What's Wrong With People That Don't Like Music?
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- Опубліковано 10 бер 2014
- We all love music...right? Is it possible for someone to listen to music and have no emotional response? Anthony reports on how close to 5% of the population simply do not like listening to music.
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I don't like music and don't listen to music. When ever someone ask me what my favorite song is I say I don't listen to music, you would be surprise how people can get really disturbed.
+Segaman121 That is why i always answer: it varies.
And when they keep pushing i say that i can not decide on one song. If they are really interested they will ask again. only then will i tell them that i do not even listen to any music
Music is in everything, it's weird to me, it's like if someone says they don't like food. Like food is essential.
+Marcus Billups My grandad doesn't like food. I don't like music. genetic maybe? He is schizophrenic too that could be something.
Perhaps you need more variation... Pop music isn't always 10/10. I don't know what music you listen to, but usually the problem is that you haven't found anything good yet.
I'm not surprised seeing people's shocked reaction is now normal to me I remember how my teacher would play music and I would say, "The first time I heard it" And she'll just stare at me like I just brought a gun or something.
I can't imagine my life without music. It means so much to me and sometimes I feel like it keeps me sane.
I hardly ever listen to music but when I hear a song I resonate with that is different, I'm all in. I think that's why I find music extremely distracting when I'm doing something. I think people are uncomfortable in their own thoughts they need music to block them out. Also music gives off a ton of dopamine which people can be addicted to so someone who listens to music all the time would find someone that doesn't kinda strange, I just find other sources of dopamine that benefit me.
@@calebbrininger7483 What is it?
Even though I find some musics cool (approcimatly a dozen) I would rather music not exist so that I cant be forces to listen to bad music in shopping malls, TVs, and public places in general
Now this is crazy..
That's like a lot of alcoholics or marijuana addicts. They say that their drug is keeping them sane. It's the only friend that hasn't betrayed them.
But truth be told....that friend is nothing but a parasite that is bleeding them dry.
I think part of it is also because we use music to stereotype and classify people. If I say that so-and-so listens to country music, you immediately get a different personality picture in your head than you would if I said so-and-so listens to heavy metal. If a person doesn't listen to music at all, maybe it just makes us nervous because we don't know how to classify them.
I know what you mean. People look at me and assume I like music like Taylor Swift. In reality I like heavy metal, and it seems like that really confuses people because they expect metal fans to always be hateful and violent.
Whaaaaaaat? That never happened to me.
I listen to viking metal and folk metal.
...
Anyways, at my job, a majority of people listens to metal. Being a QA tester is fun... But intensive... And I got to be careful not to get a carpal tunnel...
*****
That's not how things are in High School (Where a lot of students are obsessed with the top 40)
Hm, high school must have changed a bit, since the last time I was there... Which I ended in like 2007.
...But in my late elementary years, there was mainly rap, and that went to high school for a bit, than a bit of pop... I didn't care much about these.
I kind of know what you mean, because whenever people ask me what type of music I like and I reply with: 'Rock (most stuff from 1950's-1990's), Folk, Blues (particularly Delta blues), Country (mainly in the style of the bluegrass sub-genre), Classical & Baroque, as well as some Jazz, Rap, R&B and early Metal' I always get confused looks at how I can span so many genres, so I have to resort to 'That's a difficult question' or try to change the subject to make myself seem a tiny bit less of a dickhead lol.
I had a friend in middle school that didn't like music at all. he was probably the most enjoyable person I've been around . He was very centered, and okay with himself.
That's an interesting standpoint. Like, not trying to be sarcastic or anything. Genuinely interesting.
Thanks Garrett, yeah music seems to amplify emotions. not that that's always a bad thing. He wasn't like a robot, but he processed things much differently. He also was a real Christian which helps too.
I feel sorry for his brain at school dances. If he even went to them.
Haha yeah he didnt, he was a pretty content guy.
How does he feel about music now?
Music = Life
No Music = Life
Deep.
WTF ARE YOU???
*****
For a second I thought you were talking about PressFarttoContinue, until you mentioned the joker profile picture.
***** you're being sarcastic, right?
Take an educated guess.
I think he nailed it when he said that people are uncomfortable with those who don't like music because is a social thing. Because music is one of our first group bonding activities, other than eating, it seems off that a person doesn't enjoy it.
Even the title of this video reflects his bias against people who don't like music. Rather than saying something along the lines of "Why do some people not like music?" it asks, "What's wrong with people who don't like music." When there really isn't nothing wrong with them, but even the person who wrote this title feels there is.
Watch your double negatives there.
I agree they should have changed the title for it to be more suitable and maybe interviewed someone who dislikes music as well.
Yep
I don’t feel that. Sports is the ultimate social bonding activity. Rarely do I bond with people over music. And I love music, and wish that I could bond with more people.
@@Punkpsychobilly Why? people are nothing but trouble.
Scumbag DNews: makes video about hating music, uses the most insane music in the background.
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You completely switched topics here. You started talking about why it seems weird that some people don't like music.
I find it more interesting why they don't like music.
I don't like music, not cause I don't like melody.. but lyrics..
I really enjoy making music
just cannot stand lyrics
maybe it was cayse I realized it had a psychological affect on me and started leaninh away from it
+Gilded Hex Then look up instrumentals, they have no lyrics but they are from songs with lyrics. Or you can just type into youtube "songs without vocals" and you'll probably get playlists of songs without vocals.
Me too, lyrics seem like a waste of sound.
He didn't change subjects. The name of the video is "What's Wrong With People Who Don't Like Music?"
Well. He explained what's wrong with them.
They're untrustworthy, strange, and sometimes have brain squiggles in the wrong place.
Lyrics are the emotion of many songs. Such as a rock song that sounds happy in tune, but the words tell a sad story.
Also you can't waste vibrations. That's just stupid.
I have Aspergers syndrome. For as long as I remember, standard music (everything with lyrics) has never interested me. All my aspire friends have the same experience with music. However there is music I like, its usually theme music from film and game or instrumentals. For some reason, I can never click with lyrics, it ruins the music for me somehow. Its frustrating when someone asks me what music I like, or I find my self in a conversation about music.
What does "Stoner Sunshine" theme from Getter Robo make you feel?
I have aspergers and i love music man.
