How often do you get the chance

HeyWayne

To just sit down and listen to music?

This struck me when I went to see PJ in August - I knew less of the lyrics from the later albums than I did from the first few. I was ashamed.

However, I realised that whilst I listen to al lot of music even now - some 15 years on, I don't actually get much chance to properly listen to it, and listen to lyrics. I know melodies and tunes, but seemingly less lyrics from the songs I listen to.

Do you make time to just sit down, and listen to music?

Dissidentman

I never get the chance. All my listening happens at work and in the car... when there are other distractions that take away from the music. I need a good session of laying on the couch in the dark with a good pair of headphones and some PJ.

eMMI

I always listen to music, always. or if I'm in a situation/place where it's not possible, I always have a song or two playing in my head. it's not just to have something in the background. I feel that even though I do other things at the same time, I'm still actually listening.

that being said, I do take "special" time to listen to music sometimes. like this morning, just after I woke up I gave Backspacer a spin. headphones on, really immersed myself in the tunes. fabulous.

as for knowing lyrics. I know wayyyyy too many words to wayyyyy too many songs. even stuff I don't listen to by my own choice. seems like every song that's ever been played on the radio I know. from Britney Spears through Wham to Rammstein. (obviously I don't know what Rammstein lyrics mean, but I'm not sure if I want to.)

nuffingman

I have music on all the time but am awful with lyrics. I couldn't recite the lyrics to Evenflow but who cares. One day when I pack in work I'll probably listen to all the songs properly to understand them properly. There again I possibly won't.

The words and C section on here is a waste of time for me as I haven't got a feckin clue.

ZiggyStar

HeyWayne wrote:

To just sit down and listen to music?

This struck me when I went to see PJ in August - I knew less of the lyrics from the later albums than I did from the first few. I was ashamed.

However, I realised that whilst I listen to al lot of music even now - some 15 years on, I don't actually get much chance to properly listen to it, and listen to lyrics. I know melodies and tunes, but seemingly less lyrics from the songs I listen to.

Do you make time to just sit down, and listen to music?

WEIRD!!!! I was just talking to my bf about this about 2 hours ago! I agree....I never get the chance to properly listen to music anymore.

intodeep

I try to do it every night before i go to bed.

Plus all the times in my car, at the gym, while drinking on fri and saturdays etc

But i really LISTEN every night before i go to bed with my headphones on.

HeyWayne

eMMI wrote:

from Britney Spears through Wham to Rammstein. (obviously I don't know what Rammstein lyrics mean, but I'm not sure if I want to.)

Duuu, du hast, du hast mich! Du hast mich gefracht (or something like that).

We had a German girl stay with us for a short while and she tried to teach me what some of the Rammstein lyrics meant.

blackredyellow

With working and having a kid, not much at all...

Actually when I got backspacer in the mail, I wanted to put it in my portable CD player and just sit there and listen to it after the wife went to bed, but I couldn't even find my discman.

Flagg

Every day at work. I write a lot and headphones help.

Also, I travel some so there is time on planes.

I carpool so I almost never get to listen in the car.

decides2dream

HeyWayne wrote:

To just sit down and listen to music?

This struck me when I went to see PJ in August - I knew less of the lyrics from the later albums than I did from the first few. I was ashamed.

However, I realised that whilst I listen to al lot of music even now - some 15 years on, I don't actually get much chance to properly listen to it, and listen to lyrics. I know melodies and tunes, but seemingly less lyrics from the songs I listen to.

Do you make time to just sit down, and listen to music?

firstly, i think it rather silly to feel 'ashamed' over not knowing lyrics. i LOVe lyrics, and yet, i still don't recall lots and lots of lyrics. so what? also, i do find with later releases i know/remember less and less of the lyrics, just b/c i guess i don't feel such a great need/desire.


that said, i am very fortunate, i DO have a LOT of time to listen to music if i so desire. i don't utilize the time to listen to music exclusively tho, oftentimes i read books, watch films, etc. however, every single morning on my train ride/walk into work, 45 mintues of music playing in my head via ipod....and i love that. i usually read on the ride home, but mornings are always about music....

libragirl

Yeah, I don't really get to just sit down and listen to music. I'm the same way with not knowing as much of the lyrics from the later albums.

