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| Music and Nostalgia
Over the past couple of weeks, I've felt pretty shitty. I haven't been able to pinpoint a single reason why, but now, I think I may have finally discovered the culprit. Recently, I've been listening to a lot of new music, music from genres that I've never really listened to. This includes drone, hip-hop, and a whole bunch of experimental stuff. I've been attempting to listen to multiple albums every day, and I haven't really been able to form a complete opinion on anything I've listened to because of this. It just recently came to my attention that by trying to cram so much music into such a short time, everything I listened to was meaningless; I was listening to music to listen to music, not to actually enjoy it. This was a huge mistake, as it totally trivialized each and every piece of music that I listened to. I feel like I was overwhelming myself by trying to cram so much music, and by having so much to listen to, I was getting stressed out and feeling shitty. So, as an attempt to properly enjoy music again, I decided to put on an album from a genre which I haven't touched in months; metal. I put on Agalloch's "Ashes Against the Grain," and I had an experience unlike anything that I've felt in a long time. It brought back countless memories and gave me a profound sense of nostalgia, one that nothing I've listened to in months has even come close to. It made me remember what it feels like to genuinely enjoy music and to not be anxious about listening to obscure, intellectual shit like that which I've been trying to convince myself I enjoy recently. Also, listening to Agalloch made me realize that memories and nostalgia are the main driving factors in what makes music subjectively appealing. Listening to brand new music which you have no positive memories associated with is always tenuous. For me at least, it takes repeated listens for me to enjoy something, until I'm able to associate memories and mindsets with it. That's why certain albums that used to be | | 1 |  | Agalloch
Pale Folklore
personal favorites of mine bring back such vivid memories and hit me over the head with such a powerful wave of nostalgia, while new music which I'm just getting into barely affects me at all. All in all, I'm glad that I finally realized that listening to music just for the sake of listening to music is never a good idea. And sorry for the painstaking length of this rant, but it's all I've been able to think about lately, and I've been in a writing sort of mood. Anyway, list is some nostalgic stuff that I genuinely enjoy. | | 2 |  | Between the Buried and Me
The Great Misdirect | | 3 |  | Tenhi
Maaaet | | 4 |  | Hammock
Departure Songs | | 5 |  | Insomnium
Above the Weeping World | | 6 |  | Amorphis
Silent Waters | |
MistaCrave
05.02.16 | Sorry for such pointless musing, but this is all I've been thinking about for the past couple of days and it felt incredibly liberating to write about it | ZippaThaRippa
05.02.16 | It's pretty cool that you wrote this. When I was young I went through a brief phase where I tried to get into industrial music. I saturated myself with industrial and drone even though I wasn't a big fan of the genre. It sent me spiraling into an extremely sour mood. I came to pretty much the same realization. It's pointless to try and acquire a taste just for the sake of doing so.
Nice fucking list. | MistaCrave
05.02.16 | Thanks guys
And @Zippa, I'm unbelievably glad that I've finally found that forcing myself to like certain types of music is a horrible mistake. I'm definitely still interested in stuff like drone, but I'm going to slowly ease into it and not try to overload on a bunch of it all at once. | ZippaThaRippa
05.02.16 | If you're going the way of drone and you haven't already, check out The Angelic Process. Great way to get a foot in the door. | MistaCrave
05.02.16 | Thanks man, I'll check that ASAP! | MistaCrave
05.02.16 | I'll try that out man. Old favorites like Agalloch put me in an indescribable mindset, one that only old favorites put me into. I'm sure going into more challenging music with a mindset like that will make the experience significantly more enjoyable | MistaCrave
05.02.16 | I'm def gonna take some time off from music like drone and hip-hop for a while and return to some of my more nostalgic albums, because now I sort of associate negative memories and emotions with those genres. I'm sure I'll be able to appreciate them properly if I return to them in a while though |
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