There are many roads to the same fields of learning, and a form of expression such as music, and lyric writing are but a small part of the human experience.
Some of us, as with all things, are much more adept at it than others.
Personally, I think that some of the songwriting that I hear on the radio sucks....
Especially the rap songs that just cuss... I witnessed a live show of rap,/ hip-hop, I don't even remember who exactly now, but the 'artist' (ha) that was on the stage came out bouncin, to a fairly good rythm, and just used one word for the entire three to four minutes of the 'song' (ha)..
He just said 'MF**K' every second or two for the duration of the music.....
That was it..... The crowd cheered at the conclusion, it just left me shakin my head, and wondering why all those kids had paid to have their intelligence raped by some asshole who called himself a 'star' (ha again).... I grew up with the idea that a star, represented the best of what our society has to offer, and they, being heros to many many people, were held to a slightly higher standard than the average.....
I guess that in this age of digital communication and all, the standards have more or less been thrown out alltogether...
This is a poor commentary on where we, as a society, have allowed ourselves to degenerate to....
I always felt, that a 'song' was meant to express some of the intense feelings that human beings can experience, not that there aren't negative emotions at times, but in general, this form of expression down thru history, has been a wonderous, and beautiful thing that would make anyone proud to be of a species that could create something like that......
Now, I am ashamed of being related to people, by being even on the same planet, when I hear some of the TRASH that is being written, and being called 'songs', or the totally bogus crap that is passing for 'music'....
I may be an old fart, but my interpretation of this type of creativity means something more than just noise that irritates the eardrums......
I don't even mind it loud, ....... just be a little more creative with it all......
Use a little finesse in plucking those strings, so we can hear what key you are in, at least, and most of all, plllleeeeeaase say more about the human condition than just Muthaf**k........
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