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Here’s a song I really love.
Just Let Go by Sturgill Simpson
Woke up today and decided to kill my ego It ain't ever done me no good no how Gonna break through and blast off to the Bardo (*1) In them flowers of light far away from the here and now Taking a 49 divine day vacation (*2) From reality and all else in between Gonna transmigrate to my destination Far beyond time in an eternal dream Am I dreaming? Am I dying? Either way I don't mind at all Oh, it feels so good you just can't help but crying Oh, you have to let go so the soul may fall Oh my God, it's so beautiful (*3) Everything is a part of me It's so hard looking through all the lies made of wool But if you close your eyes it becomes so easy to see
*1 Used loosely, the term “bardo” refers to the state of existence intermediate between two lives on earth. According to Tibetan tradition, after death and before one’s next birth, when one’s consciousness is not connected with a physical body, one experiences a variety of phenomena. These usually follow a particular sequence of degeneration from, just after death, the clearest experiences of reality of which one is spiritually capable, and then proceeding to terrifying hallucinations that arise from the impulses of one’s previous unskillful actions. For the prepared and appropriately trained individuals the bardo offers a state of great opportunity for liberation, since transcendental insight may arise with the direct experience of reality, while for others it can become a place of danger as the karmically created hallucinations can impel one into a less than desirable rebirth.
*2 He’s taking a vacation from reality and the real world in general. Its also notable that 49 days (which is mentioned in the sentence above) is the average for a rehab “vacation” so he may be referring to reality as a drug that he needs to get away from.
*3 Society’s rules and expectations can really stress you out and make it hard to see the pure beauty of the universe, but if you take the time to pause and look within, everything is a lot simpler and more beautiful than you would expect.
Some people achieve this through deep meditation, but in the hectic world we live in today, it is much easier to discover this nirvana by complete accident through ingestion of psychedelic drugs. Psychedelic drugs can powerfully shake your conscience and make you look at things for a few hours without any bias or preconceived notions that you might have had before. They come back afterwards, but for a moment you experience everything exactly as it is, not in the simplified way you’ve trained yourself to see it to make things easier.
——- I find a connection to Sturgill’s life and lyrical philosophy. These lyrics and the general emotional mood of this song really is beautiful in my mind.
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One of my dad's favorites, and I remember being a lil browns fan, driving our YUGO (yeah white people were broke back then too ) to the dump blasting this song all singing with the windows down.
No money, pos car that was literally full of trash, 95 degree Florida heat with no air, no car seats lol, and yet we were the coolest dudes on the earth at the time......
Simpler times too (this would have been early early early 90's). We didn't have much (funny how it works out, because my parents would go on to do very well for themselves in the upcoming years), but we had each other, and that's all that you really needed, now wasn't it?
I love the first note in the lead at about 1:57/1:58 (great note selection!) and the slowed down guitar part that starts around 2:55. I don't think it's in 4/4 timing. 5/4?
Anybody been to The Agora Theater in Cleveland? Daughter and me are thinking of going to a concert there in September, Parkway Drive. Is there plenty of parking, plenty of room inside, stuff like that.
Not familiar with the area, anyone know the closest hotel?
And since I'm sure no one on here likes Gospel quartet music, I'll just say The Kingsmen Quartet - circa mid 1980's. Child Child. Glory Road, The Old Ship of Zion, and a few others.
Anybody been to The Agora Theater in Cleveland? Daughter and me are thinking of going to a concert there in September, Parkway Drive. Is there plenty of parking, plenty of room inside, stuff like that.
Not familiar with the area, anyone know the closest hotel?
I heard a song I hadn't heard in a while today: Cheeseburger in Paradise by Jimmy Buffett
Not one of my favorites, but a catchy tune
"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Jeudy is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Tillman is flanked out wide to the right. Judkins and Ford are split in the backfield as Flacco takes the snap ... Here we go."
I don't know if I'd say I LOVE this song, but I really like it. In the absence of cowbell, it has lots of triangle, it kicks ass, and it makes me drive fast. "Might as well go for a soda" by Kim Mitchell ...
Jimmy Buffett was always such an interesting character.
oh for sure
"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Jeudy is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Tillman is flanked out wide to the right. Judkins and Ford are split in the backfield as Flacco takes the snap ... Here we go."
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) to the dump blasting this song all singing with the windows down. 
