Why do people take eachother's likes and dislikes so personally? There are plenty of people whom I know that, if an acquantance doesn't like the same type of music they like, they're automatically shot down. It's rather sad when people can't get along all because of music. But then again, this goes to show how much power music has over someone. Music is a tool that can be used to enhance a mood, moment, or emotion, or to damper a highly precarious situation. Don't believe me? Well, read Violin sometime and you'll see it too... or just be the self-analytical type.

Now to utterly contradict what I just said... I really don't agree with this opinion about Dido's video for "Thank You." Personally, I liked how it didn't match the song in content, because far too many videos do just that. The thing is, when a song's played over and over, you get sick of it. Everytime a song plays, each person will have a different image about it and an idea of what the video should play. A video which matches the song does that and quickly becomes boring as well. However, a video with almost no reference to the song's lyrical content makes you stop and watch the video, since it has nothing to do with the song and therefore has it's own significance. Of course, like anything else, that can be overplayed to the point of annoyance as well.

Speaking of being over played, I've noticed a cycle in which songs pass through. First, you hear it and it's cool. Then, you memorize every single word in the song. Later, it's too overplayed yet still cool. Then it becomes irritating and rather boring... And lastly, it becomes a classic. Take, for instance, Canon in D... or Creed's "Higher".

Just on a side note, Jennifer Lopez's new CD kicks major ass now that she's incorporated more techno into the music. Also, the album balances different subject matters, but most of them more or less pertain to relationships. Like Johnsy once said (I think, or someone else): "When you're happy, you enjoy the moment. When you're mad, you write songs." All too true... Take "Don't Speak" for an example.

Eh, along with all this music talk... Gershwin, don't get me wrong, your music is wonderful beyond belief but it's too damn hard to play on the piano and with my small hands! ;_;