--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, azgrey <no_reply@...> wrote:
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> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote:
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> > On another forum far more limited in scope than even this one, I
> > occasionally chat with a handful of people who went to the same high
> > school I did. This is not quite as lame as it sounds, because the whole
> > school had 30 students, and was located near Casablanca, Morocco. It was
> > a cool place to go to high school, and made the experience more
> > bearable.
> >
> > Anway, on this forum, one of the people I remember well from that time
> > has been entertaining people by posting links to old songs that we
> > literally used to dance to in the Teen Club during that period. It's
> > been a veritable nostalgiafest. Today he posted Ben E. King's classic
> > song, and folks went wild.
> >
> > Below is the original version of this song, followed by a number of
> > cover versions. John captures the magic of the song best in the intro to
> > the first cover version, but the last one is the best.
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbg7YoXiKn0
> > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbg7YoXiKn0>
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4_ghOG9JQM <
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4_ghOG9JQM>
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYt0ZScWZDI
> > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYt0ZScWZDI>
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bGqeZZt98o <
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bGqeZZt98o>
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us-TVg40ExM
> > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us-TVg40ExM>
> >
> > It's fascinating to me how popular this song was at the time, and how
> > popular it still is today. It has touched so many people, over so many
> > years. I can remember *exactly* where I was and what I was doing the
> > first time I heard it. It stopped me in my tracks and forged an
> > indelible impression in my mind. I can remember the lyrics 52 years
> > later as clearly as John did.
> >
> > I guess the the music stands by us, even if little else does.
> >
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> Music is time.
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> As light creates space, sound creates time.
>
Odd to have you mention that. I've been thinking the same thing, sort of.
Visual art captures space, then alters time, according to the observer's
interest. Music, on the other hand, captures time, and then alters space,
depending on the effect of the music on the listener.
Cool stuff.
