In the vein of real protest songs, I’m curious: what is your favorite protest song?
I’m a big fan of “Call It Democracy” by Bruce Cockburn
It’s a song about the IMF and the lyrics are incredible.
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Not sure if this is a 100% protest song, but I feel like it is. Anyways , just a great song - “Ball of confusion” by The Temptations. Just a side note - I’ve heard this song for the first time in a film, which is not a protest movie but one of the best comedies of the last 20 years imo - Tropic Thunder 😁.
I knew you were one of them. The photo from the other day - with chicken and the salad - couldn’t hide the truth.
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I like what you post and your dog is super cute 🥰
I wonder why he waited for 2 years. Do you think he wanted to have the painting for himself for some time ? Can you imagine to have original Mona Lisa in your possession ? Do you think he hung the painting up on his kitchen’s or living room’s wall ? And all that time she was looking at him with this smile on her face, silently asking - “are you happy now , did you achieve what you wanted”? If I were him I wouldn’t be able to handle having Mona Lisa in my personal possession . It would be just too much for an ordinary human . She was looked at by millions for few centuries, she absorbed all this admiration , love , excitement, envy , smiles , sighs and tears - to end up in a living room of one person ? Who even didn’t admire the painting itself but was most probably slightly crazy Italian patriot (my assumption, maybe totally wrong). But it wasn’t about art, more likely about politics or restoring justice - but still not about Mona Lisa... Very interesting story with a happy ending , the painting wasn’t damaged and noone got hurt 😄
#3 , I don't have any reasoning behind - it just looks better than the other three.
I think it depends, each particular musician has his own creative process. I think you are right and it's easier to write lyrics to music, bc music defines the rhyme, the length and complexity of a thought or a story that is to be told in a song. And its obviously easier to put together semi coherent text when you have a catchy tune. But with some musicians its so clear that the core of their songs are lyrics. what comes to my mind is Queen's songs, almost in all of them the texts are so complex and cohesive, they tell stories, they can be published and read as poems even without music - so I have no doubts lyrics were written first and then they created music canvas in a studio. I also understood that was thier process when I watched the biopick. The Doors, Beatles, Eagles , a lot of "old" rock music is text-centric. The fact that so many songs of 60-90ss had also an amazing music just shows the level of the talent of that times creators. Obviously we need to factor the genre , for some genres the lyrics are secondary or even not important at all. What is the mechanics of the actual in-studio work process - I don't know. I think it can be very different for every band or a singer .
It looks like someone reported you twice 😆. Lol. This is true affection 😉
He looks like a troublemaker 😈🙃
Milk Renaissance 😄
Some big media account on Twitter asked people what they think the best music album ever was, front to back.
While some albums are more iconic than others, the fascinating thing about the question is how it tends to be a sign of what era someone came of age in (i.e. which decade they grew up as a teenager), and what cultural part of that era they were more in line with. Sure, some people go back and find older iconic music and appreciate it the most, the absolute greats of the past, but the more typical outcome is that someone finds music from their coming-of-age years to be what somehow sticks out.
For me it was rock in the 2000s, and my mental answer to the question of "best album?" was Meteora by Linkin Park.
While it was a very popular album and also well-remembered, it doesn't generally go down on the ageless list of greats. In other words, it's always kind of a top two or three genre item. I could argue why other more iconic albums are better, and why they "should" be my answer. For example I could go a little bit before my time, but still close enough, and say Nirvana's Nevermind was better. That would poll better.
But basically, as a product of my time, Meteora is just the one that struck the right chords at the right time when I was a teenager. It's the one that spoke to me. I would listen to it casually, and then also listen to certain songs in it before martial arts tournaments to get myself in the combat zone. Even as my musical tastes changed over time, that's the album I listened to the most of all time, and so when I hear it in the present day, I still appreciate it a ton.
The fact that they crossed genres appealed to me a lot. Their main vocalist, Bennington, struck their melodic and emotional aspect. The other vocalist, Shinoda, was their hip-hop guy, with a rougher or more practical aspect. Mr. Hahn brought an electronic aspect, and Delson brought the rock guitar aspect. Some of their stylization was anime-aligned, and I was into anime at the time. Basically whatever vibes I might be feeling as a teenager at the time, there was something in Linkin Park that spoke to it, with Meteora being among their best and which came out at the right time when I was 15. It's like Bennington would speak to my emo aspect and help me acknowledge it, while Shinoda and the others would pump me back up, and tell me to not fuck around and get back out there, and boost my confidence. Yin and Yang.
Another reason I thought of this is that here in 2023, Linkin Park released a 20th anniversary edition of Meteora, which included a couple songs like "Lost" that didn't make it into the original. It all hits a bit harder for us fans based on the fact that the lead singer, Chester Bennington, is no longer with us. RIP.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NK_JOkuSVY&ab_channel=LinkinPark
Anyway, I’m doing a series of “real thoughts” uniquely on Nostr, and this is the second one.
Conclusion: Sometimes what hits harder subjectively is worth appreciating, rather than just whatever can be argued to be the best objective answer. Somewhere on that border between "objectively good" and "came out at the right time and hit the spot for you and imprinted itself" is your answer that is worth exploring and sharing.
What's your answer?
Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morisette and Mezzanine by Massive Attack mostly these two. Outside classic music it was Massive Attack that shaped my taste.
I forgot the most important ones 😆😆😆: what is your favourite colour and who you wanted to be profession wise when you where a child .
Hey :) 1. Are you Persian (I assumed this but not sure), 2. If yes - do you speak Farsi , do you consider yourself Persian or American of Persian descent or maybe sth else or maybe it doesn’t matter to you at all :) , 3. In you family do you celebrate Iranian culture, traditions etc? , 4. You have an amazing skin - what brands do you use and what is your skincare routine?, 5. What is your favourite perfume , or note/-s in perfumery ?
I want to live as long as possible and i am not ashamed of this :). I also think that with current state of health care,our very comfortable life styles and obviously all the improvements and break throughs that will be brought by ai,life expectancy ar.
100-120 years is very plausible. My grand grand mother and grandfather lived till their mid and late 90s and they didn't require any 3d party support almost to the very end ,no dementia and such. If they were able to do this, it will be a disgrace for me not to live at least 25 % longer 😄 given no nuclear disaster on macro level or lethal accident on my micro level. Having said that i also understand that I can only do what is in my control, but the ultimate desicion about my last day on this earth doesn't belong to me. Above all I wish you and all nostreches to live a long and fulfilling life 💜💜💜
Journey to Ixtlan by C. Castaneda. 2d time read, want to refresh and compare what I think of it now after 10 years when I've read it for the 1st time. You know how it is, sometimes books hit differently or don't hit at all when being read again in another period of life.
This is so true - all the most interesting, thought provocative and unbelievable stories I've been told - were told by old ppl, both inside my family and strangers. I love children, but I also love and respect those who made it till their 60s and further. They have so much to tell, to share with us. I truly believe that cultures that hold their seniors in great respect and under good social care are superior to those where old ppl marginalised, disrespected or alienated. These societies are shooting themselves in a foot. I also regret so much that didn't talk more with my grandparents when they were alive, that I didn't write down everything they were telling me about their childhood, youth , their parents and grandparents. Don't be like me, be unlike me 😀, call or visit your grandparents, parents, uncles and aunts more often. Or just talk sometimes to old ppl on the streets, hospitals etc (when its apropriate of course, not like a crazy person 😄). They are amazing, most of the time hehe .
Also pilea peperomioides and ficus Benjamina are quite low maintenance imo 🌱
Omg 😍😍😍, “I’m speechless , I have no speech “