Why Do We All Hear Music Differently?
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- For this edition of the Sound Exchange Sessions, Anthony and I discussion why we all here things differently. Why do I like a band when Anthony doesn’t, why does all of one type of music sound the same to me but so varied to him, and more. All in all music speaks to each of us differently, but we all love music and that much we can agree on.
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I always blank when people ask “who’s your favorite band” because I’ve listened to and enjoyed so much, and also because of the mood thing.
You’ve got to come up with who your “go to” band is so that you have the answer ready. Obviously it can be hard to pick just one and luckily we don’t only have to listen to just one. But the band that makes me the most excited for new music or releases is Pink Floyd. So I always say they’re my favorite band.
Bowie always...
When I was a teenage metalhead, and I heard Elton John or Steely Dan on the radio, I thought they were Billy Joel. For years I had no idea that they were separate bands. I began losing interest in metal in the 90s (technically I was into Progressive Metal and listening to mostly Dream Theater and Fates Warning). Somehow I began to take an interest in 60s & 70s bands and discovered The Steely Dan boxed set Citizen Steely Dan and Elton John's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. I was stunned to realize how many of those songs I already knew and thought were Billy Joel lol! My taste in music is very diverse these days. I love yacht rock (I have amassed a massive collection of classic yacht rock albums in the last year or two) and I have listened to 72 Seasons 15+ times straight through as an album without playing the singles or my favorite tracks from the album. I think it's very strong and I have it ranked ahead of everything they did after ...And Justice For All. Great topic and nice back & forth between you guys on it.
It's like Bob Dylan I had hardtime to understand his singing coz I'm from Sweden so I bought the album Highway 61 Revisited and Listning to it over and over now I get his way of singing and understand his music and why so many People love his music
Although we each like different styles of music, what unites us is precisely our passion for music. Greetings to both.
Ears are taste buds for sound.
Been loving the videos on this channel Vince 2019. Stay metal, my friend. Love from Dinuba.
Id love to know you better Christian, thats only if you dont mind cos you seems to be a nice and very cool person
@@christianhaynes1954 awwn you’re most welcome. I am an easy going person, very easy to get along with, and I try to remain as humble as possible I am no saint by any means but it matters to me
@@christianhaynes1954 so where are you from and do you live alone?
@@christianhaynes1954 Good morning 😃 I’m sure it’s a beautiful morning where you are. Christian I hope you don’t mind if we continue talking on somewhere more private other this comments section so as to share thoughts and have deeper conversations together.
100 people could listen to the same song and they all will come out with 100 different feeling toward the song. that's what is great about music or art in general. I am a metalhead and when I was younger i never gave ZZ Top the time of day, now I have a poster of them in my house lol
I think personality/mood plays a big part. What I enjoy the most often has some element of melancholy, and such are often my thoughts. A cheerful song won't make me feel better, but when I actually feel good already, the happy stuff works better. It also comes and goes with the seasons. Black metal is more frequent in winter than in summer, for example. But often I think it's in our heads. For a long time I thought that any older music wasn't for me. It's still not what I choose to listen to, but at least I've realized that there are good songs no matter the age.
This is easy. Sound excites our senses. That is different for every person. Add in...Music is art & the best form of personal artistic expression. Subjective. Everything matters. Environment..access to music. Taste. Whether your a musician or not. All these things affect your ears & what makes you happy, sad, or pumped up. Music is energy in the most organic form. 🤘
We all have same senses, but like food, scents, touch, and visual art have different experiences. This is because how those senses are processed, and that it a function of feelings, memories, moods. This is then tied to personality, temperament, expectations, dreams, fears, conditioning etc.
The great thing about music is that you can always go back and discover what you missed or overlooked. Although I still love many of the albums I listened to as a teenage in the 80's, they have to have their time and place. Nostalgia can be toxic, especially when you get to the point that you have more years behind you than in front of you. Great discussion guys, these are fun!
You hear music diffrent coz it depends how you feel at that moment your feelings are very importent at that time
Interesting topic. I'm always non-plussed when others think AOR bands all sound the same whereas the beauty & joy of the genre for me is that say, REO, Toto, Foreigner, Survivor, Journey etc all have their own sounds even as they fit under the same broad umbrella. Similarly, with glam & Southern rock, all of the top bands have carved their own niche within their genres.
The flip side is when I hear any soul (or other types of music I'm not keen on), I also find it hard to differentiate between various performers. I can't even tell Motown & Philly artists apart. The reason, of course, is that I listen a lot to AOR, glam & Southern rock so I learn the nuances that give the artists their own sounds, and only give a cursory listen to soul (& other genres that I'm not into, like synth pop and death metal) so I'm not putting in the time to spot their nuances.
The vast majority performers who've ever been given a deal have talent. There's no real good or bad just personal taste. Where that develops from is, of course, a whole other rabbit hole!
