Reply #83: I think you've nailed the aesthetic: "the way the music makes me feel"

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When we hear music, all we can really say for sure is that we feel a certain way with it as opposed to without it. And I can say without hesitation that popular music is popular precisely because a lot of people like how they feel with it. Now that particular like may be constructed by the surrounding culture, but I would oppose the idea that one type of music is inherently "better" because I like how I feel with it more than another type.

I've found my own tastes vary so much from day to day that I can't second guess those of anyone else. I know there is a reason for any type of musical popularity, and even that which I don't understand today I may love more than anything before come next week. And some things I raved over last week I can't stand today.

If only I had been more open-minded in my youth, I could have learned so much more about the world.