Daniel J. Levitin

The problem is that it's so much more fun that we get deceived into thinking we're doing better, but we're not.

The problem is that it's so much more fun that we get deceived into thinking we're doing better, but we're not.

The problem is that it's so much more fun that we get deceived into thinking we're doing better, but we're not.

Certainly, we use music to intimidate. Okay. Army bands may have Battle of Jericho. The walls came tumbling down. The idea is that loud music that is not the music of your tribe. Yeah. The Americans drove Manuel Noriega out of his compound in Panama when nothing else worked. We turned off the water, the electricity, the air conditioning. blockaded the food.

Certainly, we use music to intimidate. Okay. Army bands may have Battle of Jericho. The walls came tumbling down. The idea is that loud music that is not the music of your tribe. Yeah. The Americans drove Manuel Noriega out of his compound in Panama when nothing else worked. We turned off the water, the electricity, the air conditioning. blockaded the food.

Certainly, we use music to intimidate. Okay. Army bands may have Battle of Jericho. The walls came tumbling down. The idea is that loud music that is not the music of your tribe. Yeah. The Americans drove Manuel Noriega out of his compound in Panama when nothing else worked. We turned off the water, the electricity, the air conditioning. blockaded the food.

The only thing that made him give up was heavy metal music blasted at 160 decibels. He couldn't take it.

The only thing that made him give up was heavy metal music blasted at 160 decibels. He couldn't take it.

The only thing that made him give up was heavy metal music blasted at 160 decibels. He couldn't take it.

I think it was Van Halen. There'd be some poetic justice if they played Jump. That's right.

I think it was Van Halen. There'd be some poetic justice if they played Jump. That's right.

I think it was Van Halen. There'd be some poetic justice if they played Jump. That's right.

The less obvious one is that although the music may not be intended to intimidate or disturb, it often does. When we ask people what are among the most unpleasant features of modern life, often in the top five is unwanted music in public places, piped in music.

The less obvious one is that although the music may not be intended to intimidate or disturb, it often does. When we ask people what are among the most unpleasant features of modern life, often in the top five is unwanted music in public places, piped in music.

The less obvious one is that although the music may not be intended to intimidate or disturb, it often does. When we ask people what are among the most unpleasant features of modern life, often in the top five is unwanted music in public places, piped in music.

Oh, my God. Yeah.

Oh, my God. Yeah.

Oh, my God. Yeah.

It was a beautiful pastoral afternoon in the countryside, and some guy came in with what must have been 2,000 watts of subwoofers in his pickup truck. And you could hear him coming from half a mile away, and then he just parked his car next to the reservoir and played his loud music, and it made it miserable for everybody.

It was a beautiful pastoral afternoon in the countryside, and some guy came in with what must have been 2,000 watts of subwoofers in his pickup truck. And you could hear him coming from half a mile away, and then he just parked his car next to the reservoir and played his loud music, and it made it miserable for everybody.