Growing up, my parents were aficionados of classical music, and fairly well-versed in it. My father's Heathkit stereo set was used to play that sort of genre (but also others like C&W, John Denver, Herb Alpert.)
Classical music, though, was mostly the domain of my mother, and as such, I sort of stayed away from it. It seemed like something For Adults Only, and I was raised on a diet of TV and pop music radio. Even when we had field trips to the Young People's Symphony, I just didn't get much out of it.
However, we did have one beloved vinyl record at home. It wasn't the OMPS for 2001 or Star Wars but it was sort of an unofficial compilation, I guess. Drop the needle in the groove, and a bombastic, stentorian voice declaims: "Two Thousand and One: A Space Odyssey [echo] [echo] [echo]!" and then "Also Sprach Zarathustra" begins to play. I think it had the most recognizable Star Wars music, and other stuff on it. Sci-fi classics of the late 70s. We thought those were cool pieces. I mean, who doesn't love John Williams' scores?
I actually did not see 2001 until it was almost actually 2001. Nevertheless, I could not quite figure out the ending and it left me profoundly moved, but rather perplexed too.
Classical music, though, was mostly the domain of my mother, and as such, I sort of stayed away from it. It seemed like something For Adults Only, and I was raised on a diet of TV and pop music radio. Even when we had field trips to the Young People's Symphony, I just didn't get much out of it.
However, we did have one beloved vinyl record at home. It wasn't the OMPS for 2001 or Star Wars but it was sort of an unofficial compilation, I guess. Drop the needle in the groove, and a bombastic, stentorian voice declaims: "Two Thousand and One: A Space Odyssey [echo] [echo] [echo]!" and then "Also Sprach Zarathustra" begins to play. I think it had the most recognizable Star Wars music, and other stuff on it. Sci-fi classics of the late 70s. We thought those were cool pieces. I mean, who doesn't love John Williams' scores?
I actually did not see 2001 until it was almost actually 2001. Nevertheless, I could not quite figure out the ending and it left me profoundly moved, but rather perplexed too.