Schizoid Playlist

I actually kinda liked that.

-- Tue Jan 24, 2012 1:32 am --

I have to wonder why I listen to music where the lyrics can be found nowhere on the planet Earth. Stupid music.

Magic Pie - Tired

The song's about being tired of conflict. Quite Pink Floyd-ish. This is also a horrible summary.

I usually, and almost always nowadays, just think of vocals as another instrument. Just producing sound, not meaning. When I listen to music, I listen just because I like the way it sounds, not because I feel some kind of connection to the words. That said, back in high school, In My World by Anthrax was by and far my favorite song, and listening to it now, it's kind of obvious why.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtM0A15HttM

anrothar wrote:I usually, and almost always nowadays, just think of vocals as another instrument. Just producing sound, not meaning. When I listen to music, I listen just because I like the way it sounds, not because I feel some kind of connection to the words.

The same here . I know a lot of people that enjoy music because of words, i don't, i enjoy the sound of the song. That's why i don't know any "schizoid" song.
PD: My music tastes are almost all from the '60 , The Doors (Huge fan), Hendrix, Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Janis Joplin, Beatles.

anrothar wrote:I usually, and almost always nowadays, just think of vocals as another instrument. Just producing sound, not meaning. When I listen to music, I listen just because I like the way it sounds, not because I feel some kind of connection to the words.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtM0A15HttM

Same here. Funny thing is I know tons of lyrics to many songs and have never took the time to interpret them or determine what the song means. I think melodies and rhythms speak to me more than anything.

Emi2 wrote:

anrothar wrote:I usually, and almost always nowadays, just think of vocals as another instrument. Just producing sound, not meaning. When I listen to music, I listen just because I like the way it sounds, not because I feel some kind of connection to the words.

The same here . I know a lot of people that enjoy music because of words, i don't, i enjoy the sound of the song. That's why i don't know any "schizoid" song.
PD: My music tastes are almost all from the '60 , The Doors (Huge fan), Hendrix, Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Janis Joplin, Beatles.

This is also how I look at it - love '60s music, too. I have a thing for poems and lyrics, though. I dunno. I write a lot; I look at structure, and well-written lyrics add another dimension to a good song with good music.

Some modern progressive artists are good, too... Ayreon is like fantasy put into sound. I think it fits... I know, I like weird stuff.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS1OryN8UHk

anrothar wrote:I usually, and almost always nowadays, just think of vocals as another instrument. Just producing sound, not meaning. When I listen to music, I listen just because I like the way it sounds, not because I feel some kind of connection to the words.

I agree with this. I can listen to music for the lyrics, but as a rule I just see the vocals as another part of the landscape.

I actually have problems listening to music at all. There are two other threads, in this forum, discussing how people abandon their interests too soon. I'm the same with music; I tire of it very quickly. Often I can go weeks without listening because there is simply nothing I can stand to hear.

The one band that I keep coming back to is radiohead, and their album Amnesiac (the whole album, in order) often manages to describe how I feel.

If I have to pick one track _today_ it's http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQBDsNiCCNM

Twentyseven wrote:

anrothar wrote:I usually, and almost always nowadays, just think of vocals as another instrument. Just producing sound, not meaning. When I listen to music, I listen just because I like the way it sounds, not because I feel some kind of connection to the words.

I agree with this. I can listen to music for the lyrics, but as a rule I just see the vocals as another part of the landscape.

I actually have problems listening to music at all. There are two other threads, in this forum, discussing how people abandon their interests too soon. I'm the same with music; I tire of it very quickly. Often I can go weeks without listening because there is simply nothing I can stand to hear.

The one band that I keep coming back to is radiohead, and their album Amnesiac (the whole album, in order) often manages to describe how I feel.

If I have to pick one track _today_ it's http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQBDsNiCCNM

I don't always look at music in terms of the lyrics... I think what happens is, passively, I learn the words to the song and then go, "Oh, that's cool, sounds like my life/me"
But others I just listen to because the dynamic of the songs are such that it totally absorbs me.

Instead of changing interests, I tend to abandon genres of music all at once and then revisit them at a later date. I'll get a kick out of Electronic music and then can't stand it for a while, switch to hip hop and then loathe that and change to Folk Music or Era Music.

I really can't make any claims about what makes me like a particular piece of music. It varies a lot and there really doesn't seem to be any predefined rule.
Sometimes I crave silence more than anything else...


Black Sabbath - Paranoid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZyVZFJGX5g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gavcjNniIvk