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What's The The Real Message To Humanity In Your Favourite Songs? by Denko2721987(m): 6:49pm On Jul 22, 2016 |
I am a passionate lover of music because music to me is a spiritual thing and feeling which resonnates with my consciousness.. It is also a medium for the profound expression of self, as well as a form of therapy, entertainment, and a mechanism capable of bringing strangers together through a common love and passion for art. But most importantly, artists can help us understand the world around us by articulating thoughts and emotions through pictures and sounds that help us further connect with ideas. Today, it can be difficult to find lyrical content of substance and value while sifting through the recycled muck of today’s mainstream pop “artists.” However, despite the influx of unoriginal and soulless material currently tainting the airwaves, some artists have chosen to use their spotlight to provide more conscious and thought-provoking messages. From Classic, Blues, Pop, Rock, Soul, Jazz, Rap and of course gospel (am a fan of almost all genres of music), there is usually that stand-out song from our favourite class of music or artist that comes around once in a while which we always want to play over and over again whose conscious and thought-provoking/deep-rooted meaning coupled with its captivating melody is so electrifying it gives us goose bumbs (i call this internal climax) whenever it seeps through our ears.. I have quite a number of such songs from my facourite artists which are quite numerous to mention a few for example - Coldplay (Moving to Mars, What if, Twisted logic, Viva La Dida etc ) - i really love cold play, Tool (big favourite), Fela (to me, he was a prophet), Bob-Marley, Lucky Dube, Brenda, Celine-Dion, Teddy-Pendergrass (i really love the power in his love songs), Disturbed (another top favourite), Dead by Sunrise - (songs like 'walking in circles' and 'end of the world' comes to mind, Tupac (his songs were truely legendary if you could sift tru the gross f-words and grasp the real deep poetry in his songs - 'who do you believe in' for example), Led Zeplin (stairway to heaven).... and so many others but these few to mention here.. One of my many favourite real-meaning songs which i will put under the spot-light today among so many other favourites is - RIGHT IN TWO by a rock band called TOOL which has this puzzling but very relevant and thought-provoking message. This song when u go through its lyrics seems to be holding or passing a powerful meaning/message (in my own opinion though) which features a melancholy viewpoint on the mindlessness of man with a solemn tune to back it up. The lyrics to this particular tune speaks largely for themselves. An excerpt reads: Angels on the sideline, baffled and confused Father blessed them all with reason, and this is what they choose. Monkey killing monkey, killing monkey over pieces of the ground Silly monkeys, give them thumbs, they forge and blade And where there’s one, they’re bound to divide it Right in two Monkey killing monkey, killing monkey over pieces of the ground Silly monkeys, give them thumbs, they make a club and beat their brother down Fight till they die over sun, over sky, They fight till they die over sea, over air, They fight till they die over blood, over love, They fight till they die over words, polarizing. Right in Two. You can download this song from this link here ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzB9XCrwvMk) or here (mp3clan.ws/mp3/right_in_two_tool.html) This song is a melancholy number about the senseless killing and fighting amongst a species capable of doing so much more — a species “blessed with reason” willfully wandering along a steady path of destruction. For those unfamiliar with Tool’s music, a few recommended tunes include: “Hush”- A protest of artistic censorship“Sober”- The demons of substance abuse. “Sober”- The demons of substance abuse. “Rosetta Stoned” – A song satirizing self- proclaimed prophets. “Parabol/Parabola” – A song about celebrating the opportunity to exist. “Vicarious” – Explores a speculative societal addiction to death and suffering through media. Every revolution needs music. If there is an artist or band you think we should discuss, feel free to mention and talk about them in the comments. Over to you guys..
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