I didn't get into most of the late 90s/00s stuff either so I absolutely get it. Great video, I love these kind of ones.
The big artist for this, is Bob Dylan. Some people, like myself, are blown away by his voice, and the little inflections he makes to each line of his song choruses. He rarely sings the chorus exactly the same. He will change up each time, the way he sings, for example, "Stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis blues again". I think that's so brilliant. And I love the sound of his voice. While others really can't stand him. Especially women. I think every woman I've ever known just hates the sound of Bob's voice. Yet I find him brilliant and compelling. What do his fans hear, that others quickly dismiss?
In total agreement! Haven't heard that about females not liking him though.
It's a shared experience all across: age, life experience, friends, etc. Play a big part in the taste of music, what was once (what do they hear in that) becomes in time (oh, I get it now and i like it)
Metal heads love yacht rock \m/
That is why I don't do Amazon Music reviews. How the heck do I know what someone else is going to like.
yacht rock is amazing, takes me back to riding in my mom's car on the way to the pool in summertime
Count Basie said " If it sounds good it is good."
Gaslight Anthem was like that for me. Too much Hype I don't like it without hearing it. Then I heard them and now i own every album
Music's like any art: half of it is what's there, half of it is what you bring to it. With changing moods, experience, knowledge, taste, and the passage of time, you're bound to react differently. I can be deeply moved by a piece of music one day (or year) and then not the next. Bands, albums, or whole genres will fall in and out and back into of my spotlight over time. I can enjoy playing a piece of music I wouldn't bother merely listening to or vice versa. That's part of the fun and mystery of music: it's like a Rorschach test. The notes on the paper or the soundwaves in the air are the inkblots. What do you find in them? And why?
For me, repeat listenings to music that doesn't instantly connect with me is essential to properly digesting it. There have been albums that I've even gone back to yrs. later that originally did NOTHING for me, but now sound totally appealing to me. I always want to make sure that I have familiarized myself with a piece of music before belittling it and tearing it apart on RUclips! Ha ha!
Interesting topic. 👍 Great arguments. 👍
Never got Blink on the first round, years later appreciate them somewhat and I'm an old fuck so totally against the trend. Most pop-punk gives me the shits but they're clearly the exception. Good topic, thanks!
If you lose interest, you can't discern differences. It's part of dissociation in the mind. Disgust sets in and then you dismiss the whole thing which in some respects can be viewed at as intolerance. This premise also gets political and a certain former era gets romanced.
When I first bought Led Zeppelin III a few years ago, I hated it because I thought it was too folky with the acoustic tracks. Now, I've grown to appreciate the album for what it is. Plus, "Out on the Tiles" is so good!!!
In the great words of Jim Morrison. “ people are strange. “ 😜
i think some of it must be when you grew up…generally speaking people tend to hold onto stuff that came up when you were a kid or in college. that’s why i have a certain affinity for 90s rock
This is a subject that's been debated forever. I can't stand R&B and that's ok. We can all listen to what appeals to us. I know someone who only cares about the instrumentals of songs where as I listen to both the instrumentals and lyrics. I like finding meaning behind the lyrics and relating to them in some way.
Been loving the videos on this channel Vince 2019. Stay metal, my friend. Love from Dinuba.
I’d love to know you better, thats only if you dont mind cos you seems to be a nice and very cool person
Anthony is scaring me on the last few videos on his musical tastes 😂
Some of this goes to emotional connections also.
True
Those black jean/thrash metal shirt ,"kill all poser" dudes eventually grew up by the time GN'R hit it big. They were the missing link us Poison/Metallica fans, like me, were waiting for. Many of us were also closet MJ, pop music, Beastie Boys fans, I found out years later. Just a personal example.
Brendon I have one for you… I bought Anthony’s album “The Sixth” and on one of the tracks Anthony’s vocal style on the song “Shed” he absolutely sounds like Falco (RIP) why do I say that I am a fan of Falco and he’s dead on. I mean no one will ever be Falco but I hope you get my point.
I’m curious how about how Anthony feels about being compared to Falco…haha 😂
@@BrendonSnyder he said it’s cool!! I mean Falcon’s been gone since 1998. It was cool to hear that style again.
Focus is a big part. You're going to hear the stuff you're most invested in differently than people who aren't giving it their fullest attention. Like how you said all the post-grunge and nu-metal bands sound the same, I'm an age where I say the same thing about hair/glam metal bands. I know they aren't, but it sounds that way to me simply because I don't care enough to find and hear all the nuances.
Hit the nail on the head. Anyone who's really into anything--music, art, woodworking, cars, whatever--is going to instantly spot differences and nuances that the uninterested, and therefore untrained, eye or ear won't pick up on. That's part of the reason I'd advise anyone who likes music to study it and learn to play instruments. You're going to train yourself to hear and understand and enjoy things you'd likely never notice or appreciate otherwise. It can open up whole worlds in music.
