What was that think Undertoad said?

Flint · 03-19-2009, 08:19 PM

About, you think the music you listen to is good music, but in reality you just think it's good because you listen to it? Except more eloquent.

jinx · 03-19-2009, 08:20 PM

Something like, we think we listen to the music we like, but we really just like the music we listen to...

Undertoad · 03-21-2009, 12:44 PM

Close enough, the quote might be "People think they listen to the music they like, but really, they like the music they listen to."

Which is to say -- you could just about pick any genre. Reggae, opera, speed metal, traditional jazz, 18th century classical. And after you listen to it long enough, you begin to understand its language, then it appeals to you, then you learn to discriminate within it and find what you like in it, etc.

I first noticed this in college, when we tried to establish a more college-y format at the radio station. (Trying to get Springsteen fans to play The Smiths, if you must know.)

There were people who were adamantly hostile to it, and those people could hear the music but would never actually listen to it, i.e., try to digest it honestly. But then there were people who initially resisted it, but found themselves listening to it anyway. After a few months they liked it and then loved it, and it became a part of their lives.

The same transition had happened to me, and I was absolutely amazed by it. As a prog-rock adherent, nothing but classically-oriented rock was interesting to me, all through high school. I was a snob about it. I was terrible. After enough people bashed me over the head with music that was immediate and fun, I realized I was stupid for not letting it in, and then, to my amazement, I found out I loved much of it.

lumberjim · 03-21-2009, 12:55 PM

having been steeped in 80's hits for nigh on 2 years now....let me just say

they don't a-write em like that anymore. uh uh ohn uh uh ohn ohn ohn

03-19-2009, 08:19 PM	#1
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	What was that think Undertoad said? About, you think the music you listen to is good music, but in reality you just think it's good because you listen to it? Except more eloquent. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

03-19-2009, 08:20 PM	#2
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Something like, we think we listen to the music we like, but we really just like the music we listen to... __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

03-21-2009, 12:55 PM	#4
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	having been steeped in 80's hits for nigh on 2 years now....let me just say they don't a-write em like that anymore. uh uh ohn uh uh ohn ohn ohn __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

03-21-2009, 12:44 PM	#3
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Close enough, the quote might be "People think they listen to the music they like, but really, they like the music they listen to." Which is to say -- you could just about pick any genre. Reggae, opera, speed metal, traditional jazz, 18th century classical. And after you listen to it long enough, you begin to understand its language, then it appeals to you, then you learn to discriminate within it and find what you like in it, etc. I first noticed this in college, when we tried to establish a more college-y format at the radio station. (Trying to get Springsteen fans to play The Smiths, if you must know.) There were people who were adamantly hostile to it, and those people could hear the music but would never actually listen to it, i.e., try to digest it honestly. But then there were people who initially resisted it, but found themselves listening to it anyway. After a few months they liked it and then loved it, and it became a part of their lives. The same transition had happened to me, and I was absolutely amazed by it. As a prog-rock adherent, nothing but classically-oriented rock was interesting to me, all through high school. I was a snob about it. I was terrible. After enough people bashed me over the head with music that was immediate and fun, I realized I was stupid for not letting it in, and then, to my amazement, I found out I loved much of it.

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