April 12, 1999

"Life can't be beautiful unless your state of mind is beautiful."

Segment on NPR about Chinese songwriter. The music sounds like a bad rendition of Pachelbel's Canon in D, but the lyrics had such power to collectivize the thoughts of the Chinese people. This is an instance where the lyric is important, the exact opposite of the role of the lyric in pop music, where the sound itself conveys more of the meaning.

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