Ok, if you are in France Turquoise B, then you just posted a post at 3 o'clock in the morning. If you are not a drunk staying up to 3am and posting, are you an insomniac?
OffWorld --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], cardemaister <no_reply@> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > But that (understanding spoken language) might have improved > > > > > a bit lately. Namely, when I listen to the lyrics of some > > > > > favourite songs > > > > > from my youth, I notice I now understand the contents > > > > > of those lyrics somewhat better than I used to. :0 > > > > > > > > I have *always* had great difficulty understanding > > > > sung lyrics. Even when the lyrics are very clear, > > > > I have trouble paying attention to them. Oddly > > > > enough, I'll find that I've automatically memorized > > > > the lyrics to songs with which I'm very familiar, > > > > but unless I make a great effort to divorce them > > > > from the music and contemplate them on their own > > > > terms, in my mind the lyrics are just sounds--like > > > > scat-singing--not meaningful words. > > > > > > I'm replying because this is a subject of some > > > interest to me. I've found that *many* people > > > cannot hear the lyrics of songs. I've always > > > been able to, and the lyrics of songs have in > > > fact always been a major influence in my life. > > > > > > I'm not sure what the issue is, whether it's > > > systemic or a matter of conditioning. But there > > > seems little question that some people can't > > > hear the lyrics of song *as language* and as > > > having content, no matter how long they sit > > > and listen to them. I've watched friends *try* > > > to hear song lyrics, and fail completely. Odd. > > > > Not sure what kind of "conditioning" it could be. > > I suspect in my case it's that music tends to > > completely monopolize my attention; my brain just > > finds it inherently more significant than words. > > > > There may be one element of "conditioning," though, > > in that when I *do* manage to really pay attention > > to lyrics, in far too many cases it turns out that > > they don't seem to have been worth my attention in > > the first place. > > That's interesting, but hardly surprising. > > I learned long ago that basically there were > two kinds of people -- those who could hear > lyrics and those who cannot. I also learned > very early never to bother with women who > cannot. If they can't hear and appreciate > the lyrics to songs, it's never going to > work out between us, so it's better not to > get involved in the first place. Turning a > potential love interest on to my favorite > singer/songwriters is kind of a litmus test > for me as to whether to pursue things. And > my "test" has never failed me. I think it's > a systemic or genetic thang; some people > descend from bards and some do not and I > resonate better with those who do. >
