The power of divide et impera is what I see performed here. I'll see how that helps me in replying to James' question, which is still open, because I think so differently.
> Am 07.02.2014 um 13:08 schrieb Molly <[email protected]>: > > We all suffer alone, Gabby, and collectively may or may not feel a cause. > There does seem to be a drama in there, somewhere, but it continues to elude > me as I quit participating in psychodrama long ago. My compassion can't seem > to touch it, although I occasionally feel it enough to express. Music then, > as Andrew suggests, can be a relief. Like beauty, the artist's work can > inspire, but our sensibilities are honed over time and experience. To each > his own. The real stuff liberates us from the knowing. > >> On Friday, February 7, 2014 3:55:48 AM UTC-5, Gabby wrote: >> Yes, that's you Molly, the holy reunion lover! : >> My reality of you, the stuff I knew I had to suffer under, would they go >> real. >> >> >> >>> Am 07.02.2014 um 01:15 schrieb Molly <[email protected]>: >>> >>> Well, I loved that Jack Bruce's last line in the video of this historic >>> Cream reunion was "That's the real stuff," probably because the passion for >>> the music of these three musicians, reunited after going their own way as >>> teenagers to make music history, is obvious in this performance. But, >>> beauty in the eye of the beholder is hard to argue. >>> >>>> On Thursday, February 6, 2014 9:40:41 AM UTC-5, Gabby wrote: >>>> Haven't you posted this before? Or was it Francis? I understand that this >>>> is very much the music of the stars of your time. And I understand that >>>> this is good music, like Andrew said. Yet the displayed Born Under A Bad >>>> Sign attitude cannot compete with the "I've been down so goddamn long that >>>> it looks like up to me" time span that the Doors overlooked. Absolutely >>>> timeless in respect of dealing with self-pity is Douglas Adams. Here's a >>>> reminder from his So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish: >>>> "And as he drove on, the rain clouds dragged down the sky after him for, >>>> though he did not know it, Rob McKenna was a Rain God. All he knew was >>>> that his working days were miserable and he had a succession of lousy >>>> holidays. All the clouds knew was that they loved him and wanted to be >>>> near him, to cherish him and to water him." >>>> >>>> >>>> 2014-02-05 Molly <[email protected]>: >>>>> Here's the real stuff http://youtu.be/uEGVtbgYx2I >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> On Tuesday, February 4, 2014 12:28:02 AM UTC-5, archytas wrote: >>>>>> I had the Superbowl on last night. I was quickly bored (Denver didn't >>>>>> turn up) and muted the broadcast whilst doing some work. Looking up it >>>>>> was half-time. Without the 'music' the Black-eyed Peas and others >>>>>> strutting about on stage looked utterly ludicrous, but still better than >>>>>> with sound! I can get into, say, Beethoven's 9th and a wide range of >>>>>> live performances. I would pay to have the vast majority of so-called >>>>>> music turned-off. I cannot remotely understand why anyone would inflict >>>>>> it on me. Nietzsche, an idiot if ever there was one, was swooned by >>>>>> military processions and bands. Some people are very easily swooned, so >>>>>> selfish they can't understand annoying other people is wrong and unaware >>>>>> reasonable silence is a social demand. Germany is very different to the >>>>>> UK in this respect - even if your kids are noisy there you are expected >>>>>> to take them out so as not to annoy your neighbours. Harder to describe >>>>>> the soul-touching, especially as I doubt some of the annoying prats have >>>>>> one! If you can do pelvic thrusts to it I reckon it ain't music and has >>>>>> no soul. >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Monday, 27 January 2014 07:31:18 UTC, andrew vecsey wrote: >>>>>>> Why does music captivate our soul as powerfully as it does? 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