Why I Like Opera But Not Metallica

…even though both are quite ‘operatic’. When I was in school (way back in aught ’75) we all had to learn something about ‘opera’. But of course, it was all a big joke. I mean seriously: fat people trying to play ‘cinderella’; screaming in a way that no ‘normal’ person sings; with plots so ridiculous even Harlequin Romances wouldn’t publish ‘em. And they’re in… wait for it… eye-talian to boot! And if that’s what I thought—someone who was trying to like that shi.. er ‘music’, heaven help the man in the street! I now actually enjoy many of the classic [...]

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