What are you listening to?

[Prometeo]

Hey fellas, you like rap? these buddy has some nice songs about problems on young people.

Ill mind of hopsin 5

http://youtu.be/hRVOOwFNp5U

[Azur]

Artist: Rush
Song: Xanadu
Album: Farewell to Kings




"Beware of visitors from Porlock"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1I2gmT3rarY

"Xanadu"

'To seek the sacred river Alph
To walk the caves of ice
To break my fast on honeydew
And drink the milk of Paradise...'

I had heard the whispered tales of immortality
The deepest mystery
From an ancient book I took a clue
I scaled the frozen mountain tops of eastern lands unknown
Time and Man alone
Searching for the lost Xanadu

Xanadu...

To stand within the Pleasure Dome
Decreed by Kubla Khan
To taste anew the fruits of life
The last immortal man
To find the sacred river Alph
To walk the caves of ice
Oh, I will dine on honeydew
And drink the milk of Paradise

A thousand years have come and gone but time has passed me by
Stars stopped in the sky
Frozen in an everlasting view
Waiting for the world to end, weary of the night
Praying for the light
Prison of the lost
Xanadu

Xanadu...

Held within the Pleasure Dome
Decreed by Kubla Khan
To taste my bitter triumph
As a mad immortal man
Nevermore shall I return
Escape these caves of ice
For I have dined on honeydew
And drunk the milk of Paradise

[Timey]

Hey fellas, you like rap? these buddy has some nice songs about problems on young people.

Ill mind of hopsin 5

http://youtu.be/hRVOOwFNp5U

This is some good stuff, can't beat some real rap/hip-hop! Not often you can find a good MC who talks about real issues as opposed to money. Lots of fake and commercialized artists out there these days, soiling the art. You might like Mos Def and Immortal Technique, Prometeo.




Paul Oakenfold - Tokyo (Original Mix)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nk1UsGU7weY

[herrnimrod]

Hey fellas, you like rap? these buddy has some nice songs about problems on young people.

Ill mind of hopsin 5

http://youtu.be/hRVOOwFNp5U

Thanks, this is good stuff.

[loreta]

Morse Code, a rock group from Quebec from the 70thies. Very good, really.

Qu'est-ce que t'as compris, the title, means: what did you understand?

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

This song  is very poetic. It is a critic of this society, money, the circus... A critic of this system.

[Graalsword]

A rare one:

Brian May and Friends - StarFleet
(in this case, with Eddie Van Halen)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pjijteu0gcQ

[Turgon]

Came across this gem of a piece, while looking up harp music.

Reencuentro con mi Angel - Arpa celta- Victor Santal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHqi7gGttSI

[loreta]

Came across this gem of a piece, while looking up harp music.

Reencuentro con mi Angel - Arpa celta- Victor Santal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHqi7gGttSI

This is very beautiful.

[Tomek]

Oh, hey, there is this song I really like, pretty sad but pretty beautiful in the same time.


Dadafon - Slow day

_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9TU5dcHwEU

it's just a slow day moving into a slow night.
it doesn't matter what you do
everything just stays the same.
the cats sleep it off, the dogs don't
bark,
it's just a slow day moving into a slow night.
there's nothing even dying,
it's just more waiting through a slow day moving
into a slow night.
you don't even hear the water running,
the walls just stand there
and the doors don't open.
it's just a slow day moving into a slow night.
the rain has stopped,
you can't hear a siren anywhere,
your wristwatch has a dead battery,
the cigarette lighter is out of fluid,
it's just a slow day moving into a slow night,
it's just more waiting through a slow day moving
into a slow night
like tomorrow's never going to come
and when it does
it'll be the same damn thing.

[Timey]

You guys ever heard of Pogo? He takes noise samples from movies and then remixes them. I know it doesn't sound like much, but you'll be pretty amazed at what this guy can do.

