Originally Posted by Frownland

Bingo. I think that dissecting things to their theoretical base almost limits people because that's not always an appropriate way to approach certain genres. Having an understanding of music theory can help you identify things about music that can help you communicate why you do or don't like it, but I don't think it affects how much you appreciate something. My familiarity with experimental music and such did way more for how I appreciate it now than my musical training and experience.

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.