THAT MUSIC THING

“If music be the food of the soul, play on”

I’ve never doubted the power of music there is just something about it. The way the singer’s voice becomes one with the instruments, the rise and fall of the tempo, the way the lyrics pull at your very soul. The tapping of the feet, the bobbing of the head, the swaying of the body, the smile on your face . . . . . . yep, there’s something about music! 

There is music for today you know, that kind of song that you hear and you can dance to, the ones that appeal to the surface, the exterior, the shallow nature, the ones that aim for mass appeal and get it. It moves the body but not the soul. Yea, there’s that but that’s not it. 


I’m talking about the classics, ageless songs, you hear a song and you know instantly that when this song comes on radio in 50yrs, you’ll feel exactly the same way you felt when you first heard it. A song that you can always remember the 2W’s. When (the first time you heard it), where (the place you first heard it). The song that seems linked to a memory. 

Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die.  ~Paul Simon

That song you wished you wrote or you wish someone had written for you. The song that makes you feel special, cos the person who wrote it must have been thinking about you.

The one you listen to on gloomiest of days because it makes you feel better. The one you sing alone in the bathroom The song you left on repeat for days but every time is like the first time. The one everyone knows is “your song " The soundtrack to your life, the album for your existence.
 

Sometimes, it’s that song no one has ever heard, the one people hear and think is weird. The one you searched for, for years but couldn’t seem to find because no one knew the title or the singer (frustrating. Like the way I searched for Jesse Jags’ sugarcane baby for at least 2yrs)

The one no one gets what the fuss is about; the one no one understands the lyrics. The one that never gets requested, the one you’ve never seen the video, the 15th track on a 16 track album (no one will get there anyway). 

It’s the one that never won any awards, the one the critics condemned, the one they’ll never talk about when the band splits or the artist dies. No way, it will be on the greatest hits cd.

Or maybe it’s the number one hit, the one everybody got, the one everybody felt. The one you and your best friends rocked to, and your siblings sang along too.

 Its Lil Wayne’s Mirror, India Irie’s Little things, Hillsong’s Beautiful Exchange, Mary J Blidge’s Fine, Kirk Franklin’s I Like Me, Ja Rule’s Always On Time, Three of a kind’s Baby Cakes, 2Pac’s Letter to my Unborn child, Banky W’s Strong Thing, 9ce’s Gongo Aso, Brandy’s Aphrodisiac . . . . . . . . It’s rap, pop, afro pop, soul, r&b, gospel, rock. Its funk, garage, ragga, reggae, afro beat . . . . . . . .

 It may not be one song, it could be 2 or 3 or 30 or a 100, it doesn’t matter, anytime it comes on you know its your song (if you are like me, you wont be able to pick one anyway). Really doesn’t matter what song it is, even if no one understands; don’t bother explaining, if you have to explain it to them they’ll never truly get it ( I’ve been listening to this Spanish song by Michel telo or something, titled Ai se ta fuego or something, and I have no idea what the song means yet I love it) You cant explain it anyway!

 If a comopser could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music.  ~Gustav Mahler 

Point is, they are not you, only you can feel the way you feel. It’s the one that spoke to you, afterall, who can explain that thing about music?

   check out the really cool quotes i found on music at this site http://www.quotegarden.com/music.html

 some guys went to a lot of trouble to research that thing about music "scientifically". u can check this out too
  http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/jan/09/why-we-love-music-research

Tell me what the soundtrack to your life is when you leave a post. i just might know it!