Do You Associate Emotion With Songs?

I'll start with that, that my playlist contains about a thousand songs of every different kind.
I have rock songs (Coldplay amongst the many), punk rock (Green day...), classical music (Starting from Chopin and onward to the LotR soundtracks), 'eastern' music popular in Israel (Somewhat depressing songs), depressing songs, upbeat songs (Danza Kuduro), Country (Creedence Clearwater Revival) and so on. People gawk at my playlist and inquire "How in Heaven's name could someone listen to all song types? Don't you get upset at the depressing ones? Don't you get upbeat with the rhythmic ones? Emotional with the emotional ones?"... My answer is a resounding no.

I often break out singing with my playlist, start dancing randomly, I'm a very party-loving guy and I love a good dance and love to sing so the entire world can hear my horrendous voice, but I guess I can make the differential between that and getting emotionally involved.

I've noticed that I pay little heed to my emotions when it comes to songs and music, I only use insane upbeat songs and upbeat tracks when exercising, I listen to all songs indiscriminately and rarely do emotions apply when I listen to them, this got me curious; Do you?

Do you get emotional over all those sad songs? Do you get hyped over the upbeat songs? Does your mood change along with your music?

With some songs I do. I've got some quite aggressive and bleak rap songs that ruin whatever fun you were having. The same with songs from Godspeed You! and such. I take time to listen to them. With most, not really. I concentrate on the beat, and most are upbeat. Whether it's an aggressive AOTP rap song or a melancholic ballad by a Flemish guitarist.

This song reminds me of the winter in 2009/2010. During that period I experienced very intense feelings of love.. Even though I never fully dared express my feelings to her, I still hold this particular girl very dear. Every time I hear this song I choke up and basically stop thinking..



Then again, this is the only song that affects me emotionally in my entire playlist (2,000+ songs).

Leonard Cohen's 'Songs of Love and Hate', most depressing album ever. Play that and if it has no affect on your mood you're probably a robot.

Usually I can only get it up to depressing music. Even upbeat music is interpreted as morose in my mind.

I might just be a robot. I listened to it twice now, time after another, spent 12 minutes listening to the song, the music and the beat... And nothing.

Don't get me wrong, some songs do indeed get to me, but in very specific moments and they are very specific songs...

Indeed. I'm not the sort of person who enjoys any music that gets higher than an 8.0 from Pitchfork Media.

Some, I do.
This song remind me of my early teens.

Going through my playlist, as food for thought after starting this thread, I found a song that has a very warm spot in my heart, Oasis - Stop Crying Your Heart Out. It reminds me of several important things in my life (And that were before in my life), it makes me grin on the inside and feel all warm and fuzzy, but nothing more. Soul searching works!

I either derive entertainment or boredom from music. Not much else.

Oh yes...

How in Heaven's name could someone listen to all song types?

That's not actually so rare , actually i haven't yet meet a person that likes only one song type .

Originally Posted by Mind

That's not actually so rare , actually i haven't yet meet a person that likes only one song type .

Huge difference between listening to some genres and types and listening to all. I can honestly say that I do not judge any song or music by its genre, just on how it sounds to me, I believe I have most of the genres in my playlist. I'm cocky, but I'm sure as hell ain't arrogant enough to assume I have all genres in my playlist... But I can tell you that I can listen to all of them without hating any genre, and I've yet to meet anyone who can say that with a full heart.

I always feel the appropriate emotion for the song I'm listening to, unless im not really listening.

Also, sometimes I like to think of a moment in my life that this song would accompany, or I imagine a movie scene that would suit it. I think that music, like any other art form, should be the artist's thoughts and feelings expressed in a manner that strikes the same chord in the listener.

This song, despite me not relly understanding the lyrics, makes me feel quite sad and melancholic. I would recommend using earphones to listen to it if your computer speakers areen't very good, as I don't get the effect without hearing it in detail.



How do I put a damned video up?

Yes, ofcourse I do. Be it music when I'm in a partying mood, classic rock in general, classical music when I study or whatever.

Originally Posted by Nazgûl Killer

Huge difference between listening to some genres and types and listening to all. I can honestly say that I do not judge any song or music by its genre, just on how it sounds to me, I believe I have most of the genres in my playlist. I'm cocky, but I'm sure as hell ain't arrogant enough to assume I have all genres in my playlist... But I can tell you that I can listen to all of them without hating any genre, and I've yet to meet anyone who can say that with a full heart.

I don't even know all of the genres But of those I know I can't name one I hate.

Originally Posted by Nazgûl Killer

Huge difference between listening to some genres and types and listening to all. I can honestly say that I do not judge any song or music by its genre, just on how it sounds to me, I believe I have most of the genres in my playlist. I'm cocky, but I'm sure as hell ain't arrogant enough to assume I have all genres in my playlist... But I can tell you that I can listen to all of them without hating any genre, and I've yet to meet anyone who can say that with a full heart.

What about...
noise

or avant-garde jazz

ooooor...
raw black metal?

...oooooor real Industrial?



ooooooor Schlager?

Originally Posted by God

What about...

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noise
or avant-garde jazz

ooooor...
raw black metal?

you got him .

Erm - totally forgot the OT part.
My mood changes a bit with the music i listen too - but i´m rarely sad when listening. (But i´m rarely sad anyway) Haven´t got very much really depressing music - but a little bit of "everything". Sometimes i feel lucky that english isn´t my mothertongue so i can concentrate on the music and ignore the lyrics or let the words just be part of the music without any meaning. Doesn´t work with german lyrics. In general i listen to more powerful/straight/faster/fun music when driving a car. Also i pick this or that song if i want to get into this or that mood. Sometimes the right song turns a bad day into a good one - especially a really emotional (love) song after argueing with my wife and she doesn´t expect it. The whole day is reduced to that moment and everything is just fine - can´t be better.
Really can´t stand to be somewhere if the music there is totally bad in my opinion and i don´t like music which is primary made for dancing, just selling or being in the background (Lounge music isn´t annoying, but nothing i would buy) - i prefer music which is made for listening and which is handmade so to speak. Also i don´t really like classical music - exceptions prove the rule as always.