Wednesday, March 01, 2006

Music... the soul of language?

Am eagerly awaiting the arrival of my ipod nano! Rob ordered it online for me and I chose to have that inscripted on my black nano for free!!!

Nothing but the truth to me, music is the soul of language in many ways. Many a time, melodies and tunes bring out the essence in words and the meaning of the lyrics. Imagine having lyrics from a certain song, accompanying another tune and you get a different feel completely. Try lyrics of "Hotel California" to the tune of "Bridge over troubled water"....

In anycase, met Gerald for dinner today... and after that dropped by church to visit the 'new' RCIA music ministry. It was the first time in a few months that I stepped into Holy Spirit. Sitting there listening to the short practice (cuz Gerald skipped practice to go for dinner with me and by the time we went there, they were at their last couple of songs), I can't help but miss singing hymns and all....

On one hand... music has the power to lift my spirits, on the other, it could easily throw me into the pits of depression... perhaps depression is too strong a word to use but you get what I mean... It's like the minute I hear "Wake me up when September ends", I turn all gooey and stuff.... yet I simply love that song.... urgh....

Anyway, looking forward to nano~! Yippeeeeee.....

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