Cite: The Science of Hit Songs by Bjorn Carey
Paraphrase: The article was about how our music choices are so influenced by others and its popularity in the world.
Analyze: The article is definitely right on some things. Listening to music can be similar to meeting people in that fact that you can't meet everyone. Therefore we categorize people and judge them based on things already experienced in life. If a person looks similar to you best friend then you are much more likely to talk to him than someone who you have had bad experiences with, due to the fact that there is a higher probability of having the connection with the guy you have positive experiences with. In an ideal world we could meet everyone and judgement would not be necessary but we have limited time and its important to try to spend time with the good people rather trying to give everyone a fair chance and wasting time with people you don't like. Now i know that is a pretty abstract comparison but its the same with music. In an ideal world opinions wouldn't effect my choice and i would listen to the 10 million songs on itunes and pick my favorites, but unfortunately I don't have that much time and so I have to give priority to the ones that are rated highly or the ones my friends recommend. So as sad as I am to say it, it really doesn't come down to what music is strictly the best music... but its more the music that is popular will just continue to get more popular regardless of whether its actually the best music or not.
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