Srsly, is it just me, or does all 14 commentators here so far seem to have some need of professional help?!
"I write the songs" is simply an ode to music - albeit written from the point of view of music as if it were anthropomorphized. It is not the first ode to music, and it will not be the last. We all love music, do we not (is that not why we are all on SongMeanings in the first place)? What better than a song that praises the beauty and versatility of music as an art - such as "I write the songs", for instance? Music has been alive forever, people have been making music since goodness knows when; and it goes without saying, music itself can be credited with writing the very first song. Through the lips of people like you and I. This is why we still enjoy music today, in all its varying genres.
When I say that "I write the songs" is not the first ode to music, and will not be the last, here is my methodology to prove:
In the early 1600s, William Shakespeare wrote a famous ode to music in his play Twelfth Night, later set to music by Henry Purcell - "If music is the fruit of love, play on, play on" (sung here by soprano Kathleen Battle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPCDas6U4aI).
In 1817, Franz Schubert wrote "An die Musik" (dedicated to music), also known by its first line "Du holde Kunst" (you pure art form), which talks about how music can transport you to a different world. (Sung here by Elisabeth Schwarzkopf: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bm_AKMV0ME0)
And more recently in 1999, English Eurodance singer Anna "Lolly" Kumble released her debut single, "Viva la radio" (which you can see its official music video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXIPQBXHS7I), which glorifies the then-new technology of the MP3 player and how it enables one to listen to one's favorite songs on the go. A modern ode to music, but still, an ode to music nonetheless.
Music is one of the oldest forms of art. It will never die. It will always exist, and will continue to develop itself with time. The music we enjoy so much today is a unity in diversity that comes in so many genres, styles, and more. "I am music and I write the songs" - I think the line could not be clearer, it is music personified saying that it has given us all the songs we enjoy today. If you don't enjoy music, why did you even sign up with SongMeanings at all?
So please, please, Mr Matthew whatever-your-name-is, stop with all this "Jesus" and "Bible" obsession, and start focussing on the music instead, and enjoy it, like any normal person would. If you want to continue obsessing about your "Jesus" and "Bible" nonsense, please go to your cathedrals, suck up to your clergy, continue giving them millions of pounds every week so that their pop-singer wives can travel the world, do what you wanna do - but srsly, don't come and bring your "Jesus" and "Bible" comments to a song that has nothing whatsoever to do with that.
From a Masters Music student about to pursue their PhD in Music.
Srsly, is it just me, or does all 14 commentators here so far seem to have some need of professional help?!
"I write the songs" is simply an ode to music - albeit written from the point of view of music as if it were anthropomorphized. It is not the first ode to music, and it will not be the last. We all love music, do we not (is that not why we are all on SongMeanings in the first place)? What better than a song that praises the beauty and versatility of music as an art - such as "I write the songs", for instance? Music has been alive forever, people have been making music since goodness knows when; and it goes without saying, music itself can be credited with writing the very first song. Through the lips of people like you and I. This is why we still enjoy music today, in all its varying genres.
When I say that "I write the songs" is not the first ode to music, and will not be the last, here is my methodology to prove:
In the early 1600s, William Shakespeare wrote a famous ode to music in his play Twelfth Night, later set to music by Henry Purcell - "If music is the fruit of love, play on, play on" (sung here by soprano Kathleen Battle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPCDas6U4aI).
In 1817, Franz Schubert wrote "An die Musik" (dedicated to music), also known by its first line "Du holde Kunst" (you pure art form), which talks about how music can transport you to a different world. (Sung here by Elisabeth Schwarzkopf: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bm_AKMV0ME0)
And more recently in 1999, English Eurodance singer Anna "Lolly" Kumble released her debut single, "Viva la radio" (which you can see its official music video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXIPQBXHS7I), which glorifies the then-new technology of the MP3 player and how it enables one to listen to one's favorite songs on the go. A modern ode to music, but still, an ode to music nonetheless.
Music is one of the oldest forms of art. It will never die. It will always exist, and will continue to develop itself with time. The music we enjoy so much today is a unity in diversity that comes in so many genres, styles, and more. "I am music and I write the songs" - I think the line could not be clearer, it is music personified saying that it has given us all the songs we enjoy today. If you don't enjoy music, why did you even sign up with SongMeanings at all?
So please, please, Mr Matthew whatever-your-name-is, stop with all this "Jesus" and "Bible" obsession, and start focussing on the music instead, and enjoy it, like any normal person would. If you want to continue obsessing about your "Jesus" and "Bible" nonsense, please go to your cathedrals, suck up to your clergy, continue giving them millions of pounds every week so that their pop-singer wives can travel the world, do what you wanna do - but srsly, don't come and bring your "Jesus" and "Bible" comments to a song that has nothing whatsoever to do with that.
From a Masters Music student about to pursue their PhD in Music.