How I categorize music (Pt. 2)
I wonder if anyone, for some strange reason, is reading these journal entries (no I am not emo or depressed, call it scientific curiosity lol). If not I spose they'll be a good reference for when I look back and try to figure out what the heck I was thinking heh. Either way, here is Part 2.
Sad, Sorrow, Grief, Bittersweet: Some of you may have noticed that many of my songs have redundant tags, such as both 'sad' and 'sorrow'. The reason is when I first came to MyStrands (as of writing this, it was yesterday) there were already some established, popular tags. I want others to benefit from my choices, in finding new music and such, so both the popular tag and my own personal tags were applied (why didn't I just go with 'sad'? Because I divide that into at least 3 categories: 'sorrow', 'grief', and 'bittersweet'. Good examples of each would be Mad World from Donnie Darko, the Immolation from Schindler's List, and Into the West from the credits of LotR: Return of the King, respectively). To define them quickly: 'sad' is the popular tag applied to all these songs for ease of searching, 'sorrow' is music carrying a sense of weeping, whereas 'grief' is more of a lament. 'Bittersweet' is music both joyous and sorrowful, often carrying a suggestion of regret.
Poetry: Another interesting tag I use sometimes is 'Poetry'. Now patently all my music is actually music: there is no spoken word or dialogue tracks in my library. So why poetry? This is a tag applied to songs such as Albatross by Judy Collins, or much of Simon and Gafunkel's works. These songs carry more meaning through the words than the music, and should be listened to with that in mind. Some almost approach what I would call 'ballad' form, and are among the highest rated tracks in my library.
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