I’ve been listening to a lot of different music lately. Old Rolling Stones, Robert Plant, Bluegrass, The Texas Girls, Moody Blues, Antony and the Johnsons… many different style, many different artists. The one thing that I find in common in the different music is a sense of hope & a longing to belong. A sense of oneness seems to be what I’m drawn to.<\/p>\n
Today, I was listening to the Moody Blue’s “I’m Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band).” I’ve heard this song so many times before, but this time was the first time that I actually got drawn into the lyrics. The words are inspiring to me.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n “I’m just a wandering on the face of this earth Language barriers broken A thousand pictures can be drawn from one word Just to know who is driving How can we understand I’m just a wandering on the face of this earth Language barriers broken How can we understand Music is the traveller crossing our world <\/em> Music is the key – it is the one thing that all cultures have and it is the one thing that breaks down the barries that keep my soul from expressing itself. It has no pretences, no image to protect – just an expressions of my deeper soul. This is what is common in all man-kind – ours souls wanting to be free and its the key that makes the difference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Meeting so many people
Who are trying to be free
And while I’m traveling I hear so many words<\/p>\n
Now we’ve found the key
And if you want the wind of change
To blow about you
And you’re the only other person to know, don’t tell me
I’m just a singer in a rock and roll band.<\/p>\n
Only who is the artist
We got to agree
A thousand miles can lead so many ways<\/p>\n
What a help it would be
So if you want this world of yours
To turn about you
And you can see exactly what to do
Please tell me
I’m just a singer in a rock and roll band.<\/p>\n
Riots by the people for the people
Who are only destroying themselves
And when you see a frightened
Person who is frightened by the
People who are scorching this earth.<\/p>\n
Meeting so many people
Who are trying to be free
And while I’m traveling I hear so many words<\/p>\n
Now we’ve found the key
And if you want the wind of change
To blow about you
And you’re the only other person to know, don’t tell me
I’m just a singer in a rock and roll band.<\/p>\n
Riots by the people for the people
Who are only destroying themselves
And when you see a frightened
Person who is frightened by the
People who are scorching this earth.<\/p>\n
Meeting so many people bridging the seas
I’m just a singer in a rock and roll band.
We’re just the singers in a rock and roll band.
I’m just a singer in a rock and roll band…”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
What I’m getting from these lyrics is that I can be a simple man (the singer) and my thoughts\/ideas (wonderings) can actually make a difference in this world. My thoughts & ideas which are my music<\/em>, are the “traveller” that crosses “worlds” and bridges the seas. <\/p>\n