The power of music, Is it important in your life?

Hello Anniedup. I'm so sorry it took me so long to get to this particular post. It's a shame on my name not to have replied to this ;) I'm having technical problems and so many discussions on my friends' list to get through. Whew! Well I never thought I'd be so caught up in a traffic jam of discussions. It's never-ending! And the computer just shuts down when I start responding to discussions so I end up responding to only a few. Let me post this first before "it" hears me and shuts down AGAIN...hehehe

Music has been more important than I've realised. It was always around growing up. I used to sing allot myself and only restarted doing that in the last couple of years. You just enticed me to have a look at my current music on my computer. I have a diverse range. I am listening to Storms in Africa (Enya), with headphones you can hear all the intricate orchestral sections. I like the sound track from Alexandria, my favorite being The Drums of Gaugamela - it gets into your belly! Vangelis' Reprise is beautiful. And here's something you haven't heard, tell me what you think. I love the space it has. (Free download btw) It makes you want to move your butt if you feel a little lazy! http://www.clairvision.org/ckb/ckbe/ckbc/fol_0000_0001/cat_0000_0090/qid_1999_0000_0616.html tell me what you think. The most powerful music is that which can move my soul.

Music is my life and always has been. To try to list all my likes would be mountainous. I like/love almost all types of music from authentic hillbilly (as opposed to country and western) to grand Opera. My favorites are from the period 1940 to mid 1960. As for contemporary music I do like soft rock but metalic is not for me in any way, shape or form.....to me it is just loud noise with lyrics that make little sense if any at all. Some of my female popular singers are Jane Froman, Kate Smith, Linda Rondstadt, Cher, Vera Lynn, Edith Piaf, Annie Lennox, Bette Midler, etc. Some of my male popular singers are Tony Martin, Dennis Morgan, Frankie Laine, Vaughan Monroe, Eddie Fisher, Pat Boone, Englebert Humperdinck, Tom Jones, Sinatra and Bing, Nat "King" Cole and Al Martino. Hillybilly favorites: Hank Williams, Hank Snow, Hank Thompson, Merle Haggard, Randy Travis, Slim Whitman, Loretta Lynn, Cousin Minnie Pearl, Patsy Cline, Tammy Wynette, Bobby Bare, Buck Owens, Tex Ritter, etc. Groups include El Divo, Bread, America, Mamas and Papas, Queen (the softer ones of course), Creedence Clearwater Revival, the Bellemy Brothers, the Beatles, the Judds, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Herman's Hermits, etc. Operatic singers include Luciano Pavaroti, Placido Domingo, Renata Tebaldi, Beverly Sills, Joan Sutherland, etc. I guess that list should give you an idea of my likes and dislikes in music. Music, together with sports, is absolutely essential to my life....without it Life is drab and without emotions.

It may sound funny Annie. I love music, but I can't remember the proper title of the song, album and sometimes artist. So if we are going to play "name that tune" I can sing it, but to name it, nah, I can't . Maybe with one word or a clue. But I don't think I would get it in whole (^^,LOL) But I love music and it is really a powerful media. And it appeals to everyone. I just hope I can be good with titles and singers. To avoid embarassment sometimes. (^^,)

without music, life will be awfull that's true for me everytime I got mad,sad or happy, I always need to hear music... On my bad day, music is my only hope :)

Absolutely the power of music is important to me. I would not be able to live without it. I so much agree that music can bridge cultures. It is a univeral language. You can get the feel for a song without even knowing the words. I like to listen to Mozart, Vivaldi, Beethoven, Frank Sinatra, Robbie Williams, Pink Floyd, Queen, The Arctic Monkeys, Coldplay, The Fratelis, Alanis Morissette, Tori Amos, Nerina Pallot, The Beatles to name but a few. I hope that has been some help to you. I also like to play music but I am not great. I have friends who are very good at playing music though! Hopefully one day I can be. :) thanks for a great discussion.

In our house we love almost all music.Our cds include classical to rap. Santana,Neil Diamond,T-Bone,60's oldies, Motown among my favorites. Nickelback,Willie Nelson,Mozart ,Conway Twitty,Hank WIlliams,Johnny Cash to name a few. I agree with you music bridges cultures and languages. In personal life it helps in the bad times and celebrates the good times

