening and the beauty of music.

He would play operatic performances for us, but would pause videos pretty frequently and go on a tangent about certain arias and the history behind them, and get really exuberant while doing so.

That semester, I didn't really learn much about music appreciation, but definitely learned:

Never judge a book by its cover
Be into whatever the hell you enjoy because life is too short.

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