Tag: Music

Older Artists and their New Music – Rick Beato and Youtube on

@wildbillnj1975
I remember hearing Mike Shinoda talk about fans complaining that Linkin Park’s later stuff was less angsty and more nuanced… he said basically “Of course it is… we’re older, in a different place in our lives… it would be pretty sad if our music didn’t grow up with us.”

@lestranged
When you discover a band during the intense emotions of teenage-hood , when you find music that eloquently speaks the feelings you cannot even put into words, it forms an intense bond. It feels like the artists are reading your mind. The music becomes a friend, a confidant, it comforts you and understands you. It forms part of your identity. As you get older, other things or people fill that role. But I just saw Depeche Mode last night and the new songs are gorgeous.

@rogereverett4467
The reason I practically stopped listening to Classic Rock radio stations is because, at 61 years old, I can play all of these songs in my head from start to finish.

@rhysjamais
There’s a term in psychology called ‘prototypical memory’ which is about how we always tend to go back to our very first experiences of something as the reference point for everything that comes after that.

Synchronicity – The Police and Carl Jung – ChatGPT on

There is a Police album called Synchronicity. What is the concept of Synchronicity they are referring to? What is the background of this reference?
ChatGPT
The Police album “Synchronicity,” released in 1983, takes its title from the concept of synchronicity, which was popularized by Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung.

Synchronicity refers to meaningful coincidences that occur in our lives, events that seem to be meaningfully related but lack a clear causal connection. Jung proposed that these occurrences could not be explained by conventional notions of cause and effect, but rather suggested the existence of a deeper, interconnected order to the universe. In essence, synchronicity suggests that events are “meaningful coincidences” rather than purely random occurrences.

The background of this reference lies in Jung’s work on psychology and his exploration of the human psyche. Jung introduced the concept of synchronicity to emphasize the interconnectedness of the universe and the idea that events could be linked through meaning rather than just through cause and effect relationships.

The Police’s album “Synchronicity” explores themes related to this concept, with lyrics that touch on existential questions, relationships, and the interconnectedness of events. The album cover itself features a synchronicity diagram, depicting a set of circles intersecting with one another, which further emphasizes the album’s exploration of this theme. Overall, the album reflects a fascination with the mysterious and interconnected nature of human experience.

Who Feels It Knows It – Jamaican Saying


From Youtube comments:
@bigben5071
This is Bunny Wailer singing lead

There is a Jamaican and or Rastafarian idea and I think it’s either Who Feels it Knows it or Who Knows it Feels it. Can you give me some sources?
ChatGPT
The phrase you’re referring to is “Who feels it knows it.” It’s a Jamaican saying that has been popularized in reggae music and Rastafarian culture. It essentially means that those who have experienced something deeply understand it in a way that others may not.

While it’s difficult to pinpoint a specific source for this phrase since it’s deeply ingrained in Jamaican culture and has been widely used in various contexts, you can find its usage in reggae music lyrics, Rastafarian literature, and Jamaican proverbs.

One notable example of its use is in the lyrics of the song “Who Feels It Knows It” by Jamaican reggae artist Johnny Clarke. The song reflects on the struggles and hardships faced by people in impoverished communities, emphasizing that only those who have experienced such struggles truly understand them.

Additionally, you may encounter this phrase in writings about Rastafarian philosophy or Jamaican culture, where it’s used to convey the idea of empathy and understanding through shared experiences.

While there may not be a single definitive source for this phrase, its usage in various cultural expressions underscores its significance within Jamaican and Rastafarian communities.

Freedom · The Housemartins

I used to think you understood
Taught me right and learnt me good
Made things simple for my brain
Told the truth and made it plain

But the implications I mistook
Until I found out whose side you took
And now with paper in my hand
I’m beginning to understand

So this is freedom
(They must be joking)
They must be joking
(If they think its true)

So this is freedom
(I doubt their truth)
So this is freedom
(For me and you)

From the front page news to the interviews
Its sink the reds and left the blues
They pretend they’re differing points of view
But it’s only different shades of blue

But the implications I mistook
Until I found out whose side you took
And now with paper in my hand
I’m beginning to understand

So this is freedom
(They must be joking)
They must be joking
(If they think its true)

So this is freedom
(I doubt their truth)
So this is freedom
(For me and you)

F.R.E.E.D.O.M.
They locked us up once
So they’ll do it again

C.H.A.I.N.E.D.
They locked up my friends
Now they’re coming for me

Rock and Roll Rasputin – Holocaust Survivor to Rolling Stones Insider

He was born in Krakow, Poland, in 1923. When he was 15 years old, Hitler’s forces came through his Jewish neighborhood, torching homes and shooting people in the street. Freddy, along with his entire family, was rounded up and sent to a nearby concentration camp.

He attempted an escape one night, and it worked. He left his family behind and made his way to Russia. But when the Communists got hold of him, they shipped him to Siberia. They then sent him to England during World War II, because the Allies needed translators in London. Freddy spoke English, Polish, Russian, German, and Yiddish.

When the war was over, he returned to Poland to search for his family, but learned they were dead. The house he grew up in was no longer standing.
Freddy had to start his life over.

…

The more I got to know Freddy on the Steel Wheels tour, the more I understood why he needed to be there. People labeled him a dope pusher, star-fucker, bullshit artist, and dirty old man, but he was a lot more complex than that.

“Hitler killed my family,” he reminded me one night. “My mudder, my fadder, viped out. But vot can I do about dat now? Sit in de house and cry? Vait for my blood clots to kill me? I gotta live, baby! I gotta prove dey couldn’t finish me off.”

