Post by Big_John on Aug 17, 2007 20:16:33 GMT 10
When this happened, I felt it was my duty to divulge it to those who would share the same disbelief I would.
My mother is a music teacher. For a class of hers, she gave them a listening test. She would make them listen to a variety of songs, from all over the spectrum of music (well, ok, it was 6 songs in total). Then the students had to answer questions on each piece. There were things like "What instruments were used?", "What part of the song were they used for?", "Name one Good/Bad thing about it", and etc... The final question they had to answer for each song was "What audience would enjoy this type of song?"
One of the songs my mother gave them was Gangland, by Iron Maiden (*I feel I should point out that when she mentioned this, I told her that I loved her very deeply for her choice*). She knows I love Iron Maiden, and found one of the student's answers amusing. For the question "What type of audience would enjoy this song?", one of the kids answered..... "Goth / Emo".
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My reaction was pretty much what your (the reader's) reaction must be right now. A combination of "What the F**k!?" and "Hahahaha". But mostly "What the F**k!?". Since when have people thought of Iron Maiden as Goth or Emo? Have I sat inside too long to miss the sudden shift of the music audience to go from stupid to completely ignorant of other styles? (I realise this is a rather broad and harsh generalisation, but damnit, I am not a happy chappy).
My faith in humanity has died a little today.
My mother is a music teacher. For a class of hers, she gave them a listening test. She would make them listen to a variety of songs, from all over the spectrum of music (well, ok, it was 6 songs in total). Then the students had to answer questions on each piece. There were things like "What instruments were used?", "What part of the song were they used for?", "Name one Good/Bad thing about it", and etc... The final question they had to answer for each song was "What audience would enjoy this type of song?"
One of the songs my mother gave them was Gangland, by Iron Maiden (*I feel I should point out that when she mentioned this, I told her that I loved her very deeply for her choice*). She knows I love Iron Maiden, and found one of the student's answers amusing. For the question "What type of audience would enjoy this song?", one of the kids answered..... "Goth / Emo".
.................
My reaction was pretty much what your (the reader's) reaction must be right now. A combination of "What the F**k!?" and "Hahahaha". But mostly "What the F**k!?". Since when have people thought of Iron Maiden as Goth or Emo? Have I sat inside too long to miss the sudden shift of the music audience to go from stupid to completely ignorant of other styles? (I realise this is a rather broad and harsh generalisation, but damnit, I am not a happy chappy).
My faith in humanity has died a little today.
