Music plays a really important part in my life. Whether i’m listening to it just before i fall asleep or on my way to school, I don’t think i could survive without it. It’s my companion and supporting pillar for some of the hardest times i’ve faced; and the song of my life for the happy times.

Although i don’t remember what song it was, there has always been a song that has somehow given me strength for those hard times. I would listen to that particular song over and over again until i felt better.

Sometimes it didn’t even have to be a hard time. I would listen to songs that i felt were my “life songs” (they describe my life at that moment) or i would hope they would turn into my life song. For example, Stellar during 2005 and 2006. I was hoping it would turn into my life song…it never did. Anyway!…i still love listening to that song because i think it’s an awesome song…even though it is effectively a love song (which i classify as mushy and hence only listen to when i’m in a mushy mood)

More recently, i heard and fell in love with Heal Over by KT Tunstall. It’s a beautiful song that I hope would turn into my life song…but i doubt it will. Hmnn…maybe my dreams are a bit too elaborate huh? Oh well…

I love listening to heal over because it’s so real and it feels like the singer is singing it with her own real, true emotion. Its the same feeling i get whenever i hear a Nina Simone song. She is one magnificent singer! The only singer so far that has made me get goosebumps every time i listen to her songs. All of them have this reality in them. I feel her sincerity and her passion for music whenever i hear her songs. Some of my favorites are Feeling Good, Ain’t got no money, ain’t got no life, Sinnerman, hmmnn…actually i could go on and on.

As you can see, my music taste is pretty varied. But that’s precisely what i like about music. It can be so many things and can affect people in so many ways. Some songs have the power to make me weep while others have the power to make me smile after i’ve been crying. But music has this magical effect on me that I haven’t found with anything else.

That’s why i feel that music, or more correctly, good music, that is of the standard of Nina Simone or at the least, reveals the singers true passion and emotion; is rare, and precious. I hope that the world can truly appreciate the magical power of music so that it doesn’t just degrade to a lucrative career.

Thanks for listening,

sourspicy: feeling random and distracted…hmmnn