@Bollox Ref

Written in the 1890's, not the 1970's, but gets me through life,.... and the Nightmare Torture Dungeon doesn't seem to suck so much!

It's the Music that does the healing, and Music that is really our salvation.

I really think that's our species' real role in the greater scheme of things: making Music.

For example, the chorus 'Man born of desire' from Sir Hubert Parry's Invocation to Music, always brings tears to my eyes, especially with the soprano's high note, and sets things to rights personally. Written in the 1890's, not the 1970's, but gets me through life,.... and the Nightmare Torture Dungeon doesn't seem to suck so much!

@orlbucfan

Tasty! It's been awhile since I've heard that tune -- uncut and untrammeled, that is!

Thank you, orlbucfan!

gone ballastic over R & B dating back to 1963 when I heard top 40 tunes on a babysitter's AM radio. Figured I'd post this one. Great tune and badly maligned musical genre!!

https://youtu.be/eBpYgpF1bqQ

Enjoy and Rec'd!!

@on the cusp

No voice, no music from any era should be crassly dismissed because every single one of them portrayed in their art their hopes and their dreams.
It was their truth.

True that! Even if I can't stand it myself -- and with me, that applies to only a tiny minority of all music these days -- it still portrays the hopes, dreams, and frustrations of the artists and their audiences.

Rains in Africa.
6 years ago, I was given a trip to S. Africa. Very much a fluke. (The former friend who gave me this gift trip hasn't spoken to me in 2 years. That was just about the time she became a millionaire.)
And at night, it gently rained, a sound on a canvas tent that is the noise in my head forever. In the morning, gentle rain. During dry season, another fluke.
Many beautiful voices, many meaningful melodies.
Bach played to his audience. Mozart played to his. Never sell short that Verdi transitioned from composing about royals to the little people.
No voice, no music from any era should be crassly dismissed because every single one of them portrayed in their art their hopes and their dreams.
It was their truth.

@PriceRip @PriceRip

I do esoteric, but this is nowhere near my area of expertise:

thanatokephaloides is a compound name with Greek components:

θάνατος, thanatos, death
κεφάλι, kephali, head
-οίδες. -oides, "like" -- a clue that the entire term is a kludge

After flying with that userID for awhile at TOP, it was drawn to my attention that, strictly speaking, "necrokephaloides" is actually a closer translation to what I wanted, i.e., "Dead Head".

I was forced to this juncture because on nearly all blogs, there's already an existing user named "Dead Head", usually someone in his 70s (like the surviving principals of the Grateful Dead themselves).

I hope that clears things up just a touch!

Sean

          this is nowhere near my area of expertise:

My love of the Grateful Dead's music is well known, as my userID proclaims the fact.

thanatokephaloides