Music
Music has been accompanying human being from the dawn of history. At the beginning, when people had no musical instruments people played using stones and sticks. I mean that music was always something important for people and they needed it for some reasons. Why? I think it’s a good question. The mystery of music is unknown for us even nowadays.
Nowadays we are surrounded by some sounds everywhere. We can hear music at home, school in a car etc. We can’t turn on the radio and not listen to music – it’s impossible. Music is something essential, try image good film without music.
For most of us listening to music is only a form of entertainment. We usually listen to music to relax, we often dance with music. For some people music they listen to is a voice of their generation and it determines their style of life.
There are a lot of kinds of music, from classic, jazz, blues, throw pop, dance, rock, and heavy metal. The kind of music which people listen to often depends on their character and age. Elder people rather listen to calm in the most cases classical music. Young people are fascinated by pop, techno, rock, metal and something like that. Sometimes music is a cause of quarrels between parents and teenagers because adults can’t understand music which is listen by their children. They can’t stand listening to loud music, although young people like it. (I come across this problem almost everyday. My parents are angry with me, especially when I’m listen music late in the night – I really don’t know why they are angry). Music can also unite people, there are a lot of fan clubs, they talk about their favorite music, very often they create some internet sites with information about some music bands.
Some people divide music on low and high energy. Music has some special influence on condition of our body. We’ve red article about scientist who claim that some kinds of music played in the gardens encourages plants to grow up. They’ve written that listening to some kinds of music (I don’t remember what kinds) has some healing power on our body – and I’m afraid that is not Heavy Metal. Generally I can agree with them, they are scientist, maybe they have proved that e.g. jazz has great influence on my lungs (I would breathe more effectively during or after listening to jazz). And I agree with them that it heels my lungs. But, in my opinion, they’ve forgotten about one very important thing. If we take into account that I hate listening to the jazz, and if we take into account my whole body. And if we sum up each advantages and disadvantages (It makes me nerwous) I can bat that listening to the heavy metal, in my case, would be healthier.
But is it only some kind of entertainment? According to ”Newsweek” article from October 1998 music is good medicine. Whom and how music can help? For example music can help children with cerebral palsy. It heals them because they follow the rhythm which encourages them balancing their body and coordinating the movement of their limbs. Disabled children aren’t the only ones feeling the therapeutic power of music. It’s useful for people with Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease. But to tell the truth I have no ideas how.
And what about me? I prefer rock, metal and heavy metal music and classical music. I don’t like other kinds such techno, dance or pop which are very common these days. (Actually as a matter of fact I know only one person who is a fan of heavy metal music and at the same time he like Hip Hop.) That is why I don’t listen to the radio, there is majority of such styles. I’m listening to many groups, for example Helloween, Pink Floyd, Cloosterkeller, Anathema (I can enumerate a very long list) but there is one band which is on the top place for me. It’s Iron Maiden of course. I’ve started listen to them about 3 years ago. I’ve herd about 10 albums and I haven’t found any boring or bad song. I always have a problem when someone is asking me which album or which song is the best. The fact is The Iron Maiden created only great albums. I think you should listen to Brave New World, Fear of The Dark, or Number of The Beast. I created my own album. Some of my friends got it. So I’m Iron Maiden fan. But I’m not such fan as my friends who listen to similar music. They are wearing clothes with names of favorite music bands, they would give lots of money for autograph (or guitar or something like that) of some singers. I wouldn’t do that. I like listening to the music and I don’t care who is playing. For me the most important is effect of their job not their private life (autographs guitars etc.).
In the nearest future, in June, Iron Maiden will play a concert in Poland, in Katowice. Unfortunately I’m not allowed to go there, but it’s great occasion to listen good Heavy Metal sounds, so if you like I suggest to go there.
I can tell that I’m “musicaholic”. I listen to the music when I’m angry when I’m learning, when I’m sad and when I rest. I think it’s great form of entertainment, I can’t imagine life with it.
Helaa