Educational Songs.

I was listening to the new hit by the popular Rhythm and Blues artist Jennifer Lopez, and it is apparently featuring a mister "Fabolous"(sic?). Now, this mister Fabolous appears to be very good at math because he is constantly raising variables to various powers, for example "J to the lo" and "F to the a b".

Now, I am no mathematician, so I can only assume that these are various complex numbers, but I would like to applaud mr. Fabolous's idea of introducing mathematics in songs and commend ms. Lopez for teaching our kids proper values with her songs. If only more songwriters chose this road and educated people while entertaining them, the world would be a much better place.

Another band I would like to congratulate are Iron Maiden (whom, incidentally, I am going to see live at their concert next week) for their contribution to the teaching of history the world over. Such legendary tracks as "Quest for Fire", "Powerslave" and, more importantly, "Alexander the Great" (to name a few) retrace with vividity and, above all, historical accuracy the steps of man throughout the ages. Who, today, would remember Alexander the Great, arguably the biggest conqueror of all time (and certainly the biggest Greek conqueror) were it not for Iron Maiden? One thing saddens me though, and that is that Iron Maiden refuse to play this song in their concerts. An ingrate and a dimwit might even think they don't know the lyrics, but they would both be wrong.

Of course, I would be lacking if I left the great Rammstein out of this list. With their amazing album "Reise, Reise" they teach both young and old how much fun geography can be. Each track in the magnificence that is "Reise, Reise" travels us to a different country of the world and introduces us to its culture and customs. An interesting listen, to say the least.

This concludes today's update. More on the Iron Maiden concert as soon as I actually go to it.