raven4x4x
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Posted: April 14 2005, 07:07 |
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Quote (Sir Mustapha @ April 14 2005, 01:34) | I might sound a little rude here, but I don't understand this reasoning at all. Isn't music supposed to be fun? I don't want music to give me a bad mental situation, I listen to music to exactly reverse that situation. |
That is logical, isn't it, but so much of how people react to music is totally illogical. Take my second favourite album of all time; Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds. Quite of a bit of that album genuinely unsettles me: the middle of the second disk quite frankly freaks me out, Forever Autumn is one of the saddest songs I know, and I think you can work out what feelings Dead London inspires: complete and utter loneliness and desolation. This makes it sound like an album that would be my least favourite, but I love every minute of it. This may not make sense, but it's how I feel, and how many others feel. If music had to be fun all the time then you would never have any songs about sadness, loneliness, anger or all of those other 'negative' feelings, but they certainly are there.
Quote (Sir Mustapha @ April 14 2005, 05:50) | Of course there are those moments when music seems to be acting on my subcounscious or in the essence of my being, but most of the time, music is all about the fun of having a loud, energetic rock 'n' roll piece pumping down my ears, or hearing a serene, beautiful piece when I most need it, or just bopping along to "Computer World" like it was a ride in an amusement park. |
This is what I've been seeking for quite a while: the fundamental difference between us in the way we listen to music. I enjoy the energy of rock bands, but a piece that really hits me emotionally will beat one that is merely upbeat any day. Then there are bands like The Who, where it is the energy itself that hits me emotionally, and they are definately comperable to a more emotionally sensitive piece. I know that probably didn't make sense, but like I said earlier there aren't many of my reasons that do.
Quote (Sir Mustapha @ April 14 2005, 05:50) | But my deal with music is to become one with it, and not being smashed to pieces with a divine statement of grandeur and majesty that's much bigger than me and that I'll never comprehend. Music is made by people, and there's nothing grand about people. |
First statement: in my mind being moved by a piece is becoming one with it. It's the feeling that the music is happening around and through you, rather than just happening and totally avoiding you. As for the second sentance there, the people themselves may not be grand but they have a fantastic and wonderful gift of being able to put their feelings into music.
That's about all really, except to say that we are (of course) different types of listeners, and it's quite interesting and enlightening for me to read about the different ways that other people enjoy the same music.
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