I'm the opposite. I don't understand people who claim that music has had a major impact on their lives. I understand that it can stir emotions, and there are certainly many songs I can't help bobbing my head to, I also understand that there are songs that can touch your heart or relate to a personal experience. I get why music is enjoyable to nearly everybody.CrashBang said:...you try to be, there's always that one thing you can't wrap your head around.
For me, it's people who aren't moved by music, people who are fine with listening to the radio or club music because it's easy to dance to or it's simple, people who don't go looking for music that inspires them or brings out all manner of emotion/feeling to the surface (be it joy, excitement, anger, passion etc). These are the things I can't accept/understand, no matter how wide I open my mind.
So what's your one thing that you can't grasp?
But I fail to understand how people can say "This song changed my life" or "I would have killed my self if it hadn't been for music" (Both actual statements made by irl friends) Did they really think nobody has ever gone through what they did or felt how they did at some point? And what happens when they find that a lot of music was specifically designed to stir said emotions, not to touch your heart or anything noble like that, but to sell copies. Boy bands are the most blatant example but hardly the only one.
BUT I do know why I fail to understand such things. Good music can make an activity more enjoyable, but to me it's not an activity in itself. I've never once thought, "Man you know what would cure my boredom right now? Music." For me, music has never been anything more than a supplement. A background to whatever else is going on. I hope this makes sense, even if it's not the opinion of the majority. And perhaps somebody can help me understand how music (regardless of genre) can play such a major role in their lives.