Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 12:25 pm
Music loses its point without emotion, and lyrics just seem like a slow way to communicate an idea. It is much more efficient to read well constructed sentances.
I need to listen to this for a long time before I get it more I think. It's very obvious to me that he is baring his soul at a deep level...which is the same as my own. I have felt the things he's conveying emotionally...I came to feel them from my writing of poetry. I would almost do automatic writing...putting down any word that came to mind...which is probably what started me on the whole search for truth in the first place. John's music makes sense to me but the lyrics don't necessarily...they seem like he was trying too hard to convey the point. Like he was searching intensely for a way to explain his fascination with truthfulness of emotion.
I think his music is what the masculinity described here is all about - an intense yearning for the divine....whatever that is. One must be pretty masculine to throw their whole life away for the sake of this type of music and feeling. You have to be very passionate, and not passive. You would never see a feminine minded person write something like this - or become obsessed with an album like this.
An interesting thing is that this music seems to activate my kundalini slightly. Not suggesting that was an intended purpose...I think it's because of the honesty of emotion conveyed.
Thanks for telling me a bit about your background with the album. It's cool to learn a bit more about you, Cory.