Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Ah, love. It's amazing how much power a four-letter word can convey, isn't it? Throughout life, we are all seeking love from others and seeking the ability to love ourselves. Love is undoubtedly the most profound and deepest human emotion, and an overwhelming majority of music reflects this. If you, beloved reader, chose to look through your collection of songs, whether it be on your computer, on your iPod, in a giant stack of CDs, or in the speakers of a radio, you would notice that probably at least three-fourths of all music concerns love. These songs can discuss several aspects of love: romantic love; the joy of love; the loss of love; the pains of love; the power of love; the forgiveness that comes with love; the list goes on and on. Yet all concern love.

So what is love? Well, as the writer of that really crummy essay we read in Mrs. Sander's class said, "I don't know, it's a hard question." All joking aside, though, I can't truly answer that question because for each person, love is something different. More than that, though, a person's idea of love grows constantly as they live their lives on this spinning ball we call Earth; as we live our lives, the interactions we have with the people around us and the love we share and receive change who we are and how we perceive love in our world. Love defines us as human beings; it gives us meaning and gives us hope. That's why love is so prevalent in music. "If love is Lord of heaven and earth, how can I keep from singing?"

Now, dear reader, I couldn't possibly write an entire blog post about love songs and then not include a love song at the end. So, as my gift to you, here's quite probably my favorite love song out there: "Hold On," by Michael Buble.

Until next time,

ParallelFifths