I must admit that I am guilty of enjoying dark music myself and I often wonder why. After all don't we have enough experiences of sadness and dismay in our lives? Why would we want to sudject ourselves to the dark emotional style of music also? We listen to music for many reasons but mostly for enjoyment. Does it ease the pain in some way when we listen to dreary music? Shouldn't we want to listen to nothing but music that makes us happy? Or maybe in some ways it helps us cope with the sorrow that we feel at times. Dark somber music has been around for centuries.
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