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-1- wrote: Mon Feb 19, 2018 9:33 am
Philosophy Explorer wrote: Sat Jan 27, 2018 3:24 pm Here's a question I haven't seen others get into. When you listen to a song, with or without singing, do you just listen to it for its sound (which I often do which I think makes me an audiophile) or do you keenly listen for the words, or it depends?

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I was forced to, for the first twenty years of my life, when I was most perceptive to musical tastes and directions. All the music I listened to, all the songs, were sung in English, and I hadn't been speaking a word of it. "Yes", "no" and "okay" were the extent of my knowledge then. So really had to rely on the music side of songs for enjoyment.

That's why I never liked songs like "Mrs. Brown, you've got a lovely daughter", or "Mrs. Robinson", this latter of course by Simon and Garfunkel.

Only recently (in the last twenty years or so) have I been paying attention to lyrics. The most outstanding examples of deeply moving lyrics are, in my opion, by Bob Dylan. Little wonder he got the Nobel prize in literature. He fully deserved it, too, if you ask me.

The funny part is, that he did not even need to make sense to get to you with his words. Take, for instance, "Watchtower". Its words have been moving me for twenty years now, and in essence, the lyrics don't say anything. There is no development, temporal or otherwise; no events; not even moods are described. Yet even if you listen to the original first version of it, by Jimi Hendrix, you can't hold your tears back.
not sure where you are coming from here.

please expound.

as said before, i usually ingore lyrics - which requires "thinking" and when listeing to music for myself "thining" is what I try to excape from, so its all about the beat and melody (two different things - and yes both not linked to lyrics either).

welcome wher you are coming from in your post - clarify please.

thanks,
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Eodnhoj7 wrote: Sat Feb 24, 2018 7:28 pm Danheim: "Berserker"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj1RS9vHcsw
did not check your link (should I?)..............just noted the lable and reminded me of Saberhagen's Sci /fiction works...................

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gaffo wrote: Sun Feb 25, 2018 6:01 am
not sure where you are coming from here.

please expound.

as said before, i usually ingore lyrics - which requires "thinking" and when listeing to music for myself "thining" is what I try to excape from, so its all about the beat and melody (two different things - and yes both not linked to lyrics either).

welcome wher you are coming from in your post - clarify please.

thanks,
There are two or three parts to my previous post... which part needs more explaining?I don't want to explain something you already know.

So please specify if you wish.
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gaffo wrote: Sun Feb 25, 2018 6:05 am
Eodnhoj7 wrote: Sat Feb 24, 2018 7:28 pm Danheim: "Berserker"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj1RS9vHcsw
did not check your link (should I?)..............just noted the lable and reminded me of Saberhagen's Sci /fiction works...................

worthy sci-fic writer which gave rise to pop culture Star Wars
Haha, maybe you should check the link for the first thirty seconds then.
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For Fish Pie. I take back what I said about the Liverpool accent--it's brilliant :)

My favourite movie soundtrack and movie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNGHH1o13T8
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vegetariantaxidermy wrote: Tue Feb 27, 2018 11:25 am For Fish Pie. I take back what I said about the Liverpool accent--it's brilliant :)

My favourite movie soundtrack and movie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNGHH1o13T8
Hahaha! Haven't seen that one - will download it when back ohm :wink:

I'm going to Wigan on the 18th to watch my home team Southampton - the saints - take on Wigan in the FA cup qtr final - and...am gonna stay in Liverpool for the night - i've never been to Liverpool - can't wait. Hilarious that you like the accent too!
btw - not sure what part of oz you are in but if you are ever in Adelaide let me know and I'll be sure to throw a beer over you!! (after much consumption of course!!)

Well as the boys from Monty Python once said, and now for something completely different (it's just the mood I am in):-

The Shamen (Shh Amen) the sages amongst us.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVnQB7ZDQao

Shamen "Move Any Mountain" ------There is an 'oz' remix that would be fitting since we both live in the wonderful land of oz, but i do prefer the original...so here it is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpjnzxtZ6Qg
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Nongowaggawongdongdoodadandadungongong. It's a tiny town on the banks of the Snowy river.
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vegetariantaxidermy wrote: Fri Mar 09, 2018 1:50 am Nongowaggawongdongdoodadandadungongong. It's a tiny town on the banks of the Snowy river.
Just sounds like a long and cold way to go for a bong!
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....the stones be cast, this is my style of music; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl9OZHsyXYg
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The Australian band 'Died Pretty' are barely known. Their album 'Doughboy Hollow' to me is the greatest of any album released by an Australian Band, i've seen them countless times...any way, since i'm a nice chap i've included the lyrics to this one, do enjoy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdwNr96BdPM

Drifters and dreamers in the pit of my heart
Dragging me deep down to their warning
We could return soon in the guise of false teens
Jacked up and wrappered in the morning
So here I am, alone with you
The Sunnyboys? - God bless them
And God bless you!
Meatheads with marvels pit their wills in my world
Cash free and brainless are restored here
There is a window to the soul of my world
The curtain it closes on your fear
So here I am, alone with you
The Sunnyboys? - God bless them
And God bless you!
GUITAR SOLO
Grifters and greasers in the whites of my eyes
Dropping their masks and running headlong
Into the station of sedations high beam
And ripping their futures free of no wrong
So here I am, alone with you
The Sunnyboys? - God bless them
And God bless you!
Don't ever go back
Don't ever go back
Don't ever go back there
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Tight little mic-friendly garage band with the magic $ touch.
Take one.

"Send Me"- Daryl Hall, The Dirty Heads
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n75DBnTsYdQ
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Listen up Etta James


Damn Your Eyes
Beth Hart, Joe Bonamassa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1znOje ... 6ZjYhBml95
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Beethoven never wrote a "Moonlight Sonata" he wrote the "Sonata quasi una Fantasia".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bmwkx0tSvKc
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This is pretty fantastique.

"Eyes for You"- Daryl Hall, Jason Mraz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgETi-EhDRU
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