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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
i have empirical but subjective proof of the relation between music & mood
- having country music as a musical background makes me physically violent
- having bland elevator music in the same role sends me into a deep depression
- listening to yo la tengo's "pass the hatchet, i think i'm goodking" puts me back in an excellent mood
i have to say, bikini kill, though often laughable, is great to combat a dull sonic environment as well
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Ha. Funnily enough, I wrote my dissertation on music and moods. Well, it was a bit more sophisticated than that, but y'know. It's all to do with how music alludes to a Kantian sublime/ aesthetics, but is inclined towards the psychological edifices we create around it.
I'm finding, to my horror, that a lot of elevator/ light/ easy listening type stuff is actually really good. Herb Alpert. Someone out there must also love this man.