Hi Anniedup, sorry it has taken me so long to respond to this particular discussion. I love music, find it a great mood enhancer. My absolute favourite has to be Freddie Mercury & Queen. The words to his songs have such meaning. I love 'Heaven for Everyone', and often sing it at home and in the car. The only song I don't care for is 'Another one bites the dust'. It came out either at the end of 1980 or the begining of 1981 and my younger brother had just passed away in July 1980. It used to make me so angry. Anyway on a happier note, I adore Paul McCartney's Ebony and Ivory, John Lennons 'Imagine'. Robbie Williams is a great entertainer and I like a lot of his music (although I don't care for him as a person). It is difficult to choose which is my favourite CD but I think I will go with 'City of Angels'. I loved the movie and the music is brilliant. We were fortunate enough to go to the 46664 concert in George a couple of years ago. It was great! Katie Melua is a big favourite of mine and she sang with Queen. Annie Lennox gave a lecture of note on women and child abuse and made us all feel chagrined. (even though not guilty). Johnny Clegg performed and was brilliant. I think he got the crowd going more than the others. I have always maintained there is no 'racism' in the entertainment world and I fully agree with you, music does bridge gaps.

Music is important to me because it makes me feel comfortable where ever I go, whatever I do and whatever I think... Music makes me feel relaxed, especially listening to Chinese Music (CPOP)...Even though I couldn't understand a single word...

Music is my therapy when i'm bored...i listen to all kinds of genre except heavy metal/rock! (it sucks lol) There's just so many emotion in lots of music...i don't know how i'd survive without music =)I think music is already a part of each individuals...

i can just say music is so important for me that wihout it i cannot imagine anythin,or to be frank my life is incomplete without it.My favourite bands are metalica,POD,lost prophets,ironmaide,rasmus,korn,godsmack,ramstein.godsmack,linkin park......well the list is endless,i have devloped a habbi of listin to music while studyin and while tryin to sleep and beleieve me it really helps you to concenterate and focus............. Music is a indespensible part of me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i think music is the expression of emotion, we can know ones feeling by what are they hearing,i used to listen to music, i think music make life more beautifull, you look every country have their own national song, it means everybody direct or indirect enjoy music

I think miusic is one of the most important things what all humans have. music makes you feel just good. if you are together with people, no matter if you sing, listen to music or play in a band its just fine. there will be no fighting. music can help ytou in every situation. if you are very down a love song, a sad song can make you feel that somebody else also knows about your feeling, and if you are very happy, a happy song makes you just more happy. my husband loves more the older bands, led zeppelin, stones, beatles, jackson browne, james taylor, and alternative r.e.m, pearl jam, soundgarden etc. me like rap and the new stuff more, alisha keys, 50cent...

Music is almost the most important thing in my life. It not only makes you break the frontiers of cultures or languages, it also helps you to feel or transmit a feeling with no words, that's what i like best from it, the fact that you can reaches alot fof feelings withno words. Im a musican, I play classical guitar and violin. Also I stusied somecomposition and now im making music for short film projects for friends that are in the movie production scene here in my country, its not big deal but it helps me to express myself and someday something bigger will come. Best Regards.

Most of my cd s are spiritual in nature. Actually, I have cds designed for choir rehearsals. I have lots of church related music, and children's music. I have a really cute cd I bought after going to a presentation at the public library.It was written by a guy who got his masters in Math Education, then went to work travelling around performing for children's programs with original music, that is educational. I like disco, country, Barry Manilow, Neil Diamond,Alabam, and lots of older music, and Christian music.

i do love music and it has brought about too many memories in my life, too many happiness and even sadness. i love music and its lyrics as i can really express myself in them.

Yes MUSIC is covering a BIG part of my life.I sing when I am down ,I sing when I am happy,I sing when I am busy...lol,I sing when I am bathing,I sing when I pray,I sing when dream........ Sometimes I even right mails to my friends like a song,once I made a song out of the words of a poem wrotten by my boyfriend to me!! Its like I love music.And many times in my life I find it easy to understand things when they are presented as a song in front of me lol..!!he he thats me! Well I don't know how much CD's I have but I carry loads of music in my memory with me every where!!

Agreed 100%!! Music is the food for the soul they say! i simply cant live without it! i have to listen to music while i am at home, when i am driving to work, driving back from work! each and every chance i get i listen to music! Well i have more than 1000 audio cassettes, twice the number of CD's and DVD's. As for my fav kinda music i listen to every form of it irrespective of language! I love Beegees, Laura Branigan, Linkin Park, Marvin Gaye, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Alice in chains, Nickel back to name just a few!! I also adore tunes from the 60's, 70's and the 80's! i dont know what i would do without music in my life!

music is one of the importants things in my life. the musice prevented me from many bad and sad moments. music can build bridges, can help to heal many sorrows, many sad things. music makes happy, can make mad, music can change eveything.

try it in a song, you will be able to sing a song in a foreign language in no back in time to sad of happy times when you hear songs that had meaning to you. time! You get transported .