A beautiful song

Jack3 · **Posted:** Thu Oct 18, 2018 11:13 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYQseeZGvl8

Highlander · **Posted:** Fri Oct 19, 2018 4:58 pm

Frankly, my musical tradition and the one of this song are very, very different. So, I found it hard to consider it beautiful.

However, since you do ... consider it so, I watched it again. I first noted that the visuals are quite lovely. Then, as I paired the visuals with the song, I found that it grew on me. I began to hear the melody. And, by the end of the second hearing, I would agree that it evokes a pleasant reaction. And that it is enjoyable. I liked it.

Further reflection makes me wonder how my favorite songs would be heard by those with quite different musical traditions. Some, I have no doubt, would not be well received. For example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QGMCSCFoKA

Thank you for sharing it.

kage_ar · **Posted:** Fri Oct 19, 2018 6:26 pm

Jack3 wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYQseeZGvl8

You are a romantic at heart, you must make your mamma smile

Would you give an interpretation of the lyrics?

kage_ar · **Posted:** Fri Oct 19, 2018 6:30 pm

Highlander wrote:

Frankly, my musical tradition and the one of this song are very, very different. So, I found it hard to consider it beautiful.

However, since you do ... consider it so, I watched it again. I first noted that the visuals are quite lovely. Then, as I paired the visuals with the song, I found that it grew on me. I began to hear the melody. And, by the end of the second hearing, I would agree that it evokes a pleasant reaction. And that it is enjoyable. I liked it.

Further reflection makes me wonder how my favorite songs would be heard by those with quite different musical traditions. Some, I have no doubt, would not be well received. For example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QGMCSCFoKA

Thank you for sharing it.

I think it was this documentary (I watch so many documentaries that the names escape me) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4680116/ that moved me so much. At the end, the love that he has for his fans moved me to tears.

He is someone I would love to meet (no pun intended).

Jack3 · **Posted:** Fri Oct 19, 2018 10:58 pm

kage_ar wrote:

Jack3 wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYQseeZGvl8

You are a romantic at heart, you must make your mamma smile

Quote:

Would you give an interpretation of the lyrics?

The lyrics are penned by Vayalar Sharath Chandra Varma, son of the legendary Vayalar Rama Varma.

My translation attempt follows; I am unable to carry the literary beauty to a foreign language though.

Blue-eyed deer,
you are for me
Blue-eyed deer,
I am a pair-bird for you
You are the pair-bird for me,
in the journey forward
We are a bridge that joins two lands
We are one forever
There is nothing between us
Only the thought "we"

Jack3 · **Posted:** Fri Oct 19, 2018 11:02 pm

Some other songs I like:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQOuQvUYqF4 (with translation) / https://youtu.be/DCwnvQIf054 (with visuals)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xC72zB8Tzcc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMj4ThF5GJE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsJkhu8K1gs

Jack3 · **Posted:** Sat Oct 20, 2018 3:03 am

Highlander wrote:

Frankly, my musical tradition and the one of this song are very, very different. So, I found it hard to consider it beautiful.

However, since you do ... consider it so, I watched it again. I first noted that the visuals are quite lovely. Then, as I paired the visuals with the song, I found that it grew on me. I began to hear the melody. And, by the end of the second hearing, I would agree that it evokes a pleasant reaction. And that it is enjoyable. I liked it...

Thank you for sharing it.

Quote:

Further reflection makes me wonder how my favorite songs would be heard by those with quite different musical traditions. Some, I have no doubt, would not be well received. For example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QGMCSCFoKA

You are right in thinking that some of your favorite songs will not be well-received by those of a different musical tradition. Frankly speaking and with all due respect, when the song began, I thought it was more like speaking than singing. Then it was more like growling than singing and then wailing than singing and after that panting than singing. I've heard it only once though :wink:

Let me hear it again.

FWIW this is an English song that I do like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdc3RdXoFwA

Highlander · **Posted:** Sat Oct 20, 2018 11:45 am

Jack3 wrote:

...You are right in thinking that some of your favorite songs will not be well-received by those of a different musical tradition. Frankly speaking and with all due respect, when the song began, I thought it was more like speaking than singing. Then it was more like growling than singing and then wailing than singing and after that panting than singing. I've heard it only once though :wink:

Let me hear it again.

FWIW this is an English song that I do like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdc3RdXoFwA

Nice song.

And I get it and I take no offense. Much of the appeal, in really solid rock n' roll, is exactly what you pointed out. Overflowing and powerful emotion trumps all. I thought your reaction might range from horror to disgust.

And there are similar traditions to mine, but not hard rock, i.e.:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-jwKmHMh-o

A little dramatic in my tradition, but I really like it.

And very dated, and in a different style, I find this beautiful:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmactMIhrRM

The voices have it here.

Jack3 · **Posted:** Sun Oct 21, 2018 5:34 am

Highlander wrote:

Jack3 wrote:

...You are right in thinking that some of your favorite songs will not be well-received by those of a different musical tradition. Frankly speaking and with all due respect, when the song began, I thought it was more like speaking than singing. Then it was more like growling than singing and then wailing than singing and after that panting than singing. I've heard it only once though :wink:

Let me hear it again.

