Halleluja, a whole new vein
- JAM
- Sep 2, 2016
- 2 min read
I cannot tell you how music effects me. Seriously there is no way for me to describe my obsession with it. I need it, like a drug. And, like drugs, it used to get me in trouble.
Sometimes when I talk to people about music, they say, "why don't you just listen to the radio?"
The answer is simple. A song is GOING TO BOUNCE AROUND in my head for days (Sometimes weeks). I'm a little nuts. The new song, new words, new music, new beats, new thoughts are going to become part of me. I don't listen to music, I digest it and it becomes part of me. When it does, I have to live with it, for days, weeks, or years. I have to be careful what I put in. Garbage in garbage out. As stated, I'm a little nuts.
For example, one of my favorite bands EVER is Ben Fold's Five. But, I cannot listen to them because if I do, I will have certain parts of songs rolling around in my head. Parts that are already there, waiting to be let out.
Songs like, One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces.
What's so wrong with that song?
"Kiss my ass!" Is what is wrong with this song! It is the part of the song I want to sing every time, over and over and over again.
And then there is the wildly enjoyable, thoroughly addictive, Song for the Dumped, or Who Could Care Less . Both, have my least favorite word in the entire spoken language right at a time of brilliant music bits and pieces that I want to listen to over and over again.
That is why I look for good clean music, most of the time Christian music if possible. If it is going to be rolling around in my head, going off all the time, in loops, over and over again, like a ride I cannot get off, it might as well not be full of words I wouldn't use in real life.
The radio is something I cannot control - its like Russian Roulette with music.
I will write more about Crystal Myers in the weeks to come. But for now, I will just leave you with this one song. Just to get the other out of your head :).
Hallelujah, I found more good music, because, well, let's face it, I need it (as I am slapping the vein in the crook of my arm.)
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