Lauri

I rarely ever just listen to music, not like I did when I was a teenager. I listen to music most of the day at work, as I do analysis and writing. So that's great, I've really gotten into Backspacer in this way. I usually listen to the radio in the car, because I love the local radio station and I rarely listen to it otherwise. I listen to my ipod on the train, and I usually listen to music while cleaning or doing chores. But to just sit and listen? Other than the first night I got backspacer, haven't done it in years.

HeyWayne

I guess I'm just worried that I'm missing out on the true meaning of some of the songs.

I'm probably just harking after a bygone era. Like many - with work and children, just sitting and listening to music is virtually impossible.

Fun though wasn't it - back in the day.

Who Princess

Just listen and do nothing else? That would be such a luxury. Don't know why I don't do that instead of watching some drivel on TV. I usually listen to music while I'm busy with something, like cooking. For a while I had a job that required a lot of driving and that was when I would get acquainted (and reacquainted) with CDs.

I guess I feel like I need to do it when I won't be disturbing anybody else and I don't like to use headphones.

Who Princess

HeyWayne wrote:

Fun though wasn't it - back in the day.

Was it ever. A huge part of my life. And people around me seem to recognize very quickly that music is still very important to me.

Digital Twilight

HeyWayne wrote:

eMMI wrote:

from Britney Spears through Wham to Rammstein. (obviously I don't know what Rammstein lyrics mean, but I'm not sure if I want to.)

Duuu, du hast, du hast mich! Du hast mich gefracht (or something like that).

We had a German girl stay with us for a short while and she tried to teach me what some of the Rammstein lyrics meant.

I love Rammstein. New song sucks tho.

decides2dream

HeyWayne wrote:

I guess I'm just worried that I'm missing out on the true meaning of some of the songs.

I'm probably just harking after a bygone era. Like many - with work and children, just sitting and listening to music is virtually impossible.

Fun though wasn't it - back in the day.

i think it's simply time and priorities. do you watch any tv? read? we all make choices. i am sure if you really wanted to, you could find the time to sit down and really read the lyrics and/or listen to the music. hell, especially in the case of backspacer, got an odd half hour? you've got time....;)

i DO hear ya tho, so much in life is a time suck. work is my biggest time suck. i don't have children, so outside of the things one *must* do....the bulk of my time outside work IS entirely my own. i think as we get older that even interests that remian, how we choose to enjoy them...alters.....


i STILL have that kinda fun. hell, this place actually makes it even more fun b/c i have oh so many more people to enjoy and embrace my obsessions, and i don't think i have ever dissected lyrics to such the degree as i have since the dawn of the internet (and sure, me finally embracing it )....in my 'real life' there are only a handful of people i can indulge in such with, and only so long will they tolerate such discussions... :P

catefrances

HeyWayne wrote:

To just sit down and listen to music?

This struck me when I went to see PJ in August - I knew less of the lyrics from the later albums than I did from the first few. I was ashamed.

However, I realised that whilst I listen to al lot of music even now - some 15 years on, I don't actually get much chance to properly listen to it, and listen to lyrics. I know melodies and tunes, but seemingly less lyrics from the songs I listen to.

Do you make time to just sit down, and listen to music?

i make the effort to listen to music everyday. if i didnt id go insaner than i already am. some days when im not at my stellar best i dont. but on those days its enough im awake(though sometimes im not)

right now i have soulsavers broken, backspacer, birds of tokyos universes, cogs sharing space and deerhunters microcastle on endless loop. with a little radiohead chucked in for good measure.

tis not necessarily the words i listen to, or even find comfort in, as much as it is the soothing presence of the music.

HeyWayne

Man I envy care-free teenagers sometimes.

But, then I look at what I have and d'ya know - I've got it pretty good.

Can't wait for Backspacer to arrive. Think I might even listen to that when I'm on my allotment (usually just listen to the noise of the birds, wind and the outdoors whilst I'm digging, picking and weeding, but for this CD I think I'll make an exception.

decides2dream

HeyWayne wrote:

Man I envy care-free teenagers sometimes.

But, then I look at what I have and d'ya know - I've got it pretty good.

