What are you listening to?

I have been into music since ever and while I have spent a great of time listening to various styles and interpreters (as a hobby as well as part of my job being a dj and music shop manager), this basically ended when I found SOTT. Since then I grew into living without playback music, focusing on playing my guitar only because when I had time to listen to something, mainly when driving, I wanted to hear another of those SOTT Radio podcast (there is still plenty to choose from which I have missed).

Recently though I was surprised what YouTube offers me every now and then. Obviously some people can be very creative and there are very interesting mashups out there that seamlessly put previously unimaginable combinations of style, even some you would not listen to separately. I just wanted to give you some idea for positive dissociation which is pleasing to eyes and ears. This one is my favorite.

 
Hello everyone,
In those difficult times I decided to publish here videos which I listen to every time whenI'm in very "bad/sad mod" to help me uplift. Those are compilations of music and sentences. Sentences and videos are from popular animes and they are "breaktrought" moments sentences. If anyone would know some anime those could help in understanding but I think that main message would be nice for everyone :-) If I put it in wrong place sorry about it. :-)
 
Recently I've picked up singing as a hobby. It's quite freeing, relaxing and introspective, developing a voice. Or finding it, rather. If anyone has some vocal training tips?

I've always loved singers who put stories into their lyrics. Kate Bush or Rufus Wainwright, and also;

Joanna Newsom - Sapokanikan

 
Joanna Newsom
Wow. Never heard of her. Beautiful.

I have been a long time fan of Kate Bush myself. Enjoy singing too, for fun as well as pressure release.
Not that I could make living from it (far from it) but that is not the point. It's fun and also a breathing exercise.
Vocal training tips? I heard that regular singing against wind in open field makes one really strong but perhaps you don't need to be that hard on yourself ;-)
 
I was feeling very low on energy today, very scattered UNTIL someone recommended 2Cellos; just what this Aries girl needed. Check 'em out, especially if you're feeling how I did. Now I can go clean...

I especially liked 2Cellos vs Beethoven 5th Symphony.
 
I've had to stop to breathe, to calm down, to reflect, to observe my fear...

I still can't express my thoughts in order.

So now I'm going to karaoke for a while.

They say that music tames the beasts.

Hearts up!

Todo es mentira - Abraham Sevilla


Todo es mentira

Desde que nacemos es mentira la verdad:
ni hubo cigüeñas, ni reyes, ni portal;
Peter Pan se hizo un hombre y tuvo que pagar
su hipoteca por la Isla de Nunca Jamás.
Sí, todo es mentira,
sólo somos una granja de esclavos
para los cuatro que controlan el poder desde arriba.
Nos enseñaron a ser fuertes, a ser listos,
a competir con el vecino,
a ver quién la tiene más grande y es más rico.
¡Divide y vencerás!
Todo es mentira, nos han engañado.
Todo es mentira, desde la luna hasta el Vaticano.
Todo es mentira, menos tu piel contra la mía,
menos amarnos sin medida,
esa es la única verdad.
¡Mienten!
Si no te miran a los ojos es que mienten.
El que te vende el paraíso también miente.
Mienten políticos, banqueros, presidentes de gobierno,
porque todos se han comprado con dinero.
¡Maldito dinero!
Por tu culpa tienes preso a todo el mundo,
a toda la humanidad.
Y mentira tras mentira,
y mil veces repetida esa mentira,
al final esa mentira se convierte en “verdad”.
Y con ese truquito llevan controlando siglos y siglos
a la humanidad.
Todo es mentira...
It's all a lie.

