[ExI] pistols

[Adrian Tymes]

Music such as https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFCuE5rHbPA might be of
interest to you.

On Fri, Dec 31, 2021 at 9:38 AM William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> After the 70s, which had popular music I liked to dance to - ZZ Top,
> Allman Bros. etc. - I gave up on popular music.  The words seem to be for
> teenagers in love and the music was not interesting.  In classical I don't
> even try to understand the words. I have a general idea of the content,
> sad, happy, etc. and just listen to how the music reflects it.  I also
> can't stand women singers who can't seem to find the notes and screech and
> scream more than sing. I turn off my aids in Walmart and elsewhere. I have
> not heard the National Anthem  sung properly in a very long time.  Robert
> Merrill was the best.   bill w
>
> On Fri, Dec 31, 2021 at 11:25 AM Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>> I am aware of a number of singers who are articulate when singing.
>>
>> Classical music with lyrics tends not to be performed by them.
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 31, 2021 at 9:09 AM William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <
>> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>>
>>> I quit paying attention to the words in songs long ago.  Very few
>>> singers, Billy Joel is one, articulate enough for me to understand.  It's
>>> my deafness.  Pop music seems to be mostly about the words.  Tuneful songs
>>> seem to have died somewhere in the 60s - for me.  Practically no songs are
>>> worth listening to just for the music.  Of course the Requiem is one of
>>> them.  bill w
>>>
>>> On Fri, Dec 31, 2021 at 10:54 AM Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat <
>>> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Fri, Dec 31, 2021, 8:38 AM William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <
>>>> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The impact is much reduced when, as I have often experienced such
>>>>> things, the performance and acoustics conspire to make the lyrics an
>>>>> unintelligible a capella that contrasts with the music - Adrian
>>>>>
>>>>> Maybe you didn't realize that it was in Latin?  ������  bill w
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Latin has words that are distinct from one another, and which are
>>>> pronounced, in contrast to the sound I heard.
>>>>
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