The meaning of music to me, is a way to let go of reality. Just when you need a step back from life, put that set of headphones in, turn up that radio station, or listen to your favorite song on a CD. Music allows you to relate to the lyrics of which seems to be wrote just for you and the situation you could be going through. As I have gotten older, I’ve noticed some go for the drinking, smoking, or the drugs to get away from their problems. I on the other hand, personally listen to music to allow my feelings out and make myself feel better. Whether I listen to a song that makes me want to cry, or hear that particular song I can scream at the top of my lungs and it never gets old.
The genre of music that means the most to me is classic rock. Growing up that’s all I would listen to. From AC/DC to Led Zeppelin, this type of music is one I hold close to my heart. Being raised by my dad since I was five, we would have jam out sessions every chance we got. We would be out in the garage, or house, even on random car rides, we would turn up the music and sing together. Although we sounded like cats falling of the empire state building, we didn’t care because we was having fun.
The current musician I want to write about is Tom Petty. I know most kids, or those my age have no idea who he is. He is one of my favorite classic rock artists of all time. His songs are ones I can relate to. For example the song ‘I won’t back down’, I have memorized every word. For the times I have been put down and told I couldn’t do something or when I feel like I’m not good enough, I can listen to it. My emotions seem to float away along with the guitar cords fading out of the speakers. Not only can I relate to those lyrics of his songs at an older age, but I have memories with his songs from when I was real young.
Still to this day, I remember being four or five years old and listening to music with my dad. He would turn on his record player and everything would become a dream. One thing specifically I remember is when he would play his Tom Petty record. We would be in the middle of the concrete floor of the garage. I would stand on his feet, holding hands, and we would slow dance to the song ‘Free Fallin’. I would sing the song to him word for word, not really knowing what it all meant. I just knew the girl loved horses, just like I did at the time. We had nothing but smiles on our faces, and lyrics in our minds.
Even now when I hear that song, it brings me back to those innocent times of giggling and smiles. I wish like hell it was that easy to have those type of memories with him now. As I have gotten older, we hardly talk to each other without arguing or getting along. We mostly stay away from one another, to avoid an argument. I guess when you live with someone for all of these years you’re bound to bump heads. I would give anything to be able to go back and create more memories with him like old times. Even dance to that song again, while I still can.
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| This is just some of the lyrics to the song that dad and I would dance to. Without the lyrics of this song catching my eye, I would never of had such a precious memory with him. |
I love how you described how music makes you feel and i can relate to that. Classic rock is also one of my favorite genres. Again i loved when you described how music makes you feel, "The meaning of music to me, is a way to let go of reality. Just when you need a step back from life, put that set of headphones in, turn up that radio station, or listen to your favorite song on a CD. Music allows you to relate to the lyrics of which seems to be wrote just for you and the situation you could be going through." You captured the feeling of listening to music so well. It's an incredible feeling finding a song where the lyrics relate to you. The caption of your lyric photo connects nicely with the memory you and your father have. That must be so much fun!
ReplyDeleteI agree with Emma about how you described how music makes you feel, I too can relate to that. I think that you did an amazing job with this part "My emotions seem to float away along with the guitar cords fading out of the speakers" your writing was at its best there. I agree with you when you said "listening to music with my dad. He would turn on his record player and everything would become a dream"because my dad would do the same and we just listen to Mexican songs all the time. I love your caption because it does go great with your photo and it connects nicely with the memory of you and your dad and what you had to say here "I would give anything to be able to go back and create more memories with him like old times. Even dance to that song again, while I still can". You did a fantastic job.
ReplyDeleteMy dad also listens to this kind of music and i grew up listening to it also. I think your writing is at its best when you are talking about what you and your dad sounded like when singing to music you say "although we sounded like cats falling of the empire state building, we didn’t care because we was having fun". I think that really described the relationship you had with your father at this point in your life. I love how you took a piece of the lyrics and made that your photo. Your caption does a create job explaining why you had used those lyrics as your photo.
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