FWIW this is an English song that I do like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdc3RdXoFwA

Nice song.

And I get it and I take no offense. Much of the appeal, in really solid rock n' roll, is exactly what you pointed out. Overflowing and powerful emotion trumps all. I thought your reaction might range from horror to disgust.

And there are similar traditions to mine, but not hard rock, i.e.:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-jwKmHMh-o

A little dramatic in my tradition, but I really like it.

And very dated, and in a different style, I find this beautiful:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmactMIhrRM

The voices have it here.

The two songs you linked to above are rather pleasant; they are "singing singing".

Jack3 · **Posted:** Sun Oct 21, 2018 8:47 am

kage_ar wrote:

Jack3 wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYQseeZGvl8

You are a romantic at heart, you must make your mamma smile

It dawned on me that you are a trained singer and/or come from a family of musicians, so I'll put this once more:

I am very deeply attached to my mother, she is very, very sweet :cloud9:

The following are among the lullabies my mother would sing to me when I was younger:
https://youtu.be/OuIl97tounQ?t=25
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VyZoJAe9B0

:cloud9:

Highlander · **Posted:** Sun Oct 21, 2018 1:07 pm

I have a standard baby gift I give to young couples. It is a collection by Linda Ronstadt in which she takes various songs and recasts them as lullabies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJlpSSEXDkk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7o1U3xiobHQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrRKsWw46OA&t=0s&list=PLgkKIca7IzYkUt7hxG42liOX9XA_jE0uV&index=3

Norwegianblue · **Posted:** Sun Oct 21, 2018 1:24 pm

Highlander wrote:

Frankly, my musical tradition and the one of this song are very, very different. So, I found it hard to consider it beautiful.

However, since you do ... consider it so, I watched it again. I first noted that the visuals are quite lovely. Then, as I paired the visuals with the song, I found that it grew on me. I began to hear the melody. And, by the end of the second hearing, I would agree that it evokes a pleasant reaction. And that it is enjoyable. I liked it.

Further reflection makes me wonder how my favorite songs would be heard by those with quite different musical traditions. Some, I have no doubt, would not be well received. For example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QGMCSCFoKA

Thank you for sharing it.

Would you refer to 'Bat out of hell' as beautiful though?

Highlander · **Posted:** Sun Oct 21, 2018 1:58 pm

Yes.

Different genre, different presentation, different musical tradition. But beautiful. A great thing about music is that it can be appreciated in many forms and traditions and eras; it is not exclusive to any one nexus.

I love and can listen to, for hours, for example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-dzfI3L5ic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2n3I97dOSA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPRonG87eKw

Norwegianblue · **Posted:** Sun Oct 21, 2018 3:45 pm

Highlander wrote:

Yes.

Different genre, different presentation, different musical tradition. But beautiful. A great thing about music is that it can be appreciated in many forms and traditions and eras; it is not exclusive to any one nexus.

I love and can listen to, for hours, for example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-dzfI3L5ic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2n3I97dOSA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPRonG87eKw

Of course, you may consider it beautiful, but I wonder if you misunderstood me still, . But you can appreciate and enjoy a song without thinking it beautiful. I like Thin Lizzy's Whiskey in the Jar. I appreciate and enjoy it. I would not in a million years call it beautiful.

Doom · **Posted:** Sun Oct 21, 2018 3:46 pm

Here, I dare you to listen to this from beginning to end without crying

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW9Cu6GYqxo

Doom · **Posted:** Sun Oct 21, 2018 3:53 pm

Highlander wrote:

Yes.

Different genre, different presentation, different musical tradition. But beautiful. A great thing about music is that it can be appreciated in many forms and traditions and eras; it is not exclusive to any one nexus.

I would not describe 'Bat Out of Hell' as beautiful, any more than I would describe AC/DC as beautiful. However, if you want an example of a Meatloaf that I think is beautiful

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGT1AcMRV9w

GKC · **Joined:** Thu Feb 20, 2003 10:22 pm **Posts:** 19472

Highlander wrote:

Yes.

Different genre, different presentation, different musical tradition. But beautiful. A great thing about music is that it can be appreciated in many forms and traditions and eras; it is not exclusive to any one nexus.

I love and can listen to, for hours, for example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-dzfI3L5ic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2n3I97dOSA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPRonG87eKw

You have unexpected dimensions.

I think I recall you mentioning BOOH, many many years ago.

Doom · **Posted:** Sun Oct 21, 2018 4:23 pm

GKC wrote:

I think I recall you mentioning BOOH, many many years ago.

Well, it is a very old album, released before some of the people on this board, including Jack3, were even born

GKC · **Joined:** Thu Feb 20, 2003 10:22 pm **Posts:** 19472

Doom wrote:

GKC wrote:

I think I recall you mentioning BOOH, many many years ago.

Well, it is a very old album, released before some of the people on this board, including Jack3, were even born

Highlander and I are also very old.

Doom · **Posted:** Sun Oct 21, 2018 4:47 pm

GKC wrote:

Highlander and I are also very old.

But not very, very old I don't think.

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