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					Originally Posted by flamestalker  I think everyone can appreciate classical music if they actually understand what's going on. Here's a good video explaining (it's pretty long):http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/be...d_passion.html 
People forget to realize that because of this music, we have progressed to jazz to rock 'n roll to pop/rap to alternative, etc. 
 
It's kind of like world history. To get an understanding for the present and future we have to look at the history of something. | 
	
 
quoted this because i wanted to draw attention to the TED link.  that's a real gem and i don't want people to miss it in a long thread.