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Music That Reflects Your Persona Or Journey In Life - Red Belt - 03-30-2019




RE: Music That Reflects Your Persona Or Journey In Life - Dom - 03-31-2019




RE: Music That Reflects Your Persona Or Journey In Life - Dancefortwo - 04-01-2019

Well, my mother loved the music to the old 1944 movie, Laura and named she me after the theme song to that movie.  My father played it at my wedding.  If my husband and I go out to a fancy restaurant somehwere and there happens to be a decent pianist he asks him or her to play the song.  It's a rather romantic song but it seems to have followed me around throughout my life




RE: Music That Reflects Your Persona Or Journey In Life - GirlyMan - 04-01-2019




RE: Music That Reflects Your Persona Or Journey In Life - brewerb - 04-01-2019

I stopped musically evolving in the 1990's. I guess it would mostly be late 60's, 70's and 80's rock with new wave and punk thrown in on the side.


RE: Music That Reflects Your Persona Or Journey In Life - GirlyMan - 04-01-2019

(03-30-2019, 06:19 AM)Red Belt Wrote:

Time does not matter.  Deadpan Coffee Drinker


RE: Music That Reflects Your Persona Or Journey In Life - c172 - 04-01-2019

(04-01-2019, 12:57 AM)brewerb Wrote: I stopped musically evolving in the 1990's. I guess it would mostly be late 60's, 70's and 80's rock with new wave and punk thrown in on the side.

I've been evolving musically, and personally, my whole 43 year life. Not saying that's a good or a bad thing. Just that I've felt the need to reinvent myself a lot to be a more evolved person. 

I grew up with very few friends, due in part to my disability, and in part to moving around a lot in high school. As a result, in elementary and middle school, I took no interest in what my peers were listening to. I hung out with the teachers, parent volunteers, and other social outliers like myself. So, therefore, I started listening to what the adults (besides my "cool mom") were listening to. One of the popular stations across all demographics was smooth jazz/new age, so that's what I liked. Stuff like this:







https://davidvantieghem.bandcamp.com/track/flying-hearts

To Be Cont'd...


RE: Music That Reflects Your Persona Or Journey In Life - c172 - 04-01-2019

(04-01-2019, 01:19 AM)c172 Wrote:
(04-01-2019, 12:57 AM)brewerb Wrote: I stopped musically evolving in the 1990's. I guess it would mostly be late 60's, 70's and 80's rock with new wave and punk thrown in on the side.

I've been evolving musically, and personally, my whole 43 year life. Not saying that's a good or a bad thing. Just that I've felt the need to reinvent myself a lot to be a more evolved person. 

I grew up with very few friends, due in part to my disability, and in part to moving around a lot in high school. As a result, in elementary and middle school, I took no interest in what my peers were listening to. I hung out with the teachers, parent volunteers, and other social outliers like myself. So, therefore, I started listening to what the adults (besides my "cool mom") were listening to. One of the popular stations across all demographics was smooth jazz/new age, so that's what I liked. 
To Be Cont'd...


I had to continue in a reply because I think there's a link limit per post. Anyhow, I did slowly evolve, and start loving freeform radio stations (some college, some not). Stations like KEXP (Seattle), KUOI (Moscow, ID), KDHX (St. Louis), etc. 4Stations that might consider following a block of punk with a block of klezmer. 

fast forwarding to nowadays, I am still a musical eccentric, but don't much listen to the stuff of my childhood. I listen to 80's/early 90's pop, indie, drone, ambient techno, old jazz and others. The aforementioned 80's/90's pop/rock is likely what I would have liked if I had socially evolved more typically. 

So, as it is now, here is some stuff I currently like:







ETA: Help. No clue how to condense what I replied to. Hide tags seem not to work.


RE: Music That Reflects Your Persona Or Journey In Life - Dom - 04-01-2019

(04-01-2019, 01:29 AM)c172 Wrote:
(04-01-2019, 01:19 AM)c172 Wrote:
(04-01-2019, 12:57 AM)brewerb Wrote: I stopped musically evolving in the 1990's. I guess it would mostly be late 60's, 70's and 80's rock with new wave and punk thrown in on the side.

I've been evolving musically, and personally, my whole 43 year life. Not saying that's a good or a bad thing. Just that I've felt the need to reinvent myself a lot to be a more evolved person. 

I grew up with very few friends, due in part to my disability, and in part to moving around a lot in high school. As a result, in elementary and middle school, I took no interest in what my peers were listening to. I hung out with the teachers, parent volunteers, and other social outliers like myself. So, therefore, I started listening to what the adults (besides my "cool mom") were listening to. One of the popular stations across all demographics was smooth jazz/new age, so that's what I liked. 
To Be Cont'd...


