Drug’s impact on music
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Topic: Drug’s impact on music
Posted By: Guests
Subject: Drug’s impact on music
Date Posted: August 31 2005 at 19:27
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sorry.. the question is "What do you think about the artist's using mind-altering drugs to hear wonderful songs in different dimensions and then writing them down?" Ex: Harmonium's Serge Fiori who reached a high consciousness level and heard his wonderful song "Histoires Sans Paroles" in a dream. or Pink Floyd's early psychedelic works even Beethoven was known to have written a few songs from having been in high levels of consciousness and hearing a few nice melodies. but probably through meditation.
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Posted By: stripthesoul
Date Posted: August 31 2005 at 19:47
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"A lot of good has come from drugs. I think "Penny Lane" is worth 10 dead kids. "Dark Side of the Moon" is worth 100 dead kids. Because a lot of kids wouldn't even be born if it weren't for that album, so it evens out." -Bill Maher  ------------- "Feminism is the radical notion that women are human beings." --Cheris Kramerae |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: September 01 2005 at 04:42
I dont care if an artist uses drugs or not to write songs on, as long as the end result is worth listening to. I think over 60% of Hawkwinds output suffered badly through writing under the influence  ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: September 02 2005 at 21:30
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I say if it works for some...but I also find very interesting that a lot of prog musician didnt do drugs! Frank Zappa, thought 90% of his fans vere all stoners, he did no drugs! Robert Fripp neither! and a lot more...but if you really want to read about musci and drugs read Daniel Gildenglow interview on this site...he really says some smart things! hehehe ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: porter
Date Posted: September 03 2005 at 09:54
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I think that using drugs to write music is merely cheating. If one needs to alter his normal perspectives with some kind of stuff he has some problems with creativity and I don't give a damn about what he writes. The problem is: what can the drugs REALLY DO in the process of composing a piece of music? Is that true that they give you the real inspiration or, as someone says, they write the music for you? I have many doubts about that...famous musicians who made use of drugs with consciousness (aka The Beatles) would tell you that it just gives you a different level of perception, then YOU have to use that new perception to write a worthy tune...others just don't seem to cope with music anymore once they're "cleaned up"...so I don't know what to think. Anyway, in every case I don't agree with using drugs as a helping tool for composing, it's really like cheating. ------------- "my kingdom for a horse!" (W. Shakespeare, "Richard III") |
Posted By: SomethingGood
Date Posted: September 03 2005 at 11:02
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i don't give a crap. i love good music, regardless of who made it and how they got their inspiration.
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/somethinggood/"> 
Click the image. CLICK IT!!! |
Posted By: Borealis
Date Posted: September 04 2005 at 00:33
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Honestly, it help the music to diversifiate. It help expand the world of music, it help making new kinds, new stuff. I feel a good musician (a good artist) do not need drugs. He might find a some new possibilities, but not as many as if he was in a normal state of mind. ------------- Vive le Québec libre!... |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: September 04 2005 at 01:58
IMO there a better ways to get inspiration ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: Nipsey88
Date Posted: September 04 2005 at 02:28
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Sorry, but as a musician and an occasional pot smoker, I would have to
to agree that it is beneficial. Most of our fave prog was
writen/recorded under the influence. Zappa, Fripp, et al. not with
standing; psychedelic drugs are influential in a big way in prog. While
I certainly think that it is not necessary, psychedelics bring an
open mind to the table. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Nipsey88/?chartstyle=myspace02" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Eetu Pellonpaa
Date Posted: September 04 2005 at 02:55
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He stated in his biography (The REAL Frank Zappa book, I recall) that he did some marihuana sometimes, but he didn't enjoy it much. So he wasn't a junkie. The poll lacks an option "hell yeah, only way to do muzac!" for serious spaceheads. |
el böthy wrote:
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: September 04 2005 at 12:49
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I don't think drugs are a good idea to get inspiration, but on the other hand it's true that even some great literary masterpieces owe something to the use of opiates. In any case, I don't really believe it is the drugs that give the inspiration: they may merely enhance what's already there. If the inspiration is really missing, there's nothing in the world that can make it appear from out of nowhere. |
Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: September 04 2005 at 18:13
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I concur. |
