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Originally posted by Melusine:
Umm.... this may be a completely ridiculous, far-fetched crazy idea Attalus... but most people I know say music means so much to them because it does!  
To me at least it has nothing to do with social stuff. It's great to meet people with similar tastes to you, as it's fun to chat about your favourites with someone who knows something about them, but that's as far as that goes.
Not to say that I don't agree with you at all, I'm sure there we all go through phases as teens for example, where we adopt a style of music complete with fashion and social code, but I think that in an attempt to over-analyse, what we may be overlooking here is that there's another VERY good reason why art, music in this case, is of vital importance to people: simply because it gives them more fun in life. Getting tears in your eyes upon seeing a beautiful painting, gasping in astonishment at a brilliant piece of music enriches a lot of people's lives
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Oh, no you don't, Melusine, no fair disagreeing with me and then sneakily agreeing.
I never said anything about not knowing why people enjoy music at all. I once did and still do, every once in a while. That
der ding am sich didn't work for Dr. Johnson, and I'm going to call you on it. Why
do people enjoy music, in all cultures and all lands that we know of? Inuits make music with sealbone flutes, and Australian Aborigines use bullroarers. Is there something in our makeup that responds to changing tones and rhythms, sometimes with
such lyrics? We know that people who are tone-deaf do not respond at all to music on any level, even percussion. And, I think, it is a valid point that the taste grows less as you get older. I know it did for me and most of my friends. We used to stay up until all hours, listening and discussing, but never, now. Does it have something to do with the reproductive instinct? Well, I still have
that, witness my four year old. But, I wouldn't go across the street to hear a concert, even if the Beatles were to be miraculously reunited.