i realise that music has this ability to transport you back in time and place ( mentally of course), and though entertaining occasionally to take a trip down memory lane, it can trigger a lot of emotions, which may not be very good when im overseas and wish to maintain mental and emotional equanimity. for example, listening to steph sun's songs in france wld prob send me back in time to my bed at home during jc days, where i'd be lying like some carcass with e lyrics of her songs in my hand, and id be singing along with her just so that i wouldnt have to hum along meaninglessly to the tune whenever i hear it. cant believe i was that wuliao back then. anyhow, that would prob make me miss home terribly. my parents, and even my bro, whose voice can be so painfully abrasive whenever he argues and shouts at me that i wanna box him hard; i would have this urge to hug him. yea rite. in just a few hours time at dawn, i'd prob lose all of such thoughts. *shudders* and i'd wonder how on earth i could ever conceive of such puke-inducing thoughts. disturbing indeed.
thats the thing about listening to music in the wee hours of the morning. when alls quiet and my thoughts are undisturbed by msn-chatting and not preoccupied with issues/ppl, i get more sentient. its hard to explain but there are certain times of the day when you get this heightened perception of things around u. this awareness may be good or bad. and i feel that listening to songs increases the frequency of such sentient episodes, esp when e songs are of particular significance to you. eg 'i'm alive' wld have me transported back to sec sch days and listening to gigi leung's dan xiao gui wld immed remind me of guan and chang in bmt, together with the rest of the section. its amazing how music gels people at times. it really helps to promote stronger cohesion. the later part of NS would be represented by songs of black-eyed peas, maroon 5, alizée and of course shi nian and hao xin fen shou.
belinda carlisle, cranberries, abba, billy joel, blondie, carpenters, creed, don moen, gareth gates, FIR, robbie williams, dixie chicks, jackie cheung, vanessa mae, emil chow, fish leong, josh groban, irene cara, hillsongs, guns and roses, matchbox 20, elton john, richard marx, savage garden, grease, adiemus, michael w. smith, emi fujita, faye wong, celine dion and a few others,even jay chou whose songs are winning me over slightly, just tt slightly, are gonna remind me so much of home in e future. just as upbeat songs like 'i will survive' can make me bop to the rhythm or even walk to match the beat if on-the-go, i can imagine listening to the plaintive strains of some nice song (usually a love song), and getting pensive. haiz, romantic songs are usually the most beautiful ones ever composed. ppl in love/failing in love really do come up with some of the world's greatest and well-known tunes.
looks like i better stock up my itunes with more spastic songs like las ketchup, cheeky girls ala eurotrash, para para sakura, cyndi wang (yucks, act sweet) and bananarama from now on. angsty songs by avril lavigne and the likes of her wld be good too, and limp bizkit, eminem and good charlotte would definitely have me up and about in no time, haha. talk about premature pre-emptive strikes.
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Raunchy!!! I like!! haha :)
