...Like a butterfly kissing a child with an eye for the minor key
Popular music just doesn't write lyrics like that anymore-- until it does.
Enter Sia, arguably one of the best composers/lyricists/singers of our generation.
With every note and every word, she artfully crafts her masterpiece.
The radio would love you and I to believe heart-felt music is dead. Think about it:
Typically, the modern pop song is mind-numbingly austere and derivative-- and that's not a good thing unless you are waiting for the latest earworm, and for that, it's shockingly effective. ("Mustard on the beat", anyone? Everyone?*) However, when listening to an artist such as Sia, you get the feeling that much of her thoughts, and really her soul went into the composition. As a society that marches further on towards becoming more plugged-in rather than human, I don't think it would be a bad concept for us to dig deeper, and find our soul and share it with the world. If it starts with music, then even better. Art is meant to be a transformative experience, and how can it truly be such with the shallow, hollow echos of the soul, or the human experience we are bombarded with at present?
Enter Sia, arguably one of the best composers/lyricists/singers of our generation.
With every note and every word, she artfully crafts her masterpiece.
The radio would love you and I to believe heart-felt music is dead. Think about it:
Typically, the modern pop song is mind-numbingly austere and derivative-- and that's not a good thing unless you are waiting for the latest earworm, and for that, it's shockingly effective. ("Mustard on the beat", anyone? Everyone?*) However, when listening to an artist such as Sia, you get the feeling that much of her thoughts, and really her soul went into the composition. As a society that marches further on towards becoming more plugged-in rather than human, I don't think it would be a bad concept for us to dig deeper, and find our soul and share it with the world. If it starts with music, then even better. Art is meant to be a transformative experience, and how can it truly be such with the shallow, hollow echos of the soul, or the human experience we are bombarded with at present?
Sia: "Dressed In Black"
*"Mustard on the beat" refers to DJ Mustard's signature on every a ton of hip hop songs that have been popular within the last few years. I was listening to Pandora and kept hearing a slur that sounded like "Wasn't on the beat" or "Lovin' on the beat" so I did some research and it's "Mustard on the beat". He made a beat that everyone and their mother, sister, cousin, dog is using and he doesn't want you to forget it sooo...Mustard on the beat, ho! (Did I mention something about derivative earlier? I did? Oh ok. Just making sure...Derivative. Google it.)
DJ Mustard on the Beat Setlist (Just skip around and see if you can hear a difference in the songs. No? Well, me either.)
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