Since we are born, the truth is a lie:
there were no storks, no kings, no portal;
Peter Pan became a man and had to pay
his mortgage for Neverland.
Yeah, it's all a lie,
we're just a slave farm
for the four who control the power from above.
They taught us to be strong, to be smart,
to compete with the neighbor,
to see who has it bigger and is richer.
Divide and conquer!
It's all a lie, we've been tricked.
Everything is a lie, from the moon to the Vatican.
Everything is a lie, except your skin next to mine,
except to love each other without measure,
that's the only truth.
They're lying!
If they don't look you in the eye, they're lying.
He who sells you paradise also lies.
They all lie: politicians, bankers, presidents of governments,
because they've all been bought with money.
Damn money!
It's your fault you've got in jail everybody,
all mankind.
And lie after lie,
and a thousand times repeated that lie,
in the end that lie becomes "truth".
And with that little trick they've been controlling
humanity for centuries and centuries.
It's all a lie...

Translated with www.DeepL.com
 
this was wrote awhile back but just released by Bob Dylan ...
Bob Dylan - Murder Most Foul (Official Audio)

17 minutes
Mar 26, 2020
JFK r.i.p.
Bob Dylan


[Verse 1] It was a dark day in Dallas, November '63
A day that will live on in infamy
President Kennedy was a-ridin' high
Good day to be livin' and a good day to die
Being led to the slaughter like a sacrificial lamb
He said, "Wait a minute, boys, you know who I am?"
"Of course we do, we know who you are!"
Then they blew off his head while he was still in the car
Shot down like a dog in broad daylight
Was a matter of timing and the timing was right
You got unpaid debts, we've come to collect
We're gonna kill you with hatred, without any respect
We'll mock you and shock you and we'll put it in your face
We've already got someone here to take your place
The day they blew out the brains of the king
Thousands were watching, no one saw a thing
It happened so quickly, so quick, by surprise
Right there in front of everyone's eyes
Greatest magic trick ever under the sun
Perfectly executed, skillfully done
Wolfman, oh wolfman, oh wolfman howl
Rub-a-dub-dub, it's a murder most foul

[Verse 2] Hush, little children, you'll understand
The Beatles are comin', they're gonna hold your hand
Slide down the banister, go get your coat
Ferry 'cross the Mersey and go for the throat
There's three bums comin' all dressed in rags
Pick up the pieces and lower the flags
'm goin' to Woodstock, it's the Aquarian Age
Then I'll go to Altamont and sit near the stage
Put your head out the window, let the good times roll
There's a party going on behind the Grassy Knoll
Stack up the bricks, pour the cement
Don't say Dallas don't love you, Mr. President
Put your foot in the tank and then step on the gas
Try to make it to the triple underpass
Blackface singer, whiteface clown
Better not show your faces after the sun goes down
Up in the red light district, they've got cop on the beat
Living in a nightmare on Elm Street
When you're down on Deep Ellum, put your money in your shoe
Don't ask what your country can do for you
Cash on the ballot, money to burn
Dealey Plaza, make a left-hand turn
I'm going down to the crossroads, gonna flag a ride
The place where faith, hope, and charity lie
Shoot him while he runs, boy, shoot him while you can
See if you can shoot the invisible man
Goodbye, Charlie! Goodbye, Uncle Sam!
Frankly, Miss Scarlett, I don't give a damn
What is the truth, and where did it go?
Ask Oswald and Ruby, they oughta know
"Shut your mouth," said a wise old owl
Business is business, and it's a murder most foul

[Verse 3] Tommy, can you hear me? I'm the Acid Queen
I'm riding in a long, black Lincoln limousine
Ridin' in the backseat next to my wife
Headed straight on in to the afterlife
I'm leaning to the left, I got my head in her lap
Hold on, I've been led into some kind of a trap
Where we ask no quarter, and no quarter do we give
We're right down the street, from the street where you live
They mutilated his body and they took out his brain
What more could they do? They piled on the pain
But his soul was not there where it was supposed to be at
For the last fifty years they've been searchin' for that
Freedom, oh freedom, freedom over me
I hate to tell you, mister, but only dead men are free
Send me some lovin', then tell me no lie
Throw the gun in the gutter and walk on by
Wake up, little Susie, let's go for a drive
Cross the Trinity River, let's keep hope alive
Turn the radio on, don't touch the dials
Parkland hospital, only six more miles
You got me dizzy, Miss Lizzy, you filled me with lead
That magic bullet of yours has gone to my head
I'm just a patsy like Patsy Cline
Never shot anyone from in front or behind
I've blood in my eye, got blood in my ear
I'm never gonna make it to the new frontier
Zapruder's film I seen night before
Seen it thirty-three times, maybe more
It's vile and deceitful, it's cruel and it's mean
Ugliest thing that you ever have seen
They killed him once and they killed him twice
Killed him like a human sacrifice
The day that they killed him, someone said to me,
"Son The age of the Antichrist has just only begun"
Air Force One comin' in through the gate
Johnson sworn in at 2:38
Let me know when you decide to throw in the towel
It is what it is, and it's murder most foul

