Are you musically deficient if you do not purposefully listen to music?

logic1976 · 10-28-2020, 08:32 AM

One thing I find enormously astonishing is that when people listen to music, they don't care about it enough to the point where they actually decide to get the name of the song and relisten to it. So many people that I talk listen to music and they put it on background. If they hear a song they like, they don't care enough about it to try to save the song and listen to it again. Further, if they do like it and memorize parts of it and even get the name and artist of the song, they still make no effort to save the song in whatever device they're using so that they can listen to it later. Also remarkable is that nowadays with Spotify and other services people can deliberately choose what music they want to listen to. (This was possible in the old days but somewhat more difficult, especially during work) In spite of this vast array of choices, most people still prefer to listen to the radio or some music service that chooses for them what they will listen to. I find this mind-boggling. Why would you listen to the music chosen by someone else when you can choose for yourself what you want to listen to. Being the loner that I am, I am on a first-name basis with very few people, but one of them does play in a band and all these facts just mentioned are true for them. I don't see how you can like music enough that you decide to play in a band yet you make little effort to collect music and relisten to the same songs over and over again. I am essentially an infinite-loop guy. I am always on the look out for that next song that gets me going so good that I listen to it about 20 times in 5 days. I am also a deliberate listener of music in that I never allow Spotify me to introduce me to a new song. Instead, I come up with an idea of which album I most probably will find music appealing and then I listen to that album. To listen to Spotify's recommendations I think is just a waste of time.

So here's my theory: I suppose that for those people who make no effort to collect music just simply are not sensitive to music. Some people like music but they do not like it so much that they want to embark on a project where they try to discover all sorts of amazing songs, collect them and listen to them over and over again.

Let me know if you think this is true.

adidasss · 10-28-2020, 08:40 AM

Yes, you're right. But I would say these people are still a level above people who don't listen to music AT ALL. They can listen to it but make no effort to search it out and can live their lives perfectly well without having a soundtrack. Yes, I know some of them (like a few brothers and sisters I have). Now THAT boggles the mind.

Gutmensch · 10-28-2020, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by logic1976

One thing I find enormously astonishing is that when people listen to music, they don't care about it enough to the point where they actually decide to get the name of the song and relisten to it.
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First: Please learn to put some breaks into your posts.

You taught me what "boggling" is. I didn't know.

Your analysis is a bit inexact concerning radio I think. Because you choose your radio station. The station with the best music for your taste.

My question: Is there a difference between men and women in your perception? Because in my opinion women have a more unconscious and naive approach to music. Men a more intellectual and conscious one.

I myself try not to hear music unconsciously anymore because the radio stations devalue all the good music in the world. Many stations play classics inflationarily with the effect that the magic vanishs.

**Frownland** · 10-28-2020, 10:10 AM

Nah, I think people just opt for the most convenient option available to them. It's not like casual listeners or people who listen to recommendations (which is a bad thing somehow?) pose a threat to the way you prefer to listen to music.

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My question: Is there a difference between men and women in your perception? Because in my opinion women have a more unconscious and naive approach to music. Men a more intellectual and conscious one.

Talk to some five finger death punch fans and get back to me on the intellectualism of the male mind.

**Marie Monday** · 10-28-2020, 11:47 AM

If you think you're more sensitive to music than others, go play some hardcore punk/no-wave/death metal/free jazz in the presence of an average person

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Originally Posted by Gutmensch

My question: Is there a difference between men and women in your perception? Because in my opinion women have a more unconscious and naive approach to music. Men a more intellectual and conscious one.

yiiikes

Gutmensch · 10-28-2020, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Marie Monday

yiiikes

You know that I am a dumb German. Could you please explain this expression to me?

**Marie Monday** · 10-28-2020, 04:36 PM

'yikes' is the verbal equivalent of

Neapolitan · 10-28-2020, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Gutmensch

Ich verstehe nur Bahnhof. Could you please explain this expression to me?

"Yikes" is used when you are shocked someone said something, maybe something inappropriate.

OccultHawk · 10-28-2020, 09:02 PM

People enjoy music so many different ways there’s no right or wrong about it.
Some people hear music everywhere and don’t track it. Others make anal retentive notes about everything. Some people just like playing their own music or jamming with others. Others like live music and not recorded music so much. To each their own.

As for women being musically naive that’s a negative ghost rider

The 5 best jazz musicians on the scene right now are all women

and then there’s Lana Del Rey

among the regular posters here WWWP is one of the most astute music lovers you’ll ever know

Check out her playlist journal if you don’t believe it

10-28-2020, 08:32 AM	#1 (permalink)
logic1976 Groupie Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 8	Are you musically deficient if you do not purposefully listen to music? One thing I find enormously astonishing is that when people listen to music, they don't care about it enough to the point where they actually decide to get the name of the song and relisten to it. So many people that I talk listen to music and they put it on background. If they hear a song they like, they don't care enough about it to try to save the song and listen to it again. Further, if they do like it and memorize parts of it and even get the name and artist of the song, they still make no effort to save the song in whatever device they're using so that they can listen to it later. Also remarkable is that nowadays with Spotify and other services people can deliberately choose what music they want to listen to. (This was possible in the old days but somewhat more difficult, especially during work) In spite of this vast array of choices, most people still prefer to listen to the radio or some music service that chooses for them what they will listen to. I find this mind-boggling. Why would you listen to the music chosen by someone else when you can choose for yourself what you want to listen to. Being the loner that I am, I am on a first-name basis with very few people, but one of them does play in a band and all these facts just mentioned are true for them. I don't see how you can like music enough that you decide to play in a band yet you make little effort to collect music and relisten to the same songs over and over again. I am essentially an infinite-loop guy. I am always on the look out for that next song that gets me going so good that I listen to it about 20 times in 5 days. I am also a deliberate listener of music in that I never allow Spotify me to introduce me to a new song. Instead, I come up with an idea of which album I most probably will find music appealing and then I listen to that album. To listen to Spotify's recommendations I think is just a waste of time. So here's my theory: I suppose that for those people who make no effort to collect music just simply are not sensitive to music. Some people like music but they do not like it so much that they want to embark on a project where they try to discover all sorts of amazing songs, collect them and listen to them over and over again. Let me know if you think this is true.

10-28-2020, 08:40 AM	#2 (permalink)
adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,993	Yes, you're right. But I would say these people are still a level above people who don't listen to music AT ALL. They can listen to it but make no effort to search it out and can live their lives perfectly well without having a soundtrack. Yes, I know some of them (like a few brothers and sisters I have). Now THAT boggles the mind. __________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm

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OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	People enjoy music so many different ways there’s no right or wrong about it. Some people hear music everywhere and don’t track it. Others make anal retentive notes about everything. Some people just like playing their own music or jamming with others. Others like live music and not recorded music so much. To each their own. As for women being musically naive that’s a negative ghost rider The 5 best jazz musicians on the scene right now are all women and then there’s Lana Del Rey among the regular posters here WWWP is one of the most astute music lovers you’ll ever know Check out her playlist journal if you don’t believe it __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html