What defines "cultured music"?  What makes a singer or song cultured?

For me, the most obvious things would be classical, jazz, swing, big band and so on.  Singers like Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Josh Groban and Michael Buble are pure classic and pure culture.

A friend and I were recently talking.  He says culture is American, so rap is cultured music.  Obviously, I disagree.

Now, this is not to say I don't listen to other music.  Basically, if it's not CCM or rap, I'll listen to it (although I'm not very keen on hard rock and hip-hop).  But that doesn't mean it's cultured.

So what do you all think cultured means?

As a whole, I think cultured means above the average.  Aristocratic, I suppose.  Is that snobbish?  Or accurate?

Well, that's my little rant for now.  I'll have a political one very shortly (probably right after the election).

Mari

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Good day, Mari-who-never-posts! May I say I agree with you completely? Culture should be above average. It should not appeal to the lowest common denominator. And, I might add, rap and hip-hop show high degrees of corruption and immorality. Snobbish, it is, but accurate? That too. Now, my dahling, I will leave you to your bitter political disappointments (we had them here at the Vatican--see my profile if that makes no sense--too).

Catt