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Leviathon | Grand Rapids, MI • United States , Age 19

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Music and Where it leads

Dec 18, 2007 - 03:26 AM PST

i have never really understood music
i mean
yeah sure
music is nice
i like it
and i appreciate it
but i have never been a big "OH MY GOD!!!!!! *faints*" kind of band junkie
what is it about the beats and lyrics that move us?
when i listen to certain music it turns my mood
for example
tegan and sara = upbeat and carefree
modest mouse = cool and apathetic
imogen heap = relaxed and thoughtful
frou frou = makes me want to eat sherbet
behemoth = relaxed and confident
judas priest = happy and badass
dragonforce = crazy and wild
maria mena = makes me want to go ride my bike or cuddle up in a blanket with a good book
rihanna = always makes me want to dance my ass off
etc.
im not in these moods before i hear the music
so what invokes these responses and desires?
maybe perhaps it is the environment we are in when we are first exposed to the music
like i have this love/hate relationship with the song "collide" by howie day
its a nice song
but it reminds me of my ex and those memories either hurt or make me angry
so idk whether to listen to it
or to shut the radio off immediately when i hear it
hmmm...
most of the music i listen to makes me want to run away.. or move away
go live in a cold city
or in the country
maybe somewhere that everyone knows everyone else
to be submerged into the tide where im just another face
life would be fast-paced and i could steal moments away with a hot cocoa
or a long walk through the busy streets
i could be the outsider
no one knows me
a mystery
nothing to base things on
a clean slate
a fresh canvas
i think itd be amazing
perhaps terrifying
but to start over again somewhere
to cut all ties with the life you use to have
and embrace yourself
let go of the ropes that have been dragging you through life
and let the wind just blow you
yeah
id like to do that
but its not so simple
i have a vague outline of my future
and abandoning my education is not in my plans
*sigh*
if i had no responsibilities i would leave
i would set out and discover the world
be my own rurouni
a wanderer
..would it be courageous to leave on my own?
or would i be a coward for running away?

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Artistofth...

Jan 27, 2008 - 13:16 PM

You know I'm going to be featuring many of those artist except for Frou Frou because you can't keep promoting a band that isn't going to make any more albums. Sorry.. I listen to alot of music and the ones that move me never moved me so much that I wanted to marry the artist or faint when my favorite song is on I usually get over the songs within a week.

kailik

Dec 28, 2007 - 22:36 PM

I agree with the line about music making you want to move away. I feel like that all the time. Music is almost exotic in the way that moving or going somewhere else is. Because music makes us feel different all the time. I think we relish in the feeling, I think its intoxicating. Moving and traveling do the same thing if you think about it. They intoxicate us! And moving/running away lasts just a little bit longer than the song! Maybe thats why we want to do it.
The last two lines are tough. But it also reminds me of relationships/love. Starting relationships in my opinon(because of who I am) is a courageous move. But for others its a cowards move because they are afraid of being alone. But No matter who you are I think on some level its always both. So love and moving are a lot a like in this way! I've done both a few times, an one has always come with the other!

WackoSnack...

Dec 25, 2007 - 16:22 PM

i guess music is a reagent to emotion. with out stuff like music and art i think it would be hard to determen emotion... like you said.. the music you listen to make you wanna run away... but with out it you are fine... your emotions take over you when you listen to your music and true creativity comes out of you...

FrankieFra...

Dec 23, 2007 - 16:47 PM

"frou frou= sherbet"

No-one has ever put it better.

Abandoning education to go off exploring is what I dream of doing every day, so perhaps in that way it's the easy way out? But then again it would be courageous to just stand up and change things and...leave?

So yeah I know no more than you

x

ImEnigma

Dec 20, 2007 - 00:31 AM

Only you can answer the last question. You know what it would be. You know your intent. So which would it be? If you truly don't know, then you are not ready. But that is NO reason not to do it. Some lessons cannot be taught, only experianced.