"Passion for Music"

Many of us are extremely passionate about our music and need it everyday, but we also have many other things that we love. Things that we do everyday that we are passionate about. As Alan Bloom portrays individuals and music it seems that he labels us all the same. The last that I checked I have opposite likes of what others I know like. I think for myself and I don’t like to be categorized as being like everyone else. We aren’t all the same and we like many other things “alien” to music. When I say we, I am referring to other around me or people that I have encountered. Bloom says that we only have a passion for music and nothing else. What happen to the word “unique” or when we are taught that it is good to be different and think for ourselves. Bloom is definitely contradictive about us being ourselves and having a passion for more than just music. How many of you love music as much as your career or being with your loved ones. I love music, but I also love and have a passion for cooking. Especially baking that is my ultimate favorite, but I can’t bake without my music playing. I also have a passion for old cars and sports cars. I have been around them just as long as I have listened to music. As for my sister, she loves music and has the largest music library I know. That is not the only thing she is passionate about. She loves being in the kitchen and coming up with new recipes every time. She also loves fashion and shopping makes her really happy. For Bloom to say our only likes and passions are music, I think he has an overgeneralization of people. He is thinking as if we are all the same and as if were nothing more than puppets. We just listen to music and nothing else. Ho do explain my little brother’s obsession for rock music. He loves rock and is crazy about the band “Avenged Sevenfold.” That is not his only like though, he really admires and collects any James Dean memorabilia. He is always finding something new and different to enjoy. When Bloom says that when we listen to our music it has no relation to family, church, or school. I feel that he is way out of place. I disagree with his opinion because when I listen to certain songs it makes me think about my family and how much they mean to me. When I listen to some country songs, they are very religious and they relate to church. When my family and I have barbeques together we always listen to music music. We play songs that everyone likes and it always makes the moment a lot more special. How could Alan Bloom say what we listen to has no relation towards everyday things that go on in our lives. What I listen to is mostly a reflection on past things or recent things in my life. We are all very passionate about music, but I know for myself and others around me, our likes vary in many different ways.