You can say you like classical music because classical music have no lyrics
I'm in the same exact boat as you. I also have Asperger's syndrome and I actually never liked music nor was into it. And yes, it's very frustrating when people ask what type of music I like. I don't listen to music is my usual reply. However, there are very unique types of music - instrumentals and video game - that I'm fond of. I used to play video games when I was younger but not anymore. It's probably Anhedonia.
Qdot543 Well I have Asperger Syndrome and I love music especially Ballads and Anthems. It might be generational. I'm Generation X and Bob Marley's music saved my soul.
I liked music more when I was a teenager. Now I like it okay but I don't actually buy it and listen to it much. I just play the radio in the car. If someone didn't like music I doubt that I'd even notice. It probably wouldn't even come up in a conversation. And if I did find out I wouldn't care. I'm more disturbed that people would treat someone who didn't like music as an outsider or a weirdo.
I really like your comment, nice one
I am experiencing this and it kind of sucks, but i will get used to it soon.
You’re not listening to the right kind of music.... we’re all exposed to corporate garbage, you gotta look deeper.
Danica DeCosto indeed music is not that interested now I realize I'm getting older music is not a huge obsession like it was back then.
I was always into music. But when I got into my 20’s I got REALLY into it and what I listened to expanded so much. I’m 29 now and I usually listen to music 24/7 I don’t even watch tv or movies hardly at all anymore. I started guitar a few months ago and I’m singing. For me music gives me more pleasure and happiness than anything else
Music is such an important part of my life. Songs have the power to influence emotions, bring up memories, and entertain us. I think it's hard to understand how that could not be the case for someone.
It’s not that I don’t like it in that sense. It’s more like I don’t like generic music. Most songs you hear on the radio is literally talking about how hot their girlfriend is or how they just broke up with someone. It’s not creative, and it doesn’t express anything Olin a deeper sense. And most of the melodies are so annoying to the point we’re I don’t even care what the lyrics are, if title sounds bad, I won’t bother listening to the message.
@@hyjinx1889 Boss there is nothing wrong with not liking GENERIC music. A lot of it sucks.
Because music is just a collection of noise that’s gotten worse as time goes on
I knew someone that didn't like music, I just can't understand it, music is one of my favorite things in life, how someone could not like any music at all is beyond me.
from what i watch in the video 43 seconds in...sounds like dyslexia for music
It's like any other "favorite thing" that somebody doesn't like. For example, video games are one of my favorite things, and yet I know plenty of people that don't play them. =b
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***** Please explain.
Michael Kelly How so?
I never put on popular music at home, I switch to talk radio in the car, I do not enjoy going to concerts, I do not buy any music from stores or download sites, I have no favorite band, and anything musical is uninteresting to me, etc..
That all being said, I do appreciate background music in video games, tv shows, movies, etc., as it adds atmosphere that makes the medium feel complete. I set my ringtone to super mario theme and I enjoy hearing it when someone calls me. Sometimes when I am feeling nostalgic, I youtube theme songs for old tv shows or video games that I have great memories of and I can feel moved by remembering how much fun I had playing that game and the friends I met during it.
So am I broken as this video suggests or not? It seems I am not interested in any music or activities surrounding music that my society likes, but I do feel moved by music that is in the background of other things that I enjoy later on as it makes me think of those things.
edit: I should also say, that I don't hate music. When other people are listening to it I can sit there and not be negatively effected by it. I do prefer music that sounds happy over music that is hostile or rude like some rap, but I would never turn any of it on if it were left to me.
I do not like green eggs and ham Sam I am
This is why i feel as though stating 5% of the population doesn't like music is actually incorrect. It should be circumstantial or change it to 5% of the population GENERALLY don't like music.
Darth Revan
stfu
MrTechFox Same here bro.
The same goes for me except I can't really stand music it probably has to do with the fact that listening to music is pointless to me but I do enjoy background music as well I specifically like anime intros as strange as that sounds
I really can't believe these comment, just because someone doesn't like what you like doesn't mean you have to declare them as your enemy or say that they hate them
You forgot to mention how people are classifying not liking music as a "disorder" I question the world we live in form time to time.
Try dating such a person for 6 years. Get hoovered and pulled back in for 3 more. Then they finally tell you that they hate music so they have nothing in common with you. And oh btw. You yourself in this case are an aspiring beat maker. That's like you're Van Gogh and you're dating someone who hates art.
@@inquisitorchristopher8527 still no reason to hate someone. And theres lots more things to like in life other than music. Just because someone says they dont like music doesnt mean they full on hate it with a passion.
Thing is, liking music is like a good moral trait. It's like, being able to love.
@@RC.- How is it not a disorder ? Lacking the processes necessary to comprehend music is a functional abnormality, which I'm pretty sure makes it a disorder.
I used to not like music at all and never listened to it.
Then I started listening to Hard Rock. Turns out I like songs with meaning.
***** Most music these days, especially mainstream music, is shallow.
***** A song about a woman's ass has shallow meaning. A song about a person's loved one dying has deeper meaning. Indeed this is an opinion , you might value an ass above life. I simply don't respect that opinion.
I never said it's about lyrics. I never said it's about genres. Try again.
***** Yes, I prefer songs with meaning because I don't see the point in listening to the same recycled formula that the mainstream music industry continuously dishes out. The majority of songs these days are just about how somebody wants to hook up with someone else.
I understand that some songs exist purely for entertainment but that doesn't mean I should like a song that has no depth to it. Ergo, I like songs with meaning. I pointed out Hard Rock because that's where the majority of these types of songs tend to come from, along with the other various forms of rock, metal and few sub-genres. And once in every blue moon, a decent pop song is released and it ends up getting overplayed in the ads and on the radio until everyone's sick of it within a week.
Also 90% of the time a song without lyrics tends not to have meaning behind it as it is just pure instrumental. It may invoke emotion, but it will hold no greater depth nor meaning.
So yes, lyrics are pretty damn important.
***** Meaning: referring to the message that the song is trying to convey and how it goes about it.
Depth: The types of emotions and memories that the song can trigger.
I find it annoying that so many of the majority of people who do like music have to somehow make it about themselves, as in "I just don't understand it" and going on to explain.....yet again....how they "just couldn't live without music. Yeah great. It doesn't matter what you think about it music person, and those that don't care for music really don't need to hear all about what you can and can't live without.
Honestly it’s more strange to me how people can love it so much
@Gaticornio Kawaii But....but.... it's so "weird" and I can't understand it because it's half my life!
