Greetings good citizen, seems most of the music world spins our collective sorrow into gold. A properly tasked program could tell us if happy outweighs sad or desperate or frustrated [a surprising number of tunes are about frustration!]
Even back in the Happy Days of the Fifties the music world reflected human misery, sorrow and betrayal.
Ironically there is no such thing as Pop music from the days of monarchy [The royals had a zero tolerance policy regarding criticism from ANY quarter!]
In case you ever wondered why the bulk of classical music is 'instrumental'...
You mocked the crown at mortal peril.
This is not the first time I've pointed at the 'tone' of modern music and sounded the alarm. Music is a reflection upon society and ours has sunk into something beyond despair.
On TV you watch actors who don't have a care in the world as they skip from one mishap to another, hilariously! [because people would burn their TV sets if TV reflected their own miserably lives too realistically.]
Yeah, modern life is typically a series of 'close calls' but there is nothing 'amusing' about it. Aspire, fail and try again. Get tired of barking up the 'wrong tree, regroup and try again, only to fail again [because you had 'bad intel'] so we fall back (again), regroup and swear we will be more careful NEXT TIME but NEXT TIME NEVER comes.
Yeah, when you're young you believe you have an unlimited number of 'at bats' because your loved ones never told you that you would only get one shot (maybe two, if you were exceptionally lucky or amazingly talented...but even talent is no assurance of success.)
Largely because the people holding the door (closed) are astoundingly STUPID but had the (incredible) 'good fortune' to be Well Born.
What is the path most youth choose to 'make their mark'?
Music, naturally!
And what do they sing about? Their miserable lives, of course! [Well, not THEIR misery but the misery of the people they were told about from the liars they've met while they were waiting for their 'at bat'.
Um, it is here I will posit that MOST music reflects reality and most 'inspirational music' reflects 'hope for the future' singing about glorious freedom that NO ONE has an idea how to achieve...but that's not the musician's job. They are 'poets' and thinkers, not killers [despite a majority of their songs being about killers!]
If it is music's intention to 'inspire' the current audio landscape is one of despair and hopelessness so what is it they are trying to cultivate, 'surrender?'
Sorrow is mankind's lot in life, our days are short and filled (often to overflowing) with 'woe'.
If we lift our heads a tiny bit (just enough to keep us from drowning in our tears) we would see the feckless, howling with laughter over our collective stupidity that they did NOTHING to cure.
Stupid is permanent, ignorance can be cured.
Here is hope because sometimes you can cure yourself!
Repeat admonition of why I end these where I do...
The CHOICE is always YOURS!
Gegner
Even back in the Happy Days of the Fifties the music world reflected human misery, sorrow and betrayal.
Ironically there is no such thing as Pop music from the days of monarchy [The royals had a zero tolerance policy regarding criticism from ANY quarter!]
In case you ever wondered why the bulk of classical music is 'instrumental'...
You mocked the crown at mortal peril.
This is not the first time I've pointed at the 'tone' of modern music and sounded the alarm. Music is a reflection upon society and ours has sunk into something beyond despair.
On TV you watch actors who don't have a care in the world as they skip from one mishap to another, hilariously! [because people would burn their TV sets if TV reflected their own miserably lives too realistically.]
Yeah, modern life is typically a series of 'close calls' but there is nothing 'amusing' about it. Aspire, fail and try again. Get tired of barking up the 'wrong tree, regroup and try again, only to fail again [because you had 'bad intel'] so we fall back (again), regroup and swear we will be more careful NEXT TIME but NEXT TIME NEVER comes.
Yeah, when you're young you believe you have an unlimited number of 'at bats' because your loved ones never told you that you would only get one shot (maybe two, if you were exceptionally lucky or amazingly talented...but even talent is no assurance of success.)
Largely because the people holding the door (closed) are astoundingly STUPID but had the (incredible) 'good fortune' to be Well Born.
What is the path most youth choose to 'make their mark'?
Music, naturally!
And what do they sing about? Their miserable lives, of course! [Well, not THEIR misery but the misery of the people they were told about from the liars they've met while they were waiting for their 'at bat'.
Um, it is here I will posit that MOST music reflects reality and most 'inspirational music' reflects 'hope for the future' singing about glorious freedom that NO ONE has an idea how to achieve...but that's not the musician's job. They are 'poets' and thinkers, not killers [despite a majority of their songs being about killers!]
If it is music's intention to 'inspire' the current audio landscape is one of despair and hopelessness so what is it they are trying to cultivate, 'surrender?'
Sorrow is mankind's lot in life, our days are short and filled (often to overflowing) with 'woe'.
If we lift our heads a tiny bit (just enough to keep us from drowning in our tears) we would see the feckless, howling with laughter over our collective stupidity that they did NOTHING to cure.
Stupid is permanent, ignorance can be cured.
Here is hope because sometimes you can cure yourself!
Repeat admonition of why I end these where I do...
The CHOICE is always YOURS!
Gegner
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