I really try not to be such a music snob, though on the outside, it may look that way. I go to music not to be cynical about it. I go to music to feel. If I'm ever really critical about music it's because it's made for the wrong reason, like for consumerism rather than for the pure love of sounds and sharing your art. Music is meant to bring about emotion. If I can't feel the passion the artist put into the song, well then it's just empty for me. I actively seek catharsis through music. I want that emotional connection.
If you're looking for a similar sentiment in your music, I eagerly point you to San Fransisco duo Girls' (and yes, it is two guys) song "Hellhole Ratrace." Christopher Owens' lyrics are straightforward, yet so raw, and you genuinely believe him when he remarks, "I don't wanna cry my whole life through/ I want to do some laughing too," "I've got a sad song in my sweet heart/ and all I really need is ome love and attention." It's safe to say we've all been there. In that rotten place where you feel as if everything is falling apart and the whole world is out to get us. The internal struggles of our pre-teen selves still lurk in out subconscious only to come back with a vengeance.
But we move on because we find it within ourselves to remind us that there's always something to look forward to; it can't all be that bad. The song begins with twangy guitar mournfully echoing in the background, but as it progresses the sound swells until you banish those evil feelings from inside and the words which hurt so badly in the beginning become a sort of rallying cry. "I want to do some laughing too/ so come on, come on, come on laugh with me."
And by the end, even if our cheeks are still wet from our tears, we find it the ability to laugh anyway.
Youtube - Hellhole Ratrace
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