Interactive poll: How are you today?

My second one, "Red Army Blues," by The Waterboys.  Another about war and deception. truth.  

Out of competition.

Edited by Mila-13 - March 03 2022 at 03:50

Snicolette wrote: Agreed, music can speak for itself, if one doesn't care to elaborate.  It's one of it's special charms.

Sure, but it also speaks differently to different individuals as our brains interpret the sounds differently, bring different personalities, emotions, experiences and associations, psychological and physiological differences. I agree there should be no expectation to try to explain, and in trying to explain, that doesn’t mean the person will be able to feel the music as you do or even understand your feelings on a deep level. Hard to even translate those feelings often, and it becomes a quite superficial exercise.

Nick wrote: ...I like the idea of simply listening to whatever is offered, without prejudice, or without expecting elucidation....

Well-expressed as usual, a very thoughtful post, and that appeals to me too.

Edited by Logan - February 28 2022 at 09:12

nick_h_nz wrote: I think the only thing JD was wondering was why you posted a song with absolutely no detail about why.  (...) But ultimately, this IP seems to be about appreciating whatever music we are feeling at the moment, and I don’t think words are necessary.

Regarding my mention of Radiohead's "Daydreaming", I said "No matter how known, this song best reflects my feelings now" which doesn't explain how it reflects my feelings and I didn't want to state the feelings. That said, it reflects certain feelings of alienation, loss, guilt, moving through life. and a certain futility when trying to serve, and that somehow it all feels illusory, unreal, like a daydream. Things do feel dreamlike now, like a rather subdued melancholic and fuzzy not quite reality. It's like I'm sleepwalking. Sleepwalking through life, sleepwalking in the moment....

Right now, I'm feeling this (The Rocky Horror Picture Show - I'm Going Home)



I wish I were going home to stay, but home feels like a memory to me -- a bittersweet memory. Feeling nostalgic.

I don't like to consciously analyse music often, or why it resonates with me. Reviewing, for instance, can kill the resonance and the deeper meaning, which is really ineffable. And if one tries to explain it to another, it's not like another can understand the way you do, or feel quite the way you do no matter how empathetic the person is and no matter how understanding the compassionate person tries to be. SO ultimately trying to explain can feel like a quite superficial and futile masterbatory exercise. Music resonates very deeply within me, but trying to explain it, the emotional states, is deeply unsatisfying most of the time and often embarrassing.

Edited by Logan - February 28 2022 at 07:56

Cristi wrote: JD wrote: I think some are forgetting the theme is 'Feelings or Emotions in the moment' How are you today? At least that's what I thought. @I prophesy disaster says "The following three tracks are somewhat related to these three current disasters" but doesn't say how he's feeling. @Cristi posts a video but says nothing. I was expecting a little more. Am I wrong? what do you want me to say? I had this song stuck in my head and i posted it. If it does not fit the theme, I'm gonna delete it then, maybe come up with another song, maybe sit this theme out. Better?

Wasn't trying to be too critical, just trying to understand.

JD wrote: I think some are forgetting the theme is 'Feelings or Emotions in the moment' How are you today? At least that's what I thought. @I prophesy disaster says "The following three tracks are somewhat related to these three current disasters" but doesn't say how he's feeling. @Cristi posts a video but says nothing. I was expecting a little more. Am I wrong?