songs, music, that ethereal quality of sound next to others, made pleasant, such a funny thought, pleasant, to the ears of people listening, pleasant, universality? nope, personality? of course, subjective objectivism, futures riding high on standards, certain levels of excellence, determined, understood, respected, it is what others agree on, top 40, another man's garbage, is another man's treasure, what is beauty, changing times, understood by all to be as temporal as the next fad, the rock that doesn't fade away by erosion, by the wind and the water, the sun beating down, it's not a rock anymore, is it? and so with beauty? is something, there ever was or is or shall be, beautiful throughout time and space, with no end and no begining, it isn't just beautiful anymore