Music Speaks What Cannot Be Expressed

"Music speaks what cannot be expressed, soothes the mind and gives it rest, heals the heart and makes it whole, flows from heaven to the soul."
     Music has power. Nowadays kids are growing up listening to Justin Bieber, Britney Spears, Pink, Kanye West, Cee Lo Green, and the Pussy Cat Dolls. I weep for the fact that as we get older, good music has died, and will never be appreciated or revived. I have an eclectic taste in music my friends, I listen to anything from hip-hop to classic rock. However, there is only one genre of music that truly heals the heart and the soul, and that is classical music. I won't speak for long tonight, but I wanted to express how I feel when I listen to the right classical song. Music of the 21st century has no heart, it has no soul and therefore when you listen to it you can dance along to its catchy beat or sing along to the words, but in the end you can never emotionally connect to it. When in recent history have you seen a crowd brought to its feet by a Jay Z concert because they had no choice but to stand up and applaud, for he had truly struck their heart strings (pun intended)? The answer is never. Sure people have given the Jonas Brothers or Miley Cyrus standing ovations, but that was because they were already standing! Or because they were famous.
     Back when classical writers such as Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Handel, or Tchiakovsky were performing their pieces, people didn't just stand up because they had to. They were moved, the music truly moved them. When Handel performed his famous Hallelujah Chorus for the King of England, the King was so moved by the music he stood up, and the rest of the room stood up with him, signifying the awesome power that was found in the piece. Classical music isn't performed with the mind, or the hands, or the arms... No. It is performed with the heart, with the soul, and that becomes obvious when the music is played for thousands of people. When I was listening to some of my favorite songs on Youtube, I noticed that a Justin Bieber song had over 8 million views. I was disgusted, proving my point that people don't know good music anymore. But then I looked up Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, and saw that there were over 30 million views. Now that's emotional power you can't buy.
     So tonight, I invite you to go into your rooms. Turn off your lights, pull down your curtains or drapes and lie on your bed. Put on Boccherini's Minuet, Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, Mozart's Requiem, Rossini's The Barber of Seville, or my personal favorite Tchiakovsky's 1812 Overture: Finale. Let the music flow over you and your troubles or stresses will soon follow. Appreciate the art of classical music my friends, and you may have just found yourself a new way of relieving stress, in a very calming but entertaining way.
     Goodnight, and happy listening.
          - G.S Moredock