On Being Classy

Recently a good friend of mine talked about what it means to be classy. And even though I know what that means, I thought I'd look up the official and popular definitions and meanings.

I came across this article on Wikihow. 

http://www.wikihow.com/Be-Classy

(For now, I will focus on one aspect of being classy in accordance with this article below, later, I'll focus on other aspects.)

This also got me thinking, even though it's geared towards the ladies, it makes sense for both sexes and it seems that a lot of some people's behavior is not classy!

Here, for example, is one thing that shows some behavior that is certainly not classy....

Don't curse. Having a foul mouth is just not classy at all. If you have the urge to curse, go into the bathroom and turn on the faucet while you let loose a row of expletives, or curse into a pillow. But don't let people see you curse. This will make you look kind of trashy, and, if you're cursing because you're angry, like you don't know how to control your temper, which is a big sign of having no class.

• Cursing in general should be avoided; cursing at specific people should be avoided even more.

There's someone I used to be around, who when he was angry, he most certainly let people hear (and see) him curse.... especially me ;-) yeah, we all do it sometimes (doesn't make us not classy I don't think), but it depends on how and where we do it, and whether we do it discreetly or only around those who would 'get it' anyway and not be offended and understand and accept us as we are anyway.... =)

And, the Urban dictionary meaning:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=classy

An adjective:
1) meaning very stylish and elegant.
2) not crude or misgusting or dirty or depressing
2) a deeper, more meaningful word for 'cool'

Urban Dictionary of course has its own style....

But, according to the first article cited above, being classy means not talking about being classy....

Don't talk about how much class you have. For some reason, people who think they are classy just love to talk about how much class they have, especially in comparison to one person or another who has "no class" or "no class whatsoever." If you find yourself saying, "I've got class..." or "I'm a classy girl..." then you are not acting so classy yourself. Let other people figure out how classy you really are instead of bragging about it.

• Ideally, if you're classy, you should never use the word "classy." *(I think that mostly pertains in talking about oneself though...)

Yeah, I'm classy... take a look... ;-)

 And above all...

Technomatrix

First written in May of 2015...

We're living in a very weird time right now. The voices for power are gathering forces... technology is developing it's own intelligence...

Are the Humans still alive....?

Is it black or is it white?

The Sparrows and the Nightingales

 Is it black or is it white? Let's find another compromise...

This poignant song speaks across the decades and to everybody I think.... touching personally and universally, especially in light of these days' happenings...

The Words

How long have you been free
In this world of ice and greed?

Is it black? Or is it white?
Let's find another compromise

And our future's standing still
We're dancing in the spotlight

Where is the leader who leads me?
I'm still waiting

Leaving home and God is on your side
Dividing sparrows from the nightingales

Watching all the time
Dividing water from the burning fire inside

And god is on your side
Dividing cruelty from tenderness

Watching all the time
Dividing fiction from reality

Move in circles walk on lines
No human being in sight
Calm the winds
And calm the seas

Lets try another kind of peace

Who fights this Holy civil war?
A million men in uniform

Wo ist der führer der mich führt?
Ich warte immer noch

And God is on your side
Dividing presence from the history

Watching all the time
Dividing deaf men from the listening ones

Leave a light on in the night for me
That, I can find you

Remember when we both where young
And reckless and so curious

Now you're hiding from your child
A new day's dawning

Remember that you felt alive
Sometimes

And God is on your side
Dividing soldiers from the fisherman

Watching all the time
Dividing warships from the ferryboats

Songwriters
HEPPNER, PETER/REINHARDT, MARKUS/PERON, CARLOS

Published by
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.

Read more: Wolfsheim - The Sparrows And The Nightingales Lyrics | MetroLyrics

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For those interested in further analyzing this masterpiece, go here:

https://thepathslesstravelled.wordpress.com/2011/09/24/a-darkwave-epic-the-sparrows-and-the-nightingales-wolfsheim/

Some noteworthy excerpts from the article:

The Sparrows and the Nightingales is a song about feeling lost, not knowing where your life is heading. The lyrics describe how the narrator is not knowing where life is heading, which path to follow in life, using highly metaphorical language by using contrasts during a lot of stanzas of the over 6 minutes lengthy epic (PS: for TV-friendly reasons, the video cuts a few stanzas and shortens the song to approx. 3.5 minutes only). Examples are "How long have you been free in this world of ice and greed? Is it black or is it white? Let’s find another compromise. And our future’s standing still, we’re dancing in the spotlight" from the first stanza, or "Remember that we both were young and reckless and so curious. Now you’re heading from your child" from the second stanza.
A very important re-occurring line is the end of each stanza, bridging the stanzas to the chorus, "Where’s the leader who leads me? I’m still waiting… Leaving home", emphasizing the despair of the narrator, looking for a person to guide him and show him the way that he cannot find himself.
The chorus uses religious language, therefor probably indicating that the narrator being lost is looking for spiritual answers as in his earthly surroundings he cannot find any way or any person that can put his life back in the right direction. The chorus repeats the line "God is on your side" each time, but again uses highly contradicting language in each repetition of the chorus:

"God is on your side, dividing sparrows from the nightingales
Watching all the time, dividing water from the burning fire… inside"
"God is on your side, dividing presence from our history
Watching all the time, dividing deaf men from the listening ones"
etc.
The contrasts seem to reflect a good side as opposed to something with a negative, more helpless or more dangerous undertone.

The last stanza probably puts the song in its final direction. The narrator still has not found the peace, the security and the path to follow, and has still not found the mentor and the guiding hand to show him the direction. With despair he beholds the cruel reality, again described in highly poetic contradicting style:

"Move in circles, walk in lines
No human being in sight
Calm the winds and calm the seas
Let’s try another kind of peace
And our future’s standing still, we’re dancing in the spotlight"

And further down in the article, and do yourself a favor and read the entire article. It's worth it. And of course don't forget to watch the video! Over and over and over and over again.... like I have over the years... I always come back to this.... ;-)

The video is a masterpiece as much as the song itself and emphasized the atmosphere of the song: emptiness, desolate and gloomy. The combination of the words, the music and the images is just so spot on it is strangely close to perfection, the only bit of critique going to the TV stations forcing the band to cut the song short in order to have the video shown on TV. But don’t let that turn you off to watch the video, as it only makes the emotion of the song even stronger.