"So, if you played a C major chord to pretty much any person on the planet, they'd say that it sounds "harmonious" . But now when you want to put chords and melodies in an ordering and make a larger piece called a "song", then that is a much more difficult process, and gets very subjective. At that point, it's not just the chords, it's the lyrics, rhythms, instrumentation, tempo, intensity, any number of other things that goes into a song... so many variables that it's almost impossible to predict how a song will affect a given person."

“It's hard to quantify a 'top ten' list of songs for many reasons. I like many styles of music, and it's difficult to compare radically divergent types of music with each other.”

“If someone only ever listens to, say, Nickelback, their opinion is valid but largely meaningless since they don't bring any depth to the discussion :)”

“You could argue that there's maybe some mathematical interest in a Bach fugue, say, but the only thing that music does really well is "move" people -- make them feel something.”

“Music is nothing but ratios and harmonic math, anyways.”

“The problem these days is again just the sheer amount of music available, and that music isn't as important an experience in people's lives in the 21st century as it was previously.”

“Stylistic evolution comes from listening to what other people have done and making a Darwinistic modification.”