Friday, June 24, 2011

Somebody Give Me Something

I was listening to the radio this morning,
and I realized something:
All songs are exactly the same.
I'm speaking in generalities, of course,
so there will be some variation.
But think about it.

Verse
Chorus
Verse
Chorus
Bridge
Chorus

For the past couple of decades,
songs have lacked creativity.
They follow this song structure,
and feature the same four chords
over
and over
and over again.

But when did it start being like this?
When did music stop being about
producing something new and different,
something that speaks truth,
something beautiful,
and start being about money?

Somebody give me something to listen to
that's worth my time,
that's worth the four and a half years
I spent studying music,
something that makes me think,
something beautiful,
something real and true.
Something that doesn't fit in a box,
something whose goal ISN'T just to make money.

3 comments:

  1. This is why you are the "lost flowerchild" - you missed your decade, musically ;-)

    -Mom

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  2. Perhaps you should look to the past and the Masters for inspiration. Just sayin'.

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  3. Leah, sometimes they REPEAT THE CHORUS. Which makes EVERYTHING totally ORIGINAL. ::sigh::

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