how do you enjoy it???

                One thing that has been brought to my attention recently is a statement that, in my mind, makes no sense what so ever… “The music doesn’t have to be complicated to sound good…why cant you just enjoy the music the way it is???”

                Okay, topic number one… you will NEVER define music. Period. It just isn’t a thing that can happen. Its like defining what every book in the entire world is about. Yes, there are guidelines, but there comes a point where the end product was formed purely out of the creativity of its creator. So to say “enjoy the music the way it is” makes no sense!!! Music is music; it can be anything.

                Now for topic number two… I’ve been waiting for this to come up, and I guess I finally have to tackle this thing. Music is based off of opinion. There is no way to truly “judge” music. But there is something such a thing as lack of creativity… Let me put it in a different way… To listen to Nickel Back, is the equivalent of staring off into nothing only to realize that you’re doing it…then wondering for the next 5 minutes why you haven’t stopped. There’s no thought process behind it. You just sit there and wait for the song to finally be over!!! The way I enjoy music doesn’t work like that… I enjoy listening to the music and wondering… wondering “how did they do that”, or “what instrument is that”, or “I wonder what these lyrics mean”… okay, I cant resist…

There’s a lady who’s sure

All that glitters is gold

And she’s buying a stairway

To heaven

When she gets there she knows

That the stores are all closed

With a word she can get

What she came for…

TELL ME WHAT THAT MEANS!!! See… that’s what I enjoy about music… not “I LOOK AT THIS PHOTOGRAPH, EVERY TIME I DO IT MAKES ME LAUGH!!!”… good job Nickel Back. Most creative lyrics ever!!!

                I don’t enjoy lyrics with no meaning… you can interpret “Stairway to Heaven” so many different ways, and its all of these interpretations that make listening to it enjoyable. It makes you think… unlike bands like Nickel Back, where I can just shut off my brain and still understand every second of the song… every rhythm, every part… its just not fun to listen to…

                That’s my opinion anyways… but I guess every is entitled to their own.