[ExI] pistols

[William Flynn Wallace]

I understood about one word out of 5 if that.  It doesn't have to be
music:  any background noise drives my brain nuts.  A loud party?  I won't
be able to understand you from two feet away.  Hearing aids promise to be
able to deal with background noise, but they can't. Lots of people waste a
lot of money on expensive aids which don't deliver the goods.  I have tried
them. bill w

On Fri, Dec 31, 2021 at 11:45 AM Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> 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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