Bang your head to that tune

Whatever music you like, you know what I mean. Certain songs make you smile, others make you sad. Put on Colorblind or Mad World and make sure you’ve got a boxful of tissues ready by. Play anything by Wyclef, Vampire Week-End and get ready to get your body rockin’. Listening to music is like reading: you’ve got to practice and get to know new sounds, get a grap of your favourite artists’ new album or some random artist you’ve heard on FaceBook or MySpace.

You might not be a great dancer but stop me if I’m wrong: some tunes just make you want to get up your desk and move your feet around. Even if doing so would imply looking like a moron. Head bangers in their baggie pants and flashy t-shirts know what I’m talking about: how music can change the way you see the world, how it can metamorphose someone, an occasion, a roomful of people with previously no special connection.

Bang your head to that tune, open your mind
The rythm of those instruments fill the silence
Slowly bridging the gap between mankind
Bodies in motion, imagining a new dance

Bang your head to that tune, strange wind
Of rhymes and chords, a melody by chance
Hum along with me and please be kind
Don’t be afraid to get into that transe