TO BATHE THE MIND

My love affair with today's music....NOT!!!

 

The music of the world today Is not my cup of tea. With deaf'ning blasts from instruments That sound like shrill banshees. The 'concert magic' fills the air With such a travesty, My head is hurting, pounding hard.... It's not supposed to be! I long for days of charm and class Beside the parlor grand, Where Chopin wafts through silken dreams To touch a ladies hand. Oh poetry of melody Which soothes the savage breast. And bathes the mind with memories That cause the soul to rest! ~~

Author's Note

I love beautiful music with nice melodies and soothing refrains. This does NOT describe the music of today in any sense of the word.

Reviews

[William Michael Reeves]

I love your line 'where Chopin wafts through silken dreams'! Since poetry is music makes sense to write about it. And you did! The good and the bad. But I disagree. So much music of all genres is being produced. Somehow you're not finding yours. I think music expands at the rate of its civilization. I have the good fortune of having a station up here where the motto is "where music matters" and they play anything and everything. And I do hear good new music. You'll find some, I'm sure of it.

[Miss Sharon]

Thanks so much for your kind remarks on this write! You are appreciated my friend. ~Sharon

[Rew]

Yes. Awful stuff. A Quick fix for the vacant minded and a quick buck for the purveyors of such.

[Miss Sharon]

I totally agree! Thanks so much for responding to this write. ~Sharon

[Rew]

My pleasure.

[wordman]

and I love good music,the music today, is terrible.

[Miss Sharon]

Thank you for the nice comment AND for the agreement! ~Sharon

[wordman]

my pleasure Sharon,i love 70s and 80`s music love piano, and pan flute,

[Miss Sharon]

As you know I love piano because I taught for over 30 years. I also happen to love pan flute music! So soothing. It's good too meditate to. ~Sharon

[Desert Knave]

I too find that much of today's music simply fails to touch a chord and lacks in any beauty (or, for that matter, sophistication). But then I hear something like Jeff Buckley's amazing and beautiful cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" and I am reminded that there are still gems to be found in today's music, one just has to work a little harder to find them. Nicely spoken sentiments (with your usual attention to exquisite meter and rhyme). ~Jim

[Miss Sharon]

Thank you so much Jim for your very nice comment and I too agree that there IS good music out there today but as you said...you have to work a little harder to find it! ~Sis

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i love music too, classical, but also old rockabilly, doo wop and sixties...that was music...
most of what is today is just noise...either it is just me aging...or the music has gone downhill...

i relate to this...there is still poetry---and that does soothe the savage beast, as you say.

[Miss Sharon]

Thank you for a lovely response to this write Jacob! Yes...I too liked doo wop and some of the 60's music, but being a classically trained pianist, that is my passion!