>You have to be tought to love it? hmm...
I think Dr. Dean is right: what we love is formed in no small measure
by what we are exposed to. I grew up in a family of classical
musicians -- showtunes were as far from Mozart as we tended to stray!
-- and I most definitely would have to be *taught* to love most of
the stuff that is popular today. Occasionally something will catch
my ear, but there are whole genres of music that could drop off the
planet without my noticing or caring. Yet perhaps someone with an
ear and a passion for it could teach me to love, say, hip-hop. I
know there's skill involved in its creation and performance, but I
genuinely do not know how to listen to it in a meaningful way. I'd
need to be taught.
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