I've got soul, but I'm not a soldier

I love my Ipod shuffle, with it I can create the perfect soundtrack for schleping around my wonderful city. It only holds about 100 tracks which is perfect for a day, and I can change it frequently, depending on my mood or the weather. Most everyone has an Ipod, or some sort of portable music device they listen to while going about their day, which can create an isolated society, unlike the boom boxes of the early eighties, which were meant for sharing your beats with your fellow pedestrians. Social stigmas seem to reinforce this bubble we keep ourselves in while enveloped in the life of a city. I have a hard time adhering to these restraints. I have a hard time restraining my body from the amazing beats penetrating my ears. How can I possibly be expected not to move while Modest Mouse is belting out Shit Luck in my head? I find it impossible not to dance on the train to the Beastie Boy's Professor Booty, which I consider to be the perfect song. How can one just stand still on the corner while OK Go's Million Way's to be Cruel is in your head and not be affected? It is time to put a stop to the music apathy, rock out if the dance commander orders you to! Music is an art which you can phyisically express, technology has made listening to amazing music easier and better and much more portable. It would be pure splender if we did not have to constrain ourselves from the fantastic beats which consume us, if it was okay to dance a bit or sing a little to the music moving us, even share a perfect song with the dull, lifeless stranger walking next to us. It shouldn't matter if you think your voice is rubbish or you aren't a good dancer, it's just fun. It is always great to see people enjoying themselves, no matter how dorky you think you look, and it makes your city a better place to hang out in.