How important is music to you??

U R A Crazy Breed
U R A Crazy Breed Posts: 8,370
edited December 2008 in The Porch
To some people music is "just there" and they like it..but can go without it if need be....

Some people live and breath it and can't survive without it...

everybody else falls somewhere in between.

where are you in this equation??


My dad was a Rock n' Roll musician when i was born(early '70s)..so as far back as i can remember i was always surrounded by music of all styles and genres..I've been into everything at one time or another (except country music...yuck!..I may be the only person on earth who listens to Poor Righteous Teachers & Pearl Jam! :)) but nothing ever came close to '70s rock IMO..till the grunge movement that is!

The reemergence of rock to music in the early '90s simultaneously coupled with the hi-jacking/pimping of Hip-Hop (which was cast into the land fill by scum bag record exec's promoting gangster excrement) saved me from spending most of my musical life in the '60s/'70s (i still visit quite often)

I guess what i am saying is Thank you Pearl Jam/AIC/Soundgarden/Nirvana for providing me with the musical sustenance i need to help me march forward in this fucked up life on this fucked up planet!!

LONG LIVE ROCK!!!
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  • randomhero_204
    randomhero_204 Posts: 120
    its right up there with breathing
    cook'em just to see the look on there face
  • finnannie
    finnannie Posts: 1,186
    Music is my way of escaping this world and the moment i am in... I need music, it makes me feel so much better. Its like religion.. some people need god and bible in their lives to be able to function -- I need music... I need Pearl Jam. :) Can't wait to see them live someday again ;) hopefully next summer - its like a religious gathering or something.. :D
    Won't let the light escape from me.
    Won't let the darkness swallow me.
  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 97,864
    randomhero_204 wrote:
    its right up there with breathing

    it's the same with me, too!
  • eMMI
    eMMI Posts: 6,262
    I'm going to keep this short cause if you get me started on the importance of music to me, I'm never gonna stop. :D so here goes:


    I would rather listen to shite music than try to cope without any.
    "Don't be faint-hearted, I have a solution! We shall go and commandeer some small craft, then drift at leisure until we happen upon another ideal place for our waterside supper with riparian entertainments."
  • StrummingGnome
    StrummingGnome Posts: 29
    I wouldn't be as melodramatic to say "Music is my life", but I certainly have a underlaying passion for music, I am an inspiring pianist; I've been playing for a decade now & I also indulge in artists whose lyrical content & music strikes a chord with me, personally!
  • corduroid
    corduroid Posts: 293
    Fundamental part of life ;)
  • celebration
    celebration Posts: 318
    If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine
    And my tunes were played on the harp unstrung,
    Would you hear my voice come thru the music,
    Would you hold it near as it were your own?
    ########################
    Celebration, the ball's in play
  • mavi
    mavi Posts: 941
    Extremely and profoundly important.
    Music is a highlight in my life.
    :)
    "He who hears music, feels his solitude peopled at once" R. Browning
  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    not to sound cliche or anything...

    but i feel that music truly saved my life. it helped to fill a huge hole for me.
    I LOVE MUSIC.
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  • EddieVedderFan1
    EddieVedderFan1 Posts: 176
    What would life be without music?
    The world would be a very quiet place.

    Music is in many ways the fabric of our lives and the definition of society. It is a reminder of how things once were, an indication of how things are, and a view of where society is headed.
    There are three types of people in this world: those who make things happen, those who watch things happen and those who wonder what happened.

    We do not inherit the earth from our parents. We borrow it from our children.
  • Two Birds
    Two Birds Posts: 256
    celebration wrote:
    If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine
    And my tunes were played on the harp unstrung,
    Would you hear my voice come thru the music,
    Would you hold it near as it were your own?


    it's a hand-me-down....the thoughts are broken.
    Peace,
    ________________________
    Too many shows but never enough!
    These guys are the fruit of the earth...
  • PureandEasy
    PureandEasy Posts: 5,818
    Well, when I was in the tenth grade, our English teacher asked us to write a paper about something we couldn’t do without.

    Mine was about music.

    And my teacher was so impressed with my paper too. He said it really made him think what life would be like without music.

    God that was AGES ago.

    and I reiterate Crazy Breed's original post, LONG LIVE ROCK (which happens to be my favorite band's song :D)
    Don't come closer or I'll have to go
  • Kilgore_Trout
    Kilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    i live for it... playing it, seeing it, listening to it, all the merch that goes along with it, etc etc etc... any genre... as long as theres some artistic merit
    "Senza speme vivemo in disio"

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  • U R A Crazy Breed
    U R A Crazy Breed Posts: 8,370
    StrummingGnome wrote:
    I am an inspiring pianist; I've been playing for a decade now & I also indulge in artists whose lyrical content & music strikes a chord with me, personally!

    very cool..i love the piano. are you familiar with Keith Emerson's work?that guy was incredible!! :)


    PureandEasy wrote:
    and I reiterate Crazy Breed's original post, LONG LIVE ROCK

    yeah baby!! :D:D
  • corduroid
    corduroid Posts: 293
    Two Birds wrote:
    it's a hand-me-down....the thoughts are broken.
    ~ Let there be songs to fill the air ~

    Right on! :)
  • Lone Wolf
    Lone Wolf Posts: 1,023
    Can´t live without it........
    Dream the dreams of other men,...You´ll be no ones rival,...
    Dream the dreams of others then,... You will be no ones rival,...
  • Lone Wolf
    Lone Wolf Posts: 1,023
    @Crazy Breed: Glad you mention Keith Emerson.......his Piano Improvisations are awesome....so is "Close to Home" btw........
    Dream the dreams of other men,...You´ll be no ones rival,...
    Dream the dreams of others then,... You will be no ones rival,...
  • musicismylife78
    musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
    music is the be all and end all for me.

    it is as important as food and water. Just as I couldnt survive without food or water, I couldnt survive if I couldnt go to shows or couldnt listen to cd's.

    It changed me, and I continue to become the person I always wanted to be, as I listen.

    mere words fail to describe how worthless life would be without music.

    I wouldnt want to live in a world without it.

    In short music is everything to me. I think about it 24 hours a day. Every second of every day is spent listening to music, going to shows, or thinking about shows and music.
  • musicismylife78
    musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
    music gives me courage. courage to be myself. courage to try new things. even the worst day, can be salvaged with a good album, or good concert. the pains of that day melt away as goosebumps rise and your mind is blown.

    music forced me to change.

    I posted a couple weeks ago how music is the soundtrack to our lives. through everything, the good and the bad, its there. for some its merely background noise. something you turn on at a party or when driving in the car to and from work. for others, like myself, music, plays more important roles in our lives. shaping, changing, challenging, saving the very essence of our lives.

    I could be walking to the store, I am thinking of music. I could be at work, and I am thinking of music. I could be dreaming, and I will be dreaming of music.

    newsweek had an article on people's reactions to music, how it played an important role in peoples lives. but oddly the article didnt talk about what I refered to above.

    I think music can change people's lives. to become more political, to become more alive. to become more aware. to become less political and more atune to life.

    i know all this, because it happend to me
  • Jeanwah
    Jeanwah Posts: 6,363
    randomhero_204 wrote:
    its right up there with breathing

    I'd say the same thing...

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