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Thursday 23 June 2011

The mad rush, the forgotten getaway

You know that movie Cars? Awesome show, made me cry a little :(

How did the story play out? Lightning manages to get himself stuck in a beautiful place but gets tugged back to his real career. Now he can't concentrate. Not until his new friends came for him.

HMMMM

Manage to get myself onto a Economics Educational trip in lively America and have lots of adventures with great people but gets flown back to my academic career. Now I can't concentrate. [Missing]

Get the picture?

Perhaps when one does something he or she realizes he/she really loves, its just not the same anymore. Maybe I'm just an arts student. Or if you realize that there's a whole world out there. And you can't move. I remember Gwyenth showing me this very emo/insightful bunch of comics and one of them was about a bully who never left his hometown.

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In choir, we were told that to sing with emotion, you really have to feel the song, imagine its story, visualize the lyrics, etc. I feel that when you give your own brand of imagination and life to a song, it really jumps to a level 4 song. Should explain.

Level 1: Songs you can't stand/frown upon
Level 2: Meh. Its decent, but forgettable
Level 3: Songs that are catchy, most likely pop, that you enjoy singing along with others, but alone listening to it, you may not feel deep enough.
Level 4: The songs you likely don't show other people. The songs you feel and perhaps have a deep effect on you.

Invented that when trying to explain things to people during the Econs trip.
This song requires good earphones or speakers cause the bass is a little soft.



The story I gradually felt from this song was this.
There's a over-worked guy who is stressed, angry and frustrated (explaining the distracting, weird, frustrating escalating sound at the back all the time and the heavy guitar) It never ends (the verses are very long)
But after work one day, he discovers a jazz bar while looking for a place to eat. The jazz tunes washes away his negative feelings (the chorus).
During the day, he feels mush fresher with the tunes at the back of his head, but it wears off as he gets stress. He quickly turns up again at the bar (2nd chorus). However, on the last day (seemed shorter because of the jazz), the bar is closing, and the jazz band plays a final piece with a saxophone solo. The man is sad but he knows he now has something to get him through the day. The man is a night owl :)

However you interpret the music is up to you. And maybe that is the power of instrumentals.

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