It’s been established in previous
posts that I don’t know anything about music. My ear is so bad that
foreign language songs make exactly as much sense as English ones do,
lyrically speaking, and I frequently try to describe music in
physical terms. (Am I the only one who thinks Dave Matthews voice
sounds like jello? Taun-Taun assures me this is so.)
Nevertheless, I really love trying to
find new music, especially pagan music, if only because the field is
darn confusing. A Darker Shade of Pagan gives me a weekly fix of the
goth stuff; other podcasts also occasionally provide, but mostly I
stumble around the internet like a wounded chicken – afraid of
viruses, hoping for the best, and with an attention span of about 10
minutes.
I have managed to collect together a
bunch of artists of varying styles and quality, though. My definition
of “pagan music” is fairly broad – music by pagans, or music
for pagans, or music that appeals to me for pagan-ish subtext,
basically. See, I love Lady Gaga, and Girl Talk is my mp3 player’s
new BFF, but it doesn’t really count as “pagan music” even
though it appeals to me. Eluveitie, on the other hand, has a
mythological subtext that I really love as well, so it counts.
(Speaking of foreign languages, no, I have no idea what they mean. I
just sort of imagine a story to go with it.)
So, starting on Wednesday, I’m going
to start running a weekly music review for a bit. Just one artist at a time,
what I like and don’t like, and I might squeeze a guest post out of
Taun-taun every now and then. (He *does* know quite a bit more about
music than me. If you want anything cohesive, you should wait for
him.) Appropriate links to youtube, myspace, or personal band pages
will also be provided as appropriate.
I may also branch out to ‘well-known’
pagan artists that drive me bonkers, if I can find at least one song
I like, but there’s certain styles of folk that are very, very
difficult to do correctly.
In theory, thinking about it more often
will help me find more albums and bands that I like. In practice, I’m
hoping one of my 10 readers chimes in with some suggestions!
Blessed Be,
Pennanti.
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