Some think it's because classical music is soothing, others think it keeps them away because they can't stand the music.
Edited to add: I would post the article here, but it's "copyrighted".
[ April 26, 2005, 01:34 PM: Message edited by: Eruve Nandiriel ]
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
Well *I* thought it was interesting. Posted by mothertree (Member # 4999) on :
See, you need to change the thread title to something like "If the results are good, is it still mind-control?" The last two times I've been at the grocery store they had "hungry like the wolf" on the intercom.o_0
Posted by rav (Member # 7595) on :
I've been listening to nothing but Jazz and Classical in the car, and I notice that I'm less anxious, and less of a maniac.
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
Didn't Mike Doonesbury do something similar a while back to drive drug pushers off his street?
Posted by HesterGray (Member # 7384) on :
quote: The last two times I've been at the grocery store they had "hungry like the wolf" on the intercom.
Posted by 0range7Penguin (Member # 7337) on :
I've been stressed alot lately and consiquencly have mostly switched from listening to Rock to listening to Country Music.
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
It cracks me up when people think of classical music as soothing and relaxing. Some is, like chamber music, but much of it is pretty wild, and gets me kind of worked up.
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
If a place started playing loud classical music all the time, I would quit going there. Does that make me a potential criminal? Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Yes.
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
Hmmm...maybe I'll go mug some old ladies then. I could use a little cash.
Seriously though, I think this would only work in public areas. If I were a burgler in a neighborhood, and there was a house with classical music playing, I would think they were well-off upper-class people, who would have more valuables worth stealing. It sounds like a generalization, but it's true.
[ April 28, 2005, 04:51 PM: Message edited by: Eruve Nandiriel ]
Posted by Vána (Member # 6593) on :
They'd sure be surprised when the broke into my house, then!
Though, my oboe is actually quite valuable...probably the most expensive thing we own, other than the cars - and more expensive than my brother's first car.
But, I'm not sure a burgler would even notice it.
Posted by Vána (Member # 6593) on :
But on the actual article - I'm not sure how I feel about it. It kind of makes sense to me that it would work, in that I often feel safer in places that do have classical music playing, though I'm not sure where that perception comes from. Is it because it's familiar and comfortable?
I can also understand the remark about how hearing classical music in, say, a park, could mess with a person's own "soundtrack." We react to different kinds of music in different ways, even beyond the idea of "I like this" or "I don't like that." When music is part of the environment, it does affect how we react to that environment. That's why I can't listen to music and read a book at the same time - I get mixed messages and have been known to completely misinterpret a passage that I'm reading because I'm adding the music to the text.
It's a really interesting article, and I think I'm going to have to read that book, Elevator Music: A Surreal History of Muzak, Easy-Listening, and Other Moodsong. It sounds really interesting.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
I think MoTab might be more effective.
*sings* "Choose the right, when a choice is placed before you...."
Posted by the_Somalian (Member # 6688) on :
"On second thought, let's not rob that grocery store. I just can't stand that Sibelius!"
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