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The Power of Music and Song

The power of music continues to amaze me. It has this wonderful ability to unite people and make them forget the differences between them. I saw this first hand when I went to the 46664 Concert with Kev in Joburg, and on the way back in the bus people just started breaking out into song, and the bus was filled with this wonderful air of unity and hope for the future. All the problems facing our country seemed to just disappear our the stinky exhaust pipe… Or rather, all the problems in our country were solved for those few moments.

 It was no surprise then that a similar event has just happened on a far larger scale. Read an article in the Economist today (http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_ID=10758160) about how the New York Philharmonic paid a visit to Pyongyang. One would never have thought that such animosity existed between America and North Korea, but on that particular night both flags were displayed prominently in the concert hall.

What was also poignant was the final song played called “Arirang,” a Korean song popular on both sides of the demilitarised zone. Clearly, it spoke of unity between the two Korea’s and would have without a doubt (even if just for a moment) sparked notions of concilliation between the two sides.

I think it’s amazing how a few notes and a few instruments can have the power to do that. And it’s obviously because music is a universal language, able to transcend borders and hate and instill an atmosphere of serenity and beauty to all who partake in it. And it’s because both music and song has the power to tune everyone to their emotions, be they happy or sad.

Trip down iPod lane

So I was trying to organise my iPod again tonight (for iTunes deleted all my songs, and I had to reload them – eish!), and I came across songs that I hadn’t heard in donkeys years.

Some of the bands I found which just bring back SUCH good memories…

The Vengaboys. I remember getting their album and thinking that I was just the coolest person ever. Their music made me bop like a hobo on methelated spirits. They were a dutch group that included the members, Kim, Roy, Denise and Yorick, the latter making a particular impression for I felt he was hot, especially with that sailor-boy outfit. Rather homo-erotic me thinks, oui?

Anyway, my favourite songs from them include…

• 24/7 in my 911
• Uncle John from Jamaica
• Skinnydippin
• Opus D in 3# – which I used to do aerobics to… hehe

Then the other group I came across was this one…

S Club 7 was a band that was initially born out of a TV series, about the bunch of them who would sing a song on each different episode. It was oh-so-American-teen, and I was such a convert to it’s infectious beat and harmonious happy-go-lucky singing. And I still totally adore jumping on my bed singing REACH FOR THE STARS…

Favourite songs..

• Reach
• Don’t Stop Moving

Good memories, ye?