The Challenge of "Culture"

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

On the music side, I rarely pay attention to lyrics. I can never remember them and it takes a good long time before I can sing along with anything much beyond the chorus. I supose that's why I like foriegn music so much, I never have to be distracted by what they are saying, I just hear the music of their voices. I love some Classical choral pieces for just that point.

I'm with you on this. Often times the vocals to me are another instrument - just one part of the sum. A beautiful voice that blends with the instruments around it to me is divine. Even if I know the lyrics to a song by heart, I may still have no idea what it is about.

And I too enjoy foreign music. I have been known to tune into the Spanish language stations if I am burnt out on my usual fare.

There has been more than one occassion where I was DJing a function and someone would bring in a CD for me to play of some foreign sensation that I had no clue about. It always amazed me how much I got into much of what I was given. And conversly, there was a lot of crap that there was no way in heck should have been laid down on a CD!

One other art that I enjoy is fine wordworking. There is a certain cabinet in the Grand Cal lobby that I am just completely enthralled with. To me the composition of the design and the harmonious wood selection blended with the subtle detail makes it a masterpiece in my eyes. I kid you not when I say that it was the first thing I thought about when I first heard about thye recent fire and I made a bee line for it when I first went to the Grand Cal after the fire. I also appreciate the work of artisans such as Sam Maloof.