Monday, January 11, 2010

Music and Snobbery/Elitism

The only type of music that I whole-heartedly despise is screamo, and more generally any music that involves that type of angry, non-singing, and sometimes (at least to me) almost scary music. I guess this music just doesn't appeal to me because I have a hard time relating to it, and I have a hard time relating to the people who seem to like it. I generally am not a very angry person and I think the directness, that in-your-face emotion is too overwhelming for me. Music that I usually listen to puts me in a better mood, relaxes me, or helps to give me energy. So, this angry, mosh pit inspiring music just doesn't hit home with me. Also the musicians generally seem to be kind of outrageous in a way that is mainly just disturbing to me. The dark clothes, make-up, etc that often shows up on the performers creates an atmosphere that I can not relate to at all. I guess some of this dislike is created simply because I just don't have a life experience that it fits into, but even more than that, on a basic level it just doesn't appeal to my senses-and that's really why I can't stand it.

2 comments:

  1. Screamo to me is also one of my least favorite music genres. However, sometimes angry music helps to me to calm down if I am really mad about something. The intensity of it allows me to vent my frustration and helps improve my mood....maybe these people are just in a constant state of being angry.

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  2. I also can not relate to any part of screamo. I agree with brittany, but when i need to "vent" if i'm gonna do it through music i usually put on something like rock, in which i can either understand the lyrics or i can feel the beat. Which i feel like you can't do with screamo.

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