A rough day and lack of sleep bring little motivation to do anything at all. But here I am. Late at night, I enjoy the quiet. Neighbors dogs don't bark (as much), less traffic noise and only what noise the mouse and keyboard make is present. Sometimes its nice to find some music and although I do enjoy loud rock and roll from the likes of Avenged Sevenfold, 10 Years or Seasons After, at night I find some slower music with possibly a depressed theme go well together. Start it off with some Neil Young-Heart of Gold and Old Man then find A Perfect Circles version of Imagine. I found a great mash up between Korn and Coldplay; some great music and fantastic lyrics. But then I might "ruin" it and find some techno by The Glitch Mob. A cool song by them is Animus Vox.
"I need someone to love me the whole day through, ah one look in my eyes and you can tell that's true"
Something about these songs put me in a certain introspective mind place that I really enjoy. I liken it to a few drinks or maybe a light dose of medication. The downside is that time seems to melt away and I find out I can no longer get enough sleep and wake up on time. But I do enjoy the trade on sleep and seem to make it often enough.
I like that music is a good avenue to send a message that sometimes plain words would be too harsh. Musicians often times tell us that they want to die or identify a huge problem or sometimes a good instrumental will allow our own minds to ponder such things. This is good. An avenue of either self or societal discussion is important. The music culture of the 60's and on legitimatized music on this level. Too bad there is so much bad music out there. Many a song went on to talk about the Vietnam War (Tin Soldiers and Nixons Coming) and today many rock songs talk about depression and sorrow.
Music often talks about the trends and feelings of the time and I know this to be true today. Youth feels down about the times and music reflects this, how could it not? Conversely we get Katy Perri, Lady Gaga and Lil Wayne. I listen to Neil Young's Ohio and find it as relevant today as it was then. Maybe I'll talk later about how people riot in Edmonton when their team looses but not of the epic debacle of wall street. hmm.
Neil Young- Ohio- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI7-m919ynU
Mash up of Korn and Coldplay ---- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ8Rdc3tVFA
Before He died, Johnny Cash - Hurt- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clq01TXQR0s&feature=fvsr
Imagine- Written by John Lennon performed by A Perfect Circle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dunKAwRN3P8
Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Livin' for today
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Livin' life in peace
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one
Imagine all the people
Sharin' all the world
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharin' all the world
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one
