Beat on the Street

Occasionally I just like to marvel at the way things work and affect us. Today's marvelation is music. Yes, marvelation is now a word, deal with it. I am just so amazed by how much of an effect music can have. I come home some nights, I'm in a mood and I know the song that fits it. I just have to hear it. But what is more startling is how a song can change a mood. Occasionally I will sit in my room and realize, "Damn, I'm feeling down on myself, I dont really have a reason to, why the hell do I feel so bad?" then I realize that there is music in the background with a somber melody that has been subconsciously bringing me down. My mood was being entirely decided by the song. If I switch to an upbeat happy song it can change just as fast. What is this link between songs and emotion? How did this form in the evolutionary cycle of things? Does it have some hidden significance? If anybody knows the science behind this I would love to know it. I just love how I hate poetry, but if someone were to sing me the same poem they just read it could get to me and I could totally feel what they meant. Also, one thing I have never been able to do is sing earnestly in front of others. I can speak publicly just fine but singing is a different story. If I were asked to recite the national anthem, no prob. But sing it? I couldn't do it. I feel lke a lot of other people know what I am talking about, singing just reveals another side of people that they don't want to reveal. Anyway, how cool is it that music exists and that it is so universally and innately enjoyed.

Some hot jams of the night... " When Your Mind's Made Up" by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, just heard it tonight and it rocked my world, the video is amazing if you can find it.