Latter Days

I placed the lyrics of one of my favorite songs: Latter Days by Over the Rhine, a couple of post down hoping to spur conversation.

Occasionally, the highlighted portion grips my attention so that I am forced to reflect upon it: "

Lord knows we've learned the hard way all about healthy apathy."

I spoke with my friend Amanda about the lyric this past week since she too is familiar with the band and it's music.

SO i pose the question: CAN APATHY TRULY BE HEALTHY?

I have not been able to move off of this thought:

If the opposite of love is indifference or apathy, can there truly be such a thing as Health Apathy"? Isn't claiming that thought a sort of denial to the effects of apathy or even a sort of murder?

Thinking out loud and hoping for comments.

Peace,
z

skool

the more i listen to old skool and no skool music, the more contemporary music depresses me.

geez -- people are still discoverng:
stevie wonder
billie holiday
sarah vaughan
wilson picket
nancy wilson
dionne warwick
the gap band
sam cooke
the staple singers
shirley bassey
van morrison
the who
led zepplin
nina simone
commodores
prince
...and others in these classes

who do peeps have to pick from today:
brittney spears?
justine timberlake?
pussycat dolls?

i sometimes feel sorry for the music of today and for those who listen to it.

will today's music be pined for 30-40 years from now? does it have life?

ekkk --

(this rant brought to you by a question -- a question from someone only 3 years younger than me who has never ventured past lead categories of their local record store...)

sigh!!!!!