Merely Adequate: No posts for months and then two music posts

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October 9, 2007

No posts for months and then two music posts

No posts for months and then two music posts in a row.

Oh well, I guess that just means everything is as it should be.

I remember days of music being more than just the backdrop to my life. I fondly remember sitting for hours on end just listening to music...really listening to it! I listened to music because it could reach into the depths of my soul and touch places that I never even knew existed. I would sit and listen to the same album over and over and over, and once I was done, I would listen to it again. Somewhere I lost that passion.

I've written before about digital music and massive music libraries taking the focus off of individual albums. I think I've finally broken free of those chains. I've been listening more with headphones and they really help me focus on the music. I don't know if it's my ADD tendencies that, in the past, kept me switching from song to song to song, or what, but suddenly I have the ability to listen to Pink Floyd's Dark Side of The Moon and really appreciate it. Before I would have listened to the first 10 or 20 seconds of a song and then switched to the next one. Many albums over the years have told a story, and if one doesn't listen to the story as a whole something can be lost. It's like reading an abridged book, it totally bastardizes the intention of the artist who created it.

Today I read an "article" from Blender "magazine". It was titled The 40 Worst Lyricists In Rock and they had some interesting choices. They called one of my favorites, Sting, THE WORST LYRICIST EVER(All caps was them, not me.)

Of course they also have this at the bottom of their web site: "Top Artists: Britney Spears¦Paris Hilton¦Kayne West¦ Justin Timberlake¦Diddy¦Jay-Z¦Beyonce ¦ Jennifer Lopez ¦Michael Jackson¦50 Cent ¦Madonna¦R Kelly¦Fall Out Boy"

So take what these "journalists" write with a grain of salt.

If you enjoy music, listen to it. If you like a lyric, enjoy it. Don't listen to the sad, lonely souls that must be critical of everyone and everything just so they can feel better about themselves.

Music is only good if it moves you. If it moves you and only you it doesn't have to move anyone else...It has met it's goal. Enjoy it. Internalize it. Make it a part of you.

Posted by Mike at October 9, 2007 7:40 PM

Comments

I agree 100%! Today I was listening to my IPod at work, and a Jodee Messina song was on, and tears came to my eyes. Luckily, I was alone upstairs in non-fiction so I was able to cry in peace.

By the way, does this feeling extend to TV shows as well? grin

Posted by: robyn at October 10, 2007 7:31 PM

I have little but contempt for TV shows. If it weren't for movies and video games I don't think I would own a TV.

Posted by: Monolith aka Mikey at October 10, 2007 7:40 PM

Well I think TV shows can move you Robyn! Maybe not a lot of them but some of them can.

Posted by: Dad at October 11, 2007 6:09 PM

Well the current state of TV is pretty bad, yes there are a few good shows, but this glut of "reality" shows makes me sick. Plus I hate that they show fewer and fewer episodes, but with all these long breaks in between. I don't like being enslaved by their schedules. With movies, games, and music, I can enjoy them when I want and I don't have to worry about recording anything at some specific time.

Posted by: Monolith aka Mikey at October 11, 2007 6:26 PM

I agree with what you write about music and have always admired your love of music. I don't know anyone who knows more about more different types than you....and I also watch less and less tv every year...you have no idea how much I miss West Wing....

Posted by: bill at October 13, 2007 9:30 AM

I miss West Wing too. It was when they canceled Studio 60 that I realized that TV was either dead or dying.

Posted by: Monolith aka Mikey at October 13, 2007 10:15 AM