Why is the music so loud ??

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Simon Brightwell - 13 Nov 2004 18:59 GMT

Nowadays I take my specially moulded earplugs with me everywhere I go, just
in case......

I had been totally reassured by the ENT specialist and maker of the plugs
that I can even attend rock concerts etc. again without any fear of further
damage to the cells in the inner-ear providing I use these plugs.

So, off I went to the cinema yesterday with the plugs securely placed in my
ears. Although the noise and music in the film were clearly well lower than
otherwise, it was still bloody loud for me, and today the T is worse. My
plugless partner said the film was deafening!!!

Why, oh why, does it need to be so loud????

Is it just my imagination or is "going out and enjoying yourself"
entertainment getting louder and louder these days? (e.g. football matches,
shows, cinemas, pubs, and even some restaurants). If it gets any worse I'll
be too frightened to go out anymore. What a depressing thought!.

Simon.

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Skycloud - 13 Nov 2004 23:04 GMT

> Is it just my imagination or is "going out and enjoying yourself"
> entertainment getting louder and louder these days? (e.g. football matches,
> shows, cinemas, pubs, and even some restaurants).

I think it is Simon. This 'loudness' currently seems to be the fashion in
everything, from television presenters through the compulsory background
'music' in supermarkets, even to the latest car styling. Shrieking
coarseness is in. Subtlety and charm are out. I count myself as a lone
voice in that I've always detested rock music even when young, when my
refusal to conform led to a measure of social isolation.

An OT post perhaps... but at least there is still usenet where I can vent
... !! ;o)

Steve O

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Patty - 14 Nov 2004 14:31 GMT

> Nowadays I take my specially moulded earplugs with me everywhere I go,
> just in case......
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>
> Simon.

It isn't your imagination, Simon. I frequent the cinema with my son and
find the noise level to be well above what is necessary. One film, in
particular, 'I Robot'...was so loud I thought I would have to leave. Not
the entire movie, but there was a 'crash scene' that continued for about 5
minutes and it was deafening. I plugged my ears with my fingers. I've
never tried earplugs at the cinema
as I thought it would distort the sound. I suppose what little distortion
there would be is better than subjecting my ears to such high decibels of
noise.
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RogeR - 15 Nov 2004 16:12 GMT

> Why, oh why, does it need to be so loud????

I heard, a while ago, that on clubs on weekends, they turn up the music
and the heat because that prevents people from talking and they get
really hot, so they buy more beer instead.

> Is it just my imagination or is "going out and enjoying yourself"
> entertainment getting louder and louder these days? (e.g. football matches,
> shows, cinemas, pubs, and even some restaurants). If it gets any worse I'll
> be too frightened to go out anymore. What a depressing thought!.

Same here. Loud music gave me my T, and gave it to me again once it had
gone once... Damn clubs.

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