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Old 04-17-2016, 01:52 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by bob_32_116 View Post
I have no data to back this up, but my impression is it's not so much particular chord sequences or things like that that people like. Rather, people are attracted to a certain degree of simplicity or complexity, Some people like songs that repeat a particular chord patter over and over in a fairly predictable fashion - for others, that's a total turnoff and they want the music to surprise them more.
To see if there is a pattern with me, these are a list of songs that I currently like:
  • That's When I Reach For My Revolver - Mission of Burma
  • She Floated Away - Husker Du
  • Good Grief - Foo Fighters
  • We Go Down Slowly Rising - Primal Scream
  • Driver 8 - R.E.M.
  • Waterfall - The Stone Roses
  • Come Home - Placebo

The list goes on and on... These are just the sort of song that I like. Would you say there is a pattern in terms of how they sound (you can look up any that you haven't heard), and do they meet the "predictable" standard or the "suprise" standard?
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