It was said by some random guy, maybe Handel? Who was some major composer. I love the idea of it. Its why I like classical music so much, when you lose yourself in your own thoughts and end up listening to just the music...
Its awesome :)
What I also like is when you find a song which really means something. Music speaks, in this case, whether through just the music, or through the lyrics, or even through the memories.
For example, I love Blame It On The Pop, by DJ Earworm. Its a mash-up, which on principle I hate... But it was played every single riverside we ever went to, and so it makes me stupidly happy to listen to it.
I like the Carter Burwell River Runs Through Her. Which yes, I heard initially because of Twilight, but thats not why I like it. It tells a story, and a lovely one.
Then you have lyric-y ones. Hey Ya, is actually beautiful lyrically, if you listen to the Obadiah Parker version its a bit more obvious than the Outkast one, however awesome it is :)
I like how I find random music that I suddenly have to listen to, and then I wonder what it really meant. I genuinely don't think this will mean anything to anyone else, ever, but I googled it and came up with the quote below.
Thing is, its exactly where I am right now. Song- 45. Artist- Shinedown
"The inspiration from the song really came from – I think a lot of people kinda take a literal sense because of the lyrics – but the song is basically about the day that you wake up and you look at yourself in the mirror and you finally decide that you want to try to become comfortable in your own skin, and realize that you’re gonna have to make yourself happy before you’re going to make anyone else happy. And basically, the 45 isn’t an actual literal term for a gun, I used it as a metaphor for the world, the .45 is actually the world and what it hands you every day of your life. When you get up, it’s a gift to be alive to begin with. A lot of different people, when I’ve talked about it, they said, “Do you really honestly mean that?” And I’m like, “Well, yeah.” Because I’ve been in that situation where I didn’t know if I wanted to continue going on and I didn’t know how to necessarily make myself comfortable with who I was, trying to find a way of learning more about myself. And you come from a dark place sometimes, and that’s really the reality of the song. It’s about overcoming and about moving forward. And it’s basically about understanding that it’s not always going to be good, but you really have no one to blame for yourself if you don’t move forward. That’s where the whole, “Nobody knows what I believe,” [comes from] because we’re all individuals. So that’s really where it comes from, it’s about moving on, really"
The bold bits are the most important bits. I was really happy when I read it, so I thought I'd share. Blog more later :) <3
