A little meme I picked up from Rachel yesterday. I’ve had this post ready since then, but am only posting it now because YOU CAN LOSE A LOT OF POTENTIALLY OTHERWISE MORE PRODUCTIVE TIME LISTENING TO EVERYTHING ON THIS LIST. Be careful. You’ve been warned. (But, come on, it’s Friday!)
5 Comments » Posted by Kyle / meme and music
I like to think that the difficulty I experience in defining my musical tastes is owing to the intricacy of my upbringing and musical self-discovery, my love affair with listening, finding that intriguing detail that never gets old, experimentation with different genres. As a musician I often feel as though I occupy some loosely or undefined middle ground: a more accomplished listener than performer, neither professional nor amateur, neither scholar nor idiot, certainly educated, but most certainly not a snob.
I like the think these things, but the truth of the matter is really far more serious. I am addicted to the top 40 music of the last 15 years. This worries and confuses people a great deal.
Whatever story this symphony suggests to the listener, the end cannot but put you at peace in the face of turmoil and make you believe that there is hope in spite of our powerlessness. The peace and hope it speaks of are permanent, final, irrational, and ultimately acts of great faith.