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Originally Posted by Crowbob
I never heard of the dude until he died. I hated metal my whole life so I did some cursory research on him and the various iterations of metal, including the history and folklore.
Committed music. The power chords, the percussion, the sub verbal guttural voices, the volume. The whole shot.
Conclusion: 'Whatever.'
What I do find fascinating is the connection between metal and classical. Yep classical, like my beloved Beethoven. Go figure.
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I get that - I see why Motorhead isn't for everyone. But man, when it's your bag, nothing tops them.
The connection between metal and certain types of classical is very close, particularly Beethoven. Music reflects many emotions, from peace and joy to aggression and anger. Beethoven wrote across that scale, but probably spent more time at the aggression and anger end of it than, say, Mozart or Debussy. I don't know if Peter's comment was tongue-in-cheek, but he's spot on. I guarantee if electric guitars were around in the 19th century, Beethoven would've been all over them, like most composers are today.