| Author |
 Topic Search  Topic Options
|
Hercules 
Prog Reviewer
Joined: June 14 2007
Location: Near York UK
Status: Offline
Points: 7024
|
 Topic: Head says no, heart says yes
Posted: August 30 2015 at 15:49 |
In my case, it's The Wildhearts.
Absolutely not my usual style of music, but the second I hear "Top of the World" or "Vanilla Radio", I forget all my inhibitions and get the air guitar out to riff like a complete maniac.
If I ever listen to the whole of "The Wildhearts Must Be Destroyed" in one go, I will have a coronary without any doubt. It may be classed as "rubbish" by some, but it's bloody good fun.
|
|
A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life.
|
 |
emigre80
Forum Senior Member
Joined: January 25 2015
Location: kentucky
Status: Offline
Points: 2223
|
Posted: August 21 2015 at 11:35 |
 twosteves wrote:
emigre80 wrote:
twosteves wrote:
Is it wrong for me to like "Can't stop this Feeling Anymore" by REO Speedwagon--don't owe it but blast it when it comes on the radio |
it is never wrong to like music - including the latest iteration of Yes. |
Lol--that hard to like as I have standards for Yes---and a level of greatness I expect.  |
I'm not saying you have to like them, I'm saying that there's nothing wrong with other people doing so.
|
|
twosteves
Forum Senior Member
Joined: May 01 2007
Location: NYC/Rhinebeck
Status: Offline
Points: 4071
|
Posted: August 21 2015 at 09:27 |
emigre80 wrote:
twosteves wrote:
Is it wrong for me to like "Can't stop this Feeling Anymore" by REO Speedwagon--don't owe it but blast it when it comes on the radio |
it is never wrong to like music - including the latest iteration of Yes. |
Lol--that hard to like as I have standards for Yes---and a level of greatness I expect.
|
|
Smurph
Forum Senior Member
Joined: January 11 2012
Location: Columbus&NYC
Status: Offline
Points: 3167
|
Posted: August 21 2015 at 08:40 |
One example for me of my head saying no and my heart saying yes is Rhapsody of Fire. Power of the Dragonflame is just downright hilarious and everything in my mind tells me it is absolutely stupid and ridiculous but... I can't stop liking it. It's so amazing. So much insane shredding and over the top themes. My heart just goes "YES" and I can't stop listening.
Furthermore, if you've ever seen their interviews, they are actually that cheesy as people and they try to speak to the heart anyway.
"We want to inspire people with our music to reach into their own souls and find the Power of the Dragonflame that burns within their hearts" How can you not love that?
Other bands that give me this feeling: Chvrches Abba Almost any european electro pop basically Most symphonic power metal Most straightforward brutal grind death metal Alice in Chains, Nirvana's Nevermind (not In Utero, that actually makes my brain happy too), pretty much most 90's alternative metal Any music that makes me want to dance that I don't like. Most music that I hate when I'm sober but love when I'm inebriated- because that means I'm too inebriated to analyze the music.
In short, I have music analyzing problems. I can't wait to grow out of it. Or maybe grow into it MORE. Who knows?
|
|
|
|
emigre80
Forum Senior Member
Joined: January 25 2015
Location: kentucky
Status: Offline
Points: 2223
|
Posted: August 21 2015 at 08:30 |
twosteves wrote:
Is it wrong for me to like "Can't stop this Feeling Anymore" by REO Speedwagon--don't owe it but blast it when it comes on the radio |
it is never wrong to like music - including the latest iteration of Yes.
|
|
twosteves
Forum Senior Member
Joined: May 01 2007
Location: NYC/Rhinebeck
Status: Offline
Points: 4071
|
Posted: August 21 2015 at 08:20 |
Is it wrong for me to like "Can't stop this Feeling Anymore" by REO Speedwagon--don't owe it but blast it when it comes on the radio
|
|
friso
Prog Reviewer
Joined: October 24 2007
Location: Netherlands
Status: Offline
Points: 2505
|
Posted: August 21 2015 at 02:08 |
|
I rather enjoyed the Frozen movie! Let it go, let it go!
|
|
Progosopher
Forum Senior Member
Joined: May 12 2009
Location: Coolwood
Status: Offline
Points: 6396
|
Posted: August 21 2015 at 00:20 |
|
Don't let others guilt trip you into not liking what you like, whether you know them personally or not. If you dig it, you dig it. Both head and heart are yours, not anybody else's.
|
|
The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty"
|
|
micky
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator
Joined: October 02 2005
Location: .
Status: Offline
Points: 46828
|
Posted: August 19 2015 at 19:21 |
|
^ yep
if my heart isn't enjoying it...it is my head telling me I shouldn't like it
if my heart is enjoying it.. my brain is somewhere else and is sure as HELL not thinking about music...
|
|
The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
|
|
Ivan_Melgar_M
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator
Joined: April 27 2004
Location: Peru
Status: Offline
Points: 19535
|
Posted: August 19 2015 at 19:14 |
My brain and heart go together.
If I like a band, my brain doesn't ever oppose.
|
|
|
|
Lewian
Prog Reviewer
Joined: August 09 2015
Location: Italy
Status: Offline
Points: 14151
|
Posted: August 19 2015 at 18:42 |
|
I wouldn't allow my brain to object against something that I just like, without analysis (I may ask the brain, "why", but I won't always get an answer). On the other hand, I'm fine with acquired tastes, that is, learning to appreciate something with much help of thought and analysis. I try to find and use diverse ways to appreciating something.
