So I’ve been thinking about music a lot. Why you ask, well let me tell you. I’ve been working at Panera Bread for the past few months doing prep work. This means I’m in the back generally by myself staring at the wall with vegetables and deli meat as my companions. The past few weeks there has been someone scheduled as a dishwasher and I have company. Thankfully the dishwashers bring music. We had a radio but it broke. The thing usually on the radio was NPR which I don’t mind since I never get to watch the news or read anything about what’s going on in the world around me. With people bringing their iPods or prefered MP3 player I keep asking who we are listening to since I have no clue as to what is going on in the music world. The response is “oh it’s _______…what do you listen to?” To which I say, “The last thing I listened to was a Veggie Tales worship cd. The radio in our car is broke. And the kids trump what is on in the van. I’ll listen to just about anything as long as it’s not vulgar.” They say “Oh” and the day goes on. But the question about what music I like has been in my head for about a week now.
What do I like to listen to? This question led me to think about the power of music. Music can bring you to tears, pump you up to exercise, relax you after a bad day, you can praise God, some people curse God, to some music is life, and it’s everywhere. Sometimes music reminds me of being home, or college, or drags up memories I wish it wouldn’t. I think everyone has a certain kind of music that they listen to for certain things. There are some days when I wish I still had Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette. That cd helped get me through some crappy days. You know those days when you just want to scream and tune out the world? Or when you just need to run and pound out the day there? There are very few places you go these days where music isn’t present. Every culture has their own form of music. Anyone from high school reading this happen to remember the Pigmy music we used to have to listen to in bio lab? Yeah, I picked that out at Rainforest Cafe once. I could almost sing along.
Anyway, thinking of all this I’ve realized that my life has been void of music for some time. I’ve never owned a lot of cds. I grew up in the middle of nowhere where the only real radio station was The Wolf. I can go home after being gone for years and in a day I’ll have heard everything that I heard while growing up. They play the good, the bad, and the ugly of classic rock. Some new stuff, but new stuff doesn’t reach where I grew up. I was a band and choir geek in school. I was a music major for a year. So why am I musicless? I’m not sure, but I think it needs to change. iTunes will become my friend. As will remembering to open up a tab with Pandora when I’m on the internet.
What do you like to listen to? Has your life been void of music too? If you have kids to they tend to win the radio/cd battles in the car? Where do you buy your music? Share your thoughts with me. And in no order at all here are some of the styles/artists/albums I’ve enjoyed over the years. I’m sure this list will grow over time just for my own amusement. Now it’s time to turn off the music and get to bed. G’night y’all.
- Nora Jones
- Dave Matthews
- Eagles
- Eric Clapton
- BB King
- Aerosmith
- Kirk Franklin
- Point of Grace
- Jennifer Knapp
- Van Morrison
- Irish music
- Guitar
- Classical
- Jazz
- Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
- Strings
- Piano
- John Mayer
- Whitney Houston
- Madonna
- Maroon 5
- Journey
- 90’s power ballads
- Boyz II Men
- Disney movies
- Musicals
- Dark Side of the Moon
- Chicago
- Bob Seger
- Michael Buble
- Michael Jackson
- Michael Bolton…ok, not really I was just on a Michael roll
- Jars of Clay
- Rebecca St. James
- Hillsong
- Mary Mary
- I Will Survive…what would college have been like without this song? I miss you all!!
- Stevie Wonder
- U2
- Sarah McLachlan
- Almost any Christmas music
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