by sizemik 18 Replies latest jw friends
Hey thanks Mummatron. Great memories of Faithless and my exit of jws via electronic music!
When I heard that chorus, it took me back to a depressing night in a run down hotel in Kuala Lumpur. I was totally feeling sorry for my self, jetlagged alone. Turned on the radio and Wham! God is a DJ!!!
To answer your question about music vs religion...music to me is the opposite of religion. Music makes me feel alive~
It's been said that dance is making love to music...
there would be no dance without music, and what a sad world it would be without either
So true FFF
Dancing also helped me express all the pent up emotions from a life wasted trying to serve a god. I didn't care what anyone thought. Many times I was the first on the dancefloor, one venue 3,500 people. I still dance heaps but it's more a spiritual experience. Dance saved my life.
Oy! NRFG reminded me of all the great stuff we listened/danced to as JW kids ... I-I-I,, am sooo in love with you, whatever you wanna do ... is what I feeel! and hey, what about ICE T (my fav rapper)!! love his stuff, he is awesome.
FFF ---- ah dance! I'm unable to dance (or walk lol) for 18 months now, goddess I miss it! We have a Jazz Fest every year, and a local drum band SambaNova, does a downtown street parade to kick it off -- I have always danced with them. The past 2 years, I have had to refuse the invitation, and hopefully, the surgeon will have good news for me next week. Maybe JazzFest 2012 ..... :(
tal
*loves music, loves to dance* klass
Hi Seismic:
In these 2 videos you'll note that the facial expressions of those listening to Fantasia are beyond words ...
doofdaddy~ that's wonderful you felt so free~ it feels so good to get it out, and to get lost in it
talesin! you haven't walded for 18 months?! Hopefully good news when you see the surgeon!!
Wanted to share this~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blsor7kURZs&feature=player_detailpage
FFF, that was beautiful and I bookmarked it! love arab voices -- check out Nathan Natas' thread today - it's a beautiful poem, yet sad, I think you would like it. Thanks for the good wishes ,,, want to lose the cast/cane/pain ... I am ever hopeful!
tal
Music can also be a link to your past--something the Washtowel doesn't like. A song comes out when you were on vacation--the song might be about getting drunk and fighting, but to you it stands for that vacation. Or, a group of songs come out together during a period of your life, and that whole group stands for the events during that period. This can be early, when you spent a week with friends way out of town for the only time in your life, or later such as when you attend college or move out on your own. Take one of those songs away or tamper with it in any way, and you ruin the whole effect.
Then comes the Washtowel. They put out some of the worst excuses of "music(??)", and then claim that you should be listening to that. That is supposed to stand for "the most important thing you ever done, which is to get baptized". Trouble is, it never does because of the lousy quality. Those who are recruited are supposed to throw away most of their collection, thus destroying their link to your past. Born-ins never get to develop such links (they are supposed to do field circus and are generally banned from doing anything to form a link to).
I suppose people can live without music. But, it wouldn't be as pleasant. And I do agree that what is finding its way to the radio is nothing but crap because a few companies now control the whole industry. (Which is going to deprive a whole generation of this form of linking good memories to songs in the future.) But, there will always be classics--even those who are 10 or less, or are teenagers, can enjoy Michael Jackson. I feel that the Thriller is going to be one of the masterpieces of the 20th century. Led Zeppelin's box set is the biggest seller of box sets--for a good reason (it's good music). Saturday Night Fever and Fleetwood Mac's Rumors deserve a second life among this generation, along with the most thrown out album among the witlesses (Hotel California).
