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tyler.durden

tyler.durden

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Blast from the Past. Gotta Launder my Karma...


If you can decipher the meaning behind this video, you win $1,000,000...
 
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Ceepea

Ceepea

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Dear wind of Mississippi can you call him by name
I have followed his wings on a sunny day

I like to believe he's the chosen one
I like to believe he's the fallen one
Dead but rising

I raise the fist, raise the fist with power and fate
And wishing that his claws will grab on to my hand

I like to believe he's the chosen one
I like to believe he's the fallen one
Dead but rising

I have been to the end of waters
I have been to the end of earth
I've been over mountains and riding the storms

Dear son your words have reached me
And for that I can carry on
I'll guide you in spirit
Today I'll be home

I like to believe he's the fallen one
I like to believe he's the chosen one
The rebirth of man heals a bleeding heart
The eagle of kings wears my fathers soul

Dead but rising


This is what the lead singer had to say about the song....

The opening riff is very old school metal – it could be a Slayer riff. The lyrics are about the first time I was travelling through the US, to visit Graceland and Elvis’s grave, and Tupelo, Mississippi, which was Elvis’ birthplace. My father had passed, and he was a huge Elvis fan. He had always wanted to visit Graceland with my mother, but had unfortunately never made it. I had rented a car and was driving towards Tupelo when the navigation just went out. This was the first time I had driven in the US, so I wasn’t comfortable. Then I noticed an eagle that had been following the car for a while. I said, ‘What is it with that eagle? Is my father trying to tell me something?’ I got emotional about it and I decided to follow the eagle. It went one way then the other, and the next thing I knew I was in Tupelo, Mississippi, and the eagle just took off. That was some strong shit. And that’s
what Dead But Rising is all about – it’s about me, today, trying to reach out for that eagle.
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Even though I don't believe in the afterlife, I like this song a lot!
 
thepenofareadywriter

thepenofareadywriter

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eye exaggerate said:
Hi neer, yes I can say that much lyrical content does not match the music. I would think that it is because the artist is 'trying'. I play drums, I really enjoy polyrhythm, which to me is also a language. Something like complex number sets... music can be entirely fractal if it is allowed to do so. I hope that made sense... :)
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maybe its a lack of emotion; no connection
 
tyler.durden

tyler.durden

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We play a classical version of this tune at the end of our cocktail hours, it's one of my favorite ballads. Some people always appreciate it, It's a good way to pick out the few cool people in any crowd ;)

 
tyler.durden

tyler.durden

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I don't dig gaga, but this tune rocks when done by VSQ. Really dissonant and percussive. Amazing arrangement, as usual...

 
tyler.durden

tyler.durden

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This is probably the most ethereal piece I've ever heard. Sure, it's played out, far too often in movies and television. But there is a reason for that. It is sublime, and does something to one emotionally that no other piece can, especially if listened to in its entirety. The way the minor key opening theme slowly builds, and once firmly established, keeps stacking onto itself as each string section takes the theme ever higher until the screaming, angst-ridden climax. Finally, a heavy musical, exhausted sigh (the only part in the entire piece in a major key). The adagio ends with an echo of the original motif to remind one how we began this journey. I highly recommend that you smoke a bowl, get horizontal and let this tear through you for ten minutes. If you're anything like me, you'll feel reborn afterward. If there is a god, he may reside somewhere within this music...

 
tyler.durden

tyler.durden

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Here's another great, angst-ridden piece. This aria is from Puccini's Tosca, sung by arguably the greatest tenor that ever lived, Luciano Pavarotti. Do yourself a favor and smoke a bowl and lay back to let this piece sweep over you. Falling short of that, you can smoke a bowl and pretend that the mob is chasing you. The important message here is to smoke a bowl...

 
tyler.durden

tyler.durden

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One more of Pavarotti singing Puccini. This is from Tosca, one of my favorite operas. Pavarotti (now deceased) was in his prime here, even live he was absolutely flawless. This entire concert was amazing. Okay, enough classical shit for awhile...

 
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