Post by mintyjackhole on Sept 15, 2018 11:39:47 GMT
Leggs91203 said:
"I was going through my LPs and found one called "Happy together" by The Nylons. One of my $1 scores for a perfect shape LP.
One big radio hit they had in 1987 was their cover of "Kiss him goodbye". I remember when I was a kid and hearing this on the radio, I thought a couple things - It was a good name for a band, and that this cover was MUCH better than the original. Not as repetitive or "busy".
I got to researching the band a bit just because.
Turns out that three of the original members are dead. Only one remains. That seems kind of...
So getting to the point.
When a musician involved in music you enjoy dies or you later learn he or she has been gone for some time, does it kind of change how you feel about the music?
This might sound weird but for me, I have a harder time enjoying it. Not because the music is any "less" but because I start thinking different things like maybe, "I remember when this first came out. No one was dead yet, no, still alive and well." That is if the music came out during my lifetime.
Maybe because it just goes to show that even the most talented among us is still vulnerable and living a life just as fragile as everyone else.
You see, in 2013 my mom passed. COPD was the "official" diagnosis but she had lead a hard life for a few decades in her younger years. Up until that point, I had no clue just how much a serious thing death is. I had never lost anyone close.
Anyways, I guess seeing images of musicians that have passed, or hearing their music, it is almost like seeing or hearing a ghost. Not in a spooky way like haunted but it is still uneasy. It doesn't help that the big names I grew up with seem to be dropping like flies. Yeah it was probably as bad in the 80's but I had never heard of the people that passed so it didn't phase me.
What about you? Does it change how you feel in some way? Is there a way to get past that annoying voice that says, "You know, this person is dead now. You are listening to a dead person perform".
Sorry this is so morbid."
"I was going through my LPs and found one called "Happy together" by The Nylons. One of my $1 scores for a perfect shape LP.
One big radio hit they had in 1987 was their cover of "Kiss him goodbye". I remember when I was a kid and hearing this on the radio, I thought a couple things - It was a good name for a band, and that this cover was MUCH better than the original. Not as repetitive or "busy".
I got to researching the band a bit just because.
Turns out that three of the original members are dead. Only one remains. That seems kind of...
So getting to the point.
When a musician involved in music you enjoy dies or you later learn he or she has been gone for some time, does it kind of change how you feel about the music?
This might sound weird but for me, I have a harder time enjoying it. Not because the music is any "less" but because I start thinking different things like maybe, "I remember when this first came out. No one was dead yet, no, still alive and well." That is if the music came out during my lifetime.
Maybe because it just goes to show that even the most talented among us is still vulnerable and living a life just as fragile as everyone else.
You see, in 2013 my mom passed. COPD was the "official" diagnosis but she had lead a hard life for a few decades in her younger years. Up until that point, I had no clue just how much a serious thing death is. I had never lost anyone close.
Anyways, I guess seeing images of musicians that have passed, or hearing their music, it is almost like seeing or hearing a ghost. Not in a spooky way like haunted but it is still uneasy. It doesn't help that the big names I grew up with seem to be dropping like flies. Yeah it was probably as bad in the 80's but I had never heard of the people that passed so it didn't phase me.
What about you? Does it change how you feel in some way? Is there a way to get past that annoying voice that says, "You know, this person is dead now. You are listening to a dead person perform".
Sorry this is so morbid."
