Dashing Through the Mog
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So the Trans-Siberian Orchestra will be in Columbia, SC on my birthday, and I want to go. I'm trying to win tickets, but maybe if I don't my fellow will still take me. Have any of you ever been to one of their concerts?Quote from their website that is relevant to music and art in general:"Once when asked what Trans-Siberian Orchestra was about, Paul O'Neill (lyricist, composer, and producer who formed the orchestra in 1996) replied, "It's about creating great art. When asked to define what great art was, Paul said, "The purpose of art is to create an emotional response in the person that is exposed to that art. And there are three categories of art; bad art, good art and great art. Bad art will elicit no emotional response in the person that is exposed to it, i.e.; a song you hear in an elevator and it does nothing to you, a picture on a wall that gives you the same emotional response as if the wall had been blank, a movie that chews up time. Good art will make you feel an emotion that you have felt before; you see a picture of a forest and you remember the last time you went fishing with your dad, you hear a song about love and you remember the last time you were in love. Great art will make you feel an emotion you have never felt before; seeing the pieta, the world famous sculpture byMichelangelo, can cause someone to feel the pain of losing a child even if they've never had one. And when you're trying for these emotions the easiest one to trigger is anger.Anyone can do it. Go into the street, throw a rock at someone, you will make them angry. The emotions of love, empathy and laughter are much harder to trigger, but since they operate on a deeper level, they bring a much greater reward."You can see all the band members at the website, if you're interested. Also lots of sound clips and a narrative of the stories behind the music. And fantastic wallpaper/backgrounds. I'm listening to the rock opera version of "Christmas Eve in Sarajevo" right now, and it's awesome. http://www.trans-siberian.com/multimedia/index.shtmlA MAD RUSSIAN'S CHRISTMAS(Instrumental)THE PRINCE OF PEACEIn the middle of a forestThere's a clearing by a streamWhere a mother holds her newbornAnd the child begins to dreamAnd he dreams of hopes unspokenWhen the tears of man will ceaseAnd his mother holds him closerFor he is the Prince of peaceAnd the moon is looking downwardCasting shadows through the treesAnd the stars are shining brighterAs they whisper what they seeHow the emperor and the pauperWith the lion and the lambKneel down before the infantFor his peace they understandHark, the herald angels singGlory to the newborn kingPeace on earth and mercy mildGod and sinners reconciledGlory all ye nations riseJoin the triumph of the skiesWith the heavenly host proclaimChrist is born in BethlehemHark, the herald angels singGlory to the newborn kingLet the bells ring out these tidingsLet it echo across the landThat a king is born in BethlehemAnd his kingdom is at handLet the world rejoice togetherAs it looks upon the starsKnowing every man's our brotherAnd that every child is oursAs he flew o'er SarajevoThere were scars upon the landThere were scars upon the peopleIt was hard to understandAnd the deepest scars of allWhich to humans are unseenBut the angel could see clearlyWere the scars upon the dreamsLike Belfast and BurundiRwanda, PalestineThe only decorations hereHad been awarded for their crimesAnd in gardens where the children playedNow soldiers only trodAnd stranger still, he heard some sayThat they were killing for their godNow the angel heard god speak many timesAnd he had always paid attentionBut this killing of ones neighborWas something the Lord had never mentionedBut as he neared the earthOf a recent battlegroundFrom among the ruinsHe once more heard the soundIt was a single cello playingA forgotten Christmas songAnd even on that battlefieldThe song somehow belongedAnd as he flew awayThe angel did take noteThat where he found this music playedOne always could find hope
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