How I Get Down: Why Music?
(word cloud of playlist lyrics done in Wordle)
Music for me has always been a mile marker.
- My bus driver listening to “Broken Wings” by Mister Mister on the way to school.
- Listening to the drums kick in on “In The Air Tonight” by Phil Collins as I rode with my dad in his old Mazda truck.
- Rockin’ to “Pump It Up” by The Fat Boys as I learned to do animation in art classes.
- The first time I saw 411 Skateboard Video Magazine and saw the East Coast Section with “9th Wonder” by Digable Planets.
- Hiding by Mom’s copy of Madonna’s “True Blue” album and wondering about girls for the first time.
- Unfortunately being seduced by corporate America and being stoked to open up New Kids On The Block debut cassette.
- Reaching high school and coming into contact with all kinds of new old different and amazing styles of music.
- Then living out teen angst and subculture attending shows where anthems rang out and were sung loud.
It’s unreal.
Music marks moments in time for me.
- Like sitting in my room and listening to “Praise You In This Storm” by Casting Crowns. Literally 81 times continuously until I could finally get off my floor after experiencing the loss of our first child to a miscarriage.
- Or when my wife and I met, the song playing in the background the first time we kissed was “Brightest” by Copeland.
- Every time I hear Color Me Bad, I just give my wife the look… and… well… you know… (enough of that).
Music is a way to stir emotion, tell a story, release your feelings, worship, get out aggression, unwind & relax, entertainment and sheer enjoyment.
Music is an expression of the soul.
God created us to worship.
It’s part of our DNA.
And the playlist I shared in the previous post tells a story.
It’s my story. It’s your story.
And we’ll kick off with track one next time.
Jason *over and out*
