Unpopular Music Opinions

**Frownland** · 09-13-2017, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Man like Monkey

I'm not big on films or telly.

I doubt that. They say that the camera adds ten pounds.

GD · 09-13-2017, 04:27 PM

Nice one, TH

Trollheart · 09-13-2017, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Man like Monkey

Is it? Music is about entertainment for me and feeling good, it's not as if I'm saying they're crap.

Um....

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Originally Posted by elphenor

do you like horror or tragedies or drama

not particular to you but I find a lot of people will allow for the macabre in other mediums but music must only be happy entertainment

and that is just the lamest

That's absolutely not the case for me anyway. I can listen to depressing music; I don't always want to feel happy. I think that is a slightly odd way to look at it. Music can make you feel so many different emotions, why restrict yourself to one?

Trollheart · 09-13-2017, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

I doubt that. They say that the camera adds ten pounds.

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Originally Posted by Gigantic Debaser

Nice one, TH

Beat me to it. Congrats, Frown: you just told your first dad joke!

~~Cuthbert~~ · 09-13-2017, 04:30 PM

I don't restrict myself to one.

**Frownland** · 09-13-2017, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Beat me to it. Congrats, Frown: you just told your first dad joke!

I've made so many dad jokes that it makes me wonder whether or not Camille actually got that abortion like she said.

GD · 09-13-2017, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Beat me to it. Congrats, Frown: you just told your first dad joke!

Nah, it seems he's been taking a few out of your playbook every now and then for the past few weeks and i dun geddit. Maybe the dadliness of his jokes increases proportionally with his hair thinning

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Originally Posted by Frownland

I've made so many dad jokes that it makes me wonder whether or not Camille actually got that abortion like she said.

**Frownland** · 09-13-2017, 04:35 PM

You just haven't been paying attention.

~~MicShazam~~ · 09-13-2017, 04:50 PM

Most people don't want music to be anything more than entertainment. Except that's not entirely true, because who haven't felt a stirring in the soul (to put it as corny as possible) when listening to some sad song or a beautiful piece of music.

I think it was Mord who said something a while ago in another thread, about how normal people (people who don't lurk around online and obsess about music all day) mostly don't care about music on any deeper level than just wanting some rhythm and a catchy hook in the background (not the exact words by any means).

It makes perfect sense to me that someone who doesn't spend a lot of time caring deeply about music and geeking out over it wouldn't get to the point of being able to enjoy music that isn't immediately nice or relatable.
It's true that these people will watch horror movies, but those are exciting. Music works differently than a movie. Scary sounding music isn't a thrill ride like a horror movie. It's in fact initially difficult to appreciate because it will perhaps be atonal, abrasive, murky and ugly by the standards of radio programming.

I find it a bit harder to explain why 'normal' people will watch dramas, but not listen to melancholic music. But then again, aren't most dramatic movies that are widely liked rather MELO-dramatic? That would be more analagous to Celine Dion and Adele songs than anything, and people like those, despite the sort of negative lyrical subject matter that some songs like that can exhibit (melodramatic heart break songs).

That might have been a bit of a ramble, but whatever, no more off topic than most posts in here.

**Frownland** · 09-13-2017, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by MicShazam

Most people don't want music to be anything more than entertainment. Except that's not entirely true, because who haven't felt a stirring in the soul (to put it as corny as possible) when listening to some sad song or a beautiful piece of music.

Well, casual music fans. If they don't seek out music and find that song that moves them, they're not going to know that music has that capability. And even then, just because you've felt sad or angry or defeated doesn't mean that you enjoy feeling that emotion.

Not that any of this applies to MLM.

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~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,634	Most people don't want music to be anything more than entertainment. Except that's not entirely true, because who haven't felt a stirring in the soul (to put it as corny as possible) when listening to some sad song or a beautiful piece of music. I think it was Mord who said something a while ago in another thread, about how normal people (people who don't lurk around online and obsess about music all day) mostly don't care about music on any deeper level than just wanting some rhythm and a catchy hook in the background (not the exact words by any means). It makes perfect sense to me that someone who doesn't spend a lot of time caring deeply about music and geeking out over it wouldn't get to the point of being able to enjoy music that isn't immediately nice or relatable. It's true that these people will watch horror movies, but those are exciting. Music works differently than a movie. Scary sounding music isn't a thrill ride like a horror movie. It's in fact initially difficult to appreciate because it will perhaps be atonal, abrasive, murky and ugly by the standards of radio programming. I find it a bit harder to explain why 'normal' people will watch dramas, but not listen to melancholic music. But then again, aren't most dramatic movies that are widely liked rather MELO-dramatic? That would be more analagous to Celine Dion and Adele songs than anything, and people like those, despite the sort of negative lyrical subject matter that some songs like that can exhibit (melodramatic heart break songs). That might have been a bit of a ramble, but whatever, no more off topic than most posts in here.