Alice in Chains -> for a late night/early morning revival
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Ever notice that everything seems so much more tranquil outdoors at 2:30 am. For years I ran at night, late at night. And I never slowed down to notice certain things.
Even though the wind blows all day long, the majority of the time, long after the mainstream traffic has deceased, it becomes creepy and still. Well, at least that's what happens in my part of Maryland anyway.
There is a surreal quality added when the moon is full, like last night. I opened the front door and strolled out into the night, MP3 player in tow, flicking my pocket knife and closing it repeatedly, pondering the meaning of life and how satelites stay in the sky in perfect orbit and if flying squirrels taste like regular Maryland squirrels...when Alice in Chains "Nutshell" comes on random, a nice change of pace from the screaming and beating of the heavy stuff that dominates my MP3 player ->
And it dawned on me how great this song really was, only like 50 words in the whole song, but their meaning is so profound. Many people have felt all alone and depressed, felt as though the whole world is against them. But listening to it in the particular mood I was in, feeling how I felt, I think maybe Layne Staley wrote that song after having those feelings for suck a long time that he was used to it...a more resigned feeling, like he knew there was no point fighting it, like his destiny was to always feel alone even surrounded by others...and that he may have even been smiling when he wrote it, laughing at the world because he could be happy to embrace that...and like he had a burden of secrets that he wouldn't be able to tell anybody because he didn't have anyone close enough to him...
Tyler Durden the mystic, Tyler Durden the deep philosophical, Tyler Durden the clinical escapee -> you may be right -> I know I ramble on and can't put sentences and thoughts together very well, but I try.
So staring at the full moon, standing in the perfect stillness, with no car noise, no planes overhead, no poeple out cutting their grass, I wondered how many others had felt the euphoric explosion inside their spirit/mind/body while listening to this classic tune...going through the same emotions I was...
Well, I'm an idiot and a weirdo...but at least I posted a good song while you read this, uh, well, I don't know what to call this
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Dude, in my part of Mryland, if the wind isn't howlin this time of year, something ain't right.
Euphoric explosion: that's the perfect way to describe it. When music and situation aligns so perfectly it almost feels like you're lifted outside yourself breaking the fourth wall and you are suddenly an observer of your own life. Almost like you're watching your life like a movie with your MP3 player as the soundtrack.
I'm not one that puts much stock in the supernatural or devine, but it's times like this that it's hard not to believe in fate.
Great track.
Yep everyonce in a while a mood synch's up with a song and majic happens. I think thats what makes so many of us obsessively collect music. were all looking to have that very thing happen more often and were looking for that perfect album that will bring that on. Unfortunantly it dosn't usually work like that. most of the time it has to happen randomly and somtimes it happens that songs you didn't like before become favorites that is why I always sync my mp3 player on random. that way I listen to songs I usually wouldent have chosen.
Jason - Same here. I reload a random set of music on my MP3 player three times a week.
C6 -> word, we've had 50 straight days of clouds, rain, cold, and funk...but no snow, somethings going on here ->
DEMO -> Being a churchgoing christian I still don't put much into the supernatural -> you described what I was trying to say much better than I ever could...ever think about being a blog-post writer, I'll pay you to write mine so they make some sense! I also re-load my MP3 player a few times a week and leave it steady on random...so when something pops up I never heard, I can see what it is and make a note ->
J-son -> I can't even remember loading AIC on my MP3 player...but yeah, it was a song/band I don't listen to much (enough??) but that's exactly what you're saying, It all fit perfectly into what I needed right then and there ->
Ty - I have troubles reading my own posts most of the time...
LIAR -> you are a well spoken strapping young lad -> self-deprecation will get you no where -> ok, that's how I scored with my wife for the first time -> did I really just say that?
it was in the woods too! on a sleeping bag! BUTT NAKED IN THE WOODS -> good name for a song, that I'm gonna write one day -> SHUT UP DURDEN, JUST SHUT YOUR FRIGGIN MOUTH ->
Butt nekkid in the woods sounds like a country song!
it is a country song...and it's played out with 2 naked bodies, groans and moans, and then the sound of a DNR door slam and a "Hey, what are you doing to that girl?" and a bright flashlight beam...had to get busted on the first score beavis -> then I got the cuffs when I asked the female DNR officer if she'd like to join in...ok that part didn't really happen ->
hmm obviously you were'nt actually far enough in the woods. if you were actually in the woods a sasquatch woulda come along and given you both a little jungle love. Now thats what I'm talkin bout!
hairy jungle love...apparently you've never seen me naked, or your not admitting it -> my wife calls me bigfoot ->
If your that hairy no one has actually seen you nekkid? you should totally manscape tiger stripes into your fur! chicks dig that!
I actually shaved little spots all over the place...I was going for the leopard look...but failed miserably, I look the the end product of a frat house innitiation prank!
the tiger look is alot easier to pull off. leapord just makes you look like you escaped chernobyl. the only way to fix that now is to connect the dots and make a hairy portrait of willy nelson.