Sarah Sampson--Muse ical power

What do you listen for when you hear a song for the first time?  The words?  The instrumentals?  All of it as one?  Do you close your eyes?  Or dance?  Do you think about what the artist is trying to convey with their particularly placed poetic verses?  Is it possible to fully understand the message they are trying to send?  And is their message intended to be understood by their listeners?

Sometimes I listen to a song just to sing and groove to the familiar tune.  The rhythm and beat are catchy and I can dance to it (and even if they're not catchy, I'll still dance.)  And anyways, what is catchy?  But that's what I love about music; it allows the marriage of two excellent art forms (dance being the other) to produce this orgasmic penetration of energy through the body.  "Let the vibes flow through, funk not only moves, it can remove, dig?" This desired effect of forgetting oneself in the dance and sound can heighten good feelings and shroud the others.  The artist uses repetition to strengthen their message.  Religion can be a feature or not.  Many primitive songs were rooted in religious evocation in order to yield a healthy harvest or watch over their family.  Much of today's music has been far since removed and may lack the soul and feeling that music once had.