Well having a look at my last post and that was in 2011 its about time to start writing again. Yet today I'm not here to just talk about music. It more to do with music and the bonds and connections we make over it. If you ask one in two people why they are friends with their closest friends they'll say its the music. Most people in a relationship may it be just a platonic bromance its all about the music, just think about it. Looking back at all the different connections I've made over the years good and bad there has always been an element of music attached to. It may not be the main basis of the friendship that you both like it but at times just the difference in opinions can create that bond.
Take me and my mate Shimmy for instance he's a kick ass producer and at times has the most amazing beats I've ever heard mixed, there is at times a Timbaland meets Pharell sort of Vibe that he gives off which is sick and if you get a half decent artist to spit on it, people would actually be in the club listening to acting like "I'ma get ma groove on to this shit". Yet when I listen to some of my Indie music at times he feels it's not interesting at all and the debate where we start of with music and how our difference of opinions becomes a good medium of discussion.
On the other hand is well my ex (just like the famous mordern day fictional character we shall call her "she who must not be named" ) though our relationship didn't work out - for other reasons that are not a matter of discussion - there was one thing that connected us more than anything and that was the music we loved. We spent hours on the phone (Long distance at that) discussing as to how certain artist just gave that feeling you needed according to the situation you were in. We spoke about Death Cab, Nada Surf, we covered most of the indie rock genre. I even tried introducing her to Rap music (my attempts were well unsuccessful to say the least) yet it brought us closer.
Moving away from my example, one of the truest relationships I have seen in my life growing up my mom and dad, where there are still memories I have of my parents dancing to dire straights or my dad waking us up to some of the most influential music in my life. Deep Purple blasting through the house, mom playing Neil Diamond and those are memories you will never forget. Mom and Dad singing Rod Stewart while Baby Bro and I cringe that Rod Stewart should never hear either of them sing!!!
Yet one of the finest aspects of how music helps build a relationship can be seen at any concert you go for. Stand in the crowd (cause well only an idiot would buy the sitting tickets) tens of thousand of people standing together waiting for the artist to come on stage sweating it out bumping into each other. The moment that artist strums the first string or drops that beat and everyone just lives in that moment for a few seconds or minutes shows you the bonds it forms gives you the true reason of how music can help form bonds. How you can have thousands of people jumping together in unison, shows you the power a song can have to build bonds.
Keeping that in mind here is the track of the day and of the year, one of my personal favorites for no other reason than this artist has the the ability to hold a crowd like no other. His tickets sell quicker than an air conditioner on the hottest day of the year. Mr Bruce Springsteen
