Is one song truly better than another? Is 'Strawberry Fields' truly better than 'Who Let the Dogs Out'? Is Mozart truly better than Lady Gaga? If intelligent life developed independently on ten remote planets, would their music all converge around the same "good" sounds and musical concepts? Is there some otherworldly Platonic form that defines good music and some artists connect to it more than others?
Or is good music purely subjective, depending only on the ear of the beholder?
Is music subjective or objective? It's interesting that those of us who say objective give pause when considering the differences in music over cultures and time, while those of us that say subjective often turn around instinctively and call a song "bad".
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