We’re driving to some St.Patricks Day festival and my dads playing the radio. He keeps switching it from some song about getting money and banging hot chicks to some screamo song that frankly, I can’t tell you is about because it’s impossible to understand. So in goes my headphones and on goes pandora. That’s when I started thinking about all the other kids who’s iPods or mp3 players have saved them from having to listen to their parents flip through radio stations. It made me wonder what kind of music they listen to and why. Then I started thinking about before mp3s were popular and how the radio was ‘all the rage’. Back then music must not have been that important to kids. I mean I think about it now and I always hear teenagers and some adults talking about how music saved their life. Musics saved me in so many ways but at the same time it’s killed me. See, guys, I’m in my high school marching band. I used to play the flute. Then I met my boyfriend who played baritone and I switched. Now I play trombone. I’m telling you because if it wasn’t for band and my love for the arts, my life wouldn’t be so bad now. Yes, I went through a horrible teenage heartbreak. Who hasn’t? The point is, being in band has effected my life sooo much in more bad ways than good but I still go to music for comfort and saving. So guys, now I’m wondering what your favorite song is, who it’s by, and why it’s your favorite. Maybe we share a common favorite. (:
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I have a lot of songs on my ‘Top 20’ list… One of them:
Depeche Mode – “People are People”
It’s basically a song that recognizes that we’re all people… with commonalities… and that superficial differences among people are unnecessary. I was in grade school when the song came out back in the 80s and it has stuck with me since.
I don’t want this comment to enter the moderation queue so I won’t link to it… but the song is on YouTube.
Thanks, distant.road, I’ll check it out. (:
There was a way of playing music before mp3s. What you’re describing has been going on since the Walkman in the 80s
My dad had the beetles single but didn’t like the beetles so he blasted it with an airgun. If only he knew how much it would be worth today. As your probably wondering I’m listening to music as it happens. I don’t know if you’ve heard of Three Trapped Tigers, the album is Route One or Die. Yeah I escape with music too. I remember listening to records when I was little, my dad used to put the headphones on me. I wish I had learnt to play an instrument so your very lucky. Try and learn to play as many instruments as you can.
I have two, that are probably tied as favorites; I cannot choose. Neither may be to your liking. You can probably find them on YouTube.
One is Let Love Speak Up Itelf by The Beautiful South
Second is Everything by DJ Tiesto featuring Jes. There is another high energy version of this song by DJ TIesto w/o Jes but it isn’t that one. It’s the slow one.
I just love them both for everything about them. The melody, the sentiment…everything.
I hope you enjoy.
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That’s my goal, Duke of Marmalade! I’m half way through brass. (:
That’s awesome, almostgone! I played guitar and the piano while growing up… and I shouldn’t have stopped playing. Definitely keep playing… Like Duke said, play as many as you can.
I can play the triangle
You can join my band if you like 🙂
Totally, duke of marmalade. Two man band. (;
When you two become successful and start touring, I want a discount on your concert tickets… please! Free is even better… and a backstage pass would be really nice, too… lol
Welp, my favorite song is Far Away by Nickelback. Yes, you read that correctly. Its my friends and my song, but not in a romantic kind of way, because I moved away over the summer and it describes how we feel. It’s a very good song, so give it a chance!
I have a few:
We Cry – The Script
Safe and Sound – Taylor Swift
Invisible – Skylar Grey
Scream – Zoe Girl
I Don’t Care – Apocalyptica
there’s more but a lot soo….yeah
btw I am working on electric guitar
I have a difficult time listening to music these day. Too bitter to just let the song play through. I hear what is being said and it takes me to the era it came out, or back to a moment in time that just plain sucked. Music irritates the emotional scars. Not a big fan of timetravel, leave it to jean claude van damme. Music is a motivator…
Emotionlessandlost – I Don’t Care is one of my favorites, too.
45 – Shinedown
The Crow Chasing the Butterfy – Shinedown
You guys are great.. Im going to listen to every song.
Music really does help, doesn’t it? I like two, and probably more since me and my iPod are inseparable, especially during those lonely hours.
Our Solemn Hour – Within Temptation
Cosmic Love – Florence and the Machines