Oh you Troll. OK, I'll bite, with my tongue in my cheek....
Originally Posted by: Martin Colloms 
Mice ... live longer listening to classical music
Do they really, or does it just feel like it for them?
Quote:ill mice lived two and a half times longer listing to La Traviata than Enya.
Errr, since when was the lovely Ms Brennan classified as "Pop"? I'd have thought that La Traviata was a lot more lively than Enya's music.
I'm waiting for someone more evil than me to post here and say that surely all this proves is that even mice reckon that a quick and early death is preferable to listening to more Enya?[1]
Quote:Is this why classical musicians live so much longer than pop stars?
That's a different topic. Someone will doubtless corrent me if I'm wrong, but a few classical composers didn't make it to a ripe old age either? Or am I just remembering the Amadeus movie? Classical isn't really my field. But to be at least slightly serious for a moment, there does seem to be a strong link in the lives of the musicians that I do know something about between creativity and self-destruction / an early death. Robert Johnson, Billie Holiday, endless rock musicians. My personal untested theory is that it's to do with boundary testing - the "creative" soul is looking for boundaries to kick against. That's what makes them creative, they're often slightly lost, wandering souls, and the Drink & Drugs are another way to cross boundaries in search of some sort of distance from the status quo. Or something psycho-babbly like that.
Classical orchestral players, on the other hand, are a different breed. They're not, on the whole, in search of that creative edge, they've a totally different mindset. Often involving drinking beer and paying the mortgage, in my experience.
[1] Yes, I do own a copy of Watermark. And yes, I do listen to it. But it ain't pop.
