Music reiterated

So I am continuing my trend of writing my interpretation of a blog post a close trend. Today's response is from someone whom I haven't known for a great length of time but has swiftly became one of my closest friends. She recently posted an analysis of her favourite band "the Foo Fighters." This post has made me consider whom my favourite band are, this has been an arduous task as well to be honest I like nigh on everything musically. 

There was hope though, this hope came in the form of four young men from Liverpool. These young men rose to prominence and at one point almost started riots just by appearing. I will never have the fortune to hear these four young men play live. As two of them sadly are passed away. One years and years before his time. To those of you who haven't guessed yet I am talking about The Beatles. Now I will be honest as I said previously I doubt these four are my favourite band of all time. But they are a band whom have had the greatest influence on me. They are also the band I have listened to the longest, No small part due to the actions of my mother and father whom all though living after Beatlemania were still huge Beatles fan's. They passed this love to both me and my brother. 

So now you know why I listen to them in the first place, now to deal with the actual reason I enjoy them. Well primarily because there music is fun. Through out all of their album's I have listened to, (I confess I haven't heard all of them) one can hear one overriding theme and that is a sheer love for music. These guy's even no matter what may have gone on behind the scenes (hey I don't know they may have argued.) Always put there all into creating something which was a full creation of art. Now you may recall my opinion upon music as an art form and thus a path to god. (If not well just look two posts down) Therefore when ever I listen to them I might not always get that super deep feeling of connectedness, but goddamn I can appreciate they put a lot into making it. 

But there are other reasons why I love their work. They often attempted to make music which had a meaning. Often a positive message about our society, now you may or may not know me and society have an odd relationship. As I can't always tell whether I approve of our society, I think overall it's not perfect but it's probably better than full chaos would be. However I am not going to get into a debate upon society here. I will say that I beleive they have produced my favourite actual song. (Orchestrations or instrumental pieces not included.) 

This song is "Yesterday" this is a song which although is a quite melancholic song is one which resonates with me in a large fashion. Primarily because I am quite a melancholic person, in particular one who used to often regret the sudden onset of a lot of major problems. Now that isn't a world view I subscibe to any longer, after all I am opptimistic (generally.) Indeed I tend to believe that there isn't that much point in worrying about too many things anymore. After all what's the point? In my view there is nothing which can't be solved and if the solution isn't immediatly apparnent then, just try and take a step back because it will be there.

Friends

After reading a post by one of my closest friends (who can be found here). I got to thinking about some factors in my life. In particular those of recent life changes which have been enacted on me. It's something I possibly don't think about enough really, but when I do I am constantly amazed. I realise I am being quite unclear here, I am talking about my friends and the effect they have had on me. To those who don't know me I will comment that this time last year I was incredibly different from the person who writes this blog. The main difference I would say is that I had far more anger. Well if I am honest that was one of the cornerstones of my emotional makeup. The only other part of me was a hollow feeling. 

However I am not talking about my past here, perhaps another time (doubtful). I am discussing the fact that in the past seven months i.e. since November 2008. I have changed ... well utterly, I realise this change was brought about primarily through the effects of the people whom I have met in these months. I will never be able to express how grateful I am to these wonderful people. However in an attempt to make my gratitude more clear. I am able to say with the utmost honesty: I would not be alive this day without certain people. Thus I dedicate this post to those whom have filled my life with Joy and light. I thank you all from the deepest part of my soul.

In particular much similar to the Mouse (once again found right here) I find myself thanking the oddities of fate. For example I discovered my best friend through one essentially tiny choice. "Should I take Drama enrichment?" This decision was positive for me, because in the first session we were introducing ourselves and up chirped a guy who was sorta sitting out the way "Hi I am Adam Temporal. As in Temporal physics." Pretty much from then on I started talking to him, this also proved to be a damn fine choice, as it turned out that we are practically the same person. He in particular is a person I am thankful for the oddities of fate for throwing in my path. 

His friendship indeed led me to meeting many new people, well I don't need to tell you that. You are all pretty much these new people anyway. However there is two people whom I met in a different way who have also had a profound impact on my life. The first I technically met in primary school (although neither of us remember the other) Yet we truly met sometime in December at a pub called the laurel. We were there to see a mutual friend's gig and well we got on okay but I didn't talk much as I was somewhat still under the influence of depression. However a few months later I was upon Facebook and it suggested me to add the person in question as a friend. I did so and through much discussion both online and real life she has became one of my best friends also.

The second non college person to influence my life was met through the one mentioned above. We were just talking online and she commented she was going to give my email address to a friend. Being a generally apathetic creature I consented, this young lady started off the discussion with a debate about literature. This was well frankly a refreshing experience as at the time not many people talked about books and what not to me. Now this person I haven't met all that many times in real life but still her nigh on constant positive outlook has rubbed off on me. 

Finally there is one other major influence upon my recent life. A person whom I have never met, nor will I ever converse with this person. The main reason for this is because he died 90 years before I was born. This man is Friedrich Nietzsche, a man whose writings shaped a lot of my personal beliefs. Which is ironic because I am a nihilist which was the exact thing his work is an attack on. However this is because I agree with certain aspects but not all of them. Yet this was a work which shaped my ideas and indeed certain aspects give me hope for a better tomorrow. 

After all that the point I am trying to make is that the biggest changes can occur through the smallest things. The chaos theorists really got it right when they used the analogy "A butterflies wings when beating can cause a tornado on the other side of the world." Well people tend to have that effect on me. One small effect by certain people can send me into the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. Yet in all fairness I wouldn't change any of that for the world. Once again I would like to thank everyone. You have all made my life worth living again, I can never repay you for this, but goddamn I am going to try. 

Music

Now I will be the first to admit that music doesn't influence me anywhere near as much as it does some people, however there is a particular trait which I find to make me sit up and think "Wow." I am talking primarily about instrumental music, not that i have anything against songs with lyrics and so on. It's just that instrumental pieces I feel can evoke much greater feelings. (Now this is naturally just personal opinion. Please feel free to comment and tell me your own thoughts.) These greater feelings I speak of in my opinion are ways in which certain higher powers can be realised. This is related to my personal belief that God is a force in the universe albeit one which doesn't care for us or our existence. 

Now one may be considering "what has any of this got to do with music?" As Fangorn would say, "Don't be hasty." Well to return to the point, music is an expression of beauty this is in my most humble of opinions the way one can perceive the fundamental order of the universe. Consider for a moment the most beautiful piece of music you have ever heard. Just listen to it, don't just hear it, listen with all of your being. I don't know about you but when i do that I feel, content. Now I don't claim to know anything about God. After all my interpretation of God is just about conceivable. Therefore I wouldn't want to claim anything certain about it, but in this world of chaos and uncertainty. A world where in theory a cat is within a box and is alive and dead at the same time while also being neither. To feel content in such a way as I do when listening to certain music, it must be some sort of divine path. 

I personally feel that God is to be found within aesthetics, therefore anything beautiful is a way in which to peer into the realm of God. Perhaps it would be best to say, that as long as it evokes a feeling of calm and belonging (in particular in this dehumanised world) then it can be seen as akin to being more than we are and afterall just as  Feuerbach said "God is man writ large." Thus can it not be said that something which unites us as music can do, not be considered god?