Music or My New Favorite Song
· Oct 10, 12:25 PM
Mika – Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)
What can I say about that? It put a smile on my face. It also shocked me. “Shocked you say?” Yes shocked, I say.
Why? Well, considering all the CRAP music being produced today, it surprises and shocks me every time someone comes up with something good.
I was just discussing the music industry with my father over the weekend. What prompted the discussion? We were listening to Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon album.
I was thinking about it and realized that you can’t really download that album. All the songs on that album merge together to form one work.
I told my dad, “You know, if modern recording ‘artists’ put their albums together like this, people wouldn’t MIND paying for a CD.”
To reiterate and expand on that idea: If modern recording ‘artists’ produce their albums as complete works and not a collection of songs, I won’t mind paying for it. If modern recording ‘artists’ actually produce something worthy of the name ‘art’, I won’t mind paying for it. If modern recording ‘artists’ actually had something real to say, I won’t mind paying for it.
Mika, I am buying your album. Why? Because you showed in that song that music can be fun, entertaining, and also have something to say that not everyone else is saying. Hopefully, others will follow suit.