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This Is Why You Should Listen to Music You Don’t Like Martin Kielty
UltimateClassicRock ^ | February 4, 2021

Posted on 02/04/2021 8:45:41 PM PST by nickcarraway

Play Nickelback on Amazon Music Unlimited (ad) What’s the most annoying sound in the world? Some might reply it’s fingernails on a chalkboard, someone vomiting, their ex’s snoring or Nickelback.

In a recent Gizmodo article exploring the question, a professor of audio arts suggested that a far more important question was why we find certain sounds annoying, and offered an interesting argument about a connection between noises we don’t like and an “underlying natural beauty” of the universe.

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The resulting suggestion was that perhaps we should make a point of listening to music we don’t like if we want to understand life better.

“The ‘most annoying sound for a human’ is a surprisingly evasive concept that depends not only on who the human in question is, but also on that person’s circumstances and emotional state,” said Florian Hollerweger of Columbia College Chicago. “I think of it as a beautiful testimony to the raw emotional power that sound commands over us – not only on the negative end of the spectrum, but also with regards to that most beautiful of sounds: music.”

He noted that changing circumstances and emotions applied to music as much as natural sounds - “the same strong reliance on context explains both the ‘ugliest’ as well as the ‘prettiest’ sounds.” To Hollerweger, that was evidence that both good and bad sounds are “really just two manifestations of a larger underlying natural beauty, which we humans can become a part of and nurture (through music, for example), but which ultimately exceeds the value judgements that we can’t quite seem to be able to do without.”

The experience of his research, Hollerweger said, was that “one human’s ‘most annoying sound’ may well form the basis of another’s most precious music,” echoing the timeless principal that one person’s food is another person’s poison. He suggested that we could learn more about ourselves and others by trying to work out more about our own tastes.

“Perhaps once a COVID-19 vaccine is widely available, you might want to attend an experimental music concert near you, to see which of these two groups you belong to ... or whether there is room in between," he said. "British composer Trevor Wishart, for example, created a stunningly complex and highly recommended piece of music entitled ‘Imago’ from a single clink of two glasses.”

You can try Wishart’s ear test below. Meanwhile, Nickelback’s back catalog is also on sale.


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: absurdcrap; music
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To: Bruce Campbells Chin

Then explain the Hartsfield Atlanta airport.


21 posted on 02/04/2021 9:43:57 PM PST by sauropod (#ImpeachMcConnell. #Resist. #NotMyPresident.)
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To: sauropod

There is some contemporary worship music that is worth listening to, but I also do miss a lot of the old hymns, although, I would not mind if some of the music scores were slightly rewritten.

Not changed too much, like so many have done, but a little more lively would be nice for some.


22 posted on 02/04/2021 9:48:15 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: nickcarraway

I dunno. I don’t think that listening to the horror of The Shaggs’ performing “My Pal Foot Foot” is going to teach me anything about the underlying beauty of the universe. If I want to delve into universal beauty, I can dive into the elegance of mathematics and the pure numerical descriptions of the physical universe.


23 posted on 02/04/2021 9:51:17 PM PST by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org)
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To: TheGreatFazool

I agree. Nickleback wasn’t my favorite but I’ve heard a lot worse.


24 posted on 02/04/2021 9:53:02 PM PST by Lurkina.n.Learnin (Beware the media industrial complex )
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To: nickcarraway

Nickle Creek a more enjoyable band

One of my favs .. Pretty funny lyrics

“somebody More Like You”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIopXFuhQg8


25 posted on 02/04/2021 9:56:07 PM PST by jcon40 (The other post before yours really nails it for me. IOr keep people from / PC ing in ver and alway)
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To: nickcarraway

Puking or a baby crying are very annoying...and then there is RAP. To me RAP is the sound Civilization dying.


26 posted on 02/04/2021 10:00:21 PM PST by Nateman (Keep Liberty Alive! Article V)
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To: sauropod; nickcarraway; familyop; Salamander
THIS is the most annoying sound in the universe.


27 posted on 02/04/2021 10:00:25 PM PST by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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To: sauropod
Most annoying band evah! Worse than the Eagles.

I like the Eagles!

Such a Fool--The Eagles

28 posted on 02/04/2021 10:03:11 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: DoodleBob

Not clicking that.

The dogs are sleeping peacefully and it would be animal abuse.


29 posted on 02/04/2021 10:03:15 PM PST by Salamander (There's Nothing For It But To Sit And Wait For The Hard Men To Get Me Out....)
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What’s the most annoying sound in the world? …
The rusty wheels trying to turn in the heads of self-important music critics.
30 posted on 02/04/2021 10:05:03 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: DoodleBob
Brain bleach
31 posted on 02/04/2021 10:05:36 PM PST by Salamander (There's Nothing For It But To Sit And Wait For The Hard Men To Get Me Out....)
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To: real saxophonist
I nominate Mel Torme.

I like Mel Torme.

Dominique's Discotheque--Mel Torme (June, 1966)

32 posted on 02/04/2021 10:06:59 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: real saxophonist
Of course I know the Big Lebowski!

I won't try to persuade you, but I challenge everyone else here to look at this and not smile...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9VpCLyxLfU

And if you are a fan of Steely Dan, consider this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NjwcsHbcDE

33 posted on 02/04/2021 10:09:45 PM PST by Captainpaintball
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To: nickcarraway

The most annoying sound in the world;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cVlTeIATBs


34 posted on 02/04/2021 10:10:16 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: Secret Agent Man
An albatross being strangled. Celine Dion.

But then I repeat myself.

35 posted on 02/04/2021 10:10:37 PM PST by who_would_fardels_bear (This is not my current tagline.)
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To: Salamander
They should have arrested her at MoMA that day. It's not even "out there" - I've heard "out there" and some of its pretty cool.

This "performance" by Yoko is just awful.

36 posted on 02/04/2021 10:11:17 PM PST by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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To: Olog-hai
What’s the most annoying sound in the world? …......

Tied for 1st place!


37 posted on 02/04/2021 10:12:22 PM PST by caww (“For the people” and “For the children” - signals we're about to be scammed)
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

And the second;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mB4U8oujNBc


38 posted on 02/04/2021 10:12:34 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: nickcarraway

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XqBWvmhS-AY

:-)


39 posted on 02/04/2021 10:14:41 PM PST by pax_et_bonum (God is good, He loves us, and He is always with us.)
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To: Captainpaintball
Thanks, that was fun!

How about this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYUrc2gapf0

40 posted on 02/04/2021 10:16:16 PM PST by who_would_fardels_bear (This is not my current tagline.)
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