Friday, August 31, 2012

Confusion

One of my mom's friends told me yesterday, "I can't believe you study anthropology in college and listen to heavy metal. They're complete opposites." What the fuck? I didn't even know there was a correlation in the first place. Comparing my taste in music and the subject I'm studying in school is like saying "I can't believe you wear Converse shoes and drive a Honda." It's exactly people like these that depress me. Your reasoning is not helping the world get any smarter. Now let's say it was possible to choose a degree based on the music you listened to, what would one choose? None because the music you listen to is not a determining factor in ANYTHING. I was listening to "Priests of Sodom" by Cannibal Corpse and they go, "Can you even understand it?" and they were shocked when I said yes. Obviously I didn't tell them what the song was about since they're Catholic, but people can be so absent minded, it scares me. I will sit here and continue to listen to heavy metal because when it comes to questioning my musical tastes, the world can go fuck itself. Now off to listen to some Dimmu Borgir. Have a great day everyone.


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  1. Ame G.August 31, 2012 at 8:22 PM

    I was just talking to my mom about this. So you know all the hype about classical music making babies smarter or helping you pass the SAT and whatnot is all bullshit right? The real research only confirmed that listening to Mozart only slightly improves your testing in a short sequence in comparison to testing in silence. The news blew it up and made it seem that music has a key factor on the brain. It's false false false.

    Although there are some correlation with music and brain activity, It's definitely not life defining. It's disappointing to know people are so caught up in their own constrictive mindset.

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    1. Ame G.August 31, 2012 at 8:24 PM

      Oh yeah and my mom doesn't think music really affects the way someone thinks, it's parenting and teaching kids to be confident and good and blah blah.

      Also, I think I'm getting her into metal, specifically Slayer and Helloween. She seems to like the drums in it. haha

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    2. JazzAugust 31, 2012 at 9:36 PM

      Indeed. That is American media for you. Earlier this year in Australia, a study was done on the effects of heavy metal to people's emotions and the study itself found that the majority of people feel exactly the same or better, while a very small minority felt worse. When the study was published, they reported to the media that people felt worse when listening to metal and completely ignoring what the study actually found (even though it was directly in the test results of the paper).

      That's awesome. Helloween is a great band to get into :D

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