Weekly Essay Day

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A friend of mine on LJ was talking about how it's sometimes hard to make more personal opinionated posts without having to worry about offending someone. It seems that she has a bunch of backed up things she wants to talk about but feels she can't. My feeling on that is you should start a club. Whenever you feel alone, or isolated, or

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Music, I think, is just another way to communicate. It's the same kind of thing as reading a poem or a book or listening to someone talk. Either that sinks in and you get it, or you don't. Why do poems move us? Because it can communicate something eloquently and succinctly and deeply that we maybe want to hear.

Music with lyrics is just another layer to that kind of poetry. Certain notes as well as different instruments can be arranged to go along with what the musician is trying to say. It can fit perfectly with the lyrics or it can go into opposition of what they are saying to say I don't know if I'm really taking myself seriously or not.

Music alone works that way too but probably on a more emotional level. It tries to evoke a certain feeling in you but not in a really aggressive way. There is a talker and listener, and the listener brings him or herself to that music to interpret it and give it the meaning he or she wants to.

Why do some people tap their feet and other's don't? I suppose some of it is genetics. Some people can't dance, and they feel really awkward doing it. Some people can't sing. Some people can sing but don't put any heart into it. Some of it can be upbringing as well where control has become a huge issue and they aren't able to let go and let it talk to them. They are rigid. Although, there may be a predisposition of genetics and the upbringing enhanced that.

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Why do poems move us?

The thing is, words don't affect me at all. Just the actual music, and it is a very strong effect. The words to a song are just there to sing along with, but it is the music that grabs me. Maybe thats why I never pay attention to the artist... I just don't care... and the poor sap that wrote the actual melody is usually someone else.

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It's about the same here actually...the music itself tends to have more effect on me than lyrics ever do. Heck, half the CDs I own have no lyrics. I dunno.

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Read zanzara's comments. She's smart and has better things to say about it than me. :)