No matter how much everyone deplores it, miserable weathers always find a way back. I don't mind the cold. It's just the snow. On the contrary to popular belief, snow is not the best thing that could happen in winter, especially if you're in a city.
To start off with, snow does not accommodate city life in one bit. Getting up to go to wherever you have to go becomes a torture, as you try to plant your boot heels in firm ground covered under two feet of snow. Roads become slippery as the freezing winds harden all that moisture. The worst part is the slush. That pretty white snow, in a matter of hours becomes a black pool of ice water from hell's deepest corners. Your shoes get wet, you get wet, it's a pain. Get the picture now eh?
So by my natural instinct I stayed in for the morning. With a cup of tea in my hand, and my mouse in the other, I browsed the internet for some good bands after yesterday's find.
Well the band I found today, will certainly melt away the cold weather.
I introduce to you, Misty Blue.
This song is called, Summer Palace.
Misty Blue was a Korean band that formed in 2002, when the entire nation was in the heat of hosting the 2002 World Cup. The reason why I'm saying 'was' is that they disbanded in 2010.
One thing I like about this band, would have to be the vocal. The female vocal in this band has a rare color that's not often found in the music industry. Her voice, sort of floats above the melody, but at the same time is a central part of the overall sound. It gives the band's music an ethereal feeling, like if a ghostly spirit is whispering into my ears.
Here's another one called Language of Spring. Try to close your eyes and feel that gracefully spiritual aspect of the music.
Here's another one I like. It's called Chocolate.
It really got me upset, as I was listening to Misty Blue, that the band is now no more. Now, reasons for dissolving a band can get quite complex, but I'm going to take a blind hunch and say that part of the why they disbanded, was that they weren't earning enough from the band to play on.
And the view counts on Youtube. Sometimes these videos have been on for three or four years. Why must bands like these suffer such indifference? Have anyone even seen what's on TV these days in Korea? Compared to that ridiculousness, how is this garnering such apathy? Does anyone have any sort of musical taste left? Has everyone's musical taste been blown off due to the inconceivable torrent of fast-food music pouring from media corporations?
Here's another one from them. Snowberry.
And another!
Honestly, whoever is not listening to these songs are indeed missing out. There are so few bands out there like Misty Blue now. Sounds that give comfort, that give peace of mind, that gently reach out and pacify the soul with careful hands.
Look what's out there. It's full of flashing, ear splitting, noise. Sounds like plenty of noise to me. Artificial, unnatural, ultra-hedonistic music that cripples the senses.
Ultimately the judge is you, but try this band. Although the band is no more, I desperately want this band's music to live on in people's memory, because a musician truly dies when not a single person listens to them anymore. And when a band like this dies, that's when I'll truly lose hope that people can at least appreciate something beautiful when it's shown to them.
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