i think that the "detached" feeling you guys are talking about has a lot to do w/ the fact that its instrumental music....i have a freind who says, put something on...w/ words though...it made me think about how music w/ words can perhaps allow you to identify w/ the music better, because humans do, in fact, communicate w/ words...where as instrumental music allows one to wonder freely and think whatever comes to mind..more personal or less? ....agree, disagree? lets talk.