Published on 12, July, 2020
Just for fun. What are some songs that their lyrics could be interpreted as they're about autism? Or you always resonated with them regarding your autism experience?
I searched through my songs to find some, and it was harder than I thought
1- De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da - by The Police - kind of a funny song
2- Conversation Piece - by David Bowie - This one's a bit negative and sad though
I love the version from "Magicians"
That's pretty cool even being inefficiently wordy lol : )
I used to think one of my few strengths was being fairly articulate. Then I realised I'm just wordy! And often inefficiently so. :-)
Thanks though! I've dipped into philosophy, but not extensively. Reading up on, and listening to, stuff on stoicism helped me through an especially hard time not so long ago. I still dip into things like The School of Life and Eckharte Tolle on YouTube to keep my hand in with staying grounded as best I can.
Just out of curiosity, do you like philosophy or reading philosophy? I used to read it a lot and I don't know, something about the way you write reminded me of me back then, also you use more complex words I think. Do you think you have a great vocabulary?
Nah it's cool.
I hope I haven't make you feel like not doing so is actively inconsiderate! Not quite what I intended. :-)
Thank you. I will always put warnings from now on then, I like being considerate.
I think I inadvertently there pushed the narrative that masking is an act of will and not in itself reflexive/learned. But hopefully the gist of what I meant was clear enough, I just don't like that it was insufficiently nuanced.
I don't think there's a right or wrong answer on that one, some people appreciate TWs, some roll their eyes and mutter something about snowflakes, some feel neutral about them (kind of my factory settings). But you've harmed nobody by being considerate.
Also, do you think I should put a trigger warning when I share things like this? It might be upsetting to some people I guess.
TW: HOMOPHOBIA
I just listened to it and I love it! The instruments are so beautiful sounding too. It also feels like my experience of being gay in a place where gay relationships are punished, I desire romance so much, I learn about and think about it a lot, I would know what to say if I were in a romantic situation, but at the end it's just a game and fantasy and might never happen and I think the reality that it might never happen hasn't even hit me hard enough yet. Thanks for sharing this beautiful song.
Perhaps there's a case to be made that the beautifully melancholy 'Never Never' by The Assembly (Feargal Sharkey) is about masking only ever obliquely connecting with the social experiences that come as frequently and naturally to neurotypicals as breathing. They seem to have it 'all worked out' because they don't, it's all an intuitive reflex taken for granted and not a strained '...like this?' imitation, doomed to failure.
'I wish this coat would last forever' I know that autistic feeling well too! :-)
You're so right. What a cute song!
My Winter Coat by The Roches. For someone to list every detail of their coat that forensically is pretty autistic. Amusingly, touchingly, and wonderfully.
The Way I Feel by Keane seems very tapped into the neurodivergent experience.
Under pressure.
“On A Night Like This” and “Spinning Around” by Kylie Minogue - in fact, I’m a huge Kylie fan and her “Aphrodite” Tour resonated with me on every level - I have all her CD’s and DVD’s so it’s not just our Taoiseach Leo Varadkar that is a huge Kylie fan when he requested a meeting with Kylie in Government Buildings the last time she did a show in Dublin - even Dame Joan Collins (Alexis from Dynasty) is a huge Kylie fan as well
I just listened to it and absolutely agree. Beautiful!
Lesley Gores "You Don't Own Me".