I was having a discussion with some friends the other night- a conversation about people. It started when we discussed online dating and long-distance relationships, and became more clear as we talked about planned parenthood and varying LSM’s.
We realised we are incredibly clever people. Like super smart. With diverse interests and well thought out opinions. You should date us.
But that’s not what this post is about. This post is about common ground.
You see, if you have ever had the (mis)fortune of trawling for prawns on an online dating site, or even if your parents met through a ‘lonely hearts club’ type organisation, I will bet you good money that at least 95% of the ‘Likes’ section of that person’s page will list either music, movies or both.
How original, you are entertained by entertainment, congratulations, you are human.
Have you ever heard of anyone who does not like at least one of those things? Besides maybe some extremists like the Amish, but even then I’ll bet you they jam our to washboard folk or something similar. You see music in particular does something to the very core of our being, it resonates with our soul and can leave blazing white-hot trails of emotion down our spine. It fuels us, and it inspires us, it can change the way we see the world.
Movies can also do this, but whereas I love Horror movies, many of my friends can’t stand them- but we all love Creedence and Queen. Music is a lot more universal than film.
One of my friends has a brother who doesn’t like music, except for some classical. And that’s ok. I don’t want to be left alone in a room with him, but I think we can still classify him as human. However, there was one gem I found online when I experimented with online dating. This girl had a fairly attractive photo (headshot only), and seemed to be intelligent, but there were 3 signs I should have taken note of:
1. She was/is an accountant
Accountants are important to business, but honestly I would rather have a party in a damp paper bag than go to dinner at an all accounting schindig. Oh and to those of you who are reading this that are accountants I’m sorry, I love you guys, I promise I will give you a big table of numbers to add up later
2. She did not like movies
At all. Not even ‘The Notebook’ or ‘The Land Before Time’ or ‘Forrest Gump’
Weird. Everyone reading this likes at least one of those movies, unless you are bodysnatchers from Dimension X (Say hi to Krang and the Neutrinos for me)
3. She DID NOT LIKE MUSIC
Nothing, nada, not even Enya or Yanni. No Simon and Garfunkle, no Beethoven. No Bob Marley, no Damien Rice.
This was a problem, because as we engaged over email and once on the phone, I was suspecting she had the personality of a sock.
The phone call confirmed it. Pretty enough girl, good education and career, but I would rather hit myself in the face with Justin Bieber than date someone who I can’t share music with.
Imagine your favourite song comes on, you’re on a roadtrip to a beach holiday and your favourite person is next to you. Dont you already want to sing into their faces with them? Wouldnt that be awesome right now?
So my message to you is to allow music to move you, let it nourish your inner humanity, and let your passion runneth over- Sing!
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