Did it excape you that you just did exactly what I said?
The thing is, who cares if you understand it or not?
I don't understand why so many people take cream and sugar in their coffee, but I keep it to myself. I don't need them to explain themselves to me, and I sure don't tell them it's so weird and how coffee is so important to me.
Jasmin Tea Its not strange at all. You do you and let them do them.
@Gaticornio Kawaii you guys will shame anyone that doesn’t fit in the social norm
i see that too
I cant imagine myself without enjoying music ...
Morduk Metalhead For me, I don't really know why at all, I just can't stand listening to it at all.
+QuX _ What kind of music have you listened?
QuX _ i can understand
@@Mike-lw1pk then your dead inside
@@therealmoonrok3387 calm down buddy lol
I don't personally understand why this is really an issue for people. While "I" like music, I won't distrust somebody that doesn't.
Not liking music isn't a disorder. Not liking anything isn't a disorder. Not liking or not trusting somebody because other people "don't" like something is a disorder that, unfortunately; most people have.
It is an issue because it's fucking uncommon and humans are naturally curious about what's strange. The vast majority likes music, the fact there exist some who don't makes them perfect lab rats, ''look, someone who doesn't fit in with the majority'', that's perfect research material. If the vast majority in the human species does something then not doing it means it's an anomaly, it doesn't mean it's bad but it isn't part of what comes natural to humans.
Don't refer to people with Musical Anhedonia as a lab rat, you sack of shit.
TheDevillChaser
they're lab rats for scientists as they're rare and perfect research material, whether you like it or not.
Illyasviel von Einzbern People should be treated as people before they're taken advantage of to fulfill someone else's curiosities. It is partly human nature to be curious, but our society magnifies it to the nth degree to the point where we need to know everything about everyone who is in the least bit different. We need to give "different" people their privacy back, they are not a spectacle for us to ogle.
ghostofdayinperson "Spirits may or may not be real, but sports and music can't be compared. Music is on a much higher plane."
^You say that "you cannot compare them" but I JUST DID compare them, and the comparison is accurate whether you like it or not.
(Had to reply here, since he replied then disabled replies)
I remember a girl that I had worked with once asked me what type of music I liked so after I told her what I enjoyed listening to, I asked her the same question. She explained that she didn't really listen to music. She didn't necessarily hate music, but was just neutral about it. I found that rather peculiar.
Same is the case with me. My Spotify wrap is embarrassing lol. Whenever I go to my friend's house. They are playing music loudly on a speaker. It puts me off. I prefer silence over music. There are songs that I listen to for their lyrics and nostalgia.
I didn't like music for almost 20 years. Then I found out I was just very picky and mainstream music being mostly garbage had kept me away from the good stuff. Turns out that the good stuff can move me to tears. Imagine going your whole life uninterested in something and then finding some of it that hits you that hard. It was a trip.
internetmasterpieces Mainstream music does need to die, although I don't agree with your whole "noise" idea. I think the reason why it's hard to find the "good stuff" in a lot of mainstream music is because it's geared towards the masses who only care about listening to something that's "catchy," and so pop-songs have no real value; they have overly-simple song structures with simple, catchy and generic melodies. It's cookie-cutter music - commercialized and mass-produced for the simple-minded masses. GOOD QUALITY music is listened to only by the few.
What was it that reached you?
Considering the amount of repeats of crap songs on the radio I can understand why some people wouldn't be into music.
Everything on the radio is crap.
Miracle of Sound and Two Steps From Hell, BOOM!!!
That is not the reason.
They don't like to listen to any music because they feel that music is pretty pointless. My brother has heard everything and just dislikes it all. He'll only listen to music for comedy, and even at that he rarely listens to a song multiple times on purpose.
Why are you listening to the radio if it’s shit?
If the only music that existed was the music on the radio, I would hate music too.
Not everyone likes music. lets play music through the video!!!!!
Yeah I skipped the video for that reason alone.
I only like listening to music when it's on a tv show or a movie
last of the Mohicans or silent hill maybe video games have good soundtracks as well
Yep, I forgot videogames
As someone who can’t live without music, the comments here are mind-boggling.
Furgore better
I don't like food. Well, I think some food taste good and I enjoy eating it, but I would rather just not have to eat at all. Or just take a pill a day. It's such a hassle and definitely not worth it.
Same. High five.
I'm not really into music but I feel emotion when I hear it... I just don't really feel like listening to it all that often anymore. I only really listen to it for only a handful of hours a year. When I do listen to music I like I really enjoy it; I just don't need so much of it. Some people listen to music way too often, like 24/7... it's insane.
You aren't one of those people then :/
Parmesan What do you mean?
I listen to music 24/7, mostly cuz I find comfort in it, it's like an escape for me from reality
Parker What are you talking about?
Have you listened to can you feel my heart?
I didn't realize people felt so strongly about music. I never really cared for it much :/
To some, like me, music is an escape, it can capure emotions, and breathe ideas into you. Of course not all experience this.
then why is justin beiver on your thumbnail?
??? are you talking to me, because my picture is of Tom Felton
Me too!
With out music the world would be boring.
Imagine another world that humans evolved out of where it was the reverse and only 5% of people could enjoy music......
That's where I belong
I know that this have nothing to do with what you just said but recommend m83
Man, now I wanna write a book
would that world even have music?
@@holyone1542 If they had 5% of our population I think so, though depending on the culture they may be disliked for it.
Never disliked music, but I didn't start listening to it till I was about 20. never really cared.
Music fucks with my head, I can't tell if i fucking love it or absolutely hate it.
You love it 🎶
I hate it I dislike music
rhysman0001 I only like metal
I'm 16 and I really hate music. The only types of music I could ever listen too are classical piano and such calm things. When I was a kid my parents would argue, fight, hit eachother, etc. But they would Always blast music while they did. So, sleepless nights for 8 or so years made me hate music. I guess.
Hi.I just saw this comment and I feel bad.I would like to recommend you could be floating by James Turd.It’s a calm song.
@@thedrifter3938 you won’t convince them give up
That’s still music so you like music
I'm so sorry you went through that.
try listening to the anthem of japan
maybe they just dont like music because most of the shit they hear is...shit quite frankly. I blame the radio
I blame their lack of personality.
Jeremy Blanchard I'd rather lack a personality than be like everyone also.
