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For me, trance music represents hope... When I listen to it, I feel this inner sense of hope for the world around me... I think it's safe to say that hope in the modern world is not simple... I don't wake up every day with this soulful sense of hope because every day I'm shown on a large scale that the world is so full of everything that is bad....
Yes, most trance music follows a simple structure...most music does. Most all songs in a specific genre follow some patern. That's what makes a musical form.. much like Baroque or Rock and Roll, or jazz. Beats, scales, and the layout of the song...
But, on a much deeper level, trance really tugs at the soul on a deep level.... A lot of chorale and classical music is very soulfuly moving, some rock like Pink Floyd, and even some pop. But, I think that trance attracts mostly complex and deep people because we're able to connect with a part of ourselves that a lot of people in the world never connect with. We love that complex feeling of a musical journey that triggers some type of emotion and moves us to express it through dance.
Anyway, so in summary, yes it's simple, but it's also complex. A state of trance is not a simple state for most people and not a state most simple people can reach..... 
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. As for Classical, to retort the example of pachebell cannon in D, in fact this song is about as close to trance as classical gets. its one freakin theme to the whole piece. layered melodies that build up from teh begining starting with teh cello's repetetive bass line... then adding your violins and viola's with the 4 or 5 part melody. alot of trance tracks do not contain only one melody some have 4 or 5 different melodies. as with classical music melodic themes are revisited mulitlple times through a piece in different forms, not unlike trance which will use similar melodies with different synths or maybe different note patterns. I think going about trying to prove any genre of music more intelligent than another is futile (unless your talking about cRAP or prog.... he he) musical tastes are a matter of personal taste and im sure there are some nasa rocket scientists out there who listen to dj sammy and 50 cent..... so calling trance simplistic is completely wrong in my opinion. Im sure if you heard Beethoven's Fur Elise redone using cheesy fruity loops synths you would call it simplistic too. no personal digs here, but starting a thread like this on a board called trance addict is like wearing a sign that says "god bless america" through the middle east.... and no offence to my neighboors down south but even you know what would happen if you did that... :P Comparing trance to classical isnt right. there are many similarities and there are many differences. but you cant argue which one is better overall. theya re completely different genres of music. its like trying to debate which religion is better (although we all know its scientology...
) and all that has caused over the year is war. 
