music should move you Well,

Well, I totally agree. But what's to say that music labeled as depressing, or slow, or non-uplifting necessarily doesn't move you? (kamel I'm sure wasn't trying to say that, but I wanted to touch on the idea) If you take any form of music, and I'll even throw in rap, country, and even the dreaded emo into that genre, the music is going to move you. People can get a connection to the music, which is the intangible type of "move you" that can be interpreted here. Or there's the music that can literally make you dance, which can move you. Finally, there's music like the Backstreet Boys in which you literally get up and move to a different room (heh).

The music that moves us doesn't always have to be the most melodically impressive music on the planet. I love Our Lady Peace as much as Grant (and alas, I'm the dumbass that waited till Friday night before the show (this monday) to buy his ticket and found out they were sold out) and while they're not necessarily musicianal geniuses, they certainly can move with powerful lyrics (and other times random lyrics, I'll admit (for instance my t-shirt quoting the line "talking is just masturbating without the mess, in which many have argued (and I'd agree) that this was simply an excuse to put masturbating into a song without speaking of the literal physical act)). However, the greatest bands concoct the best mixture of moving lyrics with moving beats (and the mood of the beats had better match the mood of the lyrics). But yes, music that moves is truly the best, and it's music that moves the MOST which is the best music. I don't see most modern pop doing much movement outside of the third form, moving people (me!) out of the room.

Lastly, someone may listen to Portishead, on a day that they're "up," and think "this just isn't moving me." That's ok. They're allowed to think that. Just as someone who listens to Portishead, on a day they're "down," realizes the strength in the words (as well as the
"totally razor" beats) and think "this is moving me." That's ok too. So then why do I bash the backstreet boys and other forms of pop? Because Backstreet Boys make money because little girls think they're hot, not because they make good music. For one, they don't write their songs, nor perform the music for them, nor do they even at least record the music before they play it live. No, nothing of theirs is self-created. And then for instance Christina Aguilera ... she's only popular because she can get naked on the cover of Rolling Stones and if she WEREN'T popular, she wouldn't be around to get naked on the cover of rolling stones and likewise if she weren't naked on the cover of rolling stones (or in half her videos) then whe wouldn't be popular. I could go on about every artist. Pop music is essentially characterized by image, and actually it's defined as music of general appeal to young people. I could rant about young people, but I won't, I've seriously tangented entirely from the general topic. But it's ok, it's my site, and I can do what I want to :-P.

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