A new word for a favorite sound.

Listening to WEFT (you can get it online) the other day, I was really blessed with one of my favorite sounds. My taste in music tends to revolve around "down home" styles, mostly acoustic. Last Saturday evening, we got a treat listening to our Greg and his Friend Jim Wood present a "concert" called "US2" in which they covered lots and lots of U2 songs; just Jim on the guitar and Greg on the Mike with a scratchy voice that he covered well. While that wasn't my favorite type of music, I really enjoyed it; and got to see one of the boys using his talent. Back to me and WEFT. I Listen to that station as much as I can from noon til 2 because they play rhythm and blues. I have always liked this music as it was the beginning of the Rock and Roll of the 50's... the last of the great music.. With R&B, the older and more acoustic the better; I don't care for the screaming guitar styles however. Well, since we are in the Christmas season, they played a couple of Christmas songs including one that just about had me jumping off my ladder. The music style was that which I had always called Cajun music, but in my attempt to find the song (cause I really couldn't understand the words of the title) I found that this music is really called Zydeco, which is a particular style of Creole music, but I love it, love it love it. You can't sit still if you have any rhythm in you at all. I find that I have always loved this music, but didn't know what it was called. It is amazing how many bushes I find that I have lived under as I move toward seniority. The name of the song was "Zydeco Christmas". You can hear part of it if you go to: http://music.barnesandnoble.com/search/mediaplayer.asp?ean=014551920229&track=8&disc=1
Wikipedia gives this literal definition forZydeco:(French: "les haricots" or "le zaricot", English: "snap beans") This music just makes you happy. Which brings to mind one of the guidelines we gave the boys as they were beginning to appreciate music and decide what they wanted to listen to. The rule was something like this; If the music makes you feel happy, it is probably OK to listen to, but if it makes you frown or feel angry, then you should just turn it off. I realize that if the whole world employed this principle, the poplular music of today would be a whole lot different than it is. For the most part, I would say that would be "a good thing", but it can also create a Pollyana personality. Some of the music is intended to make us feel uncomfortable to allow us to take some of the ills of the world seriously (aka U2). Oh Boy! I feel another rabbit trail coming on. Sooooo.... just why do we listen to music? I hear people saying that they "enjoy" listening to music. But then what about music of social revolution? Certainly that music doesn't create enjoyment. Sometimes I think we may listen to music to feel like we are joining those who care. Can you really call that enjoyment? I would venture to say that there are those who feel they are "paying their dues to society" by listening to such music.. Sorry, if listening to the music doesn't spur you to action, you really have done nothing but try to salve your conscience. That music has a place, but if you ask me, for really enjoyable music, you can't beat Zydeco (unless you have a poker up your butt)..