Over the past few weeks I have come to some revelations, no nothing of supreme importance but more observations in human development. This stems from observed differences between myself and my family. At best these are gross over generalizations but I have stopped ignoring the uncanny. In our past, studies were done about music and the developing brain or even musics' effects on plants. To avoid the shear multitude of offenses against stupid people, I will not make judgments on the smartness of certain music listeners. I will, however, reiterate that that Classical music always ranks the highest and Rock n Roll and even Metal are bright contenders on the spectrum, not all music is as fortunate. My over generalizations are all about how someone wants to think, yes choices and not hardwired bereavement of the mind. With music, you would assume there are so many different categories and so much placement, this is going to be so difficult. In all my audacity I state there are three different types of songs; sing along songs, songs that shouldn't exist, and everything else.
Sing-along songs:
This is where I offend so many people on so many levels, but in all fairness I enjoy my sing-along song every now and then but I just can't and won't listen to it much of the time. Defining sing-along music, should be fairly straight forward, it is music that is easy to sing along with and the words are usually very rudimentary. The best examples, I feel exposer from, include; country, pop, and anything without a complex musical composition. Songs that are all about the words and all the music does is serve a metronomic device that lest you know when to reiterate that all too familiar refrain. Songs that are easy to learn and ones where the lyrics have a lack of metaphoric content or at least good metaphoric content. These are not songs that really make you think, “But you have to repeat the words, you are thinking.”, nope you're not. You are processing from memory the words that you've heard, like a robot. Calculaters do not think.
Songs that shouldn't exist:
These are songs of little to no value, often heard in clubs and usually altered so you can grope another person. Altered because they weren't even good enough to just play, these are the most ridiculous songs and are usually one hit or few hit wonders. Wonders as in you wonder why anyone would consider this a good song. Yeah they are fun songs but seriously if they fell off the face of the Earth you wouldn't really miss them. And they are all too easily replaced by another R&B group, rapper, disc spinner, and pop diva. I do get some exposure to this music but as of lately I find myself skipping it and deleting them from my archives. Surely there must be good Rap and R&B, they do not play it in clubs and drugs, sex, and super soaking that ho is not the main theme of the song. As I said, these can be fun songs but honestly, does U and Dat booty make a significant difference.
Everything else:
Everything else, big category for big songs. Intricate scores heathered with a vastness of notes and lyrics. From classical pieces to Metal and all in between, this array of music stimulates central processes in the brain because of it's complexity. “I don't like it because I can't understand it.” All that surrounds us is not to be fully understood, and giving in to that feeling allows one to understand more than his others. Even better is the nonsense that can have so many meaning, only those they set in stone a definition have lost the the beauty of the piece. These are not those “Tequila makes her cloths fall off” or “I like big butts and I can not lie” songs, these are the “Ribonucleic acid freak out, the power of prayer. Long halls of science and all the lunatics committed there. Robot Lords of Tokyo, SMILE TASTE KITTENS! Did you not know that the royal hunting grounds are always forbidden?”
The types of People we are:
There are two types, too simple to not be true, too complex to be believed. Those that ask why and those that don't. Those that ask why just can not accept an answer to be true, they want to know what makes it true. It is not that they want to be difficult, the why helps to develop their self though and discovery. It gives them the power to be an authority on subjects because they know why things are they way they are and that can be used to understand other things. Debating over everything and anything, choosing a side just to give audience to the idea. They do not need to believe in the argument but they fully understand the position. It is all about a higher stimulation. It is about freedom of the mind. Show me everything, so that I might understand all and nothing.
The second peoples accept what they are told, and prefer fun that is easy and does not require deep thought. To be able to shut off a desire to learn, I am sure I seem to despise these people but in fact I find them fascinating. Not because I want to but because I have to. They, I can not fully understand, why would you not ask why it is a choice to know less. Every day there is more and you chose to know less about everything than you did the day before. These are the know what you must but forsake more, it can not be worth it. I am not say these people are not high functioning, on the contrary, they are highly skilled at what they do but there lives seem to be all about what they know and not about what they could know. Keep it short simple and to the point, repeat.
In the end, there are designers and builders, those that draw the blue prints and those that follow those prints. I recommend you chose to unlock your ability to ask why, no matter what you listen to and prove my over generalizations wrong.
Perhaps all this is about inner demons, those Firsts are in constant battle and must arm themselves with what ever stimulations as possible. The Seconds, either have no demons or can ignore those demons. Who is most blessed, if any.
With love from Lodi,
Ben Hable
Thought is just ranting, if no one is there to listen.
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