From: Deborah Harrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: This Is Spinal Ta-, er, Metallica Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 12:09:13 -0800 (PST)
>Travis Edmunds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Rob S wrote:
<much snippage> > >What I would like to be able to convey to you is > how it felt when > >people all over the world heard these albums for > the first time and > >***everyone*** was hearing something never heard > before. I don't > >think......aw hell I know you cannot imagine the > excitement these > >albums generated. It was "mind expanding". > >And you really had to be there to "get it".
> I don't think so. Long before I ever knew Robert > Seeberger existed, I used > to listen to old school tunes and picture what it > would be like to hear them > for the first time, way back when they were > initially released. And I think > I can appreciate what it was like.
<grin> OK, gonna jump in on this concept -- what you're calling "appreciate" is the equivalent of "sympathize;" whereas to have experienced something is to "empathize."
True enough. I'm with you so far.
I cannot quite understand my mother's awe and astonishment at a plane going by overhead, as she did when a young girl, all her neighbors young and old out in the streets gawking at the sky -- but if I liken it to my 9-year-old awe at the Moon landing, I come close. "Firsts" are by their very novelty and nature unrepeatable and extraordinary, and to experience a First with others increases the intensity. IMO, of course. ;)
Debbi
I like that. I really do. And I guess I will concede that I can no more than sympathize as opposed to empathize in regard to Roberts comments. But of course, still based upon your line of thinking I can still adequately appreciate the music. Yes! I just love extracting SOME pleasure from my self-inflicted wounds!!
And You Both Ought To Include Rush In Your Discussion! Maru
Without a doubt. But nobody has even attempted a comprehensive list as of yet. With the exception of Robert.
-Travis
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