Q: sometimes there'll be a song i particularly like or dislike specifically because of its chords/notes/harmonic choices/etc. then i'll tell a friend this opinion and they'll say "well i don't care about notes, i just like/dislike when the instruments make x sound/have x rhythm/etc."  do you think it's really possible for people to not care about the notes? like, they've gotta feel the harmonic effect on some level, even if they don't know exactly what the notes are, right?
A: music is hypnotic. it works in very deep subconscious ways. any attempt to actually describe what's going on will be 'creative' at best