Songs

"Local" musical genius

• I like listening to songs. I can say it is one of my hobbies.
• When I was young, my computer was turned on 24/7 
• Nowadays, car is the only place where I can listen to songs attentively.
• In my teenage days, the furious, beats and "teenage spirits" were the main elements that influenced my choice of songs.
• As teenage year eclipsed me, I started to look at songs in a different perspective.
• For instance, M.Nasir - Anak-anak kita. I always thought the song as just a plain and simple reminder for parents. 
• But as I listen to it as an adult, I started to feel it is more than that. I has this rebellious flavor in it even the song is not really presented in a furious or upbeat manner.
• It talks more than just to take care of our kids. Anak - anak in  the song means the young generation. People who are next in line to govern take care of the country. 
• At the end of the song, M Nasir asks plenty of rhetorical question that make anybody who listen to it carefully falls into a deep thinking mode.
• All of this makes me appreciate a song more. Rather just an outlet to entertain me, I see songs as something meaningful. However, it is worth noted that  not all songs fall into this category.
• As one grows older, one will become wiser. Listening to the same song with different perspective is one of the many examples to back up the claim.
• It is time to dig up my old playlist and re-listen to every song tha t used to stuck in my head.
• Maybe I can learn a thing or two from it. 

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