The Theory On Songs...
Thursday
17 08 09
3:00 PM
Oh dear. Everwood is on on half an hour. I know I shouldn't watch it as it'll be from a season I haven't watched yet but I really want to. Cori's meant to be sending me the other seasons soon. Can't wait! I think I need some Ephram wisdom so I might watch it.
So the other day I finished one of the books I got out of the library on the Australian music industry. This particular one was called 'Love Is In The Air' and it was a lot of Australian's looking back on their experiences in the industry. People like Molly Meldrum, Neil Finn [yes he's from NZ not OZ but we adopted Split Enz and Crowded House don't you know?], Kate Cebrano and other promoters, stars, record exec's etc. The book is actually taken from the ABC TV mini series, so it's just everything written down from what the people said. I have actually seen the mini series and it was quite good but I found the book really really hard to read. I don't know why it's harder to read something that someone's said, as opposed to something someone's written. Do you get what I mean? Anyway I found the book really slow, really hard to follow; it didn't flow. I finally got to the end and I was glad by then coz it was getting a tad bit boring. But I have to say the very last paragraph came from a man I have always greatly admired and had the privilege to see live four times and meet once. This is what his paragraph said:
I have this theory about songs and records that is that we only really value them when we feel like this song says something about us. It's a selfish act when you write a song and it's a selfish act when you buy a song because, like the clothes that you wear or the furniture that you put in your house, music defines us. When someone comes over to your house for the first date, you want them to look at your record collection and you want to play them some songs because it's like a secret code. It tells all the things about you that you can't verbalise. You can play a song and it can create a mood or it can bring back a memory. It's a very powerful statement and some songs stick around forever.
Don't you just love that? It's soooo simple but so true. I know, for me, music comes down to everything. It's entirely what I'm about. I just love the way he put it. That man is the one in my icon. :)
Luv Bali.
17 08 09
3:00 PM
Oh dear. Everwood is on on half an hour. I know I shouldn't watch it as it'll be from a season I haven't watched yet but I really want to. Cori's meant to be sending me the other seasons soon. Can't wait! I think I need some Ephram wisdom so I might watch it.
So the other day I finished one of the books I got out of the library on the Australian music industry. This particular one was called 'Love Is In The Air' and it was a lot of Australian's looking back on their experiences in the industry. People like Molly Meldrum, Neil Finn [yes he's from NZ not OZ but we adopted Split Enz and Crowded House don't you know?], Kate Cebrano and other promoters, stars, record exec's etc. The book is actually taken from the ABC TV mini series, so it's just everything written down from what the people said. I have actually seen the mini series and it was quite good but I found the book really really hard to read. I don't know why it's harder to read something that someone's said, as opposed to something someone's written. Do you get what I mean? Anyway I found the book really slow, really hard to follow; it didn't flow. I finally got to the end and I was glad by then coz it was getting a tad bit boring. But I have to say the very last paragraph came from a man I have always greatly admired and had the privilege to see live four times and meet once. This is what his paragraph said:
I have this theory about songs and records that is that we only really value them when we feel like this song says something about us. It's a selfish act when you write a song and it's a selfish act when you buy a song because, like the clothes that you wear or the furniture that you put in your house, music defines us. When someone comes over to your house for the first date, you want them to look at your record collection and you want to play them some songs because it's like a secret code. It tells all the things about you that you can't verbalise. You can play a song and it can create a mood or it can bring back a memory. It's a very powerful statement and some songs stick around forever.
Don't you just love that? It's soooo simple but so true. I know, for me, music comes down to everything. It's entirely what I'm about. I just love the way he put it. That man is the one in my icon. :)
Luv Bali.