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The original was posted on /r/classicalmusic by /u/touchsonata on 2023-10-03 18:43:38.

I posted this magnificent passage from Prokofiev’s concerto no. 2 on r/nextfuckinglevel with a clickbait title (sort of), because I really wanted to share it with the general population, wanted to break down the idea that classical music is “boring”, and thought it would be funny to see their reaction to this colossus.

95% of commentators say that it sounds like shit and that it’s just a cacophony. And I wondered: is classical and modern music necessarily an acquired taste? Why are certain pieces or styles of music more easily appreciated by others? And why is it that a piece that seems like a piece of nonsense to us, then sometimes becomes our favorite among all the others?