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Well, I think they address why they loved it so much in the article, hell, before the first section is finished, even. Music can be many things at once, and yo

Well, I think they address why they loved it so much in the article, hell, before the first section is finished, even. Music can be many things at once, and you can be touched by some of the things it is, even if others don't hit for you.

erikerikson 2y ago
I can't deny the first section described that. My confusion isn't about what the claims are or what surface knowledge presents. As a peer comment noted, an outlet for anger is part of it, a starting point, and was useful to me too. My comment is about how that album more than others invited me to stay stuck there, remain clad and "protected" from my vulnerability. Tearing down, destroying, and randomizing are always easier than solving, creating, healing, loving, and seeing things just/right. More relevant in this context, startups are hard. Being useful is work. The beauty in the brashness of NIN is what I believe starts with feeling less alone in your heart and leads to loving yourself and spreading that into your ambient surrounds. As you note, I am sharing what this art is to me. I cannot say that must or should be what it is to any other person. I still hope that we can be less ashamed and equally vigorous with our caring.
- scns 2y ago
  > feeling less alone For me it was The Knife. Making me realize there are other people feeling the same way. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDdVVPOcLhM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDdVVPOcLhM edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UeQLO43a2Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UeQLO43a2Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPD8Ja64mRU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPD8Ja64mRU you might know a cover of this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJCE48VnI1o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJCE48VnI1o
  - ilikepi 2y ago
    Silent Shout is a fantastic album, but "Heartbeats" is the GOAT. I feel a bit sad that The Knife evolved into a strange place in their later work that I don't really understand. I guess my tastes are a little too basic to follow along.
    - phaedrix 2y ago
      It's not you, they unfortunately slid into self indulgence.

erikerikson 2y ago

I can't deny the first section described that. My confusion isn't about what the claims are or what surface knowledge presents. As a peer comment noted, an outlet for anger is part of it, a starting point, and was useful to me too. My comment is about how that album more than others invited me to stay stuck there, remain clad and "protected" from my vulnerability. Tearing down, destroying, and randomizing are always easier than solving, creating, healing, loving, and seeing things just/right. More relevant in this context, startups are hard. Being useful is work. The beauty in the brashness of NIN is what I believe starts with feeling less alone in your heart and leads to loving yourself and spreading that into your ambient surrounds. As you note, I am sharing what this art is to me. I cannot say that must or should be what it is to any other person. I still hope that we can be less ashamed and equally vigorous with our caring.

scns 2y ago
> feeling less alone For me it was The Knife. Making me realize there are other people feeling the same way. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDdVVPOcLhM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDdVVPOcLhM edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UeQLO43a2Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UeQLO43a2Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPD8Ja64mRU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPD8Ja64mRU you might know a cover of this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJCE48VnI1o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJCE48VnI1o
- ilikepi 2y ago
  Silent Shout is a fantastic album, but "Heartbeats" is the GOAT. I feel a bit sad that The Knife evolved into a strange place in their later work that I don't really understand. I guess my tastes are a little too basic to follow along.
  - phaedrix 2y ago
    It's not you, they unfortunately slid into self indulgence.