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Post by Jillian on Mar 5, 2017 19:13:48 GMT
I appreciate the suggestion guys, but I guess music just isn't my thing. I have to ask though, what is it about music you enjoy? No offense but maybe you have something missing in your life is listening to sounds brings you any kind of happiness. Well, if the music, melody and lyrics appeal to your senses, it has got the ability to calm you down, bring you joy, inspire you to dream and relax and make you feel hopeful and happy. That´s the case with me anyway. Here are some suggestions; As long as he needs me from Oliver Twist The show must go on (Queen) Bring him home (Les Miserables)
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Post by Times Up on Mar 5, 2017 19:44:29 GMT
Now if you'll excuse me, Shaquandra and I have an 8:30 res at KFC. Great soul food ceviche. New York Pimptine called it playful, but mysterious little watermelon. Watermelon has seafood? Really, I didn't know that.
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Post by cypher on Mar 5, 2017 19:44:49 GMT
You hate music? Never understood it's appeal, or why it's enjoyable?
Watching films must be intolerable!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2017 20:58:06 GMT
I've always loved music since I was a little girl. Babies have a natural sense of rhythm but some lose it along the way Perhaps if you were black Madame Strudel, you could have had some soul to go along with your rhythm. I don't need soul, I have rock n roll!
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Post by needysboy on May 12, 2017 19:55:53 GMT
"...It's got too many notes."
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Post by RiP, IMDb on May 12, 2017 23:08:52 GMT
I have literally never understood music or its appeal. Any time I listen to a song, I just don't get it. What's enjoyable about it? I know I'm in a very very small minority but I wish I could understand what it is about music that people like. It all sounds the same. What a waste of a life it is listening to people singing and playing instruments. Tone-deafness IS your condition.
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Post by ghostintheshell on May 19, 2017 10:04:41 GMT
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Post by Jayman on May 19, 2017 23:15:35 GMT
Honestly I've never known or heard of anybody that doesn't like music. I almost put that in the same rare category as somebody that says "I don't like to eat food", or "I hate sex".
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Post by NJtoTX on May 22, 2017 18:22:36 GMT
Nobody doesn't like Sara Lee. But I hate Qantas.
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Post by geezer on May 23, 2017 7:26:11 GMT
I suggest you shove ice-picks in both ears so you never have to suffer again!
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Post by mslo79 on Jun 16, 2017 6:35:44 GMT
I have literally never understood music or its appeal. Any time I listen to a song, I just don't get it. What's enjoyable about it? I know I'm in a very very small minority but I wish I could understand what it is about music that people like. It all sounds the same. What a waste of a life it is listening to people singing and playing instruments. Damn, really? ; you honestly don't like ANY songs? that's hard to believe even though i do realize some people don't care for music that much (as in don't go out of their way to listen to it, or at least not much) but it seems there has to be something that connects with your emotions a fair amount as it's all about the emotional response/feeling that music can give you as some peoples voice tones etc really connect. for me... music is not really about lyrics (maybe rarely) but more about the feeling i get from the way it sounds as it's all about getting the right song paired with someone with a appealing voice tone. in fact, i don't really pay much attention to lyrics as quality music just moves you by the way it sounds. for the record... there is not all that much music ill go out of my way to listen to as i like movies as a whole more than music but with that said i still think some music is quite good. p.s. the only music i can't stand is that death metal type of music where they just yell/scream and go crazy basically. i don't know how anyone actually likes that stuff as it's the closest one can get to devil music (it just screams negativity with the way it sounds) as i see classical music the closest your going to get to heavenly type of music (more of a calming/peace type of effect on your soul etc). so those i see as polar opposites when it comes to music. i might even be a little cautious of someone who likes that death metal type of music, especially if it's one of their favorite kinds of music, as those types of people are probably not as stable as the typical person if they are drawn to that kind of negativity. with that said, i can't outright say those are bad people but i would be cautious of them to say the least as they are probably more likely to snap.
