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Sep. 22nd, 2003 10:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jianantonicI've noticed that lots of my friends put quotes in their profiles - I do it, too - but that many of these quotes are neither insightful nor witty. They are just statements that happen to have been said by other people. Like, for instance, "honesty is a hard attribute to come by," is in one person's profile. Another has, “even smiles can hide tears.” Yet another is “Our love goes on and on.” Well yes. Obviously if you are in love you don’t think it will ever end, and of course if someone has recently rejected your love (ie by cheating on you because you are a heartless douchebag bastard, Shayne) you might want to make the world pity you by putting up a pitiful quote that lets everyone know you are crying on the inside – and probably outside as well. Others include random declarations of love, longing, or regret, when it would pretty much be just as good to write "I love you," "I miss you," or "I'm sorry," because they're just as cliché as what's there instead.
The reason I am complaining about such a trivial little thing is that I listen to folk music. That's only part of the reason, hear me out. I'm not saying that my music is better or more meaningful that anyone else's...I just happen to like it a lot, and I find that most folk music is filled with insightful and meaningful lyrics, as opposed to a collection of words put together according to the formula most likely to get a band on MTV. And if it's not insightful, at the very least it's a better quote than "I would do anything for you." (Like there's just one person to be cited for such a remark). Examples:
"I'd run red lights for you/Ask me do I love you/Is a bullfrog waterproof?" ~The Kennedys
"And if we were walking through a crowd/do you know I'd be proud/if you'd call my name out loud?" ~Dispatch
These two songs I particularly love because they're love songs, but they're not sappy songs. They're both very sweet in their own unique ways.
The Indigo Girls have a wealth of amazing lyrics, good for expressing just about any emotion under the sun. EFO, too, has written some great things about life, love, and all the rest. More than irritating me, it makes me sad when people use worn out cliché quotes as representation of their feelings, because it seems like they are not blessed with the beautiful poetry found in all sorts of different music. I mean, if quotes are important enough to a person that they use them all the time, I hope they care enough to find some good ones. It's hard for me to understand why anyone wouldn't like folk music, but I accept the fact it's not for everyone. I just hope Britney Spears or whomever the kids are listening to these days will one day write a song that actually means something personal.
I hope that didn't come across too negatively. It's supposed to be encouraging and hopeful...go out there and listen to good music, read good books, and then quote that stuff, maybe instead of N Sync or Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Peace.
The reason I am complaining about such a trivial little thing is that I listen to folk music. That's only part of the reason, hear me out. I'm not saying that my music is better or more meaningful that anyone else's...I just happen to like it a lot, and I find that most folk music is filled with insightful and meaningful lyrics, as opposed to a collection of words put together according to the formula most likely to get a band on MTV. And if it's not insightful, at the very least it's a better quote than "I would do anything for you." (Like there's just one person to be cited for such a remark). Examples:
"I'd run red lights for you/Ask me do I love you/Is a bullfrog waterproof?" ~The Kennedys
"And if we were walking through a crowd/do you know I'd be proud/if you'd call my name out loud?" ~Dispatch
These two songs I particularly love because they're love songs, but they're not sappy songs. They're both very sweet in their own unique ways.
The Indigo Girls have a wealth of amazing lyrics, good for expressing just about any emotion under the sun. EFO, too, has written some great things about life, love, and all the rest. More than irritating me, it makes me sad when people use worn out cliché quotes as representation of their feelings, because it seems like they are not blessed with the beautiful poetry found in all sorts of different music. I mean, if quotes are important enough to a person that they use them all the time, I hope they care enough to find some good ones. It's hard for me to understand why anyone wouldn't like folk music, but I accept the fact it's not for everyone. I just hope Britney Spears or whomever the kids are listening to these days will one day write a song that actually means something personal.
I hope that didn't come across too negatively. It's supposed to be encouraging and hopeful...go out there and listen to good music, read good books, and then quote that stuff, maybe instead of N Sync or Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Peace.