[Verse 4] What's new, pussycat? What'd I say?
I said the soul of a nation been torn away
And it's beginning to go into a slow decay
And that it's thirty-six hours past Judgment Day
Wolfman Jack, he's speaking in tongues
He's going on and on at the top of his lungs
Play me a song, Mr. Wolfman Jack
Play it for me in my long Cadillac
Play me that "Only the Good Die Young"
Take me to the place Tom Dooley was hung
Play "St. James Infirmary" and the Court of King James
If you want to remember, you better write down the names
Play Etta James, too, play "I'd Rather Go Blind"
Play it for the man with the telepathic mind
Play John Lee Hooker, play "Scratch My Back"
Play it for that strip club owner named Jack
Guitar Slim going down slow
Play it for me and for Marilyn Monroe

[Verse 5] Play "Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"
Play it for the First Lady, she ain't feeling any good
Play Don Henley, play Glenn Frey
Take it to the limit and let it go by
Play it for Carl Wilson, too
Looking far, far away down
Gower Avenue Play tragedy, play "Twilight Time"
Take me back to Tulsa to the scene of the crime
Play another one and "Another One Bites the Dust"
Play "The Old Rugged Cross" and "In God We Trust"
Ride the pink horse down that long, lonesome road
Stand there and wait for his head to explode
Play "Mystery Train" for Mr. Mystery
The man who fell down dead like a rootless tree
Play it for the reverend, play it for the pastor
Play it for the dog that got no master
Play Oscar Peterson, play Stan Getz
Play "Blue Sky," play Dickey Betts
Play Art Pepper, Thelonious Monk
Charlie Parker and all that junk
All that junk and "All That Jazz"
Play something for the Birdman of Alcatraz
Play Buster Keaton, play Harold Lloyd
Play Bugsy Siegel, play Pretty Boy Floyd
Play the numbers, play the odds
Play "Cry Me A River" for the Lord of the gods
Play Number nine, play Number six
Play it for Lindsey and Stevie Nicks
Play Nat King Cole, play "Nature Boy"
Play "Down In The Boondocks" for Terry Malloy
Play "It Happened One Night" and "One Night of Sin"
There's twelve million souls that are listening in
Play "Merchant of Venice", play "Merchants of Death"
Play "Stella by Starlight" for Lady Macbeth
Don't worry, Mr. President, help's on the way
Your brothers are comin', there'll be hell to pay
Brothers? What brothers? What's this about hell?
Tell them, "We're waiting, keep coming," we'll get them as well
Love Field is where his plane touched down
But it never did get back up off the ground
Was a hard act to follow, second to none
They killed him on the altar of the rising sun
Play "Misty" for me and "That Old Devil Moon"
Play "Anything Goes" and "Memphis in June"
Play "Lonely At the Top" and "Lonely Are the Brave"
Play it for Houdini spinning around his grave
Play Jelly Roll Morton, play "Lucille"
Play "Deep In a Dream", and play "Driving Wheel"
Play "Moonlight Sonata" in F-sharp
And "A Key to the Highway" for the king on the harp
Play "Marching Through Georgia" and "Dumbarton's Drums"
Play darkness and death will come when it comes
Play "Love Me Or Leave Me" by the great Bud Powell
Play "The Blood-stained Banner", play "Murder Most Foul"
 
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