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Communication is a little iffy as many artists don't write be understood; their lyrics are intentionally opaque so as to seem mysterious, and allow the listener
by codex 13y ago
Communication is a little iffy as many artists don't write be understood; their lyrics are intentionally opaque so as to seem mysterious, and allow the listener to project onto them. Agreed that music is a form of expression, but so is smiling; the question is, why do human express themselves through music in first place, or through smiling? Why not express themselves through cartwheeling instead?
Darwin argued that both human song and bird song evolved as mating displays [1]
[1] ftp://ftp.repec.org/RePEc/els/esrcls/draftfin.pdf
- marquis 13y agoI can't find the article to reference so take this with a grain of salt: in ancient times it is believed that song was a form of letting people know you were there, as in mothers cooing to their babies while grazing. That's a really pleasant idea to me, but I believe it's far more complex than that and music/sound can't be simplified down to a single evolutionary cause. As someone who loves sound is all it's glorious forms it's distasteful to me. Why would I be content to play the piano to only myself all day if it were something as base as for getting a better mate? It goes way deeper than that.
- dragonwriter 13y ago> the question is, why do human express themselves through music in first place, or through smiling? Why not express themselves through cartwheeling instead? Humans do express themselves through cartwheeling, they aren't mutually exclusive.