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joegyork posted in the group Open Mic (Open Discussion)
Tom Service is a Marmite presenter here in the UK on the classical music station BBC Radio 3 – people either love him or hate him. For the record I love Tom but hate Marmite! He also writes for the Guardian newspaper / website and I thought people might enjoy his latest column about comparisons between classical music and heavy metal. He seems to have forgotten about early excursions such as Deep Purple’s Concerto for Group & Orchestra but it is an amusing read I think. Hope people outside the UK can see this
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I’m not really into metal though I was a fan of AC/DC until Bon Scott died. They were never the same for me after that. I also like Deep Purple and Rush – though the latter are probably more prog than metal.
I was initially confused by you asking whether Marmite were a sponsor of the article until I read what I had written again. It’s a British expression to say something or someone is Marmite if people either love it / them or hate them with few being neutral! Hence my use of the term. I agree with you about the taste though all my family love it!-
I grew up on all of those bands and a lot more. But I became an AC/DC fan with the “Back in Black” album as a teeen. Deep Purple, I loved them since I was a little kid and saw them as teen. I saw Rush live twice back in the 80s and 90s.
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You’re obviously a little younger than me – lucky man (to quote ELP)
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I’m not really a metal guy — although, I’m very open to anything and there have been a number of metal songs I like, so I’m definitely not a hater and always keep an open mind, and there are elements of metal I enjoy. I think the writer makes some very good points and I’d be intrigued to hear what the orchestra does.
On a much smaller note — is the sponsor Marmite, as in the spread that I can only compare to what it would taste like if I drank the heavily used motor oil from a truck?