What Music Is for Me!!!

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Music. How much I love music. I believe everyone around me knows my love for music because it’s not something I’m shy of making known. I’m the kind of person that as long as you’re singing my jam, I would sing along. Even if you and I are having issues. After all, you’re the one I have issues with, not the sweet song.

There are people who will just prefer to nod their heads and seal their lips tight because they don’t want to sing along. They might really want to take part, but for one reason or the other, they’ll prefer not to join in. How boring!

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Besides books and movies, my top love is music. That is one piece of art that will always take my soul away. And thankfully, my interests are not limited to one specific type of music. Depending on my mood, I can listen to afrobeat, RnB, fuji, highlife, gospel… whatever it is I want.

Music always helps me relax, and when I want to think or get creative, music helps me get into the mood. This especially works for me with songs in foreign languages. It could be Japanese or Korean songs, or even Spanish songs, although most of the songs I know in these languages, I learned of them through movies. But with these songs, I’m able to think while they play in the background. I simply enjoy them and let my mind do all the work. It’s always so riveting. Hehe…

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So, when it comes to Christmas, you can bet that I have songs that really help to put me in the mood. I enjoy listening to them to the point that I can have them on replay until I get tired of listening. That’s just how riveted I can be to good music.

The one I love the most is not even a specific song, but an event that happens annually in my church. It’s called the Nine Lessons and Carols, I so much love that program because it’s a night dedicated to singing Christmas songs, all around us everywhere is decorated in Christmas colors, and we’re all dressed nicely and singing along.

The choir don’t sing one song, they pick their songs from a catalog and every year it could be different. Personally, I don’t care what they sing. As long as it’s Nine Lessons and Carols, you can bet that whatever it is they sing in there, I would love it and sing along until the very end.

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Anyway, coming to the songs I’m fond of, I can say anything by Boney M. I grew up listening to them and many of them are stuck in my head to this day. Back when I was a child, I can remember during the holidays like this, my father would put their songs on replay. The entire album would play, run out and he would start it all over again. Back then, the only thing that stopped the music was when power was interrupted.

And now, I still love them. They did good music and despite how much time has passed, I still enjoy them. Also, when I listen to them these days, I’m taken back down memory lane to my childhood. Back then, Christmas was always loud, memorable, and immensely enjoyable. When I think of those days, I realize that we’ve come too far to go back to who we used to be. And I don’t just mean as an individual, but as a people and nation at large.

The Nigeria of those years is very different from the Nigeria of today. So, Boney M’s music reminds me of what life used to be like and what we lost. I see it as a reminder to let me know to enjoy every moment I have because just like that, it could be gone. And there will be nothing I can do to change that.

So, that’s my favorite holiday music, anything with Boney M’s name on it!

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Thank you for reading. Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments below, I would love to know what you’re thinking. Till we meet in the next post.




This post is inspired by the third topic of this week which is Favorite Holiday Song. Feel free to take part.




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I’m actually not familiar with this song but I’d check it out
It must be an interesting one

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Hah... you don't know Boney M? Wow!!
They were a hit back then.

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I guess we are also on the same page. Most of the time, I always prefer listening to music than even movies

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Music is good dear. It helps one relax as you have well noted. We all go through stress but when we listen to music it helps us Alot.
Thanks for sharing

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The music is a a healer and it is beneficial for make us feel relaxed. I am not a music lover or the addicted one but I also enjoy music sometimes and so I can feel it.

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I'm always in the mood for good music. I love it so much.😁

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Wonderful how you can explore various genres and languages to match your mood and enhance your creativity. Music has a unique way of inspiring and transporting our minds to new depths. And it's important to acknowledge both the beauty of the past and the potential for growth in the present. I don't know the song too... so homework 😂

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Hehe... I'm sure you'll enjoy them if you look into them.
They were one of the best of their time!

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I know them!!! Just the name slip my mind! They create catchy melodies, rhythmic beats, and lyrics that uplift your spirits and create really positive vibes.
Rasputin, Ma Baker and Daddy Cool. 🙀😎🕺🕺🕺

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Christmas without music will not make sense music is the life of every event

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Music is more than just a song, it connects deeper to our soul. And, one you can know a season, a person, a community by the type of music that's been played or listened to.

I love silent night because when I was so young the choir present the song in acapella, they switched of the whole light in church at night, but had candles in their hands plus the Christmas light shining from the altar. The view was so beautiful and it made the song capture my heart since then.

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Yeah... you can tell who a person is just by the kind of music they enjoy. Our choice of music says a lot about ourselves.

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Of course it does. And I pay attention to that most time I meet new people

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Thank God we are not few in this group who prefer music. There is a way music communicate to the soul

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The benefits of music can not be underrated. Music does a lot of good to both my mind, soul and body. It calms my worried nerves and lifts my spirit whenever I'm down.

Tunes from Bonet M and his crew are topnotch. Best choice of Christmas songs 🎄 for over decades now.

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