Can we truly understand the madness we condemn?
Slash (real name Saul Hudson) is a guitarist most known for being the lead guitarist of the band Guns N’ Roses. He has been one of my favorite guitarists for a long time, and though all the hype and stories, the excess and the “show business” surrounding the band have distanced me from it, musically, Slash has always delivered songs that I enjoyed. I particularly liked his work with Slash’s Snakepit and his solo album, which featured a different vocalist for each song.
From the second album of Slash’s Snakepit, Ain’t Life Grand, the song Serial Killer is my favorite. The solo guitar comes in very strongly, and while the song is quite straightforward, if we pause for a moment to consider how every individual on this earth is the center of their own world, we may begin to understand actions that we typically label as insanity or madness. And not just serial killers—if we look a little closer at the society we live in, at how we perpetuate cycles of hatred despite the lessons we should have learned, who are the “real serial killers”?
What do we leave behind when we are gone?
Gotten is one of my favorite songs from his solo album, featuring Adam Levine, the singer of Maroon 5, on vocals. I later discovered that a music video was created as part of a donation campaign for the Los Angeles Youth Network. We are not all Slash, and we cannot all create songs that touch millions or raise money through donations as he did. But as long as we are alive and until we are gone, the time we have—and how we choose to spend it—is entirely in our hands.
Are we truly living in a global world?
I was surprised, while writing these lines, to discover a song titled Sahara, featuring Koshi Inaba, the vocalist of B’z, which was released exclusively on the Japanese version of the album. This kind of international collaboration always reminds me of how deeply interconnected our world has become, making it increasingly clear that we must consider the world as a whole. We share the same planet, and whether in music, culture, or our daily choices, we cannot afford to think in isolation anymore.
How do you see your role in this interconnected world? Do you believe music—or art in general—has the power to bridge these divides? Share your thoughts!
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