Jimbo is right. every artist tries to be like other artists. I'm tired of listening to the same phrases, similar rhythms, similar icons ect. I think too many idiots are trying to be super stars but they are just plain boring, fake and stereotypical. I'd still listen to a few songs when they are kinda original though. I like new things, not matter how simple they sound, as long as is original.
Jeremy Blanchard I am one of these people, I dont have a lack of personality, I love to read, I'm TV and movie addict and if I'm going to listen to something it will be podcasts. Just because I'm a minority does not mean theres something ring with me...
Stef Thorp
have you ever listened to jazz?
jimbo jones I have and it still does nothing for me :P usually even songs which I love I zone out within the first 30 seconds and miss the whole thing anyway. I used to love music when I was younger but I used to try really hard to like it and nowadays that's too much effort. Podcasts are the way:)
I will be honest I never like music, the only time I ever listen to it is when I am in a car so there is a background noise; and when I do listen to it, it is usually the same song, the one I got about 8 years ago.
@TheCommentGuy I dont think hes alive ;c maybe just forgot his email though? Haha a shame really 🍉🐢
@TheCommentGuy My brother had my car before me and when he went off to college I got the car and all that was in it. And he had a few CDs but the only one I had ever listened to was a that of a Reel Big Fish concert. The CD was so used and had cuts so often in the tracks but that was about the only thing I would listen to in the background. I was kinda upset that I couldn't really use the CD after a point but nothing is permanent.
Also I never got the original notification and I also forgot I even wrote that message. Man it has been a long time hahahaha
@TheCommentGuy Yeah Reel Big Fish Live CD 2 will surely be missed, well 85% of the song more correctly there are still 3 that can play on it hahaha
I didn't like music until i was 14 and people got mad at me when i said that i didnt like it. Well now it is one of my favourite things but it is really sad how people react to someone different.
I'm not into music. It just doesn't get my interest. I still Liston to it, but I don't need music at all. I could go forever without music and not care.
These lyrics describe the joy of music :)
"Last night I had a vision of a disco in the sky.
I saw angels and saints dancing together, like a mystical dream inside of my mind.
I remembered to move, I remembered that groove, I remember the thump of the bass and the pump of the kick, because my heart was almost out my body.
I felt free, I felt joy, I felt things I never thought I'd feel before.
It was deep,
it was soulful,
it was techno... it was disco.
A kaleidoscope of sounds.
It was truly underground.
It was an essential mix in the clouds, where we could dance and sing out loud, and everybody loved everybody else.
There was no hurt, there was no sorrow, there was no pain.
And like children we danced and we laughed, and we played without a care in the world.
Without a flicker of despair, it was all about house music.
It was that thing that we shared.
A tribal feast of rhythm, a ceremony of sound in my mind. I must of went to house heaven… because nothing is that divine."
-Jamie Antonelli -Divine (Original mix)
in my school, its kinda hard to not get teased in band when you dont like music- i mean, i joined band to understand why people like music, BUT ITS JUST SOUND. but why do people talk behind one's back and tease them because they cant find "meaning" in random sound frequencies. After studying math and science (specifically sound and psychology), i got some insight into why others might like it, so why can't they do the same thing for me, understand why one is different. COME ON WORLD.
+sciencemanguy please, i need your opinion on this stuff, it may atcually boost my chances of getting my first high school friend ever. please, i want a friend.
I'm not sure what you're asking, though. Your comment is a bit confusing to me, but I'd like to help out if possible. I'm studying music, hoping to become a professional musician, and I'm interested in psychoacoustics and stuff.
+sciencemanguy Music expresses emotions! You should listen to Nick Cave, and try to listen the lyrics, his songs are pretty deep.
I think it's stupid if someone can't be your friend because you don't like music. You don't need friends like that. Find someone that doesn't care if you like music or not.
The same goes for me in fact this ENTIRE PROBLEM if you can even call it that IS VERY STUPID!
sciencemanguy people fear what they do not understand and they ‘attack’ what they are scared of
I'm a part of that 5% :)
Really? Just out of curiosity, could you say what it sounds like to you? I've often wondered what music sounds like to those that do not like it. Is it just noise, or can you understand it but you don't like it?
Michael Pappano I think I'm also part of the 5%. To me music where someone is singing is like listening to someone who talks with his mouth full, it's just difficult to understand what he's saying. If the lyrics are nonsense like "gaga urara ugabla" then it's noise to me and I'd rather listen to my own thoughts. But sometimes I like instrumental music like movie soundtracks because when I hear them again they bring back memories, other than that I really can't understand what's going on inside normal people's heads when they listen to music... Do you feel strong emotions when listening to music? Is it as pleasant as kissing somebody or even better?
erasmusso so the sound of slow hip-hop, is still to complex for your brain to comprehend?
No, I can understand what the lyrics are saying but it's not like listening to someone talk, the important thing for me is the message of the song, I don't see what's so interesting about the melody and the rhythm; listening to a song or just simply reading the lyrics is the same to me, only reading is faster and easier.
erasmusso I kinda understand you, I prefer instrumental music over singing.
I love music (look at my icon) but I rarely listen to it. I love it on a level where it requires just as much concentration as watching a movie or reading a book and I will never understand how people do homework and listen to music at the same time. I also interpret it more as noise, so I can't really make out any of the words unless I read the lyrics. Also I'm such a music snob it doesn't even seem worth it to manually skip every other song.
well if the job is not too difficult i can do both. for me music uses up like 10-15% of my attention so it's quite fine really doing 2 things at one. usually i like playing dota and listening to documentaries and shows, and i can remember them pretty well while also concentrating to the game.
I am also like that. I think it it comes from your high understanding of music, like you have to process every little detail because you can, and it's exhausting. I can't catch the lyrics either.
I cannot do homework while listening to music.I cannot watch TV while listening to music. I get what you're saying dude, the only music I can multi-task with is dubstep
(I looked at your icon).. some dude with a nose hair trimmer?
Aaron Hunjas you're kidding right. I hope you're kidding. That's John Lennon "snorting coke"
I remember when I first got into music. It was when I was taught the Garmoshka and a little Balalaika. I was introduced to Russian Folk music. Then when I visited my grandmother in Japan, she played Shamisen, Shinobue, and a little Sho. She really liked to play by ear and taught me the basics of the Shamisen (Which I'm starting to get back into) and not only would she do traditional songs, but for an older lady she liked a lot of modern stuff so sometimes, she'd turn on the radio and if something like GackT were playing, she'd play her Shamisen along with it so not only was I introduced to older styles of music but even modern styles like J-pop. I now am a self proclaimed Vocaloid producer and also I used to do Garmoshka covers of songs (Though they were all deleted). Without my introduction to different styles of Music, I would be a generic 16 year old Russo-Japanese girl who just sits around on her laptop all day
How about nothing is wrong with them and its simply a matter of taste?
