Sunday, August 14, 2005
Pumpin' it Up
So this may be an insy bit off-topic, but let’s throw caution to the winds, shall we?
Last night I went to a nice bar with my roommate. The scene appeared to be composed of twenty-something graduate student-types and young professionals. Most were talking in groups. And the music was loud.
Loud, loud, loud.
It seems like if you want to go to a bar nowadays, you have to shout in order to be heard. I can understand having the music turned up loud at a dance club, but I’ve been to many establishments this summer – restaurants, movie theaters – where the volume was loud unto deafening.
I’m forced to conclude that I’m a weirdo and that most people, at least my age, like their music loud – even in places where supposedly they’ll be making conversation. (Cars, too.) What’s up with this? And what does it portend for the future of musics, like classical, that are often (God forbid) soft?
posted by David Salvage
3:45 PM
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