Turn the radio down. I don't care if it's a sweet sound.

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I know that I've done a few poll questions lately and I apologize for that, but I am using this forum as a way of learning about what is just me and what is the ASD(like there's a difference).

Does anybody else hate music? I think it's redundant, illogical and encourages the worst in society. I'm talking about the popular music that you hear on the radio mostly. I occasionally enjoy classical music, but for the most part I don't want to hear any music at all. When I'm in the car I listen to talk radio or nothing at all. I think that music is just a way for people to turn their brains off. It makes it so they don't have to think about anything(just like most TV programs). Not to mention loud deep noises hurt my ears and high pitched noises "drive me crazy."

I find music a way that I can judge the passage of time, but find music that I can't control obnoxious.

Well if bass hurts your ears and treble drives you crazy, it's no wonder you can't think when listening to modern music. Most people that listen to modern music aren't bothered by these things. For me personally, music does have a certain way of focusing my thoughts to a certain state of mind, or emotion, along with the lyrics, that inspire new thouts or associations and therefore new ideas. I would be lost without music. It's very important for me to be able to focus on certain feelings long enough to ponder about them and understand what it all means to me.

I should correct that. Loud bass and very high pitched noises bother me, not all noises.

Still I don't think it's a way to turn off your brain. It's only in how it's used, the context and the amount of attention the listener puts into it, that determines that. Sure, there's the people that listen to the same old crap all the time, and use it strictly for the feeling it gives - this approach diminishes it.

My theory is that music is actually the most complex form of communication - it uses math and sound to convey emotion, ideas, AND even physical sensation in the space of a couple minutes. You can lose yourself in it - getting you closer to your emotional core, and linking it back to the ideas you associate with the sounds.

I absolutely love music, but only if it's music I like. I am very sensitive to forms of music I don't like, which includes, as you said, the vast majority of today's music. Most of today's music I hate with a burning passion, and don't understand how anyone can listen to it. But I must say, I am addicted to country music, and have it only basically at every waking moment where there is a radio nearby. I also love 60s pop. Basically ANY other kind of music can cause me to have a breakdown/meltdown, because it fries my brain. Especially rap. Just my 2 cents.

I don't know if you can alter the poll, but you should add a third option. I am not crazy about music, but it's good for background noise. That might just be me though.

I enjoy listening to music, when I am able to fully concentrate. I don't, however, like the concept of 'background music' and I find it very disturbing having to hear music that is not loud enough that I could concentrate listening to it.

Sorry for the many quotations.

I enjoy listening to music and if I had to go a day without my music, I would die.

I actually own an electric guitar. I like playing and composing music and writing songs, but I don't like listening to it. It's like sports; I enjoy playing all sports,but can't stand watching them on TV.

Oliver Sacks wrote a book about how humans experience music. He says that some people have "amusia," meaning that their brains can't appreciate music. To them, "a symphony sounds like the clattering of pots and pans." Even for those whose dislike of music is not as extreme, I think there are people for whom music just doesn't resonate. I know someone who can't stand to watch TV shows in which there is too much music, like "Cold Case," which is a detective show that uses some music to set the mood.

More here:
http://www.oliversacks.com/books/musicophilia/

I'm a music producer and I listen for long periods of time (2 hours or so before a break) to Drum and Bass, Hard Rock etc...

Most of the listening back is at quite a reasonable level, however, there is always
the 'Crank it right up to 11' periods, either for impressing clients or sometimes
just for a bit of perspective and your own enjoyment.

But......
When I go round somebody's house and they have the tv blasting out, it actually physically hurts my ears because of the frequencies.

The same with a 'bad sound system' in a club.

It has nothing to do with volume. I like it so loud that my trousers flap!
My hearing is average for my time of life - which means pretty good.

So, I love music and love it loud. But please turn down your TV when I visit.
It actually causes pain.

I thought maybe my diagnosis of being aspie was wrong.
But the sensitivity to sound thing answered a major question that has been
bugging me since I started making music.

I have the sensitivity to light thing as well.
Everyone thinks I'm a poser wearing my sunglasses.
But my eyes/brain are more sensitive to light than other people.
Light on an averagely sunny day can hurt my eyes.

I wonder sometimes if this extends to my other senses.
I can be massaged for 4 or 5 hours no problem
And I hate pain and am a total wimp with it.
So I guess it works both ways - gotta take the rough with the smooth.