I swear, Tetris has trained a generation of Americans to feel incredibly tense when they hear balalaika music. I wonder if was intentional on the part of the programmers… A way to give themselves an edge on their competition by subtly controlling mood through background music. All I know is that hearing a few bars of Russian folk music gets the adrenaline pumping for half my office mates.
It’s an almost Pavlovian response.
Hm….