Music Makes the World a Square

Wow! Even though I’ve blogged before, this is my first “official” blog on my own page. I’m so excited about it.
I thought for my first one, I’d write on something that’s been in my head recently. It’s my love of music. I’m not sure why, but for some reason I put a lot of thought into this subject. Possibly because I came across an artist who really made my heart thump with the sound of his voice. Whatever the reason, I’ve been stuck on music and how it effects the world I live in.
Music is in everything we do. It’s almost as if we revolve around it. When you’re put on hold, music plays. It plays in the elevator. It’s in TV and movies. Just about everything seems to have a “theme song”. We pick special music out when we get married, and someone picks it out for us when we die. There are so many songs that have touched me at different times. I can listen to something and instantly be transported back to the time and place I first heard it play. As much as I love music, you’d think I would play an instrument or something. But it seems like what’s in my head can’t find its way out of my body.
Listening to my iPod recently, I was thinking how funny it is that there are songs that make me want to drive faster, get drunk, have sex, or hell, even get high (and I don’t get high period, but there are songs that make me feel like I should be). I know it’s weird, right? It’s also funny how music differs in each genre. Country music pretty much tells a complete story from beginning to end. There’s seldom room left for interpretation. Rap music doesn’t always make sense, but it usually rhymes. One big group of words mashed up, all sounding alike. Rock music can go either way, as long as it’s loud. Then there are artists that I can’t categorize. They make the sweetest sounds, and you are really touched by what they say and specific emotions are evoked in you. But when you sit down and read the words, they don’t make a damn bit of sense. For example, KOL (one of my favorites right now), have several songs that make no sense at all, but they all make me feel something. And even weirder, the songs that make me feel the most passion, make the least sense when I read the lyrics.
Remember that there is a huge difference between a musician and an entertainer. And they do not equal each other. When you look at the artists that exist outside the cookie cutter mold the industry makes, you can find some really unique souls. People that really feel what they sing about and really have a message to convey. My most favorite voice in the world sings several songs that literally break my heart, but I can’t stop myself from listening to him (BL you know who you are). I could hear him sing anything and be happy. His voice is so pure and deep to me, that it literally makes me blush. I can really understand why musicians have so many groupies. Everyone falls in love with the band, right? Because how could someone who makes you feel so much with their music, not be someone you’d want? It’s sad really. I suppose it’s dangerous too, because these things can easily get out of control. Isn’t there a saying like “sex-drugs-and rock-n-roll”? But that’s our world, isn’t it? Living in the moment.
Anyway - I guess I’m trying to say that I love music. I don’t think we could live in a world where music didn’t exist? I’m about to put on some tunes now. Although I want to listen to jazz, I’m feeling more rock today.
Hope you have a fabulous, music filled day.