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Old 10-21-2012, 02:45 AM   #3 (permalink)
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That's very interesting and I definitely think there's something to it Of course we can form new neural pathways as adults, but I'm sure the foundations are all laid in those early years just as they are for f.ex language.

I know I still listen to music which I liked when I was a kid. But I don't think this is as simple as saying if you liked The Beatles as a kid, you'll always like The Beatles (though that may be true). Rather, I think you like the sort of stuff that Beatles did. Catchy melodies, traditional times, beautiful harmonies, songs that are happy, sad or surreal. I'd think if you grew up to be an adult only listening to Beatles, you would have a preference for that sort of stuff.

I never sought out anger in music, so I feel like very angry music (often with screamed vocals) is something I often don't quite "get". It needs to appeal by melody or harmony or something else for me before I like it.
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