Western Music Freak

Since ancient times, the grotesque phenomenon have existed in literature, aesthetics, architecture and other fields, there is no exception in the field of music. Bizarre image music to funny as a medium, embodiment of beauty and evil are overlapping, exposing the nature of alienation. The grotesque style of music but develops unceasingly along with the time change, the methods are diversified, bring emotional and aesthetic experience different. As a reflection of social and cultural values, grotesque music to new in order to be different, then integrate bold and rebellious spirit into the reflection and criticism to the social phenomenon. The number of grotesque music works has increased quickly since19th and20th century, but there is little theory of grotesque music. The purpose of writing this paper is to break the ice and exchange of academic. The paper is divided into three parts:the first part is mainly discussed about the nature and form of grotesque music, such as parody, irony, analysis, contrast between beauty and ugliness. The second part mainly describes the different types of grotesque music make people produce fear, nausea, laugh and other direct or indirect induction. The third part is described about the social function of grotesque music.