Why I still love music

Yes, ANOTHER youtube video!!



All this digging around the net for old Congolese music made me wonder if there was much Gospel from either 'then' or now. Well, I didn't get a clear answer, but I found out about Makoma, this awesome group of 7 (6 brothers and sisters), formerly known as Nouveau Testament, began in the DRC and later moved to the Netherlands. The lead signer went on to release a slew of solo material, and later appear on the TV show Dutch Idol. All of that is rather trivial compared to this overly saccharine, happy, fun music; the stuff I listen to to smile and realize that trees and people and sunsets really are beautiful. Corny? Perhaps. But if you don't like it you are only 1
click away from a million other angrier artists.

This rather dated video give you that impression of some sort of fantasy-land Europe that existed prior to the riots in France in 2005 and Fortress Europe The Dutch aren't exactly in love with immigration either, but this is the 21st Century and building walls will not help any of us.

Then again, simply listening to music by those around us might not help either. Who knows. I just know that this song makes me happy, and makes me remember why I like music.