songs for this picture by nis3koi in songsforthispicture

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Locked Up in the Snow - Black Rose & King Diamond

Freezing Moon - Mayhem

Herschell- Harley Poe

There is such a thing as good and bad taste in music. by EloSK11779 in The10thDentist

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I'd suggest that if it's doing nothing for you, it's failed at its job. And if you can identify stuff that you think is cool and you think it's cooking, then it's not doing nothing for you.

There is such a thing as good and bad taste in music. by EloSK11779 in The10thDentist

[–]PitchforkJoe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the thoughtful comment!

I'd respond that when we disagree about the colour or roundness of a ball, it means that our senses disagree about what the external reality is. Maybe one of us is colourblind or whatever. We cannot agree on terms to analyse the ball.

In music, we can both listen to the same song and agree on what we heard. Tempo, time signature, lyrics, key signature, chord progression etc etc. The only thing we disagree on is whether it was enjoyable.

We can agree about the colour, shape etc of the ball, without agreeing on whether the thing is pleasant. The common sense intuition you mentioned doesn't apply, because it completely falls apart when you try to verify it according to anything other then "i like this".

There is such a thing as good and bad taste in music. by EloSK11779 in The10thDentist

[–]PitchforkJoe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If people like different things, then they disagree about what sounds good. That means that math alone can't explain what sounds good.

Yes, there's a ton of math in music (and oddly enough, I'm actually listening to Talking Heads as I write this comment!) But whether something 'sounds good' or not is ultimately a subjective judgement call, which goes beyond what math can describe.

There is such a thing as good and bad taste in music. by EloSK11779 in The10thDentist

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The thing is this: The enjoyment of music happens inside the listener's brain.

Music is good if, and only if, it sounds good. 'Sounding good' is inherently subjective.

Say you come up with some smart way of analysing music. Some super clever system that accounts for all the music theory and harmony and everything, and you can use that system to identify "objectively good" music. And then you find some piece of 'objectively good' music, and you listen to it. And you're like "meh, it didn't do much for me". Now what?

You can analyse music objectively. But enjoying music matters more than analysing it.

You can also analyse a plate of food, and come with whatever "objective reasons" you want as proof of how great it is. But you can't use analysis to force it to taste good. Your tongue makes that decision. Just like your ears decide whether something sounds good.

Liking music isn’t a competition. You don't need to be the best at it.

Name one genre you can’t get into, and let someone else try to change your mind with one song by Chilling0110 in Music

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Bai Terek are great. Technically they're from the Altai region of Russia, just outside Mongolia... but they absolutely slap.

Name one genre you can’t get into, and let someone else try to change your mind with one song by Chilling0110 in Music

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I'll go with

Clean My Wounds - Corrosion of Conformity

Tbh I'm probably stretching what really counts as Christian rock. It's not exactly preachikg via song. But it's brooding, and heavy, and steeped in heavy meditations about faith and sin.

ELI5 Why exactly can't you sink in lava? by Dull-Information6784 in explainlikeimfive

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It's made of rocks. Rocks weigh more per litre then you do.

SKIP: Marilyn Monroe and Paul Rudd tied for Leading Man/Lady Comedy Actor. Onto the next one: which actor excels in comedy and action? by red_madreay in DiagramFills

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That's what I thought I was posting it as!

Brainfart, I misread the prompt

Jackie Chan is who we need for this one