Happy Poppy Lo-Fi Girl Singer Wars

[John Brainlove]

Again, I think of music as part of the undulating fabric of existence* rather than something to be seperated and dealt with as a hermetic listening experience apart from everything else.

Example: I was listening to Bjork's 'Homogenic' one sunny mmorning just as a train I was was on shot out onto the Welsh coastline, and the hills gave way to the vast expanse of sea, and the sunlight bounced off the sea and flashed through the entire carriage and blinded me and took my breath away, and the pit-pattering micro-beats from 'Hunter' will forever be associated with that moment, and the moment wouldn't have been as special had it been anything else.

It completely facilitated my understanding of that song. That rush of adrenaline and happiness and awe at being alive and on planet Earth is what Bjork strives for in her music, and for that minute, I was there too, inside it.

Is anyone gonna tell me that wasn't a valid listening experience?

(*WOW that sounds so pretentious! go me)

[Smileadelic]

Absolutely not. I've had many similar experiences. I just think that, on the whole, to truly immerse yourself in a piece of music, you have to... well... truly immerse yourself in it. As if diving into a vast pool of insatiable... you get the idea.

[John Brainlove]

Heh, nah go on, wax lyrical, let's get all descriptive and schmindie!
I did...

[DangerousDoug]

i associate certain bands with certain times of my life. when i used to spend every weekend in barry at a friends house after spending a night of tequila drinking in club CF1, drunk for the entire weekend, sleeping on the floor with whos now my ex. it was great.

every time i hear slipknot or deftones (the only two taped she had in her flat!!!) i think of that time.

then at the other end of the spectrum, me and the ex started listening to a lot of muse around the time we split up, so i have to walk out of the room if a song comes on by them. its quite traumatic.

[Psyche]

There are some songs I can't listen to anymore - the memories are so strong I can almost taste them.

[stuartmilgram]

most of the music playing equipment i have is so cheap it doesn't matter what quality the medium is.

Pretty much the only time i listen to music now is in the car or when cooking... and that's a lot of the time.

For the car, the best thing to do is play it loud and pick stuff in the right range for you to sing (badly) along to, and in the kitchen it's a good place for new stuff and stuff you can't handle in the car.

that's how i do