do you feel it?

eyes closed, music on... taking in the words of the song playing in the background... questioning who sings it and wondering how they know what’s happening in my life. I sit and think of my past years in terms of music one good song after another. It takes me back to the days of MySpace because the majority of the songs were on my profile. I always picked music to represent what was happening or what I was feeling at the time. Music will always be my escape.

I have been to more shows in the past eight months than I’ve been to in years. Some bands I really wanted to see (Gomez, Company of Thieves, Foster the People, Mumford and Sons) others I hadn’t much heard of and loved (Future Islands, St. Vincent) and then there was a few I could have done without (Bootsy Collins, in my defense, I was trying to keep the funk alive). Whenever someone comes out to preform in a full-on sequins red suit with matching star shaped glasses the outcome can never be good.

At the Future Islands show, I was an outsider. I didn’t know any of the music save one song and I just stood watching all the hipsters in their outrageous outfits, reacting to the beat of the music. As the first song opened I watched a young girl cry in pure elation to the show beginning. I will admit the lead singer was VERY intense and a great performer. I was just in awe of how his music moved not just one but many girls to tears. I have attached a video we (as in we, I mean Gabe) took while there. Start it around 2:45 and watch him look through your soul, you may cry...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MteLUiO65Lk&feature=plcp

My favorite thing other than the music itself is witnessing someone “feeling” the music. It may be confused as a convulsion because that is exactly what it looks like. The music has invaded their soul and they can’t control their body. Thrusts, shakes, sways, maybe even a little drool happening ALL AT ONCE. I catch myself starring in awe, amazed and mesmerized by the body movement. I never judge because I never know when I am going to let the music invade my soul.

Eyes closed, music on…


For those who are interested below is my life to music...

Fiona Apple “Not about Love”
Iron and Wine “Trapeze Singer”
Regina Spektor “Samson”
Fergie “Big Girls don’t cry”
Angus and Julia Stone “Mango Tree”
Postal Service “Such Great Heights”
Wintersleep “Ghost”
Missy Higgins “Where I stood”
Emiliana Torrini “Jungle Drum”
Kate Nash “Mouthwash”
Ben Cooper “Ghost Town”