Food For The Soul - Why Is Music Emotionally Provocative?

[I_Hate_Infinity]

This one's for the psychologists out there I guess...

Sub Question: What does it for you? - We all know different types of music do different things, relaxing, uplifting, partying, saddening (to name but a few.) But what's your 'default' setting? What do you come home and listen to?

IHI

[Canary42]

The Sound of Silence

[I_Hate_Infinity]

BTW my answer to main question is: I think because we are sensitive to emotions in voices, we are tuned in to rhythmic patterns, pitch, tone etc. which means we're susceptible to many audio representations of emotion... Possibly :)

My heart lies with funk in all it's forms :) But I love all music really

[Old_Geezer]

I don't. I used to think I did but the line has been blurred between sounds that please and those that grate. That's the trouble with art forms. Those who make a living from them think they own the definition of art and can change it to whatever they're offering.

Er, no, I don't know why some sounds trigger certain feelings. Probably connected with some survival mechanism I'd guess.

[ruthandsam]

AC/DC definitely does it for me but also Opera. None of that in between soft rock or wishy washy music! Something with a strong rhythm

[society]

I'm a big jazz fan. I hate rap and hip-hop. Not a fan of heavy metal either.

[Booldawg]

its a very primative, tribal thing.

[emmie]

classical, opera, but then i like to most types of music, but play
Ralph Vaughn Williams the Lark Ascending or Bach Cello Suite No 1 and that is it, bliss.

[WELSHYORKIE]

Heavy rock is a fave of mine when i've had a bad day (Black Sabbath normally does the trick), when I feel reflective Barber Adagio for Strings, when I feel, er, sexy the 70s disco like George McCrae Rock Your Baby for example

[emmie]

Enigma variations by Elgar, and Jerusalem, both make me weep