What are you listening to?

I dare say I'm not the first one to cite this song but, man, it is spine chilling.

"Masters of War" by Bob Dylan.

It's got such a simple, insistent little guitar riff, reminding me of both "Street Spirit" by Radiohead and "Revolution Blues" by Neil Young, but the atmosphere created by the song! Wonderful. The album it's from, "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan", has some other genuinely moving classics, like "It's a Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall" and "Talkin' World War 3 Blues". It's really beautiful how rediscovering music from your past can help to recapitulate memories.

Here's to you Bob! And what a fine lyric, "and they hide behind words, and they hide behind desks, I just want you to know I can see through your masks". There's real vengeance to the way he makes this statement, and the tone of the whole song is one of calm controlled fury in the eye of menace.

At least that's how I hear the lyric anyway. I've just purchased it again after a gap of some 13 years. It will be essential walking music for the coming months.
 
Dave Matthews Band - What Would You Say

Up and down the puppies' hair
Fleas and ticks jump everywhere
'Cause of original sin

Down the hill fell Jack and Jill
And you came tumbling after
'Cause of original sin

Rip away the tears
Drink a hope for happy years
And you may find
A lifetime's passed you by

What would you say
If you a monkey on a string
If you a doggie on a chain
What would you say

I was there when the bear
Ate his head, thought it was a candy
Everyone goes in the end

Knock knock on the door
Who's it for, nobody in here
Look in the mirror my friend

I don't understand at best
I cannot speak for all the rest
In the morning rise a lifetime's passed me by

What would you say
(don't' drop the big one)
If you a monkey on a string
(Don't cut my life line)
If you a doggie on a chain
(Don't bite the mailman)
What would you say

Every dog has it's day every day has it's way
Of being forgotten- "Mom it's my birthday"

What would you say
(don't' drop the big one)
If you a monkey on a string
(Don't cut my life line)
If you a doggie on a chain
(Don't bite the mailman)
What would you say
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwG4NzsUoSw​
 
Timeless.

Listen with the perspective of a controller who wishes to control outward (or any) growth, through constraint.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t01BpGCmErg

Putting Out Fire - David Bowie

See these eyes so green
I can stare for a thousand years
Colder than the moon
It's been so long

And I've been putting out fire
With gasoline

See these eyes so red
Red like jungle burning bright
Those who feel me near
Pull the blinds and change their minds
It's been so long

Still this pulsing night
A plague I call a heartbeat
Just be still with me
You wouldn't believe what I've been thru
You've been so long
Well it's been so long

And I've been putting out the fire with gasoline
Putting out the fire
With gasoline

See these tears so blue
An ageless heart that can never mend
These tears can never dry
A judgement made can never bend

See these eyes so green
I can stare for a thousand years
Just be still with me
You wouldn't believe what I've been thru

You've been so long
Well it's been so long
And I've been putting out the fire with gasoline
Putting out fire with gasoline

Been so long
Been so long
Well its been so long
Been so long
I've been putting out fire
Been so long
And its been so long
Been so long
Been putting out fire
Been so long

Been so long so long so long
Been so long so long so long
I've been putting out fire
Been so long so long so long
And putting out fire
Been so long so long so long
 
Normally the genre I listen to mainly is Rock Music but found this one by Madonna to be enlightening.

Frozen by Madonna

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXFHf8xZ1CA

You only see what your eyes want to see
How can life be what you want it to be
You're frozen
When your heart's not open

You're so consumed with how much you get
You waste your time with hate and regret
You're broken
When your heart's not open

[Chorus:]

Mmmmmm, if I could melt your heart
Mmmmmm, we'd never be apart
Mmmmmm, give yourself to me
Mmmmmm, you hold the key

Now there's no point in placing the blame
And you should know I suffer the same
If I lose you
My heart will be broken

Love is a bird, she needs to fly
Let all the hurt inside of you die
You're frozen
When your heart's not open

[chorus]
[verse]
[chorus, repeat]

If I could melt your heart
 
Alter Bridge - Open your eyes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3UjH2GD0iY

Looking back I clearly see
What it is that's killing me
Through the eyes of one I know
I see a vision once let go, I had it all

Constantly it burdens me
Hard to trust and can't believe
Lost the faith and lost the love
When the day is done

Will they open their eyes
And realize we are one?
On and on we stand alone
Until our day has come
When they open their eyes
And realize we are one?

I love the way I feel today
But how I know the sun will fade
Darker days seem to be
What will always live in me, but still I run

It's hard to walk this path alone
Hard to know which way to go
Will I ever save this day?
Will it ever change?

Will they open their eyes
And realize we are one?
Still today we carry on
I know our day will come
When they open their eyes
And realize we are one?

Will they open their eyes
And realize we are one?
(It's hard to walk this path alone)
(Hard to know which way to go)
Will they open their eyes
And realize we are one?
(Lost the faith and lost the love)
(When the day is done)

Will they open their eyes
And realize we are one?
 
Since Amazing Grace has been mentioned a few times in this thread, here is a version sang by a 7 years old girl.
It's quite amazing :D

_http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/08/17/amazing-grace-sung-by-a-seven-year-old--youll-be-amazed.aspx
 
Sixx:A.M. - "Life Is Beautiful" Eleven Seven Music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYlS_kmxES0


The Offspring - You're gonna go far, kid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x52sA9IpiAU&feature=related


Metallica - Nothing Else Matters (Live)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scDdiHIP4ag


Three Days Grace - Never Too Late
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyTNt8PxE0A
 
Gertrudes said:
Since Amazing Grace has been mentioned a few times in this thread, here is a version sang by a 7 years old girl.
It's quite amazing :D

_http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/08/17/amazing-grace-sung-by-a-seven-year-old--youll-be-amazed.aspx
Click to expand...