How about that's kinda what he said.
Agreed!
Right?! I don't think there is anything wrong with me but I do think my brain doesn't process sounds like others. It is actually painful to my ears if a note is extended or high-pitch or too much bass. But otherwise I'm extremely intelligent mechanically.
They are disabled
While I agree with the statement "nothing is wrong with them" It is not a matter of taste, it is the in ability to discern any pleasure or sense of value from music. You wouldn't say that it was a matter of taste if a blind man couldn't appreciate a painting.
I found this all very fascinating. I really find it very bizarre that there are people out there that don't enjoy some form of music of some kind.
It would amazing if you reply to this comment
I don't like it when people ask "What is wrong with..." There is nothing wrong with anyone just because they are not like you. Not everyone is the same. Not everyone likes music, not everyone wants to have children, not everyone likes the same foods that are prepared the same way. If someone want to eat a hot dog plain with nothing else, not even a bun, then so be it. Nothing wrong. It really bothers me when I ask for a plain hot dog and they give me a disgusted look or put everything on it anyways. I even get upset when they do that to other people other than me.
BURN THE HERETIC
No really, though. Hotdogs are best enjoyed on their own (or with a bit of char on the outside).
People give me crap when I eat a hotdog with nothing but plain ol' mustard.
Mustard Pride motherfukers!!!
Destructionsan ugh, hotdogs and corndogs are disgusting to me.
as a person who doesn't like music i really like how he says we are not weird.
I would think it's simply so widely accepted that everyone loves music that it's hard to believe anyone doesn't.
I tested this myself a while back by starting conversations with people and eventually bringing up the fact that I didn't like music. I noticed that the people who seemed weirded out more than others tended to have a music background in either a band, orchestra, or choir.
I like music, but I'm very picky with the sound. A lot of it I get bored of or don't like. I've nearly gotten to the point where I don't listen to music at all.
I prefer the sound of silence because Id rather hear myself think. Music distracts me from thinking. If I do listen to music, I have to give it all of my concentration. And by the way, I love love love love love musicals! Nothing like a full orchestra to convey emotions!
Yeah, I experience all of these problems.
I dislike the majority of music. I get no emotional response from it, so it's purely about pleasing arrangements of sound for me and I don't like the way most music sounds.
I also hate food. More than music. I can tollerate listening to shitty noise, but I can't handle the smell and taste of most food. I get a lot of flack for that to the point now I have to start with a long introduction about the neurological and biological issues I have in order to explain why I don't like food.
Thankfully, I have no particular desire to belong to groups so I don't really give a crap what people think about it.
Out of curiosity, is there some particular style of music you hate the most and a style that you can tolerate or like?
I primarily listen to Trance. I have a much easier time finding songs I like with Trance than pretty much anything else. Some of the stuff I want to listen to gets ruined by singing. I like metal, but in most cases I find that the singing completely ruins the sound of it for me. Especially when I find something with amazing instrumental work, but then something annoying like demon growling or weird singing starts. I'm also more likely to like something that's got symphonic elements to it.
As far as hate, that's too long of a list. Absolutely loathe would have to be country, rap (comedic rap doesn't count, music just happens to be the mode the joke is told.), and Dubstep.
You know more genres than most other people. I'm getting a vibe that you don't actually dislike all of it :)
Joker wtf does that have to do with music lol..
Ceryk That sounds exactly like how my boyfriend feels about music, even the thoughts about Trance, and he has Aspergers.
Man I love MUSIC, I cant live without it. Plus music is all around us
I was in love with music in church growing up, a teen with a Walkman listening while cycling, knowing and singing all the song lyrics while my Nan was driving. I used all my savings for my first big purchase of a karaoke 5 disk CD player with different modes. Always sang karaoke for my birthday and wanted the family to sing Christmas carols. I would record myself singing and then hide it the cassette tapes, singing to the animals in the back yard like sound of music or jumping on my bed with a hairbrush, dressing like Mel C from the spice girls for my 16th. I taught music and wrote over 100 songs in a year at 22 when I first finally picked up the guitar. I was in my second year of a degree in music at the institute of contemporary music performance in London. Then just before my final practical exam for the second year of my 3 year degree, I split and herniated my spinal disk by coughing. I then became extremely hyper-vigilant and have always been hyper sensitive but now had severe anxiety along with being diagnosed with the overwhelming disorder of BPD. Then slipped fast into Major Depression and have been on numerous medications that have destroyed my sex drive. Also then diagnosed with bipolar and having fibromyalgia I attempted suicide numerous times, never enjoying anything let alone music again. I wrote 1 song when manic and have not played it since. Someone told me to keep singing, I tried to explain that I have Anhedonia and I do not enjoy ANYTHING anymore. But was met with it’s my ‘decision’ and I am ‘in charge’ of what I enjoy or don’t. This is absolutely not true. I used to play many sports, was extremely artistic, face and body painting, doing avant-guard make-up for photo shoots, decorating luxurious cupcakes and making my own candles. I tried to paint one oil canvas - again manic. Never finished it and now I do not enjoy anything. I forced myself to listen to a Christmas Record I bought to feel more ‘Christmassy’, alone again. After having lost all ‘friends’ and ‘family’. But I was just waiting for it to finish. I have been to the cinema and the noise irritates me. Any noise drives me crazy and after moving recently I have made holes in the ceiling banging at the people upstairs as two 10year old boys jump and thump and laugh. I don’t want to be a grumpy bitter person. But I wish I could just hear nothing. My thoughts, conscious and unconscious are enough to enialate me. Clearly something in my brain has flipped completely. To be someone who taught music to special needs kids and mainstream with passion and went around with a beaming smile each day I got to do music. To avoiding it at all costs and even being annoyed and irritated by it. Things like ‘music or die’, ‘music is my life’ have always been stupid to me, but I lived that way. Now I almost hate it. Everything I loved means nothing to me now. My website and domain expired and so has my music career. I have no life and no future. Without music I am nothing. And yet I feel nothing for it anymore and cannot see myself doing anything with my life, I am a zombie, the living dead.