Can't wait for Backspacer to arrive. Think I might even listen to that when I'm on my allotment (usually just listen to the noise of the birds, wind and the outdoors whilst I'm digging, picking and weeding, but for this CD I think I'll make an exception.

all sounds good, tis all perspective....:)


funny, i am very much the same out on the garden, just like to listen to the birds, water, wind....rarely music. hubby is usually the one to bring music outside, but even he realizes, i susually prefer the sounds of nature. however, my first listen of backspacer? me out in the yard, sitting in an adirondack chair, glass of red in hand, discman (which i had to dig up from god knows where) on the table, earbuds in.....and.....a good, full listen. and no, not an immediate love...still not.....but it was a great first listen.



enjoy.

PureandEasy

whoprincess wrote:

HeyWayne wrote:

Fun though wasn't it - back in the day.

Was it ever. A huge part of my life. And people around me seem to recognize very quickly that music is still very important to me.

well when you have such great taste in music, you make time for it, right whoprincess

I listen to music all the time, and wake up every morning with a song in my head

HeyWayne

Well, for the first time in a while I actually listened to some music with no other distractions...

I listened to the Pearl Jam session on the Zane Lowe show on Radio 1 (earlier in the week), and they had an interview with the guys and played three songs from Backspacer (Got Some, Fixer and The End).

D'ya know what? I loved it!

I'm going to do it more often, and am just about to buy myself some new headphones.

Who Princess

PureandEasy wrote:

well when you have such great taste in music, you make time for it, right whoprincess

Yes, you do. I took some time today just to listen to Backspacer and what a nice afternoon it was.

musicismylife78

for me, its sort of required. I need to hear music. Need to hear it. It sort of is the deciding factor in my life. I moved to an apartment for the sole reason its literally 50 feet from a music venue in town that I volunteer at. I volunteer at this venue, or try to for every single show. And I frequently go to concerts elsewhere.

For me, music is like my insulin, or beer, or drug. I have to have it to start the day. And have to have it to end the day. If I am not at a show, I am listening to music, or wishing I was able to.

I frequently, put on headphones, lie on my bed, turn the lights out and just relax, letting the music roll over me.

For me, just sitting down and quietly listening to music, its the only thing that matters.

iamsam_pj

i'm thankful that i have a job where i can listen to amazing music every day. i love that we get great cds in and that we don't have a set playlist that we adhere to. i don't always get to initially absorb what it is that i'm listening to in depth...but i'm glad that it's not elevator music and more on the up-and-coming side of it all. makes the work day a little more tolerable!!

Heather Evers

it took the "ICE STORM OF THE CENTURY" for me to finally be able to do this. This past January we went without electricity for 2 weeks & EVERYTHING in town was closed....as soon as the sun went down, it was just me & PJ till I fell asleep. Since then, I try & do this at least once a week....there's just nothing like turning the music up & tuning the world out!!!

decides2dream

HeyWayne wrote:

Well, for the first time in a while I actually listened to some music with no other distractions...

I listened to the Pearl Jam session on the Zane Lowe show on Radio 1 (earlier in the week), and they had an interview with the guys and played three songs from Backspacer (Got Some, Fixer and The End).

D'ya know what? I loved it!

I'm going to do it more often, and am just about to buy myself some new headphones.

awesome!
i did the whole 'totsal music absorption' saturday night. BLASTED backspacer in the LR, 7 channel enhanced setting, on the sofa with the subwoofer behind me, lights off - just lots of candles and wine - played a few times over. fantastic....

pandora

we have speakers wired to every room almost in the house and all outside sitting areas
music follows me in my daily routine and I'm working from home now so I'm lucky to listen then too
I can't imagine not having it on but that was how I was raised- my father put in a central music system back in the early 60's and music was always on.

HeyWayne

pandora wrote:

we have speakers wired to every room almost in the house and all outside sitting areas
music follows me in my daily routine and I'm working from home now so I'm lucky to listen then too
I can't imagine not having it on but that was how I was raised- my father put in a central music system back in the early 60's and music was always on.

Sounds like my kinda house!! - also sounds expensive though.

My new headphones arrived yesterday, now all I need is my copy of Backspacer to arrive....