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...listen to really cheesy ’80s music...
...while to my left the Styrofoam remnants of a take-home physics lab sit gloomily. But with R.E.M.’s Automatic for the People blasting from my stereo, I somehow know the varied elements of my life at Harvard will work themselves out—a quick listen to “Try Not to Breathe” and “Nightswimming,” and everything will be okay...
...much poetry in Lou Reed’s tired voice as in a Mahler symphony. Since arriving at Harvard, and I now suppose throughout my life, music has provided a constancy and sincerity which elsewhere often remains elusive. Because of my classical training, I can’t just listen to music anymore. A good song provides me with a challenge as rewarding as any in a textbook; I can analyze its words, feel the contours of its singer’s voice, pick apart the instrumentation to my heart’s content and in the end still find...
...onto the treadmill, with nary a sourcebook in sight. The infectious beats of these two musical innovators are all I need to spur along an hour-long workout. So often, as I first begin to listen to a new song, I attempt to categorize it, but I find this nearly impossible with both N.E.R.D. and The Roots. On the surface, both seem rap/R&B, but the beauty of expertly crafted music is far from skin deep. Moving through In Search Of… resembles a tour through every music genre, from the neo-soul/new wave...
...reminds me of why, 12 years ago, the desire to make some never-before-heard sound come out of a twisted mass of brass so captivated me. A symphony offers more than a single song, as it combines multitudes of emotions into one creation which both the musician and listener can shape into different messages from time to time. While the Tchaikovsky evokes passion, the Debussy piano solos I listen to every night as I fall asleep conjure up lazy, wandering thoughts and utter relaxation. Classical music never begs me to think, but instead extends an open invitation to analyze...