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Originally Posted by Goofle11
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Yeah, we covered a good deal of ground there.
I, personally, didn't know there were some people who didn't like music before I read that. But given the various other likes and dislikes I've seen in people over the years, I wasn't too surprised.
The best way for me to describe it, to someone who doesn't understand, is that music is to the ears not unlike art is to the eyes. Or, perhaps you're moved by poetry, or fiction. Have you ever read a book that made you cry, or angry, or sad? Well, for us musical people, music has the same effect on us. Our brains are moved by differences in sound the same way art moves some people's emotions, the only difference is that it's an aural stimulation instead of a visual one.
For me and a lot of other people, music moves and effects us more than any other art form.
EDIT: Another analogy would be a movie. I presume you go to a movie occasionally and are frightened, amused, brought to tears, left in suspense, etc., depending on the movie? Well if so, you understand how we respond to music. The way the action unfolds in a movie and stirs our emotions is similar to the way the sounds in a song unfold and stir music-lover's emotions.