One theory I've heard
is that we spend nine months surrounded by our mum's heartbeat, so we become acclimatised to and comforted by rhythmic sounds. I would love to know how artificially gestated babies would differ from us if we just took away that one simple thing.
(Falstaff's Spiritual Successor, Tue 21 Sep 2010, 10:11, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

So would I.
That's an interesting idea.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 21 Sep 2010, 10:15, Reply)

But can you imagine, if it was true, people who just didn't get music? At all?
Not like Bobblehead here, or the type of person who only likes what's on the radio at the moment, but people who, as a whole, felt no affinity or need for the stuff, and would never individually come up with the idea? What else would this affect? Language acquisition? Physical skills (sense of rhythm reqd)?

Obviously, our love of music is not as simple as 'mum's heartbeat', but it's an interesting thought, because, as you said above, our biological relationship with music is extremely complex.
(Falstaff's Spiritual Successor, Tue 21 Sep 2010, 10:21, Reply)