Why do people like songs after the video comes out?

Question

I don't understand this. Ok, so, hypothetically, you will hear about a song, per se, and it doesn't have a video. About a year, or a few months later, you will see a video come out. Then, THOUSANDS of people suddenly LOOOOOVE that song. WHY?!?!?!?!? Because, then, radios, TV, and other people go and ruin it by playing the song non-stop. It sucks. Can someone explain this enigma to me? PLEASE?

Answer 1

Because you are familiarized to the song.

I am not like that. lol.

I love songs that other people have overlooked. Songs from albums with hit songs but are not hit songs!

I love to look over popular artists' albums and get the real stuff.

I can say that there have been one time I fell in love with a song after seeing the video:

Ciara's Like a Boy.

That music video gave me chills when I first saw it because it was so strong. I've always felt that way. I grew up around the boys wearing wife beaters in cliques, looking down on women, cussing all the time, having so much fun. I've incorporated some of their attitudes into my own life to make myself different from other girls. To make me stronger than other girls. This music video made me actually listen to the words in her song.

Before I saw the video, I heard the song on people's MySpaces and assumed that it was a song about a girl that liked a boy and didn't pay attention to it at all (because the titles of a song DO allure me to it)

I'm not a person that regularly looks at music videos (not anymore anyway) because the music videos these days aren't very creative or well-put or drawn.

On radios, it's kind of their job to play people's favorite songs. Or else people wouldn't listen to radio stations, right?!

Plus, I'm pretty sure that it's the people that vote for the favorite songs that get played all the time.

I do know people at my school that have minimal originality in music taste and aren't too educated or soul-ly articulate with the nature of mainstream music. they just listen to what's on the radio, following the flow of what "everybody else" is listening to.

it doesn't bother them.

to some people, to A LOT of other people, we ARE bothered by it, but HEY, I'm listening to radio right now.

After being so anti-social towards the new artists and music coming up, i learned to accept the new music that i DO like and just shut out what I don't like without grouping the songs altogether and putting down today's new music. There are a few artists I see that have true star potential, new ones, others I feel aren't all so talented or special. But I don't bad-talk new music anymore.

I just listen to what i like. =)

Answer 2

I find that if the song is by a band/singer I like and have already bought their album I will often fall in love with various songs without seeing a film clip. This might be because I already have a positive attitude towards the band (obviously I have spent money on the album.)

On the other hand people who don't know or necessarily like the particular artist may hear coincidentally the song on the radio or somewhere but may not necessarily pay attention to it. This is because they haven't deliberately put it on to play it is just in the background.

BUT when they see it on TV the are not just listening to it (like when it is on the radio) but using another sense (seeing) and that means they are 'taking it in' in two different ways which makes the connection more powerful. Also the video clips usually play on our emotions and have good looking people in them. This also makes it more memorable and strengthens up our connection to the song. Then whenever we hear it even just on the radio our mind flashes back to the video clip and we probably enjoy listening to it more.

But yes you are right then everyone loves 'your' song and the radio plays it until you never want to hear it again. Don't know how to solve that! ; -)

Answer 3

This is probably because of the deep love for TV. Once the band makes a video, the song may become more popular because the people listening to the song have a visual of the song or band members. If they have no clue what the band members look like they may watch the video and enjoy the song more because they aren't guessing what the band members look like.If it's a song where you can't really put much of a meaning to it, the band will probably make a video that makes the song more visual and has a picture to it like the music video for Paramore's Misery Business. The video matches the song perfectly and makes the song more enjoyable.That's my guess.Hope it helps.

Answer 4

That generally doesn't happen to me. I always like the song first. In fact, sometimes the video has spoiled a song for me, since I've had a completely different take.

Answer 5

Sometimes I would imagine people talk about "Hey There Delilah" or "Le Disko", since that song was played on a recent commercial.

It just happens.

Answer 6

because th video makes some of them better,like "So Small" by Carrie Underwood i didn't like it much,i mean it was okay but, when the video came out i liked it like5 times as much

Answer 7

Its called a single. Its played so much that it gets drilled into your head and eventually it becomes familiar and you start to like it.

Answer 8

i def. only downloaded this music to my iPod reason i cherished it from the action picture plenty...its very catchy and that i like his viouce alot! it doesnt harm that hes a hottie too :) wuv playstation --im listening to it good now!

Answer 9

that donsent really happen to me but maybie it... never mind that dosent make any sence