So in the end, listening to anything is OK, but people need to stop pretending it matters, or that their particular musical tastes matter, or worse, have some deep significance and meaning from a spiritual point of view

Because it doesn't

Is any art significant in any way?

god that shit is cringe as fuck

jesus

The world is today split roughly in two halves - conformist and non-conformist

when lg petrov

makes the wolverine hands

And as far as music goes, borders between these two worlds don't exist

rofl

when uffe bangs the guitar against his leg during the breakdown

whe ntehy duel guitars

literally

like pool noodles

So I can pretend that metal or psy trance is non-conformist but it isn't

Is there any art that's significant or valuable in any way?

Valuable yes, significant, from the perspective of "grand order of things" no

Music is just a description of things which can be significant. I agree that the music itself isn't significant

But it can be a pointer

Art is just a manifestation

It's still a good conduit

And that's why it is strange how people appreciate it more than they do what's behind art

Music is good at communicating and describing certain things that other languages aren't as good at

Yes, like sounds

What?

Do languages like English describe words?

They don't. They use words to describe ideas

Music uses sound waves and rhythm patterns to create pleasant melodies

Poetry can have pleasant rhythms and sounds, too

Yes, when read aloud

Death is a phonetically pleasing word, but it also represents an idea.

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

oh god

even wrose

worse

somehow

Melodies are the same

Just like I can come up with a meaningless word that sounds pretty, I can come up with a melody just for the sake of it sounding pretty

that doesn't mean that I can't do more

My best shot is that music sparks creativity and curiosity

But again, that's of limited value, and again, speaking from the perspective of significant things