Comment by 🦥 aRubes
Re: "Does what you know about a song affect how you perceive it?"
that's interesting. Do you have other examples?
Feb 20 · 2 months ago
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It does for me, big time. When I was a school kid, English was my third language, and even though I was lucky to have started studying at a modest age of 6, by the time I was 14 or so, my audial comprehension was crap. By being a friend of a popular school kid, I was able to obtain some albums from System of a Down and Linkin Park. I appreciated the music, but didn't really think about the lyrics. Over the years, bit by bit, also through growing as a person and learning about the world, I was able to understand what's up. This all made me appreciate the songs way more than just the awesome music, composition, sound/mastering, and such. There were negative examples, too, but rare
🦉 ResetReboot · Feb 20 at 12:00:
Uh, yeah. It has happened me a few times. Since English is my second language, it is where I can find more examples as I managed to understand certain lyrics. But there's also some songs to which the back story about it has made me appreciate it more or even despise it.
It also has happened with even knowing about the author. One case was Mistabishi. He made a cool drum and bass song using bubble jet printer sounds and I wanted to delve more, finding out he's an outspoken racist. I've never played anything from him anymore.
English is my second language as well, and I largely focused (and still do) on the music. I was (and still am) surprised by the stupidity of the lyrics of some of my favorite songs.
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Does what you know about a song affect how you perceive it?