>>60540940
I'm even more of a social degenerate, but at least I like this community

I’m always a bit suspicious whenever someone tells me that music has “changed” their life. More often than not, the exact opposite is true. No matter how good, the music in question hasn’t changed a thing at all, but merely affirmed some deeply ingrained, more pleasing vision of the listener’s identity. Many friends, for instance, claimed that they were immediately transformed upon hearing Bon Iver’s 2008 album, For Emma, Forever Ago, but I still can’t notice — three years later — any noticeable difference (if anything, they all just seem a little bit hairier). No, if music is going to change your life, it’s more likely to happen through an album that is disagreeable or even slightly disappointing, the one you really don’t want to play again. Simply put, if your musical hero is moving in a new direction, and not simply getting worse, that’s when you need to stop talking about yourself and pay attention.

>>60540969
What does social degenerate mean to you?

>>60541014
Good read. Is this from your own mind or copy pasta?

>>60541087
http://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/Bon-Iver-Bon-Iver-Bon-Iver

>>60541087
social degenerate = asocial/antisocial, shy, and introverted. I'm just being cynical by using the term "degenerate" instead of being accurate to what most others might thinks of as "degenerate."

Actually, yes

I was homeless for a long stretch in 2014, and I was considering suicide daily. I had Animal Collective's discography on my phone back then, and listening to them kept me just happy and upbeat enough to not kill myself.

>>60541413
where were you homeless, anon? Would you recommend it, or would times have been easier if your location was different?

Sometimes when I find an album i really like I don't want to kill myself anymore.

>>60541439
>recommend being homeless
wew that took some chromosones

>>60541439
this desu
>>60541690