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Originally Posted by Chiomara
So do you also have mild synesthesia then? I don't find that certain genres are necessarily any more colorful than other ones. But I'm often drawn to certain artists for the same reasons, especially if many of their songs tend to be overwhelmingly blue/indigo (like The Durutti Column and John Cage--there's also lots of dark green, black and dark blue there-- and Julee Cruise)
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No, I didn't mean "colors" literally. I don't associate particular sounds with certain colors, it's just that the word "colorful" is the best way for me to describe some forms of music. Some forms of music are just more "visual" to me. When I listen to Bach, Beethoven or, say, most Led Zeppelin, as much as I like their stuff it isn't really "visual" music. But when I listen to most Tame Impala, Debussy and Ravel, the characteristics of the music have me imagining all these visual things going on. It's like there's this whole other dimension to that kind of music. For example, the video I posted of the Tame Impala song is the kind of thing that will be going through my head while listening to the song even if I'm not watching a video. But that video is perfect for the song. The song just naturally seems to lend itself to all kinds of imagery like that. Same with the Debussy piece.
But of course there's also borderline stuff.