(09-07-2009, 04:30 AM)Ali Quadir Wrote: Thing is I've been listening to this "negative" music all my life. I don't really feel negative... I don't feel drained after listening to it for a long time. I feel invigorated.
I feel invigorated too! I think the lyrics can be transmuted. Note I said can. If our intention is positive, and we feel energized to do something positive, then that would mean the negative lyrics failed to generate a negative action, right?
On the other hand, if negatively-polarized people listened to the same music and got energized to go out and kill someone or burn down a church, then...well that's obviously a different story altogether.
I really think it depends on the person.
Heavy metal music energizes me, for the most part. (As an aside, a good example is the new live Judas Priest, which I just bought a few days ago. It has a slightly negative-sounding title, but there's nothing negative about it at all, imo. Musically, it's exquisitely relentless! Great music, great vocals...definitely a mood elevator if you like that sort of thing.)
In my case, the exception is that newer genre with the throaty, harsh vocals - to me it sounds like they're trying to sound like demons, and it just creeps me out. Unfortunately, as I mentioned earlier, sometimes these bands have some really incredible music, with the harsh vocals only an occasional accompaniment. It is those cases that put me into a dilemma.