Music

I think music is the most effective form of media. Granted most music isn't very good, but some music is nothing short of inspiring. I'm not talking about the concerts that raise all sorts of money for different causes, but rather individually inspiring. I've been listening to a lot of Billy Preston lately and his music blows me away, it is so soulful. Music communicates to me in ways nothing else has. There are songs which continually give me goose bumps, even after I've listened to them dozens upon dozens of times. For example, Billy Preston's live performance of "That's the way God planned it" from the Concert for Bangladesh always touches me. Also, Simon and Garfunkel's performance "America" in their Concert in the Park is unlike anything else when it hits the bridge. I could go on listing songs like Suite: Judy Blue Eyes by Crosby Stills and Nash or Apple Scruffs by George Harrison, but the list is endless. I realize that some of these are relatively old, but those are the songs that are among my favorites. I've seen current bands get popular for a few songs, and then disappear within a few years. This has clearly not happened to my favorite bands like the Beatles and Simon and Garfunkel and the Blues Brothers and once again I could go on. Anyway, music touches me like nothing else.

peace,
Martin