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FirstLight

(13,360 posts)
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 03:57 AM Mar 2020

Just got home from an awesome concert...

I was almost worried to go because of the whole virus thing, but tix were costly and I really wanted to see this one...
Not a huge venue...casino showroom, maybe 350 ppl? maybe 500?

But still...good live music that was really soul soothing. I needed to dance and sing out loud...It was liberating, always is.
The power and vibe from good music and the people all feeling it...amazingly powerful. <3

I feel like I just came from church

sometimes we have to go with what we feel is important, not letting fear hold us back

what's so fun about concerts is actually meeting strangers. That group that hangs out in the parking lot after and smokes and chills and we make friends we never knew we had
I may never see them again, but damn, for tonight we're family it's special

this was the artist... amazing guy...this is a taste



As much as I am a hermit in my real life,
I will never be able to NOT make friends at gatherings like this...guess I am a social creature after all
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Just got home from an awesome concert... (Original Post) FirstLight Mar 2020 OP
WOW!!! NanceGreggs Mar 2020 #1
Universal ... FirstLight Mar 2020 #2
It IS a universal language. NanceGreggs Mar 2020 #3
I think about the teens all over the World who must have translated the lyrics to... Tikki Mar 2020 #4

NanceGreggs

(27,814 posts)
1. WOW!!!
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 04:26 AM
Mar 2020

I think this is the most eloquent and insightful description of the concert-going experience I’ve ever read.

Music truly is the universal language, and it binds us all one to the other. And it is not necessarily a matter of bonding due to mutual tastes, but a matter of recognizing our ability to bond due to our appreciation of music in and of itself.

Thank you for sharing your so beautifully-expressed thoughts.

FirstLight

(13,360 posts)
2. Universal ...
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 04:43 AM
Mar 2020

That's the key isn't it?

When we all sway to a Unifying tune of peace, love etc

We can all be so accepting....for a moment?

That feeling when music moves you...can't we do it always

NanceGreggs

(27,814 posts)
3. It IS a universal language.
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 05:46 AM
Mar 2020

And our individual dialects and accents never seem to be barriers that can't be overcome.

Tikki

(14,557 posts)
4. I think about the teens all over the World who must have translated the lyrics to...
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 10:36 AM
Mar 2020

the Beatles songs and this without computer translator programs.



Tikki

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