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by kp1234321 3583 days ago
I wonder if younger folk today listen to Gregorian chant and think how quaint, old and dated it seems... or if they see it and wonder if their current modern music is really missing something these strange sounds had.

- Somebody ca. 1050 AD

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If you'll attend mass at a Gregorian monastery with the right acoustics, you'll wonder too. Recordings don't do it justice.
Klosterman's guesses about how rock will be perceived in 500 years might interest you. It's in his latest, "But What if We're Wrong?"

He's one of the best writers on pop culture, and tends to dive into the sort of arguments that would be home in a kitchen at a house party that's winding down. I don't say that to diminish them, they're incredibly fun.

https://www.amazon.com/But-What-If-Were-Wrong/dp/0399184120