My love of music was born when I watched the movie 500 Days
of Summer. I sat in that theater in 2009 and the beautiful sounds of The
Smiths, Regina Spektor, The Temper Trap, and Carla Bruni bloomed through the
speakers, and I was in a dreamlike state of love. These songs spoke to me in a
way that no other one ever had, and I was blissfully happy.
The music that most people of my age group listen to
is...undesirable to me. Totally not my taste. A lot of songs about parties and
drugs and sex populate the radio while I retreat to the sanctity of my i-pod
where I can listen to music I find beautiful. Don't get me wrong, though, I'm
not trying to establish myself as a holier-than-thou hipster or trying to
convert people to my music genre; I couldn't care less if I were the first
person to like a song before it went mainstream (quite the opposite, because if
it goes mainstream then more people can enjoy it). I couldn't care less if you
prefer Eminem to M. Ward. I truly just love the relationship people have with
music.
I don't know if people realize how amazing music really is.
Does anyone ever take the time to appreciate the fact that people are able to
make sounds and harmonize them and just purely create something? Musicians can make a song out of thin air. When
there is silence a musician strums his guitar, the drummer taps her cymbals,
and the singer chants and then that silence becomes beauty. This act is just so
awesome to me, and I wish more people could get over their separate musical
preferences and just appreciate the artistry musicians of all kinds make. You
don't have to love country music or rap music or whatever, but you can't ignore
the talent behind their songs.
Music can move people so much. It can save lives, it can
make people fall in love, it can stop fights (I realize how cheesy I'm being,
but I believe it's true)...it makes people happy. Music is just something so
indescribably beautiful, and it's one of the things that makes me so grateful
to be alive in a place where music can be played freely and without judgment.
I just love music, and I don't care if people think my music
taste is bad or strange. I'm not going to lie though, the music I like is pretty weird...I listen to songs
about bandit queens with nine fingers and a killer Santa Claus. But I enjoy
them. I truly love the music I listen to. The music I love is honest and pure,
and that's why I like it. It's storytelling in its purest form, no matter the
genre.
Music is the closest thing we have to magic.
“We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of
dreams.”
-Arthur O' Shaughnessy
I thought that your statement, "The music that most people of my age group listen to is...undesirable to me. Totally not my taste," is very humorous because it shows how well spoken you are, but it also shows that you are still a teenager. You may not like the music that most teens like, but you still talk like one :D Also, " I retreat to the sanctity of my i-pod," I found this interesting because I felt that you inferred to us that it is your sanctuary--your world of music. I enjoyed your blog topic because I also feel the same way :)! and yes, your blog does sound cliche.
ReplyDeletei dont know you but you sound like a very unique person and its great that you dont follow what other people like just because they like it. It is very true that most people dont takr the time to actually be amazed at how music is made and how beautiful it really is.
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