"All music is f-ing yours..."

I stumbled upon a very interesting essay written by (Eugene) DJ Hütz of Gogol Bordello. It seems to have been written as an introduction to a list of music the band keeps on the tour bus with them while on the road. Although the list is not particularly to my taste - in fact, with the exception of a dozen or so of the entries, I've not heard of the majority of the list <hangs head in shame> - the introduction makes several strong points about the importance of music in society (globally) and the mis-popularization and promotion surrounding it. Definitely worth a read. A word of caution however, he is extremely opinionated and the language could be offensive to some (you've been warned)...and in the words of DJ Hütz... "all music is f-ing yours..."

The following is an excerpt from INTRO WORD

There are many of us for whom music is an irreplacable part of life... We rely on it to take us out of sadness, preassures of poverty, youth, age, etc... Mixed with alcohol it seems to be a remedy for just about anything...Be it a rapid fire of notes exploding in catharsis all over the major key or an obsessive marathon of soul-searching sounds crawling around minor...it all appears somhow more solid and present in our lives than materials... something we can always address and hold on too... At it's best music connects us to a feeling as large as the whole goddamn universe itself...
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*Originally posted at: Twisted ramblings from the mouse that runs the brain