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Music Meme responses
July 30, 2005
Zwichenzug and Matt have both responded to the music meme, and their responses have made me think a bit about how I'm wired...which pretty much goes along with the thinking I've been doing that will no doubt spawn numerous posts this weekend.
At any rate, Zwichenzug has divided the music-listening world into two neat little categories: Those Who Listen To Lyrics, and Those Who Do Not Listen To Lyrics. I mentioned in his comments that I am perplexed by Those Who Do Not & some elucidations were offered, but I am no less perplexed. (See my post later about wanting to be inside someone else's head for 5 seconds so I can experience what it is they are trying to explain to me) Not that there's anything WRONG with Those Who Do Not, either. After Zwichenzug made that comment, I looked back at my answers to the meme, and realized that I mentioned the lyrics of almost every single song that meant anything to me, and I guess I wonder if that concept is as foreign to Those Who Do Not as their music listening propensities are to me.
At any rate...
Matt's response about the "music that changed your life" question threw me, as well. He said
There are a good number of songs which mean a lot to me, and some which actually move me to the point of giving me goosebumps, but none that have really 'changed my life.' This may be because I typically won't be able to relate to a song until I'm already at the mental/emotional point of view that it's expressing. Make sense?
And, yes, it does make sense. Totally. But my experience of music is that I frequently run across concepts in the lyrics (there I go with the lyrics again!) that cause me to want to do more research and learn what on earth they are talking about. I mean, even when I know A LITTLE about what the musicians are discussing, I still get inspired to learn more when people are singing in earnest about it. Maybe it has more to do with the type of (propaganda) music I tend to listen to. But, I mean, from Howard Jones inspiring me to learn more about Buddhism when I was in 8th grade to Smart Went Crazy setting me off on a Bayard Rustin Reading Spree a couple of months ago...it seems like I'm always being expanded by the music I listen to.
So, cool. I'm glad I got such interesting responses from people who have such a totally different experience of music from me.
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