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The song Ohio, by Neil Young (which was played in class on Tues.) has a special power for us, because of the HORDE tour last summer. This tour, which was a fantastic rock event starred Neil, and featured some awesome guitar work (along with a good number of unwelcome plumber's crack sights, because Neil was wearing shorts that kept slipping down. But that didn't matter, because the music was powerful.) Well, one of the earlier songs he played was Ohio, and he prefaced the song with a little story about how he hasn't played it in a long time, because it means too much to him. Then he talked about how horrible the situation was, and how we have to prevent it from happening again. Then he launched into a powerful acoustic version of the song, as well as the rest of the acoustic set. Acoustic music has a special power to it, especially live, that electric is often lacking. This power manifests in many ways, from the natural sound of acoustic, to the more soulful nature of the sound. This power was definately conveyed by Neil, and made us truly feel the gravity of the past situation and what the problems were. Music is the only medium that can do this, and through its power and visual imagary we can truly feel what the artist want to and inadvertantly convey together. That is the true power of music, and why having music be basically the only thing that carries over wouldn't really be that bad of a thing.

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: The song Ohio, by Neil Young (which was played in class on Tues.) has a special power for us, because of the HORDE tour last summer. This tour, which was a fantastic rock event starred Neil, and featured some awesome guitar work (along with a good number of unwelcome plumber's crack sights, because Neil was wearing shorts that kept slipping down. But that didn't matter, because the music was powerful.) Well, one of the earlier songs he played was Ohio, and he prefaced the song with a little story about how he hasn't played it in a long time, because it means too much to him. Then he talked about how horrible the situation was, and how we have to prevent it from happening again. Then he launched into a powerful acoustic version of the song, as well as the rest of the acoustic set. Acoustic music has a special power to it, especially live, that electric is often lacking. This power manifests in many ways, from the natural sound of acoustic, to the more soulful nature of the sound. This power was definately conveyed by Neil, and made us truly feel the gravity of the past situation and what the problems were. Music is the only medium that can do this, and through its power and visual imagary we can truly feel what the artist want to and inadvertantly convey together. That is the true power of music, and why having music be basically the only thing that carries over wouldn't really be that bad of a thing. :

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