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Post by Eva Yojimbo on Jun 16, 2017 11:56:25 GMT
I have literally never understood music or its appeal. Any time I listen to a song, I just don't get it. What's enjoyable about it? I know I'm in a very very small minority but I wish I could understand what it is about music that people like. It all sounds the same. What a waste of a life it is listening to people singing and playing instruments. the only music i can't stand is that death metal type of music where they just yell/scream and go crazy basically. i don't know how anyone actually likes that stuff as it's the closest one can get to devil music (it just screams negativity with the way it sounds) as i see classical music the closest your going to get to heavenly type of music (more of a calming/peace type of effect on your soul etc). so those i see as polar opposites when it comes to music. i might even be a little cautious of someone who likes that death metal type of music, especially if it's one of their favorite kinds of music, as those types of people are probably not as stable as the typical person if they are drawn to that kind of negativity. with that said, i can't outright say those are bad people but i would be cautious of them to say the least as they are probably more likely to snap. Strangely enough, metal was what got me into classical. Someone on an old music board I frequented was commenting on my favorite band at the time (Opeth) and said "they're like a poor man's Mahler." So I went and listened to Mahler, loved it, and my obsession with classical properly began (before then I'd only casually listened to it occasionally). The association of metal with "devil's music" is really just borne out of ignorance of the genre, and it should be obvious that pretty much every new genre since the dawn of rock has gotten that label by some members of the religious right. Really, metal should be more closely associated with horror movies. The genre's originator, Black Sabbath, got its name from a Boris Karloff horror movie and many of their songs were inspired by horror films, and that tradition continued with many of the bands that came after. Metal didn't really get devil-ly until the dawn of Norwegian Black Metal, and much of that was due to the extremely long and contentious history that Norway has had with Christianity (going all the way back to the vikings). But outside that, metal, including other black/death metal, has covered an immense variety of subjects. Personally, I don't hear negativity when I listen to most metal. One thing I like about metal is that it's more "abstract" than most popular genres. By "abstract" I mean that it tends to focus more on basic, purely musical elements like rhythm and structure as opposed to tonal or emotional elements where even the "aggression" just becomes like a surface aspect. To take an extreme example, what Meshuggah does with rhythm (especially polyrhythms) is highly sophisticated, but if all you're listening to is the "screaming" then you'll completely miss it. Really, I'd say what attracts me to many bands is their very unusual (for popular music) approach to song-writing and composition where there's more variety than verse-chorus-verse done all in 4/4 time. For just two examples: Now, try to count (or tap your toes/fingers) to the beat on this. Chances are you can't, even though the underlying base meter is 4/4, the riffs (and many beats) are syncopated and cyclical, landing at very unusual points in the meter. There's even a paper online that explains this: societymusictheory.org/files/2014_handouts/capuzzo.pdfHere's another: Try to map the structure of this song. You basically have two different intros before it goes into the main portion, which itself breaks down a few times to do something different, shifting between acoustic/electric and "clean/growl" vocals. You'll never hear a structure like this in contemporary pop music (maybe back in the day when prog was popular). For a more traditional, but still sophisticated, take on the genre, try this: Even though it's not as overtly complex as the first two, there's still quite a bit going on here, especially with the tempo changes and the virtuosic instrumental prowess (really listen to the drums and the fretless bass work). Finally, I'll also add that the association of classical with "heavenly music" is almost as false as the metal/devil music one. There are lots of classical pieces, especially from the late-19th century onward, that are as dark and heavy and most metal. In fact, metal's most basic element--the insistent, pulsating riff--can be heard at least as far back as Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, especially the Danse des adolescents: You can also hear it in an even early context in the scherzo of Bruckner's 9th Symphonies (many of his scherzos have metal-ish elements actually):
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Post by sostie on Jun 16, 2017 12:22:27 GMT
Have you tried Gabber?
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Post by mslo79 on Jun 16, 2017 20:19:00 GMT
Eva YojimboBased on what you said here, I agree with you. I am not putting ALL metal in that 'devil music' category but just more of that death metal type (i am sure you get the gist based on my definition of screaming/yelling and going off on the instruments etc) as it's the only so-called music i cannot stand the way it sounds as it would suck having to listen to that stuff at a loud volume for any length of time. because while there is some other kinds of music i generally don't care for that death metal type of stuff is the only music i cannot stand. I based it more around the way it makes you feel and like i was saying above only more of that death metal type not just any metal in general. I just say that because it just seems like the music closest to heaven is all as it's more of a calming/peaceful effect etc and i feel death metal is basically the polar opposite of that. also, when i say classical music... i am generally talking about the more known/popular stuff like Ave Maria/O Mio Babbino Caro and the like. thanks for your time p.s. based on what you said in your general post... i am just going to assume you know quite a bit more than i do on the more technical stuff of music. i am no music expert or anything as i am just your average person giving a observation.
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Post by Eva Yojimbo on Jun 16, 2017 20:56:09 GMT
I am not putting ALL metal in that 'devil music' category but just more of that death metal type (i am sure you get the gist based on my definition of screaming/yelling and going off on the instruments etc) as it's the only so-called music i cannot stand the way it sounds as it would suck having to listen to that stuff at a loud volume for any length of time. Fair enough, but even death and black metal are pretty diverse genres now. I understand why the screaming/growling vocals turn most off. In fact, they turned me off when I first got into the genre, but I liked the music well enough to continue listening, and over time I came to enjoy the vocals as well. A metalhead friend of mine once made an enlightening comment that helped me hear them in a new way when he said that growls/screams were basically just the vocal equivalent of a distorted electric guitar (as opposed to an acoustic guitar or clean electric guitar). I though that was a pretty interesting analogy and it helped me to hear the vocals more like a percussive instrument that just fit with the rest of the music. I also find it strange that people even describe those vocals as "devil-ish" or "demonic;" It's not like anyone has ever heard (or at least recorded) an actual demon/devil voice. All we have are movie depictions like in The Exorcist where the growls/screams are probably inspired by angry animals. I understand, but it's generally not wise to generalize about entire genres because there are almost always exceptions. That Stravinsky piece I linked to is certainly one of the most famous pieces from the 20th century that infamously caused a riot on its premiere (though that might've been due more to the ballet than the music).
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