Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata: Pure piano sex for the ears

Agreed!!!

Beethoven also used "Fur Elise" to score. He was a rock star before his time.

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The Moonlight Sonata is incredible. Haven't listened to it for a while, but I have it all in the back of my head every time I miss it. Musical orgasm for sure.

I concur, one of the best I've heard

Beethoven wrote that when he was already 98% deaf.

Strawberry Fields Forever, A day in the Life, - the entire beatles catalogue for that matter will (hopefully) be around for over 100 more yrs. It's the closest society will come to re-creating anything remotely as beautiful. Will it outlast Beethoven? Who knows, and who cares. But in regard to quality, I feel they do compare. The similarities between the technically inclined/musically advanced composer, and the four musically unschooled lads may not sound plausible, but I feel it's a justifiable comparison. Problem is, although the quality is on equal wave lengths - the beatles music standing the test of time leaves me with lots of uncertainty. Composers are glorified (rightfully so, sure) and widely accepted amongst the intellectual. It's sophisticated music, whose core audience will continue to grow, decade after decade. It plays as the backdrop to every romantic movie, and we don't even realize it. But rock? Especially classic rock, is very isolated. The core audience is not getting younger, and today's generation is too desensitized from the constant decline of mordern music that graces their ears daily. That, in addition to the white wash image the beatles get, they're known for their mop-top music. Great inspiring fun music, but not even close to their compelling compositions in later yrs.

Without rambling on too much, point is, yes I agree Beethoven was amazing. However, I honestly do feel we have had our shot at that sort of greatness. And this will be our defining band/composers, when we have to reflect on 20th century music. Who knows, perhaps in another 40-yrs, my comments will go without saying.

i play piano - moonlight sonata has gotten me laid a few times ... if you really dig that, check out some frederic chopin, he is INCREDIBLE ... stuff you might dig from him, march funebre, raindrop prelude (common names)

ps wine sucks

pps - i will bet my balls they will be listening to a lot of the music made in our lifetime ... there were a lot of other douche bag wanna be pianists back then that nobody remembers now.

a hit is a hit ...

my Beethoven collection is one of my most favorite. I listen to it regularly.

i love classical music. they are very relaxing to ears and uplifting our emotions too.

You can hear his longing in the piece

I may get flamed for this but...

In MY opinion classical music is fucking AWESOME to party to if you have the techno remixes.

Checkout Aphotheosis - O Fortuna even though I thinks its taken from a classic opera. its still an techno remix which is pretty cool if you never heard it before.

Moonlight sonata can damn near put me into a trance.

Some music just does that... hits the right chords (literally) and transports you somewhere. A far cry from the plastic schlockmeisters that comprise today's top 40 shitfest.

Albinoni's Adagio In G minor is another one of those... just an incredibly moving piece. Sad as fuck though.

It's from Carmina Burana.

Someone's kindly translated the lyrics from latin to english, too.

Same here... I play piano as well and Chopin is by far my favorite composer. I respect all the big names like Mozart, Bach, Beethoven... but for some reason, Chopin's music just connected with me.

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I love classical as well as music scores to films.

Off topic: Some real gems out there in motion picture soundtracks if you take the time to look

sopranos has some great stuff

I think my girl will love that classical music so much. ;)

Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata is indeed heaven in the ears.. one of the few classical songs i liked.

Fred just kicks fucking ass ... no one else has ever made such amazing yet unpredictable, and hypnotic melodies. I went to his grave in paris ... jesus that must suck to be buried forever in france. hes probably rolling around in there ... "Im Frederic Chopin god dammit! Take me back to Poland! Morrison is bogarting all the fucking wine here!"