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Category Archives: Music
I don’t agree with any of the explicit ideas in the John Lennon song Imagine but it moves me. Why?
ChatGPT says: Because you don’t respond to the propositions in that song. You respond to the psychology underneath it. A few things are at play. The melody whispers safety. The tune resolves smoothly and stays simple. Your nervous system hears … Continue reading
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Amazon Music Has Finally Given Me My Complete Likes Playlist
I’m living in a holy moment. I’m awash in gratitude. After three years of subscribing to Amazon music, after three years of liking hundreds of songs but never been able to retrieve them all, Amazon Music finally gave me my … Continue reading
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My Favorite Songs
That’s the beginning number of my Youtube music playlist.
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The Greatest Song In The History Of Humanity By The Greatest Singer In The History Of Humanity – Sarah Brightman – Running (HQ)
I was sad and I was silent In shadow of my soul Ever seeking the horizon For promises untold I dreamed of silent oceans And I sang of waters blue With the crossing of angels Brought forth to guide me … Continue reading
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Lana Del Rey’s New Album: Chemtrails Over the Country Club
Steve Sailer writes: “Singer Lana Del Rey has been triggering music critics for a decade for her pride in being a beautiful straight white American woman. But she’s so smart (philosophy major in college) and aesthetically gifted (both in terms … Continue reading
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Katy Perry
Comment: I was thinking of lifeless pop songs now, is “The One That Got Away” by Katy Perry. Girls love singing this at karaoke night, and it sounds like a simulacra of a song which was famous. Part of the … Continue reading
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Music Attracts & Repels
From comments at Steve Sailer: * A jazz musician being interviewed on NPR mentioned that he hated Bach. The interviewed affects shock and asks why, and the jazz man’s reasons are redolent of Wagner’s complaints about Mendelssohn: it’s like a … Continue reading
Why Are Rock Stars Fey?
Steve Sailer writes: Stars, of course, tend to be attention-seeking, which is not an extremely masculine trait. There’s a modest negative correlation between how much a star needs applause and his masculinity level. Broadway stars are the surest of getting … Continue reading
Prince, RIP
Comments to Steve Sailer: * I have to admit it was embarrassingly recently that I found out Prince was black (and I think I only found that out from one of those lists commemorating prominent African Americans that casts as … Continue reading
Sounds Like A Gentile Funeral
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to remember the life of…
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