The sound alike thing is all era based. Regardless of what band artist… Y’all were talking about Bruce, Cafferty, and Southside Johnny… if someone woulda said to me you gotta listen to Southside Johnny because he sounds like Bruce, I woulda never given it the time of day because I can’t stand Bruce and I’m a Jersey dude for 48yrs. Just freshly moved down to Florida. Bruce is not my thing, but I did the Jersey responsibility thing and went to see him live at Giants Stadium once. I always get told I’m an elitist because I do not care about Nu Metal or WalMart Metal or bro-Metal, whatever you wanna call it… not a fan at all. I always counter it by saying I’m a purist not an elitist. Because I like jazz, blues, and a few other things outside of rock/metal but when I listen to metal, I want metal… not hip hop infused metal, not metal with electronics thrown in… I want pure metal. And he’s right…. Depends on the day of the week on what my favorite stuff is. Could be Motley one day, LA Guns the next, Testament the next. Enuff Z’nuff then next. Sting the next. And so on. Definitely a good topic to discuss.
Always like when you and Anthony collab
I always like it too! 🙂
Great topic another is some people can only listen to certain format like I love listening to cassette because that was my first real format where as someone that grew up in 2000s can't stand cassette
I always liked cds better than vinyl. And I like the older vinyl better than newest vinyl cause of the sound but I buy both .and the number of the beast is a puler album that you can find anywhere. So powerslave is my favorite iron maiden.
I do the same thing with the Metallica 72 seasons it took me a two to three listens to like it .
I remember in the early 90s my dad telling me that my music sucks and would NEVER have long lasting success like his music (Rolling Stones, Tom Petty, Led Zeppelin etc) and here we are 30 years later and my music has now been around for 30-40 years and almost all of my favorite bands are still active and putting out music. But also to be fair so are the Rolling Stones 😂
High Fidelity guys...I kid
How do you feel about the new Pretenders album?
It hasn’t come out yet so I haven’t heard it.
@@BrendonSnyder Are you interested in their new album when it is released?
I notice British Shoegazer bands may be in a single category, but rarely does these bands sound alike. The Cure does not sound anything like My Bloody Valentine, Cocteau Twins doesn't sound like Jesus & Mary Chain, Slowdive sounds nothing like Ride, etc. Yet people think they all sound the same.
That’s typical for most genres. Glam Metal includes Poison, Tesla, and Cinderella. Heavy Metal includes Black Sabbath, Metallica, Quiet Riot. Grunge includes Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Alice In Chains. All of these bands really have different styles from one another. Lots of times the bands are lumped into whatever genre they sound and look closest too regardless of how they sound simply based on the era it was released.
Why does stuff sound the same? Because for some people it does and others it doesn’t. Actually the other day when Brendon was mentioning the new John Mellencamp album I thought I had 2 of his that came out the same day, however I had a brain fart and it was Bruce Springsteen when he released Human Touch and Lucky Town the same day. By the way I am a Bill and a huge friend/fan of both of you guys. 🥸😁🎵🎶🎹🎧
Thanks Bill! Glad to have you joining in the fun!
That is the beauty of art/music. We all connect and are inspired by it in different ways.
How does Anthony feel about the new Mellencamp Record? I personally think it is awful.
lol
I doubt if anyone else wouldn’t think of that, but I have Been loving the videos on this channel since 2019. Stay metal, my friend. Love from Dinuba.
Id love to know you better, thats only if you dont mind cos you seems to be a nice and very cool person
Two things: Wolfmother is Black Sabbath 2.
Jimmy Page’s guitar sound like a
kazoo.
Nice poem
@@BrendonSnyder Lol! Wasn't intentional
I also prefer piece of mind over number of the beast
Most people are very limited in what they like and afraid of being ridiculed by their friends if they branch out into different styles of music.
Used to be if you liked punk you couldn't like anything else, and metal was the exact same way. Those groups didn't get along in the 70's and 80's.
Once a "pop" version of a genre forms, the elitist gatekeepers will say that it's crap and it sucks.
Also Tool sucks 😅
I fkn cant stand Ratt 🤷♂️
I fkn love RATT.
Yeah most do... I like pretty much every glam band and I delve deep into the genre but Stevens voice and even the songs just grate on me...
Wanted to quickly ask- you do not like Ratt, what do you think of Poison? Poison are the one glam band where I like a number of songs but don’t go deeper- Brett Michaels’ voice grates on me and the songs irritate me after a while, similar to your response to Ratt. I would find it very intriguing if you hate Ratt but love Poison. Kind of making Brendon’s point that we hear things differently.
@@jimmycampbell78 yep Im a big Poison fan! They were actually my first overseas touring band I ever saw in 1988. Their albums right up to Blues Saraceno on guitar were great! Just cant do that Ratt sound. So yeah exactly what Brendan was saying 😊
@@Pendragon6six6 His voice obviously has its limitations but I've always liked how it fits into Ratt's sound. Most talented glam metal band by far.