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| "You like the music not because of the music itself, but because of the time you lived in." My friends said to me when we were discussing about whether it would be worthy to go to the Eagles' California Tour Concert. I did not necessarily agree with it because I have learned a lot more from music. However, you can't deny that it does make sense in lots of scenarios. Why music has been such a big part of my life? I found two key reasons. First, music helps me to deposit my emotion. Second, music helps me to overwrite my emotion. My father was very into music. As early as I could remember, different kinds of music was played around our house most of the day. Growing up with such environment, I first felt strongly attached to the music when my brother showed me what he got on the radio one Saturday afternoon. It was the top 100 Billboard count down on radio. I was impressed by the different styles of the songs that afternoon. Since then, we gathered whatever lyric we could get, and sang along with the radio. It was a good way to practice English, even though I was never able to pick up the tone and the beat. Singing some English pop music was a fashion them. "Endless love" by Diana Rose & Lionel Richie, "Lady" by Kenny Rogers, "Morning Train" by Sheena Easton, "Being with you" by Smokey Robinson, "The winner take it all" by ABBA, and "Woman", "Starting Over" by John Lennon were the representations. Knowing John Lennon was probably the best thing happen to me when it came down to pop music. Lennon's "Stand by me" was the song that I felt best described my relationship with my three best friends, and my elder brother. When the night has come And the land is dark And the moon is the only light we see No I won't be afraid No I won't be afraid Just as long as you stand, stand by me And darling, darling stand by me Oh, now, now, stand by me Stand by me, stand by me If the sky that we look upon Should tumble and fall And the mountain should crumble to the sea I won't cry, I won't cry No I won't shed a tear Just as long as you stand, stand by me And darling, darling stand by me Oh, stand by me Stand by me, stand by me, stand by me Whenever you're in trouble won't you stand by me Oh, now, now, stand by me Oh, stand by me, stand by me, stand by me Darling, darling stand by me Stand by me Oh stand by me, stand by me, stand by me Later on, I learn Lennon's older song "Imagine". It was the first song that taught me about the "tensionless, defence-free life". Anti-war was so sacred in US, completely beyond my imagination. Especially then in Taiwan, there were mainly war movies on TV, honoring all the war heroes. It broaden my world. Imagine there's no Heaven It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky Imagine all the people Living for today Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too Imagine all the people Living life in peace You may say that I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you'll join us And the world will be as one Imagine no possessions I wonder if you can No need for greed or hunger A brotherhood of man Imagine all the people Sharing all the world You may say that I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you'll join us And the world will live as one At that period, music to me was the best way to teach me about real life, the one beyond the text books. The best way to connect with others. From highschool to college, sports was the center of my life outside school. I was crazy enough to fill up the 120 minute tape with only two songs, the "Eyes of the Tiger", "Burning Heart" from Survivor. With those two songs, I was able to finish my long distance training. Doing sit up, push up with those two song played from my walkman really kept me motivated.. Risin' up, back on the street Did my time, took my chances Went the distance, now I'm back on my feet Just a man and his will to survive So many times, it happens too fast You change your passion for glory Don't lose your grip on the dreams of the past You must fight just to keep them alive Chorus: It's the eye of the tiger, it's the cream of the fight Risin' up to the challenge of our rival And the last known survivor stalks his prey in the night And he's watchin' us all in the eye of the tiger Face to face, out in the heat Hangin' tough, stayin' hungry They stack the odds 'til we take to the street For we kill with the skill to survive chorus Risin' up, straight to the top Have the guts, got the glory Went the distance, now I'm not gonna stop Just a man and his will to survive chorus The eye of the tiger (repeats out)... And, the original sound track of the "Chariots of the fire" was also the music I like to play. "Rocky" and "Chriot of the fire" were the first of my collections for original sound track. However, life took another turn. With all the sports competitions piled up in my mind, I was hurt pretty bad from losing some key tournaments, about the injuries, about not being able to lead the teams to the championship. I was looking for answer about my life. Training my mental strength became even more important for me. I looked around, and couldn't find the answer from my teammates, my friends, or my family. In one occassion, I got a concert ticket with a couple of my best friends. It was a local symphony playing Beethoven's symphonie No. 3, "SINFONIA EROICA" OP.55 , the Symphonie Beethoven "has a great desire to dedicate to Napoleon,...." I was moved at the very beginning of the symphony. It felt like clashes of sound between instruments. It was the music that started to over write my emotion, my feelings, my way of thinking. The Funeral March brought me to the 1800's in France when Napolean crowned himself. The solemn dirge in C minor is so peaceful, and the story just begins. "Erotica" was Beethoven's first truly Romantic composition. The specially long First Movement told the story all. Words cannot adequately describe its greatness. To lots of people "Beethoven's music is music about music." To me, Eroica was about a life beyond life. The story about one of the greatest started with a Funeral March. What was the meaning of life? The contasting trio of hunting horns in the third movement, or the ballet in the last movement? Since then, I always view every success as the beginning, and start to learn how to be special humble with achievements. A lesson I am still learning. I love music because it helps me to calm me down, to ease my pain, to see things clear, and to connect with others. During my exchange student period in the US, I got my first CD player in 1991. That CD player motivated me to listen more to the classical music. Some other symphonys that had great impacts on me are Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique and Mahler's Symphony No. 1. In Fantastique, no matter you enjoy the opening melody of the first movement slowly alludes the listener to the theme at the start of the allegro, or the elegant waltz in the second movement, or the contraveral Witches' Sahhath to its headlong conclusion at the fifth movement. It was a treat! If one of the most beautiful symphony is about fallign in love with a witch, why we still need to hold opinion on other's relationship. Maybe the irrational romance could be the prettiest. In Mahler's "Titan", it was the first time I experience such lush, kaleidoscopic sound world. After spending almost 10 years working in high-tech, I started to appreciate it. "Titan" might be more straightforward than the Fifth or some other works, it nevertheless evokles a complex emotional range. It is the music about life, in complicate form. Maybe it is closer to what we are experiencing now. Life is like music, transforming from one period to another. |
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