I had a rare experience of shared listening recently, which is something that has never really come up in the past. This has been not only due to taste mismatches, but also due to personal preference. It was interesting to observe how different things are when it isn't just me carefully listening and "considering" on headphones. The songs seem different somehow, and no longer the personal items that exist only in my head. It is proof, I suppose, of their existence!

It also allowed for acts that seem plucked from movies - "Tell me if you like this...". When such spur of the moment recommendations are met by a receptive audience, what bliss! I attribute it to the joy in seeing fantasy coming to life.