The transcendence of music

JGuy Grungeman · 08-20-2016, 11:50 AM

I had a mom who loved 70's-80'd rock and and pop and disco, a dad who loved southern rock and country and jazz, and a grandmother who loved classical. No wonder I like Meat Loaf.

Blank. · 08-20-2016, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by JGuy Grungeman

I had a mom who loved 70's-80'd rock and and pop and disco, a dad who loved southern rock and country and jazz, and a grandmother who loved classical. No wonder I like Meat Loaf.

I'm just taking away from this is that you're gay. And not as in lame.

JGuy Grungeman · 08-20-2016, 12:11 PM

No I'm not.

Blank. · 08-20-2016, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by JGuy Grungeman

No I'm not.

Only closet gays deny it.

innerspaceboy · 08-20-2016, 12:36 PM

Since the age of the ancients, music aesthetics has been a fantastic enigma of civilization, and the transcendence you describe is one of its most enduring emotive phenomena.

I can speak only for my myself and of my own personal experience, but I’ve a habitual propensity for hyper-analysis of music and the arts and enjoy the activity thoroughly. In fact, I revel in the meta more than in the music, itself - I thrive on critical reception, historical perspective, and contextual understanding. It isn’t so much the work of art as it is the artist, their direct environment, their culture, and their societal circumstance which interests me. This adds a rich dimension of understanding to the composition which I fear is ignored by the casual listener.

But to address transcendence, I’ve most certainly experienced moments where a piece circumvented my cerebral modus operandi and affected me in some other, less tangible or objective fashion. I recall experiencing a particular elation listening to Spiritualized’s Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space LP for the very first time - dilation of the pupils, a sudden release of dopamine and serotonin, pilomotor reflex… (or perhaps it was just Voight-Kampff.)

I’ll make no claim that one methodology is superior to the other, as there are evident benefits to each respectively. But I will say that those rare moments of transcendence are quite extraordinary, even for a mathematically-minded listener such as myself.

I’m really loving the thread - keep it up!

JGuy Grungeman · 08-20-2016, 12:44 PM

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Since the age of the ancients, music aesthetics has been a fantastic enigma of civilization, and the transcendence you describe is one of its most enduring emotive phenomena.

And thus begins the young boy's journey...

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