To Manoj about Sun Songs / Surya Namaskar

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Manoj wrote:

 

....Amazing as it may sound, I survived on Pink Floyd during my  teens...

Dear Manoj ~ thanks to my hubby, Doug, my musical awareness was expanded 

tremendously because I completely refused to listen to any of "that stuff" in my 

teens and early 20's. I was after all, a "folk singer," and I had serious

things  to sing about. LOL. Was it Led Zepplin that did Stairway to Heaven? That

is one  of the most gorgeous songs I have ever heard, and my favorite version

is Dolly  Parton covering it. (Hard to imagine, I know, but she does an

amazing job; the  song just soars.) In my catching up, I've fallen head over heels

for Fleetwood  Mac, especially Stevie Nicks. Initially I though her voice

sounded like a kind  of meat grinder with that low staccato vibrato. Now I love it.

And no one else  can sing "Highwayman" or "Landslide" or "Rhiannon" like she

can.

So now my musical taste is all over the place, including people like Dave 

Matthews (never heard a voice like that on a man before) and Bare Naked Ladies, 

and thanks to my niece Laura, who keeps me up to date, Green Day (punk rock,

but  their song "September" has been getting a lot of air play, and is

strangely  unpunkish).

In addition, my taste for bhajans and kirtans has been expanded as well.  Now

I have added to my collection, along with Krishna Das, a fellow names 

Shubalananda. Shubal actually puts out a periodic Kirtan magazine, and I had no 

idea there were so many kirtan singers in the US. It's a terrific online 

magazine for anyone that is interested in kirtan and wants to take a peek.  Here's

the link:

_http://lo.redjupiter.com/gems/shubalananda/TimeandSpaceVol132.pdf_

(http://lo.redjupiter.com/gems/shubalananda/TimeandSpaceVol132.pdf)

Blessing to all the bhajan singers. Jai Ma ~ Linda  P.S. Seeing the  thread,

Sun Songs/Surya Namaskar reminds me of the nine planets mantras I have  been

chanting. There is a planet for every day of the week, and Sunday is, well, 

Sun Day ... Surya. For some reason I have taken to this seva like a duck to 

water. Perhaps it is because even if I can only chant one mantra of the planet 

for that day, and then the next day, and so on ... it is the first time in my 

life I have experienced anything remotely akin to daily spiritual practice. So

I  do it even if I feel to sick, and sometimes, if I'm doing well, I can do

two  malas. And then fit in the mantra for the nodes of the moons, which can be

done  any day of the week. It is such a small thing, but it has changed me in

some way  I can't explain.

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Ammachi, nierika wrote:

>

> Manoj wrote:

>

> ...Amazing as it may sound, I survived on Pink Floyd during my  teens...

> Dear Manoj ~ thanks to my hubby, Doug, my musical awareness was

> expanded  tremendously because I completely refused to listen to any

> of "that stuff" in my  teens and early 20's. I was after all, a

> "folk singer," and I had serious things  to sing about. LOL. Was it

> Led Zepplin that did Stairway to Heaven? That is one  of the most

> gorgeous songs I have ever heard, and my favorite version

> is Dolly  Parton covering it. (Hard to imagine, I know, but she does

> an amazing job; the  song just soars.)

 

"Stairway to Heaven" is sublime! I never heard the Dolly Parton

version, although the original - Robert Plant? - has a raw vocal

quality that seems to burst like a current up your spine, and the

strength in the voice seems to be able to keep the current steady.

very dizzying feeling! and the guitar .. amazing for a 1961 song.

perhaps the best rock song ever?

 

The 60s was a very creative period.... from Led Zepp to Beatles to to

Carlos Santana to Ravi Shankar and then John McLaughlin in the 70s.

also Pink Floyd. ... of course I heard all this only in the 90s.

 

In India, listening to Pink Floyd meant listening to the other British

band, Jethro Tull (Hi FG cheta!). They were like siamese twins. The

best of Ian Anderson for me (lead of Tull and also the music conductor

of the London Symphony Orchestra at that time) was his symphony with

the LSO .... a delicious piece of WILD metallic flute and organized music.

 

I got to really get in touch with all my teen friends and have a

renuion now and get high on music!

 

jai ma! (thanks for all the experiences in life)