People with good taste

Don't want to derail or kill the thread, but thought I'd toss this out: music is Vibration. Yes, the hippies were right!!! though they weren't the first by any stretch. The pitches, melodies, rhythm patterns, tambres are based on vibrational frequencies and sequences. I got into exploring these ideas while doing music presentations in the schools. As vibrations, there's a sense in which music is interacting with our bodies, and our brains, that are not really on the conscious level. In other words, we can describe the things we like about certain songs or genres - the lyrics/message, the "beat", the instrumentation - but why, why does it affect us as it does?

Certain musicians have pursued this idea to varying degrees. Leos Janacek was notable. Also a personal hero of mine Bob Marley tried to describe it. The "Mozart Effect" is interesting: why does Mozarts music make us smart?? It actually does. This and similar ideas have been treated in some SF movies/books. "Close Encounters" comes to mind (speaking of Janacek) and also "First Contact". Recently I looked at a web site about "The Music of DNA". Apparently there's a whole group of people out there composing music based on the resonant frequencies of DNA strands. Golly! So does that mean we are somehow "co-vibrating" with our music faves? Maybe so.

BTW, how did this get on the Sex Talk thread???

Music is huge--I swear that's made a difference in all of my relationships--I can actually trace my interest in a few whole genres back to certain exes.

I think good taste in these areas reflects good taste in LIFE, if that makes sense. It reflects someone who thinks about and approaches life in a way that you find interesting or worthwhile (to an extent) and that'll make a huge difference.

And, for what it's worth--althought I knew this well in advance, and it was my own fault--this one guy who used to brag about having seen Maroon 5 at some dinky-ass club in CA before they got "big" and who actually did listen to B2K and shit like that was probably one of the more worthless people I've ever shared a bed with. Like I said, I knew that at the outset and all I can do is blame boredom for leading me there, but it's further evidence that you are right.
(*sigh* *lame, lame memories flooding back* *sigh*)

Agreed, 100%. No taste at all signifies a lack of thinking. I like opinions.

Always the primary guideline.

I think a person's tastes are totally subjective and personal, what one person enjoys, another might not. My fiance and I have very different tastes in most things, but we still get on fine. I think similarities in personality, opinions and outlook on life are much more important than liking the same band or movie.

I read playboy for the articles... Is that good taste? or am i missing something?