Music Connects

I consider myself a music connoisseur .  I love music and the way it has the ability to make me feel. Music is the one thing we all have in common.  It can bring you from a place of darkness to the possibility of light.  It can make you feel good even when you feel so bad.  It can put you in the mood to be with someone special.  It can make you realize that you don't want to be with the person you are with.  Music lends it's voice to life issues.  Music bridges together the old and the young, black and white, rich and poor, even democrats and republicans.  We all share a love of music.

For me, I am a R & B woman.  My favorite artist is R. Kelly.  I think he is a great musical genius of my time.  He is for me what Marvin Gaye was to my parents.  He breaths life into his music and leaves it open for interpretation.  He has the ability to sing songs like Down Low and Trade In My Life and put them on the same album.  Not only can he sing the hell out of a song but he has been blessed with the ability to write great songs for others to sing.  I love the way I feel when I'm listening to the melodies and hearing the words.  I can go on and on about the genius that is R. Kelly but I won't.

Like I said, I am a R & B woman.  I love the music of the 50's, 60's and 70's.  I love this era of music because of their abilities to embrace their struggles through song.  They sang songs that spoke out against what they were going through.  The men sang about treating a woman like a queen.  The women sang about being in love with the strengths of the man.  They came together for the benefit of everyone.  History books tell us that behind the scenes that had drug and martial problems but you would have never known that listening to the music.

I must say though I am partial to R & B, I have been known to listen to every other musical genre.  Music has surely changed.  Men call women bitches and hoes while women decide to dance in their videos.  I really don't like the direction that music has taken but I understand.  Times will always change so I'm hoping that musical history will repeat itself.  I guess what I'm trying to say is I am not a fan of rap.  I don't like the idea that men call women out of their names and women are so quick to answer.  Since when did that become okay.  Music is interpretative so I'm pretty sure there is going to be people who disagree but I'm not going to listen to music that speaks so negatively about me as a Black Woman.  These rappers talking about drugs, fancy cars (that they don't even own), big houses (that belong to the record executive) and other rappers (that are doing the same thing they're doing).  Seriously, STOP THAT!!! The people of the 50's, 60's and 70's may not have had a lot but they made music to make you feel good.  That's just my opinion.  The reason I think music connects us more than anything else is because it's an art.  I love music because it gives me something to think about all the time.

Music comes from experience.  I can't like every song because I can't relate to every song.  Music moves me.  It gives me ideas.  It educates me.  It speaks directly to me.  Music often echoes my feelings without anyone knowing.  I love music because it connects us all.

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