What's wrong is that people simply can't comprehend difference. They hear of someone who doesn't like music and just think "maybe they haven't heard the right kind". Trust me, they've probably listened to all kinds of music as friends constantly suggest it for them. They know themselves better than you do. Reminds me all too much of "she's only asexual/lesbian because she hasn't met the right man". Fucking idiocy. Not everyone fits into your strict criteria for human, and not everyone should.
Calm down there cowboy.
L. Spiro Sorry, I got a little worked up by the other comments.
We dont need to relate everything thats different to your sexuality
Oblio1942 Actually, I used that comparison because it was a very useful parallel. Also, I'm not talking about MY sexuality, just so you know.
I don't like music and yeah it gave me so trouble in highschool despite a multitude of suggestions
I'm okay with people who don't like music
I use to really like music, as I got older it just makes me feel uncomfortable I can process it just fine.
Me the same
People who dont like music freak me out. Like there is so many forms of music and you literally have music from birth with the rhythm of the heart beat… but that’s so weird….idk. Like its so weird.
Is that true?
This is me... I don't really care for music. The most I can enjoy music is when it's tied to something visually I enjoy like a music video.
I don't like MOST music, I'm perfectly fine with videogame music like Pokemon and Zelda though.
This guy knows what's up! Most music today is just EARitating...sorry just had to :D
CyberDork34 Then you are listening to the wrong music. You are looking in the wrong places!
When I read it I though it said Pokeda and Zeldamon lol
Videogame music is written by pasisonate _composers_ rather than _statisticians_
Treat yourself with some Toby Fox, kiddo.
Like... sometimes I do feel some emotions when listening to music it's just not something that would stay on my mind for a long period of time. I recently thought about it and I realized it's maybe because I've never had a feeling that some song was written exactly for ME.
I don't care about music, at least compared to people in my age group who base their entire identity around the genre of music they listen to.
When people ask what music I listen to and I say, I don't really listen to music, they look at me like I'm crazy. It's because they can't pin me down, and categorize me or guess what my personality is, based off of some stereotype.
That's not it at all. Music permeates everything I do and I am not a musician. I am an artist though. I also listen to music of every type and although I am 'alternative' I like a great deal of 'atypical' music. That aside, it's more that literally walking down a street or doing a boring task can drum up a song, I sometimes wake up playing to a song in my head. Most days, actually. It's a subconscious driving force that brightens everything. So when someone says "I don't like/listen to music". I stop and think about the world without it and it's boring. The sounds in cities and suburbs usually aren't soothing, happy or enjoyable. Cars and honking, and children screaming, the stupid things the loudest people are always talking about. They suck. If I am out in the country or the woods though, that's different. Nature makes her own music. I DIGRESS.
mtneves77 This. Either that or you'd be harassed for liking or disliking someones music.
The way you word your last sentence makes me think, that you think you're some kinda super cool badass rebel that's better than everyone else because you're different in some way.
Whether you actually think that or not, it still makes me laugh.
Neostrius thanks, I think.
I can relate to the same situation people have even gone as far as to say "How do you live on this world and not like/listen to music?"
I wasn't into music AT ALL and I was pretty much tone-deaf up until 9 or so. By now, at 18, my alarm is music on the radio and I keep the radio on as I get ready, I put my iPod in on the way to school, I've always got some song in my head and it's something that's constantly in the background of pretty much everything I do. I'm not sure why because being Welsh, music is a massive part of my culture. My sister began singing age 3 and first performed publicly at 7. My brother used to sing/hum himself to sleep at 2. I still don't know why it didn't 'kick in' until later but I grew up around music, I just didn't care for it.
When someone asks me what type of music do I like I say all kinds cause I have no clue what the types of music there are😹
Metal is music
@@therealmoonrok3387 one of many
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People who don't like food are the best people to be around. You can eat all their meals for them.
The motivation that other people gave me when I was young affected me in my attitude toward the likes and dislikes about many things like music and games. My surroundings where the key to making me think that those thing around me are normal and good and made me try to do or experience them in an effect that lasted for a long time that I still remember today, and therefore became my habits and activities regularly
I am one of the people that don’t like music. I don’t hate it, I just don’t like it. I’m current in my junior year of high school and I don’t like the fact that I don’t like music, I try to make myself like it so that I fit in more. I don’t mind listening to it with other people, but I never listen to it on my own time, I don’t see the point in music. Nothing is wrong with us that don’t like it, we don’t have anything wrong with us. We just simply don’t understand why music is so valued. I’ve read online that as people grow older they start to not like new songs, maybe that is something that had happened with us, but at a young age. I remember sitting in my moms van listening to music and enjoying it when I was about 6-7 but I have not enjoyed music since then. I don’t dance to music, I don’t get hyped, I don’t even keep up with the new songs, I still will prefer songs if I’m listening to them with other people, but I don’t have a favorite song, or a favorite artist, not even a favorite band. Just a tiny bit of about every genre, but I’ve never gotten “happy” from a song since that moment when I was in my moms van.
I used to "not like" music, until I started getting into Heavy Metal, before that, there wasn't any other genre that I could actually enjoy. Now I am so glad I got into this kind of music. I also really like Classical music and specially Baroque music :D
I dont really dislike music but I can't understand people who hear music all the time...
eu4eagle lol
On a literal level, I have music in my head all the time. I can't NOT hear music. Whether it's my own made up tunes that my brain decides to make up on the go, or my favorite songs, or recitals for songs I've made in the past. My life is centered around music. I'm a musician, I was raised on how to use music to express feelings and entertain others. Pretty much my whole life has been built upon music, so maybe it's a mental thing where someone is so into music that their brain ultimately makes up its own music to fill in the "unnatural" silence.
On a metaphorical level, people like music a lot, so they like to listen to music 24/7. It may be due to stress, a sort of comfort blanket, or just thinking it helps them focus or be more creative (music does not improve focus. It actually impairs focus.)
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Oh god having music in your head all the time sounds awful
HOLY SHIT I FUCKING LOVE BUNNIES It kinda is, when I try to sit in silence and breath in a certain rythm (meditation) I can't because there's a song in my head so my breathing rythm doesn't match up with the rythm of the song.
