Plato condemnded it...
Islam condemns it...
Some kind of powerful emotion is crystallized in music. Something that makes certain control freaks (yes, looking at you, Plato and Islam) lose it.
Music, through some kind of irrational process, bonds with the places in our consciousness that are fused with our deepest emotions and values. And so it is dangerous. The kind of music that we like is connected with the kind of person that we are. So it is something very important, and very powerful.
One thing that an old person realizes is that the music that one individual perceives as important is actually the same as the most important music in the world. And so, if one person has one dedicated fan, that is as important as a pop star having a million "likes" on social media.
Bowie is dead, Prince is dead, Freddie is dead, Chuck is dead but their music lives on. "Under Pressure" was my soundtrack to this brief essay. May we all have some kind of immortality where we live on in the memories of those who love us.
