Just to expand on a previous comment, with a lot of popular music, especially when I was younger, Iāve been more interested in the interplay between the instruments and voices, more interested in how the words sound with the music than in what the words actually say and mean. Iām thinking especially about a lot of Genesis from the '70s and '80s, where they would do these extended prog-rock pieces with a lot of instrumental stuff and apparently be telling wild stories, but I was always just most interested in the sound.
On the other hand, a piece like Morton Lauridsenās arrangement of O magnum mysterium can bring me to tears because of the sound, the way it was written to emphasize the meaning of the text, and the meaning of the text itself (even though my Latin knowledge is garbage), especially after listening to him describe how he came up with some of his ideas for the music.
Youāre welcome. The description video (~8 minutes or so) is actually longer than the piece itself, and I thought about linking that, too, but wasnāt sure which one to pick. Kind of like your recent Bjƶrk situation: Which to choose? Plenty are available on the 'Tube.
Have you ever read that? I remember my dad talking about how weird it was when he read it (and I think wrote a paper about it when he was taking classes for his masterās degree). Years later I picked up a copy in a used bookstore and enjoyed it.
Itās an interesting peek into the mind of someone who has dealt with mental illness, I think. (Thereās more to the book than that, but thatās what stuck with me.) Another one along those lines is The Eden Express, by Mark Vonnegut (son of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.), who writes like his dad.
That is interesting. I should get the Cliff Notes versions. I am not a reader, althought audio books are as close as I get. My dad and sister have the reading gene, as they read for fun. I tend to fall asleep unless it is scifi or an instruction manual. My mom didnāt have the reading gene as well.
Literature, music, art, movies anything that is copyrightable falls into same category. Donāt confuse copyright with ownership though. Copyright applies to fair use of art (any art), for example after 2084 Evisā music can be used by anyone in commercials or what have you as long as that copyright hasnāt been transferred to someone else. In that case it is 50 years after that persons death.
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Edit: I decided to pick one:
