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Music Makes Minds Go Mental
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Monday October 12, 2009 22:59 by Philip O' Rourke philip-o-rourke at live dot ie 6 Ridgewood Avenue, Sowrds, Co. Dublin
Music is a big influence on everybodys lives, weather we like it or not. Music, it makes the world go round doesn't it. But what people don't understand how much influence it has over us. Think about it, it starts from when we are children. We start to listen to catchy lyrics, beats that make us dance (i'm of course using the word dance loosly). As chldren we don't care who the artist is, who porduced the music or the hidden message in the song,if there is one. |
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Jump To Comment: 1I could write a tome on the influence of music on the lives of anyone with an ear or two but i have to fly....to a gig actually.
The horrible truth about what I would describe as real music, is it has been hi-jacked by the corporate/media pirate ship.
The lines between 'art' and 'entertainment' have been blurred to the unaware, unsuspecting listeners.
The image of the 'folksinger' has been ridiculed to the station of lampoon. Rap, when it emerged, was a fantastic 'artistic' reaction of the black communities of South LA and East LA to the persistant harrasment of the LAPD culminating in the acquittal of the 5 LAPD cops caught on video beating Rodney King to a pulp. Rap now is a sad shadow of its former self, used to degrade black women into objective roles, rather than a radical creative reaction to the enviroment of the artist.
Same with folk singers, even Opera has been hijacked. The themes in opera are often about struggle.....now lost on the well heeled elite citizens of a commercial enterprise....as has happened across the board regarding all possible radical forms of music.