How do people actually like classical music?

Musical ignoramus like Wagner. Try it!

+ A lot of movies have classical music inspired OST. Of the easy listening type.

Hello everyone. Thanks for all of the excellent comments. For some reason I didn’t see this thread again yesterday after a couple of hours, and I thought it had been deleted.
To clarify one thing, I did not intend to imply that no one ( or hardly anyone) actually likes classical music. It was rather an admission that my deficiency is causing me to miss out on something great.
And yes, I am the OP. The dropped n is because I got the message that someone else is using that name from a different device.

Ennio Morricone is also known for his film compositions. Everyone knows "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" but here is another one.

How quickly you appreciate German classical music depends on your music memory. Listen to one of the three B's on Youtube.

If you have a good memory for music, can remember jazz, listen to Bach. If you have average memory, can remember pop, listen to Beethoven. If you daydream to music, listen to Brahms.

The death of classical music was the advent of recorded music when the public could actually hear this boring, soulless garbage. Now classical music is just the domain of pretentious types that have no musical taste to begin with. Does it make sense to anyone that the "best" music of this genre was written 400-500 years ago by Germans? Give us all a break with this sh!t.

I have tried my best but it just ain't happening, I don't like classical music. I do own a lot of the classics came in a set of all the genres. I did my best but kept nodding off. I did try.

It also depends why you are listening. If I am running 8x800 on the track, I probably have hip-hop in my ear. If I am trying to read a long-form article about a complicated topic, I am mostly likely playing classical in the background (not in my ear). It is soothing.

I agree with the OP that classical is hard to "rock out to" while running or whatever. But that doesn't mean it doesn't have its place. Every genre is popular for a reason and for me, it just depends on my listening context.

Do really think nobody liked Hamilton, Cats, Lion King, Sweeney Todd, or Phantom of the Opera? People LOVE that stuff. It is like a billion Dollar Broadway industry.

Hamilton was super popular because it was fun and historical and relevant and so on...

I do like classical, but I'm a complete tourist in the genre. Please don't ask me to name any of the deep cuts.

A Philistine 'outs' himself.

Here’s the real answer: Classical music appreciation is highly correlated with IQ. You’re probably not smart enough to “get it” or enjoy it.

it’s complex, nuanced, requires a long attention span and an active imagination to really enjoy.

it’s why Asians (highest average IQ) are so drawn to it and why whites (2nd highest IQ) are so good at it.

its also why some 7-11 owners blast Mozart outside their stores (to repel low IQ criminals and prevent them from loitering. And it works).

Now booty-shaking rap music, which appeals to more base instincts, doesn’t require intelligence to enjoy

Of course. An appreciation of classical music has to be racial on a site in which everything is ultimately racial.

In the 60s, a Bach piece was used almost note for note in the song A Lover's Concerto by the group Toys. A Whiter Shade of Pale by Proco Harum was also based on Bach. There have been others as well. I doubt these songs require intelligence to enjoy and I didn't realize that Asians were drawn to these songs.

Do you like Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue? I'd think given your knowledge and affinity for American music you might enjoy this fusion of classical orchestra music and Jazz.

BS
It has more to do that there is no musical education in the US anymore for kids. If you never get exposed to an instrument or the concept of music, there is a high probability that you will never appreciate it.

Not everyone likes to listen to classical music.
I really like the music of Mozart and Beethoven.

https://shortringtones.com/mozart-the-40th-symphony-ringtone/

Victor Borge plays it better than the rest