Power Of Music (The Curse)

Pearl Jam - Alive.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGiTPgvKktM

I was thinking about the power of sound and music, and i thought of this song.
Pearl Jam's, Alive was an anthem for every kid who wanted to rebel and stick it to the haters along with the rest of pearl Jam's Debut album called "Ten." I agree completely.

I was watching Vh1 Storytellers on Pearl jam a few years days ago and Eddie Vedder was telling the story about the song "Alive." He remembered this story as "The Curse." Because he wrote the song about the time where he realized that the man that he thought was his father, wasn't his dad, and his real dad died years ago. The reason he considered the song a "Curse" was because he had to learn to accept the fact that his father is dead, and he is still ALIVE.. I can't even imagine how confused i would be.

After the album was released, alive was an overnight hit; with the ever-so popular chorus "I'm still alive," Eddie Vedder wrote that chorus as a curse; as a way of dealing with the unfortunate truths that he discovered not so many years before. Vedder recalls as the audience grew over the years, and seeing everybody respond to the chorus as a celebration, it lifted the curse for him.. And he is now peace of mind with those demons that haunted him for so many years.

That is why i think music is as powerful as an ocean. The wave is your voice, if it hits you just right, it can make you cry. When water seeps into rock, it can make it crumble, If you write a song on guitar with passion and emotion, they can seep under your skin and make you crumble as well. As you can tell from the length of this post, i am very passionate about the music i write and listen too.

Anyways, let me know what you think about this post, if you agree, disagree, or just want to talk about this topic some more.