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I have always been into music. Everything from Big Band / Swing to Rock, Folk, Sinatra, Dean Martin, classical, orchestra, and most pop music from the 60's and 70's - but little to no modern pop. Since I was a teenager I've always had a pretty good stereo system and constantly upgraded it. I listen to music all day long and when I am working around the house I ALWAYS have my cell phone in my pocket tuned to Pandora or Serious XM or even a personal play list. I have been buying wireless Bose and SONY speakers for different parts of the house including my Lanai and Workshop. Can't detail the cars without music, right?! 
In HS & College I listened to music quite loudly and there were always parts of songs I never knew the words to. When singing along I sort of made up my own sometimes - lol. Now through YouTube, closed captions and lyric video's I have been finding out the real words and real meanings of some of the songs we grew up with.
I honestly did not realize some of those songs were so radical or knew their true meaning. Many of them were written and sung during the Vietnam War era and now it is so very obvious to me what they were saying and their true meaning. This has made me feel a bit foolish and naive, however as the say better late than never!
So what does this tell me? It tells me there are many aspects to a certain song and as to why it becomes a hit and we like them. There is the melody, the beat, the change-ups, the tune, the message and lyrics, and there are still some songs like Hotel California by the Eagles I am still a little confused about. I truly believe that some of the reason I never knew (up until recent times) all of the words is because my hearing even back then was waning. Between listening to music at deafening levels, shooting as a young kid, being around loud machinery etc. I never knew how much hearing I had lost at such a young age! Of course some songs are just difficult to discern individual words as well.
Anyway, this has been on my mind as I seek out more and more lyric video's and find out "exactly" to what we have been listening to all these years. Pretty ironic isn't it?!
In HS & College I listened to music quite loudly and there were always parts of songs I never knew the words to. When singing along I sort of made up my own sometimes - lol. Now through YouTube, closed captions and lyric video's I have been finding out the real words and real meanings of some of the songs we grew up with.
I honestly did not realize some of those songs were so radical or knew their true meaning. Many of them were written and sung during the Vietnam War era and now it is so very obvious to me what they were saying and their true meaning. This has made me feel a bit foolish and naive, however as the say better late than never!
So what does this tell me? It tells me there are many aspects to a certain song and as to why it becomes a hit and we like them. There is the melody, the beat, the change-ups, the tune, the message and lyrics, and there are still some songs like Hotel California by the Eagles I am still a little confused about. I truly believe that some of the reason I never knew (up until recent times) all of the words is because my hearing even back then was waning. Between listening to music at deafening levels, shooting as a young kid, being around loud machinery etc. I never knew how much hearing I had lost at such a young age! Of course some songs are just difficult to discern individual words as well.
Anyway, this has been on my mind as I seek out more and more lyric video's and find out "exactly" to what we have been listening to all these years. Pretty ironic isn't it?!