I had to continue in a reply because I think there's a link limit per post. Anyhow, I did slowly evolve, and start loving freeform radio stations (some college, some not). Stations like KEXP (Seattle), KUOI (Moscow, ID), KDHX (St. Louis), etc. 4Stations that might consider following a block of punk with a block of klezmer. 

fast forwarding to nowadays, I am still a musical eccentric, but don't much listen to the stuff of my childhood. I listen to 80's/early 90's pop, indie, drone, ambient techno, old jazz and others. The aforementioned 80's/90's pop/rock is likely what I would have liked if I had socially evolved more typically. 



ETA: Help. No clue how to condense what I replied to. Hide tags seem not to work.

I just removed the links in the quoted content...


RE: Music That Reflects Your Persona Or Journey In Life - Alan V - 04-01-2019




RE: Music That Reflects Your Persona Or Journey In Life - no one - 04-01-2019

If my life had a soundtrack, it would be Nine Inch Nails.


RE: Music That Reflects Your Persona Or Journey In Life - Ima Believer - 05-10-2019



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RE: Music That Reflects Your Persona Or Journey In Life - Minimalist - 05-11-2019




RE: Music That Reflects Your Persona Or Journey In Life - Thumpalumpacus - 05-11-2019

Being a guitarist, I've got two sets of songs that changed my life. The first, musical, would probably not say much. I liked the guitar sound or harmony or whatever on this or that song. But that's one aspect of me, the musician aspect, and not the whole me.

On a personal level, what I'm gettin' from the OP, these songs were pretty big for me. Corny as hell, but whatever.







And then there's the one that sums it up for me.




RE: Music That Reflects Your Persona Or Journey In Life - Fireball - 05-11-2019

"Fearless" by Pink Floyd, as an approximation for where I started and struggled to a better place. Not claiming I never had fears, just that I climbed that hill...in my own way.



"Time" by Pink Floyd is a good one for maybe motivating some people.



Get up and go before your whole life passes you by! I did hang on in (maybe not so) quiet desperation for many years.


RE: Music That Reflects Your Persona Or Journey In Life - Jenny - 05-11-2019

Here Comes the Sun by Nina Simone  Sun Can someone post it for me as I’m on my phone and don’t know how  Big Grin  girl blushing


RE: Music That Reflects Your Persona Or Journey In Life - Dānu - 05-11-2019








RE: Music That Reflects Your Persona Or Journey In Life - Dānu - 05-11-2019

(05-11-2019, 04:33 AM)Jenny Wrote: Here Comes the Sun by Nina Simone  Sun Can someone post it for me as I’m on my phone and don’t know how  Big Grin  girl blushing




RE: Music That Reflects Your Persona Or Journey In Life - Jenny - 05-11-2019

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(05-11-2019, 05:18 AM)Dānu Wrote:
(05-11-2019, 04:33 AM)Jenny Wrote: Here Comes the Sun by Nina Simone  Sun Can someone post it for me as I’m on my phone and don’t know how  Big Grin  girl blushing


Thank you Smile


RE: Music That Reflects Your Persona Or Journey In Life - Thumpalumpacus - 05-11-2019








RE: Music That Reflects Your Persona Or Journey In Life - Ima Believer - 05-11-2019

The music that reflects my journey right here and right now would be




RE: Music That Reflects Your Persona Or Journey In Life - Thumpalumpacus - 05-11-2019

Every time I listen to this, I think of you. RiP, Bob. You meant more to me than you could ever know.



This song stirs poetic imagination to me:



And I'm not sure why this one tweaks me so, but there's a spirituality to it that resonates to me:




RE: Music That Reflects Your Persona Or Journey In Life - brunumb - 05-12-2019




RE: Music That Reflects Your Persona Or Journey In Life - Cheerful Charlie - 05-13-2019




RE: Music That Reflects Your Persona Or Journey In Life - mordant - 05-18-2019

(04-01-2019, 12:48 AM)Dancefortwo Wrote: Well, my mother loved the music to the old 1944 movie, Laura and named she me after the theme song to that movie.  My father played it at my wedding.  If my husband and I go out to a fancy restaurant somehwere and there happens to be a decent pianist he asks him or her to play the song.  It's a rather romantic song but it seems to have followed me around throughout my life

You could have been dogged by far worse songs. It's always been a favorite of mine. When I used to tickle the ivories it was part of my repertoire, such as it was.