[Ceejache]

Yes... and if we listened to you then no doubt we would be too scared to sail anywhere for fear of falling off the edge of the world.

You admit that you have never heard of them or their music yet still feel fit to judge them - the height of ignorance. Maupa are another addition to the wonderful collection of music that has been passed down from the days of Mozart and beyond, sure they sound totally different but music evolves with us humans - art reflects life, like the music of the 60's reflected the changing times and attitudes, expressing the fears but also the dreams of the hippy generation etc. Even in the Classical age there were some who feared change - Mozart for example was once famously told by the Austrian Emperor that his latest opera 'Figaro' contained "too many notes" and that Mozart needed to cut a few out - too which Mozart replied "which ones did you have in mind Sir?!"

You will find that many younger people like a wide range of music - you would be surprised at the breadth of taste some display. I love all modern music but if you care to discuss 'serious' music then I am more than able to accomodate you - I like Mozart and the other Classical composers, yet I prefer Romanticism - rejecting the cool logic of the intellect and trusting in the instinctive truths of emotion. Structurally Classical music is very solid and dependable, much like the architecture of the time, but I find that music is always at its best when the artist is compelled to explore his own emotions and chart the depths of his own personality. This, in a 21st century manner and like many before them, is what Maupa are doing.

If modern day music is not to your taste then fair enough, but dont just slag it off and call it "drivel". Someone who appreciates Mozart and Puccini is obviously reasonably intelligent (stereotype I know) so I am quite amazed that you have articulated your dislike for modern music in posts that contain no aesthetic reasoning.