Boo Bass (Monsters, Inc. Remix)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=0W1ULoLs6Cg

Expialidocious (Disney Remix)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Za-V_lhwGg&feature=plcp

Skynet Symphonic (Terminator 2 Remix)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlS_Rnb5WM4&feature=plcp

[Soluna]

I love this song - it made me think of the wave =)

Lifehouse - Storm

Live version : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KiD-QXyuQM
A cover of this song that I absolutely love : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPjX7qNBWHo&feature=plcp

Lyrics:

how long have I
been in this storm
so overwhelmed by the ocean's shapeless form
water's getting harder to tread
with these waves crashing over my head

if I could just see you
everything will be alright
if I'd see you
the storminess will turn to light

and I will walk on water
and you will catch me if I fall
and I will get lost into your eyes
and everything will be alright
and everything will be alright

I know you didn't
bring me out here to drown
so why am I 10 feet under and upside down
barely surviving has become my purpose
cause I'm so used to living underneath the surface

if I could just see you
everything will be alright
if I see you
the storminess will turn to light

and I will walk on water
and you will catch me if I fall
and I will get lost into your eyes
and everything will be alright

and I will walk on water
you will catch me if I fall
and I will get lost into your eyes
and everything will be alright
I know everything is alright
everything's alright

[Serg]

The topic about music our our perception of it and only that, which were discuss in the recent session (link _ http://cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php/topic,28561.0.html)reminds me a one of my favorite music bands Nirvana.  And one of their most famous song ‘Smells like teens spirit’
Link to the song: _http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTWKbfoikeg&feature=list_other&playnext=1&list=AL94UKMTqg-9Dy3_XI2VMcxjpqCX9l2shz

Here are the lyrics:
Smells Like Teen Spirit

Load up on guns and
Bring your friends
It's fun to lose
And to pretend
She's over bored
And self assured
Oh no, I know
A dirty word

hello, hello, hello, how low?

With the lights out it's less dangerous
Here we are now
Entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now
Entertain us
A mulatto
An albino
A mosquito
My Libido
Yeah

I'm worse at what I do best
And for this gift I feel blessed
Our little group has always been
And always will until the end

hello, hello, hello, how low?

With the lights out it's less dangerous
Here we are now
Entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now
Entertain us
A mulatto
An albino
A mosquito
My Libido
Yeah

And I forget
Just why I taste
Oh yeah, I guess it makes me smile
I found it hard
It's hard to find
Oh well, whatever, nevermind

hello, hello, hello, how low?

With the lights out it's less dangerous
Here we are now
Entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now
Entertain us
A mulatto
An albino
A mosquito
My Libido
Yeah, a denial
A denial
A denial...

You can see what words and how did the Kurt Cobain use in this song. And there a lot of such song. He used his voice as an instrument.

Here is parody of his song ‘smells like teens spirit’ named ‘Smells like Nirvana ’ by "Weird Al" Yankovic.
Here is the link: _http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FklUAoZ6KxY

Just listen it and you will understand what I’m trying to say.

Here is a little bit about how Nirvana wrote songs:
_ http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kurt-Donal-Cobain/204518502899242?sk=info

Everett True said in 1989, "Nirvana songs treat the banal and pedestrian with a unique slant."[91] Cobain came up with the basic components of each song (usually writing them on an acoustic guitar), as well as the singing style and the lyrics. He emphasized that Novoselic and Grohl "have a big part in deciding on how long a song should be and how many parts it should have. So I don't like to be considered the sole songwriter."[92] When asked which part of the songs he would write first, Cobain responded, "I don’t know. I really don’t know. I guess I start with the verse and then go into the chorus."[58]
Cobain usually wrote lyrics for songs minutes before recording them.[92] Cobain said, "When I write a song the lyrics are the least important subject. I can go through two or three different subjects in a song and the title can mean absolutely nothing at all."[93] Cobain told Spin in 1993 that he "didn't give a flying f***" what the lyrics on Bleach were about, figuring "Let's just scream some negative lyrics and as long as they're not sexist and don't get too embarrassing it'll be okay", while the lyrics to Nevermind were taken from two years of poetry he had accumulated, which he cut up and chose lines he preferred from. In comparison, Cobain stated that the lyrics to In Utero were "more focused, they're almost built on themes".[94] Cobain didn't write necessarily in a linear fashion, instead relying on juxtapositions of contradictory images to convey emotions and ideas. Often in his lyrics, Cobain would present an idea then reject it; the songwriter explained, "I'm such a nihilistic j**k half the time and other times I'm so vulnerable and sincere [. . . The songs are] like a mixture of both of them. That's how most people my age are."
Here is some info about Nirvana on wiki:

_ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_%28band%29#Songwriting_and_lyrics
. 

Here is some info from wiki about his death:

In early 1994, the band embarked on a European tour. In Rome, on the morning of March 4, Cobain's wife, Courtney Love, found Cobain unconscious in their hotel room and he was rushed to the hospital. A doctor from the hospital told a press conference that Cobain had reacted to a combination of prescription Rohypnol and alcohol. The rest of the tour was canceled.[67] In the ensuing weeks, Cobain's heroin addiction resurfaced. An intervention was organized, and Cobain was convinced to admit himself into drug rehabilitation. After less than a week in rehabilitation, Cobain climbed over the wall of the facility and took a plane back to Seattle. A week later, on Friday, April 8, 1994, Cobain was found dead of a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head at his Seattle home.

It seemed to me that Kurt Cobain just doesn’t want to live. I don’t know what his role in this life was, he easily made a lot of music which have great influence on society and then just go away. It would be interesting to know why he committed suicide.
Just want to share thoughts, a little info and music that I listen to.
Here is also a link to New Concert "Rock Symphonies" of 2010 live in Berlin, and song ‘Smells like teens spirit’
_ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGgTbqbCizM

[Soluna]

This image regarding Song writing made me smile =) It made me consider shallow values, and how people are spoon-fed pop culture. Did it really take 6 writers to put together those lyrics to inspire and make people think - or did they put them together to encourage them 'not' to think?

[Tristan]

Albinoni's Adagio live music performed by David Garrett (in a passionate way playing the violin)
Berlin Wuhlheide 08.06.2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0W2kcH74Ws&feature=g-all-f

[Graalsword]

This image regarding Song writing made me smile =) It made me consider shallow values, and how people are spoon-fed pop culture. Did it really take 6 writers to put together those lyrics to inspire and make people think - or did they put them together to encourage them 'not' to think?

I'm not sure where Bohemian Rhapsody would fit in. There are many theories about its meaning.

Anyway, F. Mercury wrote a few other lyrics that are not so shallow, they're not philosophically superior but at least not the typical shallow pop songs, that obviously are less famous:

Is This The World We Created?

Just look at all those hungry mouths we have to feed
Take a look at all the suffering we breed
So many lonely faces scattered all around
Searching for what they need

Is this the world we created
What did we do it for
Is this the world we invaded
Against the law
So it seems in the end
Is this what we're all living for today
The world that we created.

You know that every day a helpless child is born
Who needs some loving care inside a happy home
Somewhere a wealthy man is sitting on his throne
Waiting for life to go by

Is this the world we created
we made it on our own
Is this the world we devastated
Right to the bone?
If there's a God in the sky looking down
What can he think of what we've done
To the world that he created

Or this one:

There Must Be More To Life Than This

There must be more to life than this
There must be more to life than this
How do we cope in a world without love
Mending all those broken hearts
And tending to those crying faces
There must be more to life than living
There must be more than meets the eye
Why should it be just a case of black or white
There must be more to life than this

Why is this world so full of hate
People dying everywhere
And we destroy what we create
People fighting for their human rights
But we just go on saying c'est la vie
So this is life

There must be more to life than killing
A better way for us to survive
What good is life, in the end we all must die
There must be more to life than this

There must be more to life than this
There must be more to life than this
I live and hope for a world filled with love
Then we can all just live in peace
There must be more to life, much more to life
There must be more to life, more to life than this.