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Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Songs that we love and hate





Music is all around us. Many of us would listen to music. But all of us have different tastes and different likings of what songs we love to hear or even hate to even listen to. Some like jazz music, some fond of opera, some fancy pop, some fancy lovey dovey love songs, some even fancy hard rock or songs with a little metal influence. To say the least, we are all the same no matter if we like Ella Fitzgerald, Britney Spears, Carrie Underwood or even Metallica.

In our daily lives all of us have also songs that keep playing in our minds, hearts, and always ears. Whenever we feel that we don't like the song, we would try to shut our ears and shy away from the music or sound. But then when we like the song, all parts of it from lyrics to rhythm to even the beats we would remember and sometimes hum out. If putting this into our daily conversations with family members and friends, I can surely point out the relation.

Songs or even sounds we often like are words like I Love You or thank you for being in my life. A good chat with close friends is often a right tune in the song. While songs like getting scolded by parents, lecturers, bosses or even arguing because of misunderstanding we tend to hate to hear. Whenever we heard these hate songs, we tend to screen out and hide from it. But isn't it selfish to just wanting to hear songs we love and ignoring the hate songs? 

Some of you may have overcome this situation where you say you had a bad day. What makes a truly bad day? Is it the headache from last night or even you falling from the bed? It is not really that. Most of the time is the bad songs you hear or listened to. You may have fought with your mother over why you can't wear a skirt that short to college before to college. This is the example of songs we don't like to hear. There are also songs we love to hear like your mother now praising and complimenting how good you look today. Whether it is a song we love to hear or song we hate to hear, we then would bring these songs into our day. How much you would sulk and hate to hear it again and again, it would be played inside your mind the whole day. Now that is what makes a bad day. A bad day with a hate song. 

I wish to put a random case inside here, but it also is related to the topic of songs. Remember when we were younger? Our moms and dads used to warn us not to buy this, eat this, say this, wear this or even act like this? Whenever we tend to rebel, it is the hate songs that we listened to to make us rebel. I remember how much I had to shut up my mouth to not say things that are not appropriate and indecent. A single bad word would make my family look me in the eye with a , "I don't think you should be saying that" stare. Not only that I don't like to listen to those songs but simply loathe them when they "control" me. I remember sleeping hours is at 8pm for school days, no more than 1 hour weekend morning cartoons, no reading comic books while sleeping and certainly no going out unless all homework is done.

How petty and small this things are, but it is but a blessing in disguise. With those songs in my life, I get to get things done, get good grades in school and then get little rewards when I'm a good boy (hehehe). Our elders no matter family members, relatives or even teachers often repeat this phrase after singing the hate song to you, " It is only for your own good, you would know how right I am when you grow up". Familiar? Totally! I couldn't agree more why most of us would hate being controlled and sent to so many tuition since we also have a lot of homework to do in school. There is also the constant nagging or question of , Have you finished your homework?

Our parents and elders or even people older than us are trying to teach us something. Although these songs are not songs we love to hear but sooner or later we would begin to feel the meaning of the songs coming to life. We finish our homework so that we learn to finish what we started in life. We go early to bed so that we can plan our time well for work and play. We go to tuition and study so that we can always learn to improve ourselves and being open to new ideas. We come back before the curfew at 9 so that we can have enough rest for work tomorrow. Songs that we love or hate today, it becomes a song of its own in the future. No matter how much you love or hate those songs, listen to it and understand its lyrics (meaning). Just because it is not the genre or the song or your liking, doesn't mean it is not a song for you for your future. 

When you grow up, you would surely realise and know these is good for you! We often hear this line. Often the songs I hated which I listened to when I was younger really made sense and guided me along the way. It helped me understand people, plan my stuff, balance what I do. 

Hate songs, they all can be love songs if you only let them in your life. 

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