Simenskij, A Subnote to "Music in My Head" and Bureaucracy
First of all, I'd like to welcome my new partner in crime at this blog, my friend Simenskij. He has already started contributing, that is, already started writing his posts which will be available shortly. I've heard the first thing he'll be trying to get a new perspective on, is the letter "A". Fascinating.Then my subnote to one of my previous posts, "Music in My Head". I have continued pondering this question, what music really is, and I've made some startling discoveries. The main thing I'd like to make a point of, is also shortly mentioned in the lyrics to the song "Let's Get it Started", by Black Eyed Peas, where the following is said:
"We got five minutes for us to disconnect, from all intellect collect the rhythm effect. Obstacles are inefficient, follow your intuition, free your inner soul and break away from tradition."Truly captivating. When looking at the lyrics more closely, although I don't deem that necessary, it's quite clear what I'm getting at. A song can't be empty. A lot of singers, artists, rappers and whoever else who writes lyrics, write "empty" songs. A song should mean something, put things in a broader perspective, broaden listeners' horizons and make a difference. If it doesn't, it has no real reason for existing, no reason for being written, much less sung. And much less listened to. In certain cases a song can achieve this just by using rhythm, a melody, or even a special beat, but this is rare. Usually the author's main instrument is the lyrics, in which he should instill all the purpose and meaning available without being too common or conventional. As the lyrics above say: "break away from tradition".
Last I'd like to lash out at the world's aggravating bureaucracy, but I see there's no use. It'll probably haunt me for the rest of my adult life, so I should probably just capitulate. Resisting is futile.
posted by CK @ 14:20
2 Comments:
Okay. Granted. I might not feel that Black Eyed Peas are a tremendously great band, but that is probably due to that I haven't heard (or don't remember hearing) more than that particular ("Let's Get it Started") song, and I don't feel that this is a good enough basis to judge any band on. I will, of course, appreciate any references to songs that aren't as good as the above mentioned one, and after listening to such songs, share my new, broader based opinion.
Elementary, my dear Watson.
That's why I'd like to encourage you to read my whole post, more than the exerpt you provided, where I also state:
"In certain cases a song can achieve this [broadening horizons, etc. -Adm.] just by using rhythm, a melody, or even a special beat, but this is rare. Usually the author's main instrument is the lyrics(...)"
You'll have to agree that using lyrics in a song is much more common than not, and therefore my post applies mostly to that. But, and notice this, I'm not leaving out any possibility of there being good, lyricless songs.
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