Finishing up our survey of the FIVE SENSES, let's "Listen to the Music", all the time, like the Doobie Brothers recommended. Unless your ear canals are clogged with EAR WAX you can listen to HOT WAX. The Pixies told us about the "Planet of Sound" we live in and the group called Gossip advise us to "Listen Up!" Paul McCartney & Wings urged us to "Listen To What the Man Said". "What'd I Say?" asked Ray Charles. "Is Anybody Listening?" inquired Danity Kane. As a college professor, I wonder that everyday.
At Christmas time, we hear lots of songs that talk about hearing things. "Angels We Have Heard on High", "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day", and "Do You Hear What I Hear?" The message is loud and clear, but are we listening?
Kanye West "Heard 'Em Say". Marvin Gaye said "I Heard It Through the Grapevine". ZZ Top "Heard It On The X". The Marshall Tucker Band "Heard It In A Love Song". What did they all hear? The Velvet Underground said "I Heard Her Call My Name". Dave Edmunds said "I Hear You Knocking". Jimi Hendrix said he could "Hear My Train A'Comin'".
"Tommy Can You Hear Me?" ask the Who. That depends what you're saying. If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. Randy Newman wrote, and Dusty Springfield made famous, the song entitled "I Don't Want to Hear It Anymore". Sometimes we get tired of listening to the same old song. The Eagles said "I Don't Want to Hear Anymore". What terrible things were they referring to? Hank Williams knew too well when he wrote "Last Night I Heard You Crying In Your Sleep" and "I Heard That Lonesome Whistle". Hank Williams was listening. "Let's Hear It For The Boy".
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