Nobody Claps Between Movements Anymore, and Classical Music Is Still Pretending That's Fine
The rule against clapping between movements was never about reverence. It was about class — and it's time classical music admitted that.
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The rule against clapping between movements was never about reverence. It was about class — and it's time classical music admitted that.
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Track order is not an afterthought. The person who sequences an album shapes how every song on it will be heard forever.
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Some records aren't for sitting still. The best ones reveal themselves over a chopping board.
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Some records aren't for listening. They're for the forty minutes between getting home and sitting down to eat.
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Low end gets overlooked because when it's done right, you don't hear it — you just feel like the song makes sense.
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