<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">I’ll chalk that Dolly Parton story down to the same thing, combined with the wisdom of age. When were younger, we have anti-preferences which can be pretty strong.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Let’s also not neglect that there is a purely primal component to all of this. Watching Tony Bennett sing so well when he can’t even remember his name speaks to the subconscious nature of music in much the same way that ritual chanting does. </div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Dec 20, 2021, at 12:52 PM, Matt Seil <xeno6696@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<p>I'd say that's overly reductionist. <br>
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<p>What's the time in my life that reinforces "I'm gonna hit random
on Spotify/Pandora/Whatever" and then for example, figuring out
"Whoa, i never heard this Dolly Parton song before, it's really
good!" <br>
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<p>What's weird here is that <i>I don't even like country!</i>
Well, not normally. That Dolly song (Jolene) is like nothing I'd
normally listen to. 30 years by that point of <b>hating</b>
country and never hearing that song and then like, "Whoa, that's
really good..." <br>
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<p>That's also how I found out about several Jazz musicians... Jazz
in general is something I didn't get into until I was like, "You
know what, I never did listen to Miles Davis." <br>
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<p>I've heard nothing at all like Bitches Brew before or since, and
Sun Ra, well, good luck finding comparisons there. John Zorn
maybe? <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/20/2021 10:29 AM, Tony Scharf
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<p class="MsoNormal">Musical preferences are the result of
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<p class="MsoNormal">Could not have said this better. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Musical preferences are the result of
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On 12/19/21 4:21 PM, Mikael Hansson wrote:<br>
> Something I’ve thought about for a while is what defines
my musical preferences.<br>
><br>
> Even though my taste spans quite a few genres, one thing
that is common, is that it’s mostly in the alternative genre,
i.e rarely mainstream and if it is, most likely on the border
between mainstream and alternative.<br>
><br>
> I’m not really sure why. What’s your thoughts about this,
what differs between mainstream and alternative. Is it the
ethos, the not so polished production, another “mould” to make
music (or lack of thereof) etc.<br>
><br>
> /Micke<br>
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