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Joined: May 12 2009
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Posted: February 27 2012 at 21:08
I recently lost an uncle who left quietly and peacefully, thankfully, so I understand the nature of your thoughts, Paiste. At that final point, what I really would like to hear is the sound of rain falling on still waters and birds singing. My mourners, however, will have to listen to lots of Vangelis as they send me off into the great yonder.
The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty"
I've found that for me, personally, Tommy is an album that tends to ward off sickness and ill fortune(don't even ask me to explain), so I would pick that in hopes that it could somehow shift the balance of the scales of creation in my favor.
Joined: November 26 2009
Location: Québec
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Posted: February 27 2012 at 22:23
Anything by Godspeed You! Black Emperor would do the thing. I always thought that their music was "the soundtrack to apocalypse". My favourite, I think at the moment is Sleep.
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Posted: February 27 2012 at 22:30
It's not prog but I'd recommend Blinking Lights and Other Revelations by the Eels (I mentioned in another thread that it's one of my fav albums of the decade, so...). The main guy of the Eels lost most of his family in a short time and it's reflected in a lot of his writing. The Eels' Electro-shock Blues is also about those deaths, but it's a fair bit darker (though ultimately still affirming and optimistic), whereas Blinking Lights might be a bit more soothing. In 20 minutes I'd recommend listening to the last 8 songs of the album, as those are the best imo and come out to just about that.
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Posted: February 27 2012 at 22:33
PabstRibbon wrote:
Anything by Godspeed You! Black Emperor would do the thing. I always thought that their music was "the soundtrack to apocalypse". My favourite, I think in the moment is Sleep.
I was thinking of GY!BE or Sigur Ros, although in reality if I knew I had 20 minutes to live I'd just cry a lot.
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