Music and Subjectivity

anathematized_one · 06-27-2013, 05:06 PM

It is the opposite for me. If I am depressed or down, happy and upbeat songs piss me off. Music can change my mood, but only if I don't have a particular mood at the moment. Otherwise, I have to select music tthat fits my mood. Depressing music makes me feel better when I am depressed.

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Originally Posted by Freebase Dali

For me, depressing songs are more beautiful. When something happens in minor, it gets my attention quicker than a major. Emotionally, I've always felt like I get something more out of sadder sounding songs. Angry would come second to that. Happy is probably the very last in the list.
It never really matters what emotional context I'm in. The emotional context of the music doesn't really map that way for me. It simply maps to a particular interest in the vibe. And sad is number 1 for me.

I too noticed that sad songs tend to be more "beautiful". I actually wrote a poem about it that I turned into the first song of a song cycle of sad poetry which I will call (translated) "Of Beauty and Weeping". The poem I wrote is called (translated to English) "The Beauty... I Am Blind with Weeping" which was inspired by this performance of "Der Leiermann"

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djchameleon · 06-27-2013, 05:09 PM

I can't deal with sad songs. I don't find them beautiful at all. They just bring my mood down even more in the same way that depressing movies will as well.

galt54 · 07-07-2024, 01:43 AM

On the "cerebral", "theoretical" level I am certain that music is *not* subjective. There *are* objectively valid standards of quality in music.

But in practice music sure *seems* to be subjective. There are people out there who adore music (or "music") which I despise. And it goes without saying that I cannot prove that my taste is superior.

07-07-2024, 01:43 AM	#3 (permalink)
galt54 Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: A suburb of Stockholm, Sweden. Posts: 191	On the "cerebral", "theoretical" level I am certain that music is not subjective. There are objectively valid standards of quality in music. But in practice music sure seems to be subjective. There are people out there who adore music (or "music") which I despise. And it goes without saying that I cannot prove that my taste is superior.