The Riddle - Five for Fighting

There is something universal about music, and certainly nothing I could say that hasn't been written or spoken about before. Certainly the muse concentration must be greater in music than in another form of inspiration. Something about the ability of the mind to instinctively connect music with memories and the ability to relate those through the song. There is nothing better than a song that something attached to it, something so powerful that it becomes impossible to do anything else while the song is playing.

Slightly below those kinds of songs that portray such detail and emotion that you don't need to have been personally involved. Someone else's story is related in such a manner that it literally pulls on your being, you are there in every sense. Currently that song on my play list The Riddle from Five for Fighting. The song was catchy at the first time I heard it, and after 100 Years and Superman (It's Not Easy) they deserved a listen in the first place. As it came up again and again I began to pick up more and more of the words and finally I stopped what I was doing and listened to it over and over again to fill in the blanks.

Sometimes it seems as though music has lost it's place in relating the human experience. To some extent this is true, anything that is mass produced loses value, that is capitalism (and that is how it should be.) Sometimes a song comes and it is so beautiful that there is nothing you can do but consider its rarity and your appreciation is increased. It would be like buying the one XBOX (or PS3) that was put together so perfectly at every step of the way, everything fell into place properly, that it lasts 10 years with no problems. This is particularly relevant to me since I have had to send mine in 3 times, costs of a disposable society.

The ideas are so amazing that you wonder how no one has thought of them before, they are so perfect that they should be written in stone for all generations. 'Proud to be a H.sapiens' is all I can think of when I hear something in this league.