Is it normal that i can't really get into music??

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I've always been envious of people who were really passionate about music. I could never really get into it. Like, i don't really care about lyrics or meanings of songs, or what the artist is going through. I only like a song based on if it sounds good to my ears or if it makes me wanna dance lol.
I really wish i could like music on a deeper level and trust me i've tried, its just like im staring at an abstract painting that i just can't GET. while everyone else is gushing about it. the only band i've gotten really close to is sublime and even then i can forget about it for months.
on the other hand, what ppl feel for music i can feel for literature and books. i just GET it and i love it to death. but it sucks cuz like 99.9%% of ppl of the world just think i'm shallow or that i don't understand true art. sighhh i wish i could just like music the way i like books

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  • notoriousD
    12 years ago

    if you dont care about the meaning of lyrics or what the artist is going through then that is good, because that stuff is a bunch of bullshit nothing to do with music. listen to some jazz or some classical music then you might enjoy yourself. modern classical is rly good also

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  • Avant-Garde
    11 years ago

    Look up "music specific disorders".

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  • Platinum719
    14 years ago

    I love to analyze, enjoy, and relate to lyrics in music, I prefer deep lyrics over a catchy beat. Both of them combined though and I'm in heaven. Don't worry about it Books may be you're "thing".

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  • chunkybongo
    14 years ago

    I have always loved music: classical, jazz, pop, r&b, country or folk; if it sounds good, I love it. I have also been an avid reader; especially in my 20s. I have read practically all the great writers: Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Melville, Hemingway, Steinbeck, etc. I also love visual art. If you listen closely to music and try to hear it for what it is, and not for what you think other people think it is, then you will hear the beauty in music. If you can appreciate good literature, then you can appreciate good music. Try Franz Liszt or Beethoven.

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  • PoisonFlowers
    14 years ago

    Music may not be your "thing." Some people can't connect to literature and feel passion for it in the same way as you, so consider yourself lucky in that sense.

    You can't really force yourself to love something. However, I find that appreciating lyrics isn't that different from reading poetry - it's just that with the music, there's an added dimension.

    Liking the way a piece of music sounds to your ears and dancing to it is actually a very pure appreciation of it. It's a bit like how a kid can get engrossed in a book without trying to analyse the author's intention and so on. He or she just reads it with an innocent mind and enjoys it!

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  • [Old Memory]
    14 years ago

    Well you'd have to sift through a lot of pop music, which I assume is what you are talking about, to find much that is all that worthwhile discussing IMO - especially anything with anywhere near the depth of literature.

    So I think you are confused. That it instantly sounds good & makes you want to dance IS mostly what popular music is about. You do get it - at least 90%% of it.

    Sure you could dig deeper for some crumbs. But why bother when you have a gold mine of literature that you dig? And doing so IMO takes far more effort.

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  • strangeaslife
    14 years ago

    Don't worry - most Western music these days is NOT true art. And I feel the same way. I feel kind of like a black sheep because while music has been popular throughout much of recent human history, it's HUGE these days, with all the music videos, music awards, mp3 players, etc. It's huge! But so much music, I just can't get into. I have about 3 bands/people that I absolutely love all their music, and the rest of it I could pretty much do without, besides some great songs here and there.

    Odd thing is I play guitar and harmonica and want to play several other instruments, including the harp, cello, etc. Don't know what's up with that...

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