tspikes51

Ah, yes. It is truly the oldest art form used for expression of emotion or worship of deity (possibly predated by cave paintings, but that was for communication of information). It's because anybody, no matter what language they speak, can listen to a song, and feel the emotion, and even a story coming from it. For example: Rammstein. A good deal of people that listen to Rammstein can't understand a word that they say (I don't know much German either), but they still get that feeling of anger and creepiness from their music. As a music major whose chosen instrument of study is voice, I am required to sing in a non-English language some of the time. My favorite piece to sing is in Italian ("Caro Mio Ben" by Giovanni). Until I looked up the translation, I didn't know what a single word in the song meant, but I still knew it was describing something of beauty because of the song. I tried singing it in a beautiful English translation, but it did nothing for the song.

Of course, you're entitled to your own opinions, but I think that saying that one genre of music is not legitimate is like insulting somebody who listens to that kind of music. It is like saying "your emotions and thoughts, as a whole, suck" to somebody. Now, it's okay if you don't like a certain piece of music, but saying rap or techno aren't music is like saying that wonton is not real food. It's just a matter of taste.

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