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The 'How Does Music Affect You?' thread (in association with Shard)

Steven

(Yes, it's yet another thread with which I try to distract myself from myself, and from the troubles I constantly bring both to me and to all-round much better people):

How Does Music Affect You?

There's an interesting article on the NAS website about music therapy for autists. One unfortunate person who struggles to communicate his emotions has been helped by way of this therapy: thankfully, he can now use musical instruments to have a 'voice' when, ordinarily, he might be lost in silence. After reading this feature, I wondered how music affects our lives? Not only in the 'helping' sense but also in music's basic power to change or sustain our moods? It doesn't matter if your own examples are standard or unusual ones. I'll start us off ~

*Cue the obligatory and dreaded 'Simon examples', listed because he has no actual life-experiences beyond those in his mind*:

1. When watching Kate Bush's 'The Sensual World' video, I feel transported to a world of Romance. It's like a Pre-Raphaelite painting come to life. A medieval fairytale in crimson, adorned with Autumn leaves. It is breathtaking. Who needs reality?:

'And how we wished to live in the sensual world...
You don't need words -
Just one kiss, then another

Stepping out of the page
Into the sensual world'

2. I often have images in my mind when listening to music, but sometimes I get it 'wrong'. On hearing a Classical piece, I was unshakeably convinced that it soundtracked a slender ship cutting through the ocean, casting blue waves aside; later, I found out that the piece actually represented the flowering of an English country garden. Doh.

More interestingly, (I hope): How Does Music Affect *You*?

Parents

  • Music is where is escape to, if deep in thought Puccini is an emotional escape. We often holiday in Tuscany, Puccini was born in Lucca, the students at the Opera School hold concerts in the Summer in an open air theatre. People can sit with picnics and watch, you don’t have to be near anyone else. Hope to do it next year.

    I’m into early Elton John at the moment and listen to ‘Goodbye Yellow brick road’ at least once a day.

    One that makes me happy is Georgy Girl by The Seekers.

    This one takes me to another place, It’s Procul Harem, A Whiter Shade of Pale, live performance with orchestra and choir. Part of it was originally by Bach.

    https://youtu.be/St6jyEFe5WM

  • in reply to Roy

    I don't know much Puccini, just the well known 'bit' (technical term :-)) of Madam Butterfly - but that has a special place in my heart, as it's the music the Seventh Doctor died to (literally - it was diegetically playing during the surgery that failed to stop him succumbing to gun-shot wounds). When  he wakes up in the morgue as Paul McGann he's still got that earworm going on so wanders around humming it despite post-regeneration amnesia about everything else. Lovely clever way to say - 'see, same guy'  

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  • in reply to Roy

    I don't know much Puccini, just the well known 'bit' (technical term :-)) of Madam Butterfly - but that has a special place in my heart, as it's the music the Seventh Doctor died to (literally - it was diegetically playing during the surgery that failed to stop him succumbing to gun-shot wounds). When  he wakes up in the morgue as Paul McGann he's still got that earworm going on so wanders around humming it despite post-regeneration amnesia about everything else. Lovely clever way to say - 'see, same guy'  

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