Will you ever HATE music?

Fine. What if a landmine had taken your sight, taken your speech, taken your hearing, taken your arms and taken your legs? Then what would you do?

Flaming Lips references? Wowee Zowee!

xpost: what if you were trapped under ice?

Hope that Bill Frist isn't my doctor.

Now you're getting it. This is where I'm at, metaphorically speaking.

As for the question at hand, I don't think I will ever actively hate music. Perhaps, when I'm much older, there'll come a time when I don't actively seek music out, or even listen to it much, (though I doubt that), but I surely wouldn't hate it, if only because of all the memories tied to my fave music.

You've already answered your own question, haven't you? This isn't about hating music, it's trying to look for something to fill the emptiness and finding out that music doesn't do it for you all the time. You need another hobby, you need change, you need new people in your life, you need to travel, you need like, I don't know man, do you know about Jebus?

"No bad religion song can make your life complete."

I've got that "I don't listen to music when I'm down" too, I suppose, but I've got enough to keep me interested and occupied, and before I know it I'm back whistling my favourite Joy Division tunes.

It occurs when I'm not satisfied in my current life and these activities just wont take the weight of what I want them to do - make things better. But I take a break, it passes, and music is enjoyable again.

explore further?

As much time and space as music takes up in my world, I still have enuff of a social life that I don't have to ask questions like this.

No offense to the Blasphemer, but it seems like almost EVERY damn music e-group from Maine to Mexico eventually gets this kind of "meaning-of-life" post: "I'm tired of music, where shall I turn?" "Oh, I feel so empty because music isn't all there is in my life," etc..

Part of me wants to tell them to just take a break and not do anything music-related for awhile.

The other part of me wants to scold them for announcing that they're tired of music - on a music-oriented e-group, mind you - and killing everybody else's fun! :-)

But seriously, Blasphemer...just get away from it all. If you find yourself coming back to it, or if you notice yourself staying away from it, that will be your answer right there. Just let the whole thing take its' course. Hope that wasn't too insensitive, but half the time when music freaks (NOT YOU) make this kind of tired-of-music statement, it seems like it's primarily done to bum the rest of us out.

How can I not be offended? All those posts are by me! I've been having this problem for quite a while and no music e-group from Maine to Mexico that I've found can help me!

I think I'm coming out of that this year. It's like coming out a deep depression, little by little I find myself wanting to hear old favorites and discover new stuff.

I'm still not to the point where I want to go to clubs again with any regularity. I would rather talk to the musicians themselves in a less hyper situation, like a BBQ or something, and appreciate their recordings separately. Going to clubs still feels like its a job, a duty. I don't know if I'll ever bounce back from that.

I don't feel "empty" because of this though. My interests turned to other things, like art. I started going to galleries instead of gigs. I still like musicians, and often see them at art events, so it's not like I'm isolated from the people--and that's the important part to me.

joy division - unknown pleasures
slint - spiderland
aphex twin - richard d james album/ ambient works vol. 2 (whichever I see first)

I get this all the time too. I'm increasingly turning off background music when I'm reading or pottering about or whatever, and then not bothering to turn it back on...

It feels like I've heard everything before, no matter what new direction I go in. I just can't get as excited about the sixth Super Furries LP as I was about the fifth, which was in turn less than the fourth etc etc. There's a tiny part of me that would love to be that naive 14 year old raving to his mate on the bus about the Kaiser Chiefs or Razorlight or whatever.

Perhaps this whole thread is really just about growing up, that adult life should involve something bigger and more serious than obsessing about fucking records.

I've always had a sneaking suspicion that the 'kidult' culture which permits adults to listen to rock 'n roll (and envelop themselves in Star Wars, £400 imported designer trainers or whatever) was foremost a clever marketing ploy.

Fucking hell this thread really is a downer.

Someone I knew than ran an established indie label, and had been a rock journalist said to me once "This music ruined my life!" and I knew what he meant. I think I heard Stevie Nicks say this in an interview once, and I agree--you miss out on the "normal life" things and then you're old.

Then you have to make a transition to "civilian life" and it is NOT easy. I recently made that transition, and now that I'm on the other side of it, I'm starting to be able to listen to music with some enthusiasm again.

Thanks for the OTM kate, I know you've been there. Your band was the last one that I had any enthusiasm for, and unfortunately in the middle of all that, I started to enter my phase of running away from anything related to music business. I'm sorry I didn't get to carry out all the promo ideas I had.

I still don't think it's a downer though, it's just real life. I had a really long conversation about this this with Dee, and I can't recreate it here, but guess in all this blithering what I am saying is whether fan or music worker bee, it's not the end of the world if you lose interest in music for a while--it signals that some kind of change is needed/is happening in your life.

I eventually got over it, and with the help of CAN, all is well. Have you listened to CAN much? They're good for what ails ya. When I feel stuck with music, I'll usually veer off into a genre that I'm not familiar with, and that will keep things fresh.

My advice would be to leave the portable music player at home, go to the park on a nice day and just take in the peaceful ambience. Try to get that balance back. And you know, the park's always full of nice people. Works for me.