Music in my life.

Most people like music. We can hear music everywhere - at home, at school, at
the work, on a bus. We often wonder what is the role of music in our life? Why
do people like it and what benefits do they have from listening music?
There are a lot of kinds of music. Different people listen to different music
so there are rap fans, people liking rock, fascinated by techno and others.
Their music often expresses their convictions and habits. The young, who are
rebel against all the world listen to rap, techno and grunge more willingly
than adults. Heavy, ugly words and agressive music give them psychical strength
and help to relieve stress. Old people like classical music most - this is the
music of their youth. Music may calm our nerves but some sorts of music may
also irritate us - many adults canłt understand music, which is listened by
their children and donłt let them listen to it - it may be one of the causes of
quarrels between parents and teenagers. Parents disapprove of listening to
noisy music in a car - the young, particularly young men like it very much.
Music may consolidate people - there are many fanclubs, when the young can meet
one another. For some years people who listen to the same music have been able
to talk one another on the Internet - fans create new web-pages including
information about their favourite bands.
My favourite music bands are The Offspring, Hey and T.Love. Generally I listen
to many different kinds of music but I prefer punk and hardcore most. When Iłm
sad or I have to think about something important I listen to classical music.
When Iłm happy I prefer dance or techno - it often depends on my mood. I like
buying new cassettes and CDs but nowadays in Poland these things are too
expensive, I think. In my opinion collecting cassettes and records is a very
interesting and pleasant hobby. I think that we can often know a person better
if we know what kind of music he or she likes listening to. I like going to
concerts but in Siedlce, where I live, there are too few concerts. I also like
operas - I think that listening and watching operas is much more exciting
activity than watching plays in the theatre. I love discos, I can relieve
stress and feel really happy when I go to the disco once a month. I think that
organising discos in my school is a very good idea, because it is one of the
few kinds of amusement for teenagers in my town. I also like going to parties,
where we most listen to music and dance.
Famous musicians all over the world have huge influence on fashion. We often
would like to look like and wear the same clothes as our idols. We wear symbols
of our favourite bands, often we have similar political opinions to them.
Madonna, for example, is one of the most famous persons in the world and people
think that shełs the symbol of sex - many men admire her body and nice voice.
Many girls from different countries were crying after Curt Cobainłs death some
years ago. A lot of people read about what happened in their idols lives in
newspapers and listen to the news about it on the radio or TV - they like
thinking and talking about their music idolsł problems. It means that our idols
have also big influence on our behaviour and psyche.
We listen to music on trips or during journeys frequently. We like listening
to music from walkmans during travels. When we sit next to the fire we usually
dream about the sound of guitar. I have always admired people, who can play the
guitar or the piano very well. The sound of guitar creates nice atmosphere and
make us happy, I think. In the future Iłm going to learn playing the guitar.
Generally speaking, in my opinion, music is necessary in our life, helps us in
many domains of our life and often makes us remember about what happened a long
time ago. It helps to calm our nerves very frequently. I think that everyone
listens to some kind of music and life without music would be very boring.

rebel against
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fashion - moda
amusement - rozrywka
conviction - przekonanie
habit - zwyczaj
willingly - chętnie
youth - młodość
irritate - denerwować
mood - humor
depends on - zależy od
benefits
korzyści
wonder
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