I never particularly liked pop music either, falling into an eclectic
mix of rock that ranged all the way from Enigma and Billy Joel to Metallica.
Some of my friends listen to classical music on occasion, but I just never
really "got" it.
After seeing The Rock, I loved the instrumental soundtrack (Hans
Zimmer is an evil genius) so much that I went out and bought it pretty
much on the way home. Ditto for Crimson Tide a little later.
For some reason, though, I never really made any sort of connection between
that and the classics until people who walked into my room while I was
playing a track from one of them started asking if it was Beethoven or
Mozart.
Finally, I was watching a special interview with Billy Joel on PBS
a few nights ago. Joel was mentioning how much he was influenced
by classical music, and they played a clip of a Bach piece that had a
theme very similar to one of his rock n' roll songs. What really
struck me was the fact that I liked the Bach piece more than I liked the
Billy Joel song.
So, I broke down last night and started downloading some Bach mp3s
from Napster.
Surprise, surprise...I really like it.
Whether I always liked it and just never discovered it, or, whether
I just wasn't mature enough to appreciate it until now...I may never
know.