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Originally Posted by horn
i think it only really cheapens the emotional experience because it highlights that your interpretation of the song's "essence" is (normally) wrong. it's hard to tell yourself that a particular song is about a feeling of abandonment in contemporary society if the guy is singing an ode to his dead grandmother or whatever.
if a song were written by and about someone who lost their job because their local employment hub had outsourced then i imagine someone else who had lost their job via similar circumstances (or identical) listening to the song would feel a stronger "emotional" connection to it.
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I don't think the most emotionally powerful music is about specific experiences. It's more about the sheer emotions involved themselves, despair, joy, hope, not despair about something or joy because of something.