John Cage musical work changes chord for first time in seven years

[Diddums]

What the actual **** is this all about then?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54041568

I'll be honest, I'm very much of the mindset that most poncy art is blatant fraud, I am unable to believe that people look at some of the crap people spend millions on and think it looks good, and no amount of explaining will ever change this mindset. In my opinion, all the Andy Warhols and all that other crap "modern art" is nothing more than a way for the wealthy to squirrel money away.

This however, is on a while different level. You can't purchase it, you can't take it home, it's literally just a musical note that goes on for over 600 years.

Yet here they are, all these mental cases have actually gone out of their way to go and listen to this "tune" change notes. They paid actual money for this, why?

Look at this woman, she's clearly lapping it up, enjoying what can only be described as "a din":

And then there's this:

The composer is arguably most famous for 4'33".
The three-movement composition from 1952 is for any combination of instruments, but instructs performers not to play them. Listeners instead hear the sound of the surrounding environment during the four minutes and 33 seconds the work lasts.

WTF? So silence then?


I'm so confused right now.


I need to go yell at some clouds or something.

 

[Diddums]

Lawdy lawd what the hell is happening

No, closed-minded. Dismissing something different as "rubbish" shows no willingness to engage with that subject matter in any detail or to put any effort into thinking about it.

It's absolutely fine for people to disagree as long as they justify their position. But just saying something is "rubbish" and leaving the thread is closed-minded.

You're the lady in the video aren't you?

Sorry, I wish you all the best in your adventures in not-music but I'll retain my stance that this is just a load of rubbish thanks.