Humans fear what they don’t understand. So when they see someone different than them, they fear them which triggers their fight or flight instincts
I think it's also due to the fact that music is a part of nearly everything we do in our day to day lives, whether it be the Christmas jingles that play at the supermarket, the epic scores in the background of feature films, or the melodies that help us relax. For a lot of people, music helps them get through the day and deal with stress; for someone to inherently dislike all music just seems completely impossible to most people.
Wow so many music haters here. I guess it must be pretty frustrating. Okay, so I know this is totally unfair and I really don't mean to offend anyone, but I realized the other day that the reason I'm suspicious of people who admit to hating music, or not being moved by it is because I secretly think they could be psychopaths. A bit extreme, I know. (not that I think this of anyone I know personally. Everyone I know in real life, I think loves music. ) To me music is intrinsically linked to emotions, love, sensitivity, etc and I just kind of assumed if music can't pull it out of someone, nothing can, they must be incapable of feeling anything at all, just hollow. I know, this is probably not the case with most people, and music is a highly objective experience, so I'll try to keep that in mind. I'm sorry, I know it's stupid and judgmental. I remember that sometimes (rarely) I get in moods where no matter what I play, nothing really affects me, and so I guess it's like being like that all the time. But man I hate those moods. Usually they're brought on by depression or anxiety though.
To me music is life. I know it sounds trite, like I'm trying to be cute, but I really mean it. The right kind of music (especially music without lyrics, or just something with a really great atmosphere and melody /instrumentation ) can be like experiencing the essence of what it is to exist and be human in one great musical dose. I find that music can help to enhance certain experiences, and emotions, and maybe even define them in ways I never expected. Sometimes I discover things about myself, or things I may have forgotten. It speaks a language that is far more deep and abstract than any written or spoken language, it is a spiritual language, pure emotion. I just disappear into that moment, in that world the music creates inside me, emotionally and even spiritually. Music makes me feel alive and inspires my creativity and imagination more than any other art form. It's like a drug in a way, but not detrimental to your health. I would rather die than have my world go silent forever. (not that I don't enjoy silence too, so long as I choose to do so.) I honestly don't know how some people could lack this ability to be moved my music, but I reckon if they knew they were missing, they wouldn't be so hostile towards music and music lovers. There's music for nearly every occasion, and type of emotion, no matter how small or big. I find it rather tragic actually, that some people can't appreciate that, regardless of the reason. Although I will admit that listening to most radio stations for more than an hour or so will drive me up a wall, and I feel like pulling my hair out whenever I hear the shit my neighbors play. Maybe that's just how some people feel about all music. Each to their own.
+Lisa Galarza I love music, it's so close to my heart. I feel sorry for those who doesn't enjoy music. Music expresses emotions, so I understand why you think that people who doesn't like music are psychopaths (or emotionless).
+Lisa Galarza I don't think I'm one of these 5%, as I do like some songs, but I don't listen to music most of the time and I prefer silence. I've also never felt emotions from music. I'm a very emotional person though. More than most people, from my experience. My emotions come from things that are actually happening in my life, or things that are actually happening to other people or animals. Sound has never affected that. It's just sounds. And that's how I think of the songs I actually like. Most songs are just noise to me. I'm not that into music. I have other hobbies.
Rrrraveeehhh Bullshit. I know plenty of musicians who lack empathy, remorse for the pain they inflict on others and various other traits of REAL Psychopaths. People who do not enjoy music are like those who do not enjoy dance. They may prefer gardening - being in touch with nature, animals. And are very attune with their emotions. So much so they don’t need music to feel alive. They already do!
Holly Ball well said
I used to not like music when I was little but when I hit like 13 I started to like music. I'm am 17 now and I like a variety of music now
There are times when I pick up my earphones and switch on my music and think to myself. Before music was as easily accessible as it is now. There once was a time when the average person would go there whole lives with only ever having heard music once in there lives or only for special occasions. They couldn't request or get whatever song they were in the mood to listen to. I mean I don't think disliking music is a bad thing. But this reminds me of that thought. That back some thousands of years ago. Listening to music on a daily bases for hours was not a thing.
Music doesn't move me, I can enjoy some songs with good rhythm and melodies but is not like it make me feel any emotion or something I just like the pattern that's all.
5%
I couldn't imagine my life without music, it's so powerful. Little side note, the Earth that is shown in the background shows the Sahara covered in what looks like forest, kind of strange :-s
With out music,life would be boring for me
I like music, but I kinda hate most foods and consequently avoid social eating. It has severely ostracized me throughout my life. I would love a clip elaborating about this subject!
It‘s not that I‘m distrustful towards people who don’t like music or consider them to be outliers. In some sense, I‘d say I‘d pity them for never being able to know what it’s like to be so amazed by a piece of music that it ends up giving you goosebumps. To me, music is the only thing that can really evoke such an emotional response. But then again, you can’t miss something that you never experienced.
When I was young, I didn't really have any interest in music, but one day it just sort of changed, I have even picked up a few musical instruments. I have also had the experience during depression of simply not enjoying food- I'd get hungry, but eating just felt like a function engauged in to releive that hunger, currently I love listening to and making music and eating- actually still can't get my head around how I could feel any different for any reason, but I am aware it is possible..
Most people just talk about music or listen to music all the time that is why I don't really like hanging out with people I have never really found someone that just doesn't like music like me..
Same I’m here
I really couldn't care less about music, so I guess I'm that 5% :P
so when you charge the battlefield it will be silent?!?!?!? no epic war music :)?
you haven't found the right genre yet ;)
scno0B1 When it comes to stuff like games, it's not like I mind it being there. I don't full out just hate music. I just simply don't really care to hear it in my everyday life. You'll never see me with say, an IPod in my pocket listening to music when I'm doing stuff. I just prefer there be nothing
Begrudging Djinn it feels weird looking at all the ;) :) :/ emojis this comment section is acc a time capsule
me too
It's not that I have anything against music, if people play it I won't tell them to turn it off. I just don't feel compelled to listen to music because I don't see the point in it.
I've recently meet someone at my college who doesn't like music, whistling, humming and social activity.
I'm one of the %5
Then fuck u...
[diamond] I hate music there's nothing you can do about it!
try some metal u seem tense
Me too
also i like skyrim music try that too
Maybe the study(ies) didn't account for the music selections used in the study. It could be that within the 5% of the people who didn't respond to the generic songs/tracks they used in the testing just didn't like the songs they used.
