# Philip Glass is quite annoying. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 15, 2004, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-glass-is-quite-annoying/229330 "2004-02-15T08:18:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2004, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-glass-is-quite-annoying/229330/1 "2004-02-15T08:18:35Z")
I just saw The Hours, and I saw Koyaanisqatsi a few weeks ago. He seems to pick three or four notes, repeat them in a fairly uncreative sequence, ad nauseum, then change one note very subtly and repeat the whole process. When I had no idea what was happening during Koyaanisqatsi (i.e. throughout the movie), I would just listen to the music, trying to guess what type of chord it was. (“Hm. I think that’s a minor chord, 2nd inversion…”) In The Hours, it was usually just distraction from the plot, and the only thing I didn’t like in an otherwise wonderful movie. Reminds me of the music in Signs, which was, surprisingly (at least to me), not by Glass. Anyone else dislike Philip Glass? ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2004, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-glass-is-quite-annoying/229330/2 "2004-02-15T08:23:10Z")
Nah, you just don’t get his music. Try his operas, **Satyagraha** or **Akhenaten** , they’re smeggin’ brilliant. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2004, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-glass-is-quite-annoying/229330/3 "2004-02-15T09:27:23Z")
Knock knock! Who’s there? Knock knock! Who’s there? Knock knock! Who’s there? Knock knock! Who’s there? Knock knock! Who’s there? Knock knock! Who’s there? Knock knock! Who’s there? Knock knock! Who’s there? Knock knock! Who’s there? Philip Glass. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2004, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-glass-is-quite-annoying/229330/4 "2004-02-16T11:50:52Z")
Oh, **Walloon** , I love it!! I like the album _Glassworks_\* best, I think. I find it mesmerizing and seductive. It is easy to focus on the patterns and concentrate, so when there is a shift, it is almost like being taken to a deeper level. I put the music on to share with a friend and she almost went beserk. Couldn’t _stand_ it! It just did something to her mentally and shot her nerves. I’m not kidding. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2004, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-glass-is-quite-annoying/229330/5 "2004-02-16T21:19:42Z")
Philip Glass is elevator music for pseudointellectuals.