Wednesday, October 24, 2012

The Power of Sound

I seem to be on a kick lately.  I am appreciating sights and sounds more than I ever used to.  Today I was thinking about the sound of someones voice verses how they look.  One of those random things that bother me fairly regularly is the band Muse.  I love Muse.  Every single time I listen to Muse, I think to myself what a sexy voice the singer, Matt Bellamy, has, but he does absolutely nothing for me looks-wise.  It's actually really frustrating to me.  Anyway, this reminds me of my phone crush at work.  For years, I had a phone work relationship with this guy from my company.  I really liked him, he was very nice and fair.  If you needed help, he was always the best person to talk to.  He had a great voice (he still does, but I don't get the opportunity to talk to him anymore) and I started to try and figure up what he looked like in my mind.  I gotta say, I was sorely disappointed.  He was still the super nice guy I'd been talking to, he was just a tad bit geeky too, bless his heart!  Am I the only one that this has happened to?  I just think it's a fun game to try and imagine what people look like based on their voice.  The weirdest part is that I am rarely right. 

Here is another strange Maggie-ism.  I can like people based on their voice.  For example (most of my examples are men, because I can't think of any women off the top of my head that I like their speaking voice), Josh Gates from Destination Truth.  I freaking LOVE his voice.  I can sit through the show because his voice is so appealing to me.  I mean, he's not unattractive physically, but his voice is so interesting to me.  Another man's voice I adore is Scott Speedman.  Thankfully, he is just as hot as his voice is.  ;)  I just think it is so neat how different things attract us to people.

As quickly as a voice can attract you, it can detract you.  I would imagine we all have them, people you hate talking to strictly based on their voice.  It really is all so bizarre! 

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