Definitely possible, though I'd imagine they actually tested a broad variety of genres and gauged even a remote amount of joy gleaned from each song. But that's just my two cents.
Liam O'Riordan There is almost nothing that is popular or mainstream that I listen to or enjoy. I would probably land within the 5% group even though I love music and it's a large part of my life.
Many people who hate music usually have alteast on song they like. To physically not like absolutely no song is very rare. Theres millions of different songs, theres something for everyone
I had a childhood friend who wasn't into music at all. At some point she at least started to listen to the radio, but I think more for listening to the news, not so much for enjoying the music. Her parents weren't interested in music either. And they were all kind of socially awkward, especially the father. It was hard to get along with this friend of mine.
To the people saying music is a waste of time or it isnt special, you obviously haven't experienced chills when listening to a particular song that is so amazing to you...
It's even better when you're playing that particular song.
***** you restated what he just said
That's subjective.
How is experiencing "chills'' making that song amazing I have experienced "chills" but I still find music boring and dull.
Lol wtf
I don't listen to music. It works for me in movies and TV shows but listening to it on its own just isn't for me. I guess I'm more multimedia.
I'm a metalhead. I need music for my life. I don't want to deal with people, and I NEED to block people out!! I've been a metalhead for 12 years. It's the only thing that makes me feel better. I don't really like watching TV, sports etc... so hey..
I am very sensiive to sound. When i wanted to study, often times some music would blast from somewhere, completely getting me out of focus. I bet that is when i learned to resent music. It distracts me and i feel so unproductive any time music plays that i sometimes have to put on headphones with white noise just to get rid of the music someone is blasting without thinking about the surrounding people
I used to not be into music til I found a genre I could relate to and enjoy, just like other people are saying in the comments, popular music sucks because the emotions and quality was sucked out of it for money
Ive been looking for an answer for this since i can remember. This is great!
Can you guys do a video on , what life would be like if music didn't exist. As in organised sounds ?
Vsauce wont do it :-(
I was a punk kid in high school. I always avoided wearing band shirts and pins because I didn't want to start a conversation.
I don't listen to music. Yet my partner is a multi talented musician.
I like music sometimes, but only music I like.
That being said, I like music sometimes.
I cannot understand people who have music blaring into their ears all the time.
I don't care about who the artist of a certain song is. I don't care about the name of that song. I don't care if I never hear it again.
I do get emotional response from music, though. However, I do not let music define my emotional state like other people. Certain songs evoke memories because they were playing at the time that memory for me was formed, but that is me assigning an emotion to the music and not the other way around.
There are so many factors involved in music and enjoyment. The reason why people can't figure out "what is wrong" with people who do not like music is because we don't even know why we like music in the first place.
As it turns out, there are literally hundreds of fundamentally different reasons why people like music. Some for one reason, others for others. There is nothing wrong with people who don't like music. They just never heard music that resonated with what they consider music.
I did not hear my first genuinely favorite piece of music until I was 19 years old.
Some people can go their entire lives without meeting music in the same way many people can go their entire lives without ever falling in love.
As a musician, liking a song shows many things. 1 of the most important, is an ability to empathize with a songs lyrics, and the feelings portrayed by the artist. Without empathy, people wouldn't be capable of relating to the way others feel. Something about music, is innately human.
Anhedonia, including music anhedonia, has more to do with connections to the brains pleasure center than to the nature of music. My wife attempting to describe why music (and dancing) are important to her is, I imagine, like attempting to describe a sunset to someone colorblind.
I just don't like modern music, all auto-tune with the worst sounding synths ever made. There's no Heart or Soul put into music today, just mass-produced crap.
*popular music, I agree with you when it comes to most popular music but there still is a lot of music produced that has real feelings and isn't crap. Some rap songs when you actually listen to the lyrics are pretty deep and legit they just are a new style of portraying thoughts as opposed to rock or folk or whatever you listen to.
Maybe look a little harder.
***** Why because I like things that are newer? I still like older music I also happen to like some new music to
you're just hearing to the wrong songs.. you have to find a genre that fits you. Try with general genres like Metal, Rock, Rap, Jazz, Reggae, etc. If you find one you like, you can delve into more subgenres. Specially Metal music has many subgenres. I like Progressive Metal (and other genres too, but mainly prog metal), it took me several years of listening to a lot of music to find the genre that really moved me.
Just keep listening.
Dr Dog. Built to Spill, Modest Mouse, Radical Face. That's my fix for modern heart and soul.
Music is such a strong connection to feelings. Some people don't like to be convinced into feelings they aren't prepared to experience. It's not weird, millions (billions?) of people before carry around music devices spent most their days/weeks/months without hearing a melody.
it be thousands. since we have like 7-8 billion on the planet. im not doing the math tho
I don't care if you like music or not, in the big scheme of things it really doesn't matter... but on a personal level I wouldn't know how to relate or communicate with someone who doesn't love food or music. Both play such a HUGE role in my life, so that is how I usually start my conversations (that or weather) when I first meet someone. I don't have much experience with people who don't love both of these things, so I may be a bit awkward or outwardly dismissive. I have a lot of allergies and the best way for people to relate to me around food is to teach them how to (with other people who obviously love food) so I would probably take my cues from the person who doesn't like music/food.
I love music, there's barely a time when I'm not listening to music in my earbuds. That being said I don't think people who don't listen to music have anything wrong with them. I mean we all have our music preferences some people just prefer none at all.
I don't like music, I have some soundtracks but never listen to it, I am just not interested...
I actually dislike listening to music and would rather just have silence even on long car rides. There’s a select few songs that make me feel happy because they remind me of my childhood and it’s even more rare that I find a new song that I like but it always has to have a really catchy melody. Most music to me just sounds like unnecessary noise. Idk why I’m like this I just don’t like it 😞
I don't know if I'm particular someone who doesn't "like" music, but I go months, and sometimes years without listening to it. I don't dislike it, I just feel it is unneeded, as though I'm perfectly fine without it.
I think the key to understanding people like me is to think of poetry. Music and poetry are different mediums to express emotion and art. Yet you probably don't care about poetry. You appreciate it, but it doesn't give you any real emotional response, and so you just don't think about it. When was the last time you sat down with the great need to read a T. S. Eliot poem? Probably never. It is the same with music for me, it is nice, beautiful, and it is just sorta there.