Ok, this is nothing but pure cinimatogriphic majic. Just watch this for me and be amazed. Alt-J is amazing. Honestly I think im in love with them which is saying a lot because I dont really “love” bands that much, I mean I like a lot of music but very few groups have really caught my eye. Alt-J has such a unique and engaging sound that you can help but be caught up and swept away by their music. It you are not quite sure who they are then look up the song Breezeblocks by them. Most people will at least know that song, but I recommend that you go and listen to all their songs, tessalate is another good one. It is my recommendation to do that for most band actually. I mean think about it, you really like this one song that you heard on the radio right? Why would you now want to know if that artist has any other good songs? People these days are very musically shallow. Sure they have many favorite songs and listen to lots of music, but they are just skimming the surface. Knowing one or two songs for many different artist makes you well versed in different types of music and you can probably sing along with anything that comes up on the radio. Now please dont misunderstand me, im not trying to put down those people, I myself happen to grudgingly like both Trouble by taylor swift, and The Beauty and the Beat by Justin Beiber. Its not a bad thing really, but dont make that your only musical income. Its ok to like taylor swift, but dont say that just because you like her one song that happens to be on the radio at the time. Like taylor swift because you have listened to most all of her songs and after some thought you found her lyrics provoking and thoughtful. Like justin beiber (haha, im glad my computer does not know how to spell justin’s last name, there is still hope in society yet) because you find his music fun to dance to and because he has an intriguing life story. Did you know that Ke$ha is crazy...go google ow she got her first record deal. Did you know that Alt-J’s song Breezeblocks is inspired from Were the Wild Things Are? Please dont go, ill eat you up I love you so. Its about being so crazy in love that you would rather kill your lover than let them go. Now there is another great music video. I think one of my favorite pass times is looking up the meaning of songs. There is such a power in words and coupled with music can be pure emotion. It is my opinion that you can see the depths of ones soul through their music. Music is a mood creator, and a captivator. Music is the soul on display, the emotion you wish to relay. There is nothing quite like music and how it can put you in a trance. It moves you and pulls you along into your own hearts dance. There is nothing quite like music how it can both hinder and heal. There is nothing quite like music, there is nothing quite as real.
(haha, sorry for the weird little poem at the end it just sort of slipped out, now go and listen to something old by someone new)
Ok now please dont hate me, but all of that was a side note hehehe...Watch that video again and try to name all the different cultures as they show up. Try to be very specific, not just Hispanic, or Asian, but try to pinpoint it to their exact location, maybe down even to their city. This world is so full of amazing culture. Every continent has something different to offer, and each region within, and each city within all have something unique to them. Its incredible to think about how different people are and how colorful the world is. I wish everyone had the chance to spend a year or two in some culture that is far different from their own. Send a kid from Germany to live in India, or a Canadian to live in Israel. They would learn so much...you could learn so much from others. Each culture has different things to offer, foods, values, religions, clothing, rituals, social norms, ext. Im a big sucker for social norms. Even within America there are vastly complex social norms and it varies from state to state. You would not go the California and walk a cow to the grocery store to sell it. You would not go to Utah and ask if anyone wants to go sunbathing by the lake. (well maybe they do, but I would not because being from California really makes any water source thats not an ocean seem puny and not worth my time) Did you know that some Asian countries have women only trains. (did you know that the french do not capitalize country names or months, where as my computer capitalizes them for me because heaven forbid i forget to capitalize "Murca") go watch the video again and try to imagine yourself in each one of those settings that is portrayed.
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