Music

I'm sitting here, listening to Michael Jackson's 'Blood On The Dance Floor'.
I wouldn't consider this album one of my favorites, but still for some reason I suddenly wanted to listen to it.
MJ makes pop. That's what he always did, that's what he's good at. Among real musicians, pop is considered a four-letter word (it only has three, though), but MJ is a genius of pop, and when you're a musical genius at any genre, people listen.

But that isn't what I wanted to write. I wanted to write about music, and try to explain why I love it so much, explain what's so great about it. But that's almost impossible. Still I will write some of my thoughts about the subject.

I have quite an exclusive taste in music. I prefer listening to very complex and virtuoso ("technical" is popular term these days) music to pop, anytime. But still I recognise the musical value of a simple techno beat, and even the value of a Kiley Minouge song!
Sometimes even a simple chord progression on a synthisizer on top of a nice drum-machine loop can be beautyfull in my eyes (or ears).
Don't take me wrong: most of the time I despise the usual simple, mindless music you hear everywhere you go. Most of the time I do my best to educate people to raise their musical standarts. But when I stop and think about it, I know that everything musical - every note, every unique sound, every rhytmic pattern - makes me feel happy to be alive.
I know it sounds like I'm speaking metaphorically, but I really believe that. I really wouldn't like to live in a world that has no music. This belief is the basis of my 'open-mindness', which is crucial for my music appreciation.
And speaking of music appreciation and open minds, I think it's a crying shame that somehow the majority of society does not pay music its due respect, and just neglects music appreciation.

Now I will put open-mindness aside and start raving about how it's important to always progress in your listening. Look, it's popular to claim that music is a matter of taste (and it also saves hours on pointless arguing), but it's just not true.
Now, what do I mean by that? Of course there's a matter of taste in music. For instance, one person may claim that Mozart is the best and another person may claim that about Bach. These people have different taste. But when someone claims that Britney Spears is better than Beethoven, well, that someone is wrong. There are two factors that can make that claim half true: 1. Mood. 2. Purpose (dancing, listening, backround music and such...).

In conclusion, Music is great. If you don't believe me, just listen to the first bars of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" played on a piano. Think about it: the air around you moves a little different, and you just want to bust out crying.