I'm not going to lie, there are some things that I just can't appreciate, and I mean no offence to anybody, this is just my own shortcoming.
I love photography, but dislike paintings.
I love songs, but truly appreciate only a small handful of poems.
I love world music, where I can't understand the lyrics, but have often looked up the overall meaning of the song. But I've found it difficult to stomach some languages and sounds, such as those from the far East and Germany.
But whatever sounds that do resonate with me, and sound pleasing to my ear, I will appreciate. And this is what I came across a couple of days ago in a short tiktok cooking video:
Such a fun beat!
I have a feeling that I will have the lyrics committed to memory, even though I can't understand a single word of it.
As usual this led me to look for more Tamil movie songs, and I came across this high-octane number:
I can only imagine what it must've been like to be part of that audience.
My poor child is going to do a Gonzo and stick two bananas in her ears, I'm sure **grin**.
Being the queen of one-thing-leads-to-another, I remembered the fabulous drumming concert that was hosted by Musaeus College a few weeks ago, where one item brought in one of my favourite drums - the dhol.
Which then led me to look up the Dhol Foundation, a British-Indian troupe that I was nuts about back in 2005 after seeing them perform at WOMAD Sri Lanka, at the Galleface Green. OMG what a show!
If you were there on the last day of WOMAD, you may remember that the finale was a fusion of drum beats from most of the participating musicians of the whole event. There were the Singaporeans, the Burudians, the Indians, the Japanese, the Sri Lankans......and the impromptu result was magnificent.
Which leads me to this notion that I explain to my daughter, time and time again, about the power of music. It's a universal language that can unite all manners of diversities across the globe.
I love that modern pop music encapsulates many aspects of traditional music, such as their instruments, their styles, their voices, their costumes and their dances. At least for me, this leads to a voyage of discovery of the more fundamental roots of these cultures, which I find to be enlightening and enriching.
World music has got to be the best genre out there!
