Joy, Sadness, Anger, Family, and Sexuality (in that order)

Music and Emotions go hand in hand. I feel you as though you cannot have one without the other.   When a performer really taps into what he really  feels, that is when true pieces of art come out. This is when a listener can relate and learn. The music that people listen to can really be great insight into what that person feels on a regular basis.

"Anonanimal" by Andrew Bird

                                          

"Anonanimal" was the first song I ever heard by Andrew Bird. It's actually a great memory for me. About two years ago I was really interested in longboarding videos, so I started watching this documentary of sorts on YouTube. I got to about the third video when the camera was following this man riding down a curvy road (about 4:17 in the video,) and I couldn't help but feel like that would be the coolest feeling, just gliding through the air. That's the feeling that pure joy is to me. It's something unquestionable and much more heightened than happiness, and it's something you will remember the rest of your life.

"Fred Jones Pt. 2" by Ben Folds

I know, I know. Another Ben Folds song. But this song brings out some of the saddest feelings for me. This song basically says how impersonal this world is and it gives you a picture of what the end of the "American Dream" looks like. It gives me a sick feeling knowing that I could invest everything I have into something that I have passion for, and in the end just be spit out like I had done nothing. Being a Business major this song speaks to me way too clearly. It says we are merely cogs in a machine and as soon as we wither or lose our old status, we are removed and replaced by someone or something newer and better, and only have our bitter memories to hold onto. 

"Mutherfuker" by Beck

"Mutherfuker" is a direct icon to hate and anger to me. The reason why I put this video on instead of just the audio with a picture is because when it gets to the chorus, the road that the little futuristic car is driving on turns blood red. That's what I see when I hear this song. The person that angers me the most and I have the most hate for in the world comes to mind and I wouldn't mind bashing their face in. 

"Hey Mama" by Kanye West

                                       

This is a love song written from Kanye West to his diseased mother. Kanye's mother and father divorced and Kanye spent most of his childhood with his mother, who raised him all the way into the man he is today. In a way this is kind of a song from all sons to their mothers. I love my mother, and her as a foundation lets me know that my family is strong. In my opinion, mothers are the catalyst to start a successful family.

"I Want To Hold Your Hand" by The Beatles

The Beatles were always famous for their very thought provoking lyrics and "I Want To Hold Your Hand" is no exception. There are several different ways to decode what this song really means, but I perceived it as a glimpse through the eyes of a lesbian woman in the 1960's. Now I know that sounds weird but back in the sixties it was highly frowned upon to be a homosexual, people had a high chance of being murdered if they were to openly act upon their own feelings, reasoning for the term "Don't Ask Don't Tell." "Oh please say to me you'll let me be your man," is a great expression of what I feel like a lesbian woman would feel in the sixties, since society has warped her mind so much, even she wants to be a man, just because she wants to be able to hold her loves hand in public.