Music, Lyrics and 'You don't Hear Jimmy, you only listen to Jimmy'

So, anyone that knows me, knows pretty well that I'm really into music, or that music plays a big part of my life. How that must sound sooooooo cliche, cause I'm sure that like 95% of people, music plays a big part in their lives. I guess what I'm tryin to get at is that, I like to sometimes let myself get swept away by music. Its sort of like, my escape. A lot of people really apreciate silence, especially at night, or when their camping... when I'm put in those same sort of scenarios, I do apreciate the silence, but I love to put on a pair of head phones, and just turn the music up, and I have a whole bunch of different genres of music to listen too at certain times. Anyways, I asked someone this weekend if they were surprised at some of the music I listen to, eg. NIN, Tool, Rob Zombie, etc etc, and she said that she wasn't surprised at some music I listen too, like Jeremy Fisher and Ben Harper, but surprised at the harder stuff, cause she said, and I quote, "your just not a violent person." That I am not, but I guess its just what you grow up with, and I apreciate the talents of some of those hard rockers - so to speak. I like that fact that they are creative with they way they play their music and somehow come up with the messed up lyrics that they come up with.

What I like most about music, is that sometimes I'll have this CD right, where I might have had it as long as like 5 years, and I put it on, cause I haven't listened to it in a long while, turning up all my favourites when the player gets to them, and then all the sudden a song on the cd, that I've always favoured over the rest, makes so much sense. OK, maybe I sound a little philosophical all the sudden, but it happens to me, where the song really relates to the way I am feeling, hence my connection earlier, with music as my escape. I don't bend the words of a song into what I am feeling, nor do I let a song kind of make up my mind, or decide how I feel, cause a lot of times theres only like one line in the song that makes sense to me, and the rest has NOTHING to do with what I'm thinking about.

Anyways, I'm getting boring, I can tell, cause I'm getting bored with what I'm talking about. But, I gotta finish my title! "you don't hear Jimmy, you only listen to Jimmy," is a quote from the movie 'White Men Can't Jump.' I really like that quote, cause Wesley Snipes is talking about Jimmy Hendrix playing on his superfly tape deck in his car, while Woody Harrelson (I can't spell these guys names, i'm horrible) is trying to tell Wesley that he can hear Jimmy, and Wesley is saying he can't. I never really understood it until, I started - so called - hearing some music. The best way I can describe it is this, have you ever turned on a song, and while you were listening to it, the music totally and completely consumes you? Like someone could be trying to ask you a question, and you wouldn't hear them. You might know that they are there, and that they may be trying to get your attention, but your head isn't really consuming that, because its totally consumed in the music. Thats what I think 'hearing' music is, as opposed to just listening to it.

And now I feel like a little 15 year old, cause I'm 'totally' using superfly cool slang, and saying that I can 'totally' relate to the music I listen too. Anyways... hahaha... yes I am a loser.

What the heck got me on this rant anyways? Oh yeah, I just read the lyrics to this song, kind of weird, but kinda cool at the same time. OH, and remember, I don't always relate to everything I listen to, cause I don't really relate to this song, its just one of my favourite songs off of the 2nd perfect circle album, so I just thought I'd post them here!

enjoy,

The Outsider, by A Perfect Circle

Help me if you can
It's just that this, this is not the way I'm wired
So could you please,
Help me understand whyYou've given in to all these
Reckless dark desires
You're lying to yourself again
Suicidal imbecileThink about it, put it on the faultline
What'll it take to get it through to you precious
Over this. Why do you wanna throw it away like this
Such a mess. I don't want to watch you.
Disconnect and self destruct one bullet at a time
What's your rush now, everyone will have his day to die
Medicated, drama queen, picture perfect, numb belligerence
Narcissistic, drama queen, craving fame and all its decadence
Lying through your teeth again
Suicidal imbecile
Think about it, put it on the fautline
What'll it take to get it through to you precious
Go with this, why do you wanna throw it away like this
Such a mess, I don't wanna watch you...
Disconnect and self destruct one bullet at a time
What's your rush now, everyone will have his day to die
They were right about you
They were right about you
Lying to my face again
Suicidal imbecile
Think about it put it on the fautline
What'll it take to get it through to you precious
Over this, why do you wanna throw it away like this
Such a mess, come to this, come to this
Disconnect and self destruct, one bullet at a time
What's your hurry, everyone will have his day to die
If you choose to pull the trigger, should your drama prove sincere,
Do it somewhere far away from here

So don't worry, I'm not all the sudden suicidal or anything, I just thought these lyrics were cool. And if you've seen this video... has NOTHING to do with this... so weird.

Cheers,
Ryan