Scott Thought #3

Our good friend Scott has one more point to make about why you oughta be spending your money on live music instead of poor quality mp3's.

I saw my favorite band, The National, at the 9:30 Club last May, and I will remember it forever. Matt Berninger, their lead singer picked up a bottle of Malbec at the end of “About Today” live, where there is a long and brilliant instrumental, and he was able to take a break. After rocking out for a bit, he found himself parched, and, looking up, smiling, he shot the cork into the audience. Hundreds of hands shot up and I came up with it. I framed the cork and have it to this day! It’s these personal intimate moments with your band that are light-years ahead of crappy iTunes quality listening. This is why we save money to pony up for a splurge when we can listen to the same song in the comfort of our own home. Music is not sports where people would rather watch the game on their Hi-Def television. I hope, I sincerely hope, that with the coming decade and digital age, where it is easier than ever to hear your song wherever whenever, that we will keep the concert going strong because each and every person comes home with a story. And besides, even if you disagree with the rest of what I said and think it’s crap, face it…concerts are f***in awesome!

-Scott Goldstein

Remember in Almost Famous when Lester Bangs asks William, the high school boy genius to give him 500 words on Black Sabbath and how that eventually leads to William being picked up by Rolling Stone to do a cover story? Well, we have our own William now, except for his name's not William, it's Scott and Rolling Stone better stay the hell away.

Hey, my name is Scott and I’m in high school, AKA the worst years of a kid’s life. But along with friends, and sports, music makes it a whole helluva lot better. I’ll be popping in time to time writing about certain music-related matters, like why we love music, the next big band, fantasies and rants, what I, and you all should be listening to, and much more. Hope you enjoy it and keep rocking out!

I figured my first post ought to be why I love music. And after thinking about it long, and hard, I came up with this:

Music is great because of its individualism. When you love a certain song, it becomes something personal to you. The song seems that it was made for you, and you alone. And despite the fact that you’re feeling down, it will be with you at all times, reminding you that you are not alone and that someone has gone through this before. But this holds true for all types of music, not just the downer variety. Perhaps, upon hearing a song, you are transported back to the time when that song happened to be playing for your first kiss… or if we’re on the topic of romance, perhaps a Barry White classic spurs your memory to something else. The great thing about music is that it is the closest we have gotten to the human soul, it is the closest art has come to capturing sadness, or ecstasy, or mere anxiety. One song can become something millions of people, each having a special relationship to it, can rely on. And then it becomes a friend. This is why I love music.

-Scott Goldstein