Music: Rap & Opera: NPR asks Why do people hate them?

It's a good question, if you've got any inclination toward sociology or psychology.  But we don't need the sciences to raise it:  just look around you.  You may want to mull over the subject of this inquiry — and you can post it on our Comments thingy, if you want to, as one can also ask Why do people hate commenting on blog-entries?  There is such a simple thing as taste and t+m, as you're probably aware as you pawz to listen to the slow-cadenced aria sung by opera-star Maria Callas (sounds like she's feeling the pinch of the tapeworm she swallowed to control her weit, huh?) and then follow that listening with a sample of TurboRap by Ceza's Holocaust (sorry, the subtitles only appear in German).

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Maria Callas - Visie d'arte -Puccini's Tosca 
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Maria Callas-Vissi d´arte- Tosca, second Act part 6-with Tito Gobbi-LYRICS:

Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore,
non feci mai male ad anima viva!
Con man furtiva
quante miserie conobbi aiutai.
Sempre con fè sincera
la mia preghiera
ai santi tabernacoli salì.
Sempre con fè sincera
diedi fiori agl'altar.
Nell'ora del dolore
perchè, perchè, Signore,
perchè me ne rimuneri così?
Diedi gioielli della Madonna al manto,
e diedi il canto agli astri, al ciel,
che ne ridean più belli.
Nell'ora del dolor
perchè, perchè, Signor,
ah, perchè me ne rimuneri così?

I lived for my art, I lived for love,
I never did harm to a living soul!
With a secret hand
I relieved as many misfortunes as I knew of.
Always with true faith
my prayer
rose to the holy shrines.
Always with true faith
I gave flowers to the altar.
In the hour of grief
why, why, o Lord,
why do you reward me thus?
I gave jewels for the Madonna's mantle,
and I gave my song to the stars, to heaven,
which smiled with more beauty.
In the hour of grief
why, why, o Lord,
ah, why do you reward me thus?

Translation found on: http://classicalmusic.about.com/od/op...

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Why Do People Hate Rap And Opera?

by Tom Huizenga, February 16, 2012

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So what's wrong with rap and opera? Not much, really. Except that last week when we asked readers to name their musical blind spots (genres or bands they ignored, either by choice or neglect) a distinct refrain emerged within the responses. Two examples: "Oh, and by the way, rap is not music. It is mostly a bunch of meaningless drivel by people with no real talent and who certainly should not get paid." "Very little of opera is worth bothering with and even then only as instrumental music rather than as the sounds of tortured cats." It was clear that opera and rap, more than any other genres, hit some kind of nerve with people. And it's a fact that seems to hold true far beyond our highly unscientific social media polling. But why? Ceza - Holocaust (refWr+t's yUT2ube channel on YouTube.