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Posted 11/13/08 - 06:43 PM:	#31
The Rules of the Game. Leon Rosselson (from memory?) The rules of the game are simple, and all you've got to do Is split yourself down the middle, so no one can pin anything on you. Wait for the wound to harden, seal with a nerve proof skin, The rules of the game are simple, and you're ready to begin. The face is filled with pity, and prays for his daily bread While the mask stands guard by the corpses, to see they don't rise from the dead. And while one of you loves and is loving, the other one climbs alone, Sells to the highest bidder, poisons his way to the throne. So while one of you loves and is loving, the other one strikes it rich, And soon you'll forget to remember, just which one of you is which. For the one whose smile is gentle is the one who carries a gun Who kills in the line of duty, and does what has to be done, Who weeps when the innocent suffer, and only tortures for hire Who turns his face from the slaughter, when he's given the order to fire. I tell you the rules are simple, and no one will pin anything on you If you split yourself down the middle, and do what you have to do.
...most of our actions are the result of the past, or according to a future ideal. That's not action, that is just conformity. J Krishnamurti "Philosophy, to the Philistine, is an evolutionary process, watched over by some sort of brisk dynamic Providence, and culminating in the supreme insight of modern thought." John Cowper Powys

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Posted 11/15/08 - 12:00 AM:	#32
A good 100 or so songs by my avatar-sake, Mr. Dylan, all fit the description of awe-inspiring, spine-tingling and thought-provoking. And recently, especially since Obama won the election, Sam Cooke's 'A Change Is Gonna Come'. Fittingly enough written in response to the master's 'Blowin' in the Wind'.
One of the greatest weaknesses in human nature is to be dogmatic about issues of which we are ignorant. "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio/Than are dreamt of in your philosophy."

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1 of 1 people found this post helpful Posted 11/16/08 - 04:34 AM:	#33
My favourite genre of music is metal, and contrary to popular belief a lot of it goes beyond the view people usually have of it. I usually look for powerful and awe-insping metal (will usually be Black metal or Doom metal), for eg: Emperor - The Wanderer http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=CdapXehEEv4 (one of, if not the most powerful songs I personally have ever heard ) Skepticism - Aether http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=BkCfFTueOuA Agalloch - A Desolation Song http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=mN4AxskpSAE Burzum - Dunkleheit http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=luFCBdS5PAs etc... I have tons more so feel free to ask me for some recommendations. Oh, and this is my first post here, so I guess I'll say hi

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Posted 11/16/08 - 07:14 AM:	#34
Sea Cruise: Freddy Fender: The inspiration of straight, old timey rock and roll!

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Posted 11/20/08 - 06:29 PM:	#35
From Bright Eyes, my most often respected Modern Band: Clairaudients (Kill or Be Killed) Corporate or Colonial The Movement is unstoppable Like the body of a centerfold it spreads To the counter-culture copyright Get your revolution at a lower price Or make believe and throw the fight, play dead It's exploding bags, aerosol cans Southbound buses, Peter Pan They left it up to us again I thought you knew the drill It's kill or be killed Future Markets, Holy Wars Been tried ten thousand times before If you think that God is keeping score, Hooray! For the freedom-fighting simulcast (Victory! A defeat! Victory!) The imminent and the aftermath Draw another bloody bath to drain Like the polar icecaps centrifuge (Oh Allah! Oh Jesus please!) First snowman built at the end of June He slicks his hair for the interview, his fifteen-minute fame Would you agree times have changed? All there stuff is awe-inspiring, IMHO. At least, a little more realistic than 'If I only had a Rocket Launcher' Edit: For the U2 Fans: http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=11worst
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Posted 11/24/08 - 07:09 AM:	#36
I know it might be a but lame to some but most of sigur ros is pretty awe inspiring.

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Posted 11/24/08 - 10:00 AM: Subject: Hand On Heart	#37
The first time I heard Don't Look Back in Anger by Oasis, I had a little cry. Granted, it was the first song on a compilation tape given to me as a 'break-up keepsake' by a girlfriend of mine, but there was something in the key, there in the chord, that forced me to pause it for a second, emotionally awed. Outside of that, I am a sucker for Rachmaninoff, Stravinsky, and, back on the popular tip, one or two national anthems: Argentina, Italy, Scotland, France.

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Posted 12/19/08 - 10:58 AM:	#39
For me, an awe-inspiring song is something that seems to represent a feeling no human can fathom, but is felt still. Here's an example of awe-inspiring (for me at least): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qSptlkMuC8
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Posted 12/19/08 - 10:59 AM:	#40
"Oh Lord, it's hard to be humble." Sorry, my mom caught me off guard one day and started singing the chorus to that.... Song inspiration is sometimes only relevent dependant on the location/time or time of day.
"...There was a writer who asked why it was that when we find positive experiences we say that only the physical facts are real, but in negative experiences we believe that reality is subjective. He made an example of those who say that in birth only the pain is real, the joy a subjective point of view, but that in death it is the emotional loss that is the reality." - Tony Ballantyne, Recursion. _____________________________________________ Truth is want. - The internal state of matters. Truth is Need. - The external state of affairs.

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