The groupies, glamour, and fast pace offered Freddy a vibrancy he couldn’t find anywhere else. While folks his age were playing shuffleboard, Freddy was hangin’ with the Stones. Every line he snorted and every groupie he laid was an affirmation of life and a proclamation of survival. “Look vehr I am today, and look vehr you are, you Nazi cocksuckers!” Every time he danced at a Stones concert—and man, you should’ve seen him—it was like he was dancing on Hitler’s grave. “I’m gonna dance not just for me, but for all my relatives who can’t.”

Under Their Thumb: How a Nice Boy from Brooklyn Got Mixed Up with the Rolling Stones (and Lived to Tell About It)
Bill German

Freddy = Freddy Sessler. From chapter 25 – rock and roll rasputin

Hang Fire – The Rolling Stones – Video, Lyrics, Title Meaning, Context

Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, “Hang Fire” is a fast-paced, up-tempo rock and roll track, which belies the happy beat with sharp, satirical lyrics directed squarely at England’s economic decline through the 1970s.

In the sweet old country where I come from, Nobody ever works, Yeah nothing gets done/We hang fire, we hang fire.

The lyrics lament an unemployed working-class Englishman who would rather bet the horses than try to marry into the upper class, the only way to get ahead in English society.

You know marrying money is a full time job/I don’t need the aggravation/I’m a lazy slob.

The song is one of the few times the band wrote an overtly political song, and it is notable that it was never released as a single in England, even though the band was touring Europe during the single’s North American release. The lyrical irony and commentary on English society harks back to some of the group’s more socially contentious songs of the sixties such as “Mother’s Little Helper”, “19th Nervous Breakdown” and “Street Fighting Man”.

Richards was asked about the track in a 1981 Rolling Stone magazine interview where he admits the track relates to England and the “ugly politicians” who had caused the country to decline when the “money got tight”.

The title expression “hang fire” (by formal definition) means to do nothing, to delay, wait, hold back, or hesitate.The phrase originally denoted the instance when a gun, using an antique type of ignition such as percussion cap, or flintlock, would fail or markedly delay to fire when the trigger was pulled.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hang_Fire

In the sweet old country where I come from
Nobody ever works
Yeah nothing gets done
We hang fire, we hang fire

You know marrying money is a full time job
I don’t need the aggravation
I’m a lazy slob
I hang fire, I hang fire
Hang fire, put it on the wire baby
Hang fire, hang fire put it on the wire baby, go ahead
Hang fire

We’ve got nothing to eat
We got nowhere to work
Nothing to drink
We just lost our shirts
I’m on the dole
We ain’t for hire
Say what the hell
Say what the hell, hang fire
Hang fire, hang fire, hang fire, put it on the wire, baby
Hang fire, hang fire, hang fire, hang fire
Hang fire, hang fire, put it on the wire, baby

Doo doo doo
Doo doo doo
Doo doo doo
Doo doo

Doo doo doo
Doo doo doo
Doo doo doo
Doo doo, hang fire, hang fire, hang fire

Doo doo doo
Doo doo doo
Doo doo doo, hang fire, hang fire, put it on the wire, baby
Doo doo

Doo doo doo
Doo doo doo
Doo doo doo
Doo doo

Yeah ten thousand dollars, go have some fun
Put it all on at a hundred to one
Hang fire, hang fire, hang fire, put it on the wire, baby
Doo doo
Doo doo, hang fire, hang fire put it on the wire
Hang fire, hang fire, hang fire, hang fire
Put it on the wire, baby
Put it on the wire

Burning Down the House – Talking Heads

On writing “Burning Down the House”
The phrase “burning down the house” I’d heard being used as a chant at a Parliament-Funkadelic concert that I’d seen. They didn’t have it in a song. It was just a kind of chant that they started chanting and the audience joined in and it meant, like, “We’re going to blow the roof off the sucker. We’re going to set this place on fire. We’re going to have a really amazing time here.” It didn’t mean literally, let’s set fire to our houses or anything else. And the rest of it, I thought, let me see if I can make a song that is basically a lot of non-sequiturs that have a kind of emotional impact. That they have some sort of emotional resonance, but literally they don’t make any sense. … Like the film title, it doesn’t make literal sense, but it makes emotional sense.

https://www.npr.org/2023/11/01/1209679558/david-byrne-talking-heads-stop-making-sense

JERRY HARRISON: We thought MTV was a little silly. A lot of the videos, like Duran Duran’s, felt more like fashion shoots than films. David directed “Burning Down the House” with Julia Heyward, a conceptual artist, and the idea was that we had alter egos, including a little kid who climbs all over David. He had a tendency to cram a lot of ideas into those early videos, but the one for “Burning Down the House” was actually a hit.

I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution

Watch out, you might get what you’re after
Cool, babies – strange but not a stranger
I’m an ordinary guy
Burning down the house

Hold tight, wait till the party’s over
Hold tight, we’re in for nasty weather
There has got to be a way
Burning down the house

Here’s your ticket, pack your bag, it’s time for jumping overboard
The transportation is here
Close enough but not too far, maybe you know where you are
Fighting fire with fire, ah!

All wet, here, you might need a raincoat
Shake-down, dreams walking in broad daylight
Three hundred sixty-five degrees
Burning down the house

It was once upon a place, sometimes I listen to myself
Gonna come in first place
People on their way to work say, “Baby, what did you expect?”
Gonna burst into flame, ah
Burning down the house

My house is out of the ordinary
That’s right, don’t wanna hurt nobody
Some things sure can sweep me off my feet
Burning down the house

No visible means of support and you have not seen nothing, yet
Everything’s stuck together
I don’t know what you expect staring into the TV set
Fighting fire with fire, ah