Subject: Music Conditioning Tue 17 Nov 2009, 3:46 am
I Ran ("Iran") Flock Of Seagulls Released: October 1982
Related Event: The Iranian hostage crisis was a diplomatic crisis between Iran and the United States where 53 Americans were held hostage for 444 days from November 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981, after a group of Islamist students and militants took over the American embassy in support of the Iranian Revolution.
Related Event: The Iran–Iraq War, also known as the Imposed War and Holy Defense in Iran, and Saddām'sQādisiyyah in Iraq, was a war between the armed forces of Iraq and Iran lasting from September 1980 to August 1988.
Lyrics I walked along the avenue. I never thought I'd meet a girl like you; Meet a girl like you. With auburn hair and tawny eyes; The kind of eyes that hypnotize me through; Hypnotize me through.
And I ran, I ran so far away. I just ran, I ran all night and day. I couldn't get away.
A cloud appears above your head; A beam of light comes shining down on you, Shining down on you. The cloud is moving nearer still. Aurora Borealis comes in view; Aurora comes in view.
And I ran, I ran so far away. I just ran, I ran all night and day. I couldn't get away.
Reached out a hand to touch your face; You're slowly disappearing from my view; Disappearing from my view. Reached out a hand to try again; I'm floating in a beam of light with you; A beam of light with you.
And I ran, I ran so far away. I just ran, I ran all night and day. And I ran, I ran so far away. I just ran, I couldn't get away.
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They Live
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Subject: Re: Music Conditioning Tue 17 Nov 2009, 3:48 am
Like a Rock ("Iraq") Bob Seger
Released: April 1986
Related Event: The Persian Gulf War (2 August 1990 – 28 February 1991), also known as the Gulf War, the First Gulf War by Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein as The Mother of all Battles, and Operations Desert Storm.
Related Event: The Iran–Iraq War, also known as the Imposed War and Holy Defense in Iran, and Saddām'sQādisiyyah in Iraq, was a war between the armed forces of Iraq and Iran lasting from September 1980 to August 1988.
Stood there boldly Sweatin' in the sun Felt like a million Felt like number one The height of summer I'd never felt that strong Like a rock
I was eighteen Didn't have a care Working for peanuts Not a dime to spare But I was lean and Solid everywhere Like a rock
My hands were steady My eyes were clear and bright My walk had purpose My steps were quick and light And I held firmly To what I felt was right Like a rock
Like a rock, I was strong as I could be Like a rock, nothin' ever got to me Like a rock, I was something to see Like a rock
And I stood arrow straight Unencumbered by the weight Of all these hustlers and their schemes I stood proud, I stood tall High above it all I still believed in my dreams
Twenty years now Where'd they go? twenty years I don't know sit and I wonder sometimes Where they've gone
And sometimes late at night When I'm bathed in the firelight The moon comes callin' a ghostly white And I recall recall
Like a rock. standin' arrow straight Like a rock, chargin' from the gate Like a rock, carryin' the weight Like a rock
Like a rock, the sun upon my skin Like a rock, hard against the wind Like a rock, I see myself again Like a rock
LindyLady
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Subject: Re: Music Conditioning Wed 18 Nov 2009, 7:26 pm
Music and the Mind ('Music Neuroscience')
They Live
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Subject: Adorno about Popular Music Wed 18 Nov 2009, 9:46 pm
Adorno comments on the music of the 60's generation which was made for protesting against the Vietnam war and which some declare to be the first sign of a global movement. He expresses his doubts about the value of combining popular music for the purpose of political protest.
He says it is doomed to failure because the whole popular music business is too closely connected to consumption, which Adorno believes is the driving force of capitalism, which is the driving force of war.
Adorno considers songs that include anti-war content to be "unconsumable" because these songs make the horror of war consumable, and therefore originate from the same impulse as war. Hence, pop music and the mass culture industry supports the same system that it protests - a cultural industry that is only concerned with amusement and consumption, with these factors being the principle forces of war.
Unmutual
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Subject: Re: Music Conditioning Sun 09 May 2010, 10:08 pm
Somewhere I recall someone posting Cat Stevens on this site - maybe it was even me. Anyway, I think Cat understood what was going on, even in the 1970's. Remember, "children" refer to the public. Here, he appears to be talking directly to the establishment. Perhaps that is why he had to bail-on his career and live overseas.
Cat Stevens Where Do The Children Play
Well I think it's fine, building jumbo planes. Or taking a ride on a cosmic train. Switch on summer from a slot machine. Yes, get what you want to if you want, 'cause you can get anything.
I know we've come a long way, We're changing day to day, But tell me, where do the children play?
Well you roll on roads over fresh green grass. For your lorry loads pumping petrol gas. And you make them long, and you make them tough. But they just go on and on, and it seems that you can't get off.
Oh, I know we've come a long way, We're changing day to day, But tell me, where do the children play?
Well you've cracked the sky, scrapers fill the air. But will you keep on building higher 'til there's no more room up there? Will you make us laugh, will you make us cry? Will you tell us when to live, will you tell us when to die?
I know we've come a long way, We're changing day to day, But tell me, where do the children play?