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Strange fruit
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srshea
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Joined: Oct. 29 2006
From: Olympia, WA in the Great Pacific Northwest
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RE: Strange fruit (in reply to Morante)
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I can’t think of a specific song, but I think I understand where you’re coming from. For me it’s more to do with a specific quality of a singer’s voice rather than the actual content of the song. One example is Chrissie Hynde who at times has this keening, plaintive catch in her voice that just hits me a bit too hard and makes it tough to listen to. I often go to music for emotional catharsis, but sometimes it’s a little too much to handle. Similarly, there are a few films that I regard in the highest possible terms and would definitely rank at the very top of my “favorite” films, but which have been so overwhelmingly intense on an emotional level that I can’t bear to watch them. And there’s a Paul Taylor dance to two that really put me through the wringer. Each time I attend a performance of those particular dances I go in with a shaky, nervous energy, fearful of having such an emotionally intense experience in the mixed company of a crowded auditorium, but also fearful that maybe that emotional meltdown won’t happen this time and that I’ll be robbed of that experience! Art’s some pretty spooky stuff, sometimes…
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