That was touching! So talented and cute.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYvXp7_9GPE


Lay my love -John Cale & Brian Eno


I am the crow of desperation
I need no fact or validation
I span relentless variation
I scramble in the dust of a failing nation
I was concealed
Now I am stirring
And I have waited for this time.


I am the termite of temptation
I multiply and find my population
I am the wheel I am the turning
And I will lay my love around you.


I am the sea of permutation
I live beyond interpretation
I scramble all the names and the Combinations
I penetrate the walls of explanation
I am the will
I am the burning
And I will lay my love around you.


I am the will
I am the yearning
And I will lay my love around you.
 
"Every Day" - Rascal Flatts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQyQst3iBB4&NR=1

You could've bowed out gracefully
But you didn't
You knew enough to know
To leave well enough alone
But you wouldn't
I drive myself crazy
Tryin' to stay out of my own way
The messes that I make
But my secrets are so safe
The only one who gets me
Yeah, you get me
It's amazing to me

How every day
Every day, every day
You save my life

I come around all broken down and
Crowded out
And you're comfort
Sometimes the place I go
Is so deep and dark and desperate
I don't know, I don't know

Sometimes I swear, I don't know if
I'm comin' or goin'
But you always say something
Without even knowin'
That I'm hangin' on to your words
With all of my might and it's alright
Yeah, I'm alright for one more night-
Every day
Every day, every day, every day
Every day, every day
You save me, you save me, oh, oh, oh
Every day
Every, every, every day-

Every day
 
"Stand" - Rascal Flatts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N0yB24M7VM&feature=channel"The Glory of

You feel like a candle in a hurricane
Just like a picture with a broken frame
Alone and helpless
Like you've lost your fight
But you'll be alright, you'll be alright

Cause when push comes to shove
You taste what you're made of
You might bend, till you break
Cause its all you can take
On your knees you look up
Decide you've had enough
You get mad you get strong
Wipe your hands shake it off
Then you Stand, Then you stand
Life's like a novel
With the end ripped out
The edge of a canyon
With only one way down
Take what you're given before its gone
Start holding on, keep holding on

Everytime you get up
And get back in the race
One more small piece of you
Starts to fall into place
Oh
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E4-9yKTv_I

Katie Melua - The Flood

(Has Katie given up hope? Promoting hope? Is it just a song? Depends on perspective, I guess :))

Broken people get recycled
and I hope that I will.
Sometimes we're thrown off our pathways
What I thought was my way home
wasn't the place I...

No, I'm not afraid of changing.
I'm certain nothing's certain.
What we own becomes our prison;
My possessions will be gone
back to where they came from.

Blame?
No one is to blame.
As natural as the rain that falls, here comes the flood again.

See the rock that you hold onto?
Is it gonna save you when the Earth begins to crumble?
Why'd you feel you have to hold on?
Imagine if you let go!

Blame?
No one is to blame.
As natural as the rain that falls, here comes the flood again.

Tempo change:

Wash away the weight that pulls you down.
Ride the waves that free you from the doubts.

Don't trust your eyes,
it's easy to believe them.
Know in your heart that you can leave your prison.

Don't trust your mind.
It's not always listening.
Turn off the lies
and feel the ancient rhythm.


Double Stanza (previous verse/chorus combo)


Tempo returns:

Blame?
No one is to blame.
As natural as the rain that falls, here comes the flood again.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9s2hp9i680

Procol Harum : As strong as samson


Psychiatrists and lawyers destroying mankind
Drivin' 'em crazy...and stealing 'em blind
Bankers and brokers ruling the world
Storing the silver and hoarding the gold

Ain't no use in preachers preaching
When they don't know what they're teaching
The weakest man be strong as samson
When you're being held to ransom

Famine and hardship in true living colour
Constant reminders...the plight of our brother
Daily starvation our diet of news
Fed to the teeth with a barrage of views

Ain't no use in preachers preaching
When they don't know what they're teaching
The weakest man be strong as samson
When you're being held to ransom

Black men and white men, and arabs and jews
Causing congestion and filling the queues
Fighting for freedom the truth and the word
Fighting the war for the end of the world

Ain't no use in preachers preaching
When they don't know what they're teaching
Weakest man be strong as samson
When you're being held to ransom


From Wikipedia:

Procol Harum are a British rock band, formed in 1967, who contributed to the development of progressive rock, and by extension, symphonic rock. Their best-known recording is their 1967 single "A Whiter Shade of Pale". Although noted for its baroque and classical influence, Procol Harum's music also embraces the blues, R&B and soul.
 
Had quite a scary experience the other day - related to music.

I was driving along in the car and was in a good mood. It was early morning and halfway to work I switched on the radio. There was a piece of music playing that I didn't know, but kind of heavy rhythms, driving basses ... difficult to describe.
I was almost immediately experiencing absolutely unmotivated violent ideas or fantasies against anyone that just happened to be around. I was totally shocked, as it came out of the blue, nothing had happened to provoke that.
Kind of reflexively I switched the radio off and these feelings slowly started to fade away, but it seemed to me, that they took quite a long time to totally disappear and left some marks on me, that I felt all day.

Has anyone experienced something like that? What struck me is, that this particular piece of music was not heavy metal death trash type of stuff, but a fairly mainstream "alternative" type of music. And I am absolutely sure that this reaction was connected to this particular song, which I haven't heard before (consciously) and which I probably would be hard pressed to recognize again. It seems to me as if there was a hidden, subsurface layer that carried some message or manipulating essence.

Any idea?

Thanks for the feedback.
 
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