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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2020 11:06:24 GMT
From personal experience the mood one finds oneself in makes a big part of what music I listen to and at what volume I physically listen to said music at.
For example if my day at work has gone well, I have solved a particularly challenging power supply ripple problem on the latest project, when returning home will happily listen to some Chopin or Barb Jung and enjoy a rather nice glass of Chilean Merlot.
If the day has gone badly conversely I will put on some Stone Roses or Rachmaninoff at silly O'clock and crack open a bottle of King Goblin, and for myself never the twain shall meet
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2020 11:29:02 GMT
I see the tone on this thread seems to have improved somewhat now that a jammy situation has been removed. This is actually a jammy thread. Anyway, I don't think mood comes into my listening, as I only play Marilyn Manson. 
Well as they say in their works bullpit, each to their own Walpurgis I am sure it brings you relief in your own way
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Post by macca on Jan 17, 2020 12:22:38 GMT
If I'm tired after work I don't listen to music. Listening to music seems to require mental energy expenditure whereas watching the telly doesn't.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2020 13:16:37 GMT
If I'm tired after work I don't listen to music. Listening to music seems to require mental energy expenditure whereas watching the telly doesn't. Depends on what you're watching, I guess. The equivalent for me in terms of mental relaxation would be reading a whodunnit as opposed to a 'serious' book. I can't bear having the telly on unless there's something I actually want to watch (which is almost never). |
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Post by macca on Jan 17, 2020 13:40:53 GMT
If I'm tired after work I don't listen to music. Listening to music seems to require mental energy expenditure whereas watching the telly doesn't. Depends on what you're watching, I guess. The equivalent for me in terms of mental relaxation would be reading a whodunnit as opposed to a 'serious' book. I can't bear having the telly on unless there's something I actually want to watch (which is almost never). Oh I watch some right old shite so no problems there. Actually can't remember the last time I watched a TV show that required me to use my brain. Do they still make stuff like that? You know, like James Burke used to do, that sort of thing? |
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Post by macca on Jan 17, 2020 13:44:43 GMT
I do find it quite hard to follow the plot in modern films though.
Was watching 'The Bridges At Toko Rai' the other day, William Holden, made in the late 1950s. No problem following what was going on all the way through.
Then watched Star Wars 'Rogue One' - was lost after ten minute. Kept having to rewind it. You know when something happens and you think 'What? That makes no sense!'?
So you go back to see what crucial bit of plot development you missed, and there it is, tucked away in a bit of hard to hear dialogue. Gets on my tits, frankly.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2020 13:53:37 GMT
TV not a past time I partake in myself, a good novel or cinema are my other preferred methods of unwinding
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2020 14:02:27 GMT
I do find it quite hard to follow the plot in modern films though. Was watching 'The Bridges At Toko Rai' the other day, William Holden, made in the late 1950s. No problem following what was going on all the way through. If you like that sort of thing, catch 'Strategic Air Command' at 2.25pm on Film 4. It's worth watching just to see the amazing Convair B-36 bombers from the fifties, some great footage. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2020 14:14:18 GMT
Now now Geoff....I'm talking white Rap (Emminem) He taught the brothers how to do it right. With the exception of Cyprus Hill. Superb...... . . . Cypress Hill are Mexican Los Angeles. And they're hip hop not rap. A question..... Do you actually know any fucking thing ? 🤨 |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2020 14:24:00 GMT
Depends on what you're watching, I guess. The equivalent for me in terms of mental relaxation would be reading a whodunnit as opposed to a 'serious' book. I can't bear having the telly on unless there's something I actually want to watch (which is almost never). Oh I watch some right old shite so no problems there. Actually can't remember the last time I watched a TV show that required me to use my brain. Do they still make stuff like that? You know, like James Burke used to do, that sort of thing? Yes, usually shown on BBC4, in amongst the repeats of TOTP. |
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Post by macca on Jan 17, 2020 15:47:28 GMT
I do find it quite hard to follow the plot in modern films though. Was watching 'The Bridges At Toko Rai' the other day, William Holden, made in the late 1950s. No problem following what was going on all the way through. If you like that sort of thing, catch 'Strategic Air Command' at 2.25pm on Film 4. It's worth watching just to see the amazing Convair B-36 bombers from the fifties, some great footage. I think I've seen that before. If it's Rock Hudson starring and it is absolute shite then I have. The planes don't save it. |
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Post by macca on Jan 17, 2020 15:48:27 GMT
Oh I watch some right old shite so no problems there. Actually can't remember the last time I watched a TV show that required me to use my brain. Do they still make stuff like that? You know, like James Burke used to do, that sort of thing? Yes, usually shown on BBC4, in amongst the repeats of TOTP. BBC4 has gone right downhill. Used to be you could watch it all evening. |
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Post by Bigman80 on Jan 20, 2020 17:24:01 GMT
Yes, usually shown on BBC4, in amongst the repeats of TOTP. BBC4 has gone right downhill. Used to be you could watch it all evening. I don't think I could watch anything all evening. Except football, I find that very easy to do. Anyway, how about perhaps the ultimate misconception..... The heavier (kgs) the amplifier, the better it is. That may have had a truth about it at one time but that is certainly not the case now. |
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