https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGBXA1tBiLw

Valentina Lisitsa. Totentanz.

The Verve - Live London 1993


The Verve - Life's an Ocean [Live at Haigh Hall - 24.05.98]

The Verve - One Day


The Verve - Already There


The Verve - A Man Called Sun


The Verve - So It Goes

Following the discussion of Book 10, Plato's Republic: https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/940663
and exploring Greek Mythology: https://mythicalencyclopedia.com/lethe/

Lethe, the River of Forgetfulness - the Chronotype project

... I tried to warn ya that change is coming 'round the corner ...

Bahramji feat. Mashti - Devotion


Bahramji feat.Mashti - Prayer

One of those weird "live for no reason" audio streams, but very relaxing. Seems to have been consistent for the past few days. Very soothing, especially with standalone speakers. Good to unwind or perhaps even focus. Depends on the person, I'm sure.

For the life of me I just can't get into anything non-instrumental that has vocals, something telling me what to think or how to feel or otherwise intended to create a specific scenario in one's head when I'm not drinking or driving somewhere.

"Eight Days a Week" (2:44)
Beatles For Sale, 1964 (2023 remix)
writers Lennon-McCartney, 1964
The Beatles

>>> Roevember 8 :victory: :cool:

I can't explain why this track is so good.

Listening to this, following discussion of creativity and cliché. 'It was a dark and stormy night':
https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/951826
Really pleasantly surprised by this, not being a follower of Joni Mitchell. Is it me, or is her voice different?

The Crazy Cries of Love · Joni Mitchell - from Taming the Tiger (1998)

It was a dark and a stormy night
Everyone was at the wing-ding
They weren't the wing-ding type
So they went up on the train bridge
Where the weather was howling
And oh, oh, my my
When that train comes rolling by
No paper thin walls, no folks above
No one else can hear
The crazy cries of love

***

Joni Mitchell's song "Crazy Cries of Love" on her album Taming the Tiger (1998) opens with "It was a dark and stormy night". In the December 1998 issue of Musician, Mitchell discusses her idea of using several cliche lines in the lyrics of multiple songs on the album, such as "the old man is snoring" in the title song "Taming the Tiger". Her co-lyricist, Don Fried, had read of a competition in The New Yorker to write a story opening with "It was a dark and stormy night" and was inspired to put it in the lyrics of "Crazy Cries of Love". Mitchell states:

But the second line is a brilliant deviation from the cliché: "Everyone was at the wing-ding." It's a beautiful out, but that was because it was competition to dig yourself out of a cliché hole in an original way. He never sent it in to The New Yorker, but he just did it as an original exercise.[20] — Wiki - It was a dark and stormy night

Really pleasantly surprised by this, not being a follower of Joni Mitchell. Is it me, or is her voice different? — Amity

Her voice changed.

Mitchell released her final set of "original" new work before nearly a decade of other pursuits, 1998's Taming the Tiger....

It was around this time that critics also began to notice a real change in Mitchell's voice, particularly on her older songs; the singer later confirmed the change, explaining that "I'd go to hit a note and there was nothing there".
While her more limited range and huskier vocals have sometimes been attributed to her smoking (she was described by journalist Robin Eggar as "one of the world's last great smokers"), Mitchell believes that the changes in her voice that became noticeable in the 1990s were because of other problems, including vocal nodules, a compressed larynx, and the lingering effects of having had polio. — Wiki - Joni Mitchell

Thank you for this :sparkle:
Wow. The first notes just hit you with their soaring beauty. A symphony of strings, then more, combined with lyrics full of personal awareness and social consciousness. The African-American story of struggle.Change gonna come. Strong lines of hope and courage. But does it, will it work for us today?
The simple belief, resistance in the 60's for a change in justice. Decades have passed...slow progress made. But still there is oppression. The future looks bleak but listening to this, it encourages resilience. Each orchestral instrument plays its part in changing the beat, echoing the words.
We will carry on. Sing it out, sing it loud! :fire:
https://www.songmeaningsandfacts.com/a-change-is-gonna-come-the-anthem-of-a-revolution/

I was born by the river
In a little tent
Oh, and just like the river, I've been running
Ever since

It's been a long
A long time coming, but I know
A change gon' come
Oh yes, it will

It's been too hard living
But I'm afraid to die
'Cause I don't know what's up there
Beyond the sky

[chorus]

I go to the movie
And I go downtown
And somebody keep telling me
"Don't hang around"

[chorus]

Then, I go to my brother
And I say, "Brother, help me, please"
But he winds up knockin' me
Back down on my knees, oh

There been times that I thought
I couldn't last for long
But now, I think I'm able
To carry on

It's been a long
A long time coming, but I know
A change gon' come
Oh yes, it will
Songwriters: Sam Cooke. For non-commercial use only.

At the very least, since Sam can do that song, it would be embarrassing for me to despair.

At the very least, since Sam can do that song, it would be embarrassing for me to despair. — Paine

Despair is not embarrassing. But staying there in that dark, mental space is not helpful. Do you not think that the song came from a place of despair? Hard times and struggling through pain is what we all have in common. Some more than others. We are not alone.

@180 Proof introduced me to Nina Simone's stunning version of George Harrison's 'Isn't it a Pity'.
From my thread: 'Questions of Hope, Love and Peace...'
https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/759563

From my OP:

GIVE ME LOVE. Sometimes you open your mouth and you don't know what you are going to say, and whatever comes out is the starting point. If that happens and you are lucky - it can usually be turned into a song. This song is a prayer and personal statement between me, the Lord, and whoever likes it.
— George Harrison

Sharing all kinds of music and thoughts here in TPF - well, it helps...a little...don't ya think?
I find love and encouragement here. Most of the time. :wink: :heart: :pray:

Do you not think that the song came from a place of despair? — Amity

I do think that is so. His refusal to live there is the thing.

His refusal to live there is the thing. — Paine

Exactly. So, why do you say:

...it would be embarrassing for me to despair — Paine

How would despair be embarrassing?

Virtue is beautiful. Despair is not a good look.

OK. Sounds like a topic for another thread, methinks.
Take care :sparkle:
Put another dime in the juke box :cool:

I will look for more songs in the box.

All About That Bass - Postmodern Jukebox European Tour Version

Beat you to it :razz:

Hah, no treble.
Love the animal print dresses. Don't tell anybody.

@Noble Dust

Congratulations on your Sparrow record Strongheart re-release. I received the notification by email. I am subscribed to your Bandcamp channel—or whatever it is called.

My favourite tracks are 'Morning' and 'Songbird Incantation.' :sparkle:

https://matthewanderson.bandcamp.com/album/strongheart

Hey thanks! I didn’t realize you were on there. And those might be my favorites as well, nice. :party: