SPEAKING OF THE POWER OF MUSIC THE OTHER DAY . I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE SYMBOLISM IN MUSIC OR SHALL I SAY LYRICS. WHEN WE SING A SONG WE HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING WHAT THE ARTIST WAS REALLY THINKING WHEN THEY WROTE THE SONG. OR THE ESOTERIC MEANING OF WHAT THEY WROTE. SURE WE INTERPRET IT IN A WAY THAT'S LOGICAL TO US, IN A WAY THAT RELATES TO US.PUTTING OUR OWN SPIN ON IT, BUT ALOOF TO ITS TRUE MEANING. PRIME EXAMPLE...WHEN I WAS A CHILD THERE WAS THIS BAND BY THE NAME OF QUEEN. HEARING THE SONG "ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST" PLAYED REPEATEDLY ON THE RADIO,IT WAS LATER EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THIS WAS AN ANTI-WAR SONG. OKAY,I GOT IT!! NEXT I HEAR A SONG BY THE SAME BAND ENTITLED "BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY". I'M SURE THAT IF YOU WERE BORN IN THE LATE 70'S AND WEREN'T LIVING UNDER A ROCK,YOU'VE HEARD OF THIS SONG,LOL. JUST KIDDING,IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD THIS SONG THEN MAYBE YOU WERE RAISED AMISH!! YOU KNOW WHAT, I'LL JUST POST THE VIDEO BELOW SO YOU CAN NOW HEAR THIS SONG. ANYWHO- I MYSELF LIKED THE SONG A GREAT DEAL,YES, I'M A BIT OF A ROCKER!! BUT I NEVER KNEW EXACTLY WHAT THE SONG MEANT. I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY FREDDIE MERCURY WOULD SING ABOUT SHOOTING A MAN IN THE HEAD. I WAS PRETTY SURE HE WASN'T A MURDERER,SO I JUST ROLLED WITH THE AWESOME GUITAR RIFFS!! BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL SOME YEARS LATER THAT I FOUND OUT FROM A GAY MALE FRIEND WHAT THE SONG REALLY MEANT!! WHEN I GOT OLDER,I FOUND OUT THAT FREDDIE MERCURY DIED FROM AIDS. AND AS A YOUNGSTER, I HEARD THAT HE WAS GAY. ALTHOUGH AT THAT YOUNG AGE I HAD NO REAL IDEA OF WHAT GAY REALLY MEANT. AND I DARED NOT ASK. I DARE NOT UTTER THE WORD GAY AS A YOUTH. I WAS TAUGHT BY MY ELDERS THAT IT WAS A BAD WORD. NOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT,I WONDER DID ME BEING FORBIDDEN TO ACKNOWLEDGE GAY PEOPLE GROWING UP,LEAD ME TO BE ATTRACTED TO GAY MEN. HOLD ON- NOT SEXUALLY!!,BUT AS FRIENDS. GAY MEN HAVE A WAY OF SAYING THE FUNNIEST,REAL SHIT. (EXCUSE MY LANGUAGE,BUT IT WOULDN'T SOUND THE SAME IF I SAID STUFF,PHRASES,CLICHES).THEY BITE THEIR TONGUE FOR NO ONE,AND I RESPECT THEIR CAJUNAS!! I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ATTRACTED TO ENIGMAS. AND GAY MEN TO ME, ARE THE EMBODIMENT OF AN ENIGMA!! ANYWAY AS A FRIEND AND I MANY,MANY,MANY YEARS AGO DISCUSSED MUSIC(HOLD ON,I AIN'T THAT OLD.MAYBE I SHOULD TAKE BOUT TWO OF THOSE MANY'S BACK!!,LOL) YES I AM ANIMATED THIS WAY,EVEN IN 3D. MY POINT-MY FRIEND EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THIS SONG WAS ABOUT FREDDIE MERCURY(THE LEAD SINGER) CONTRACTING AIDS,GIVING IT TO ANOTHER MAN AND ACCEPTING HIS FATE OF ULTIMATE DEATH. AND THE BELIEF THAT HE WAS GOING TO HELL FOR BEING HOMOSEXUAL. HE ACTUALLY GREW UP IN A RELIGIOUS FAMILY. SOMETIMES RELIGION BACKFIRES!! OR SHALL I SAY BEING TOO CONTROLLING DOES!! BUT THAT'S ANOTHER DAY,ANOTHER POST. TAKE A LISTEN FOR YOURSELF AND TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK. I WELCOME ALL COMMENTS!!
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