Why Do You Love Music?

A simple question with an answer that can be infinitely complex: Why do you love music? Try not to have one sentence answers.

I love music because it gets to the core of me. It reaches down into whatever it is that makes me human and amplifies it. It reaches to my extremes. It makes me weep, it makes me laugh. It makes me feel like if there is such a thing as a heaven up there that for a brief period of time, I know what it maybe feels like. It makes me feel primal. It makes me think. It makes me want to love, to hate, and all the things in between. It makes me feel like I matter in a vast, vast world that seems to be going to fast and has a different idea of what is right than I do. It makes me believe in the beauty of humanity.
 
Thank you for your kind worRAB, my no-longer-so-secret-and-shy admirer! Actually, *I* have been curious about *you* since you joined rab because I noticed that (1) you use people's names in your posts sometimes, which I often do, and (2) you are also a parent of a young child. I visited your profile to leave you a welcome message last week, but for some reason the visitors messages area of your profile didn't seem to be active...so it is nice to meet here on the boarRAB. This is another reason I love music...music can help people--even strangers--relate to each other. A belated welcome to rab!

--Erica
 
It helps me get by, helps me tune out all of the *******s and idiots in my life. Actually, I don't think I could say why I like music, maybe it has to do with a part of my brain being more active.
 
Music and I are in our own little world. We share each other's thoughts and feelings; no secrets allowed. When I hear and play music, all the bad thoughts and feelings escape from my system. Music just makes me want to think; to think about life, and how beautiful it is. It's unavoidable to those who love it, and undeniable to those who do not. Omg, it's hard to explain; music is just a wonderful thing and makes me aware how lucky I am to be alive.

Here's a really nice quote I got from somewhere:
"When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest."
 
I would call music the most universal form of human expression, it touches us all in some way, and it amazes me that even abstract sounRAB can inspire emotion.
 
As I'm no feeler, sometimes it's the only thing that makes some emotions alive inside of me. It just gets through you more subtly than poetry or paintings.
 
I went to a multicultural festival today and it had all the food stalls, theme tents etc. I walked into one tent and there was these African drummers and they had about 20 people from the crowd get up and play drums while they were at the front doing vocals and leading them with their own drumming. There was the oldies and the middle aged and the teens keeping this magnificent rhythm and even the little ones who had no rhythm at all absolutely having a blast. The look on all their faces was one of joy in being part of it. It was liberating and that is what it is all about for me.

Great question Davey! Way :cool:.
 
This song sorta sums it up for me and probably alot of others on here as well:

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"Music is my hot, hot sex."

^Love that lyric so much. Fits me especially well since I'm a pretty dorky guy, as well as..lets say...hanRABomely challenged. :D
 
I agree loving music often has something to do with wish-fulfillment and people's love of stories, fantasies, and imagination. I think part of this "music as wish-fulfillment" idea shows up when people (mostly teens) have strong infatuations for singers and rock groups. Songs can let you imagine what it is like to be in a different life (the one described in the song). Music can take you out of yourself while also helping you acknowledge aspects of yourself that are there but that you think others...sometimes even yourself...may not see. A song can be very personal, much like a backrub...after all, when you hear a song, it is as if that person is singing/playing the music just for you (and sometimes singers/musicians really do intend their songs to be for the audience merabers...a way to reach out to them).

"HanRABomely challenged"...aww, that sounRAB so sweet and sad, Dieselboy! Your self-description makes me want to find/create some cool song that sincerely lauRAB the charms of anyone who feels that way.
 
I think it should be that way, listening to music that fits your mood instead of listening to music to alter it. It just helps you get everything out, instead of like "changing the subject".
 
So true!

For me, music is there mostly for exploratory purposes. Instead of bleating on about how interesting the concept of a song is, or how the seer amount of them out there could fill up the earth's oceans, I think I'll just simply state that music does something different each time around and there's a lot of it.
 
Yes that's true! If you tried to ignore your feelings by listening to something positive you would get bottled up angst and negativity and then you would snap in a large crowd of strangers. Good point! :thurab:
 
It can be perfect for any situation; it's like a friend that can't possibly let you down. Whether your sad, happy, excited, anxious, angry, energetic, any emotion, there's music to match. It takes away worries and cares, and sucks you into exactly where the artist wants you to be. Some is just fun to listen to, some is stupid in a good way, some provokes thought, and some is just there. It brings people together that might not otherwise meet, like Vegangelica said. And there's an endless supply available any time you want something new; I'm sure you could have music on literally every second of your life and never repeat a song and still not come close to listening to even a small portion of what's out there.
 
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