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Old 19-06-2006, 21:44   #10
Gayle
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Re: Is Accrington being dumbed down?

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Originally Posted by shakermaker
However the musical point comes across a little snobby to me.
Opera is always associated with the higher classes and/or the intellectual - why? Just because someone prefers to mong out to Massive Attack or The Prodigy's Smack My Bitch Up; they are deemed as socially inadequate. Jazz is the last refuge of a failing musician in my opinion - yet is deemed by the higher stati as 'genuine' music...baffling.
I think Shady's point is that you CAN get these in Accrington but you can't get opera or jazz. It didn't come over as trying to be high brow, just trying to get the full range of music instead of only aimed at a younger market.
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