Hi guys!
I've read that this Saturday is the Universal Music Day and I thought we could celebrate this music day in the community. Music is for sharing, same as the aim of this community.
So let's celebrate and share!
As it's also Universal I thought it might be interesting to share music from different parts of the world.
I'll go first with a classic and with a confession : I'm Spanish
I'm not the typical Spanish who loves Flamenco, but Paco De Lucía was a genius and his music reminds me so much to my summers in Cadiz that almost makes me cry. Maybe @Cleoriff who spends a lot of time in Spain can understand this feeling.
What about you guys? Any confessions to make? Share the music that makes you move 
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Confession: I know 2 weird facts about music.
1. The most played song ever in the world is also 2. The only song which is always playing somewhere on the planet and has continuously somewhere on earth since 1983.
Answer: it's a small world.
1. The most played song ever in the world is also 2. The only song which is always playing somewhere on the planet and has continuously somewhere on earth since 1983.
Answer: it's a small world.
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I have a confession to make....
Being a 'child of the 60's' and living throught that revolution in our music, I have very little time for any other countries music. (Though I do love Foo Fighters, Eminem and Cher....how kind of me 
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I rarely listen to any ballads...but this is one of my favourites
What an interesting topic! As a lover of good music I asked myself the simple question -"What is music?" Not being a creative person I could not put together a satisfactory definition so I opened WordWeb, my favourite computer dictionary and it has 5 definitions, the fifth of which I think will apply to most of the samples likely to be "shared" herein. That definition is "punishment for one's actions" as in "You have to face the music!"
Whilst there have been a few beautiful songs and melodies written in the last 50 or 60 years (let's be clear music was NOT invented or discovered in the 1960s) the vast majority fall into the category "noise" as far as I am concerned. When performed are played at such a high decibel level that they paralyse the brain as well as the auditory organs and are more akin to torture than artistic expression.
Gerry
("If music be the food of love, play on.........")
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@Anonymous wrote:(let's be clear music was NOT invented or discovered in the 1960s) the vast majority fall into the category "noise" as far as I am concerned. When performed are played at such a high decibel level that they paralyse the brain as well as the auditory organs and are more akin to torture than artistic expression.
Gerry
("If music be the food of love, play on.........")
I was not inferring that music was invented or discovered in the 60's @Anonymous Just my personal observation that growing up in that era was exciting and yes...revolutionary...
All a matter of taste. I have no time for opera or long winded orchestral compositions
We are all different thankfully.
I would far rather listen to The Who performing at 'high decibel level and wrecking my ear drums'..than be lulled senseless with boredom listening to someone else...
My choice..... obviously....
@Cleoriff wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:(let's be clear music was NOT invented or discovered in the 1960s) the vast majority fall into the category "noise" as far as I am concerned. When performed are played at such a high decibel level that they paralyse the brain as well as the auditory organs and are more akin to torture than artistic expression.
Gerry
("If music be the food of love, play on.........")
I was not inferring that music was invented or discovered in the 60's @Anonymous Just my personal observation that growing up in that era was exciting and yes...revolutionary...
All a matter of taste. I have no time for opera or long winded orchestral compositions
We are all different thankfully.
I would far rather listen to The Who performing at 'high decibel level and wrecking my ear drums'..than be lulled senseless with boredom listening to someone else...
My choice..... obviously....
@Cleoriff wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:(let's be clear music was NOT invented or discovered in the 1960s) the vast majority fall into the category "noise" as far as I am concerned. When performed are played at such a high decibel level that they paralyse the brain as well as the auditory organs and are more akin to torture than artistic expression.
Gerry
("If music be the food of love, play on.........")
I was not inferring that music was invented or discovered in the 60's @Anonymous Just my personal observation that growing up in that era was exciting and yes...revolutionary...
All a matter of taste. I have no time for opera or long winded orchestral compositions
We are all different thankfully.
I would far rather listen to The Who performing at 'high decibel level and wrecking my ear drums'..than be lulled senseless with boredom listening to someone else...
My choice..... obviously....
But, @Cleoriff is it "music"? That's what i was getting at. Of course we all have our own views, I don't deny that. I was just hoping to stimuate a discussion. You introduced another point which, if I may say so, might suggest that somewhere in your genetic makeup lurks a few strands of Irish DNA. The notion that individual appreciation of sound is a "matter of taste" is most intriguing. I have read about people who claim that they actually see sound in terms of colour, so maybe music that meddles with the taste buds is not so far fetched. 
Gerry
("I have been told that Wagner's music is better than it sounds." )
I like music with a beat to it. My favourite would have to be Dancing in the Dark by Bruce Springsteen.
Does anyone remember the tv series The Ascent of man by Professor Jacob Bronowski? He distilled beat music to that of the rhythm of a heartbeat
Oh @jonsie & @Cleoriff I also get a big kick out of putting on the Who's We won't get Fooled Again on at the local WMC 
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@Anonymous If 'Pain is what the patient says it is' ...(McCaffery 1978).....
.....Then... 'Music is what the listener says it is' (Cleo 2014)...
All I mean is, my interpretation of music is not yours. I accept that. I would also say that I appreciate the atmosphere of my type of music by going to concerts... watching, listening and often participating.
I love the fact that my taste is quite eclectic. My sons seem quite proud of the fact that I like a lot of the music they listen to....:smileywink:
@Cleoriff wrote:@Anonymous If 'Pain is what the patient says it is' ...(McCaffery 1978).....
.....Then... 'Music is what the listener says it is' (Cleo 2014)...
What a pity you inserted that little "if", @Cleoriff I might otherwise have been persuaded (well nearly). Doing my usual going off topic trick - my trusty WordWeb tells me that one definition of pain is "Something or someone that causes annoyance, inconvenience, or makes life more difficult" . Sounds like someone I know quite well.
Gerry
(PS - Off to get ready for Scott and Bailey!)
