Sep 15, 2009

Fixations

Do u ever get fixed on a song or an artist and keep it playing over and over again for hours or days?
It's like u get stuck in a certain mood and that song fits it so good... that you don't feel the need to change it anymore.... it becomes like a short-term obsession..
very painful for the flatmates or neighbors...

 I had quite some of these short-term obsessions in my life... For example, now I can feel now how I will be stuck for days on Laleh.(I have just discovered her from post of a friend on Facebook). I find it very light, like a summer wind ..the inflections of her voice are a delight to my ears...
and it fits my happy, light-hearted mood ( it may sound different to you, I've been told I tend to listen to depressive music). I just came home from my last trip for this summer.... and my heart is glowing filled with happiness...

But I have receipts for other states too: for sad, rainy autumn days, I recommend Nicu Alifantis (Emotii de toamna) and his other hits....for broken hearts Leonard Cohen (dance me to the end of love, I'm your man and others).... In my peak of depression I listened to Anthony and the Johnsons...(not anymore...they are too much)

For hot, lazy summer days -- Kings of Convenience and Cesaria Evora.

When I have too much energy I like the Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack... ah... and my favorite red-wine companion is latin piano-jazz... I know this is very much a cliche.... nevertheless....I never said I dont have standard tastes.

If I get enough of her music in the next days, I will mix it with Matt Costa and Jason Mraz.

What about your fixations? Or do you have any suggestions to diversify mine?

Light-heartedness or better head-in-the clouds state of mind leads, as you can read above, to non-coherence.... I promise I'll get the coherence back..

2 comments:

Manu said...

Listening more carefully to the words...they don't ray happiness...

but anyway... I like the sound

Lara said...

Actually, to me, it sounds more melancolic than otherwise..it's touching, I admit..Maybe how it makes you feel is a mix between her soundtrack and your state of mind..Welcome back! :)