Certain melodies speak to certain people very personally and emotionally; I don't think it's possible to find rational explanations for this (or at least I haven't found them yet). Apart from all concerns with complexity and any rational explanations, Camel were always able to come up with melodies that spoke to me directly. Other examples (from the non-prog world) are the Comsat Angels and, yes really, Nik Kershaw. It's just the magic of music, which works in very personal ways, often not communicable and incomprehensible to others.
I contributed a bit to research about music perception. From my experiences with this I can say that subjective music perception is among the least predictable and most chaotic things there is.
|
|
Hercules
Prog Reviewer
Joined: June 14 2007
Location: Near York UK
Status: Offline
Points: 7024
|
Posted: August 19 2015 at 17:21 |
Smurph wrote:
Hercules wrote:
condor wrote:
I recently bought Second Life Syndrome by Riverside. My first reaction was a voice in my head going "this is rubbish" but at the same time the hairs on the back of my hands were going up.
Any examples of where the body contradicts the brain?
|
And what exactly makes you think it's "rubbish"? The fact that they're Polish |
I love that you might think he didn't like a band because they were from Poland. I don't know if I know any music fan that hates a band because of where they are from? Hahah |
Some people have these daft prejudices. It's almost as stupid as "I don't like this band because they are neo-prog". They listen with predetermined opinions.
|
|
A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life.
|
|
Dayvenkirq
Forum Senior Member
Joined: May 25 2011
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Status: Offline
Points: 10970
|
Posted: August 19 2015 at 10:00 |
|
^ Herc was probably just joshing.
|
|
Smurph
Forum Senior Member
Joined: January 11 2012
Location: Columbus&NYC
Status: Offline
Points: 3167
|
Posted: August 19 2015 at 09:56 |
Hercules wrote:
condor wrote:
I recently bought Second Life Syndrome by Riverside. My first reaction was a voice in my head going "this is rubbish" but at the same time the hairs on the back of my hands were going up.
Any examples of where the body contradicts the brain?
|
And what exactly makes you think it's "rubbish"? The fact that they're Polish |
I love that you might think he didn't like a band because they were from Poland. I don't know if I know any music fan that hates a band because of where they are from? Hahah
|
|
|
|
Manuel
Forum Senior Member
Joined: March 09 2007
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 12436
|
Posted: August 19 2015 at 08:04 |
|
For me, when I like the music, I try to just enjoy it, without overanalyzing the reasons, that might come later, but I always go with my personal taste. I'm done trying to intelectualize everything, and I prefer to allow my feelings take over instead, at least when it comes to music, or art in general.
|
|
Dean
Special Collaborator
Retired Admin and Amateur Layabout
Joined: May 13 2007
Location: Europe
Status: Offline
Points: 37575
|
Posted: August 19 2015 at 06:43 |
Hercules wrote:
condor wrote:
I recently bought Second Life Syndrome by Riverside. My first reaction was a voice in my head going "this is rubbish" but at the same time the hairs on the back of my hands were going up.
Any examples of where the body contradicts the brain?
|
And what exactly makes you think it's "rubbish"? The fact that they're Polish (a country which actually has a fine history of prog), or that they are prog metal? Or some other pre-conceived notion? Or that you obviously like King Crimson, so it might be a taste issue.
SLS makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up because it's one of the most brilliantly written and played albums I've ever heard. And that from someone who, in general, is not a fan of prog metaI.
Just play it and your reaction will tell you what you need to know.
|
|
|
What?
|
|
Hercules
Prog Reviewer
Joined: June 14 2007
Location: Near York UK
Status: Offline
Points: 7024
|
Posted: August 19 2015 at 06:41 |
condor wrote:
I recently bought Second Life Syndrome by Riverside. My first reaction was a voice in my head going "this is rubbish" but at the same time the hairs on the back of my hands were going up.
Any examples of where the body contradicts the brain?
|
And what exactly makes you think it's "rubbish"? The fact that they're Polish (a country which actually has a fine history of prog), or that they are prog metal? Or some other pre-conceived notion? Or that you obviously like King Crimson, so it might be a taste issue.
SLS makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up because it's one of the most brilliantly written and played albums I've ever heard. And that from someone who, in general, is not a fan of prog metaI.
Just play it and your reaction will tell you what you need to know.
|
|
A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life.
|
|
Blacksword
Prog Reviewer
Joined: June 22 2004
Location: England
Status: Offline
Points: 16130
|
Posted: August 19 2015 at 01:02 |
twalsh wrote:
Thank god that video didn't play for me! |
|
|
Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
|
|
twalsh
Forum Senior Member
Joined: August 26 2014
Location: Vancouver, BC
Status: Offline
Points: 328
|
Posted: August 18 2015 at 23:36 |
|
Thank god that video didn't play for me!
|
|
More heavy prog, please!
|
|
A_Flower
Forum Senior Member
Joined: April 18 2015
Location: 2112
Status: Offline
Points: 1199
|
Posted: August 18 2015 at 23:35 |
|
The real song to define the battle of the head and the heart is Hemispheres by Rush. I named my head Appolo and my heart Dianesis after that song.
|
|
Donate monthly and keep PA fast-loading and ad-free forever.
/PAlogo_v2.gif "Progarchives.com Homepage")
Head says no, heart says yes
