<p>Ok, there have been plenty of threads on who or what is attractive, so I thought I'd just jump on the bandwagon. My recent obsession with Shostakovich has led me to wonder how popular he is (or I guess was since he's dead) with the ladies. As a straight male, I can only guess, and my guess is yes.</p>
<p>The composer?</p>
<p>He’s okay in my book, but his music is a bit odd. Not as exciting as more romantic stuff.</p>
<p>His early stuff is pretty romantic. Later works can be a bit strange and hard to make sense of on the first listen, but, at least in my experience, really grow on you after a while. Compared to many other 20th century composers though, all of his work is pretty damn romantic.</p>
<p>Anyway, that’s all sorta off topic</p>
<p>Holyf–kIlovehisfifthsymphony:D</p>
<p>But I think he smoked and drank a bit too much to be courted. I remember reading that somewhere. Also, his life sucked pretty badly too, so that probably didn’t help him mentally either.</p>
<p>^haha, who doesn’t? Love all of his chamber music too.</p>
<p>8th string quartet – 2nd/3rd movements = Aural Sex</p>