As has2be says, yeah it seems most folks regard music as comfort food. Putting it another way, while there are certainly a good deal of adventurous listeners, most listeners aren't. And yeah, that's perfectly OK. I gotta say, though, that I do get my share of cheap chuckles out of posters whose tastes don't seem to stretch much further than Led Zeppelin.
Why don't we tire of music?
So, there’s a lot of smart folk’s on this site, and I’ve been wondering why people never grow tired of listening to music. For example, we don’t read the same book over and over, nor do we watch the same TV show or movie over and over. But, we never get tired of listening to the same music. Why is this? What is it in our mentally that allows this to happen? Just curious... Thanks!
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As others have mentioned its the emotional connection, but I can also get into technical aspects, performance of players as well as audio system.
And I do get tired of hearing same music, my music preferences have evolved to stream of consciousness listening sessions that stretch through nearly every genre conceived by humans. |
Good question.
I remember reading that James Joyce once sought acknowledgent amongst close friends that his famous novel Ulysses was as good as a work of music. He didn't get it.
What about that Nietzsche quote? "Without music, life would be a mistake."
It would seem as if there is something almost supernatural about the power of music and it's ability to influence the human mind.
Perhaps it's better if we never find out just what it is? |
@quincy , it is instinctive. We are programmed to listen to music for a number of reasons. We do get tired of the same music over and over again. Stimulus variation applies. |
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