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Post by HoppersSkippersMiners on Feb 26, 2011 15:59:45 GMT -5
OT, but this reminds me of peeps who have synesthesia... Any synesthetes here on Atop? I've often wondered what people with synesthesia "see" while listening to Adam music!! hubpages.com/hub/whatissynesthesiaI often taste smells. Does that count? Actually, its often kinda gross, particularly since it happens most often with industrial-type chemicals and mold. However, it lets me know when lab equipment is overheating long before other people can tell! ;D The weird part is I don't have a good sense of smell for regular stuff. |
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Post by bridgeymah on Feb 26, 2011 16:01:17 GMT -5
Irish1139 said: Actually, a music major would be on my side! They would say that except for a similar note progression in the beginning, the two songs are NOT similar. A music major would immediately point out that one is in a haunting minor key and one is in a major key, giving them very different sounds/emotions. So, your observation, even if you are not a music major, is accurate. Since there is not much news in Adamland today, here is a little bit of musical theater trivia. In Music Man, (tie-in to Adam--- I think he did appear in that musical) there are two songs with the same melody and harmony: 76 Trombones and Goodnight, My Someone. One is sung by the bombastic con man and the other is sung by the spinster librarian dreaming of her perfect mate. But, the arrangements of the tune were so different, and sung so differently, that most people watching the show never realized what the composer had done (intentionally). Ironically, he even blatantly pointed it out in a duet, and the listeners didn't tumble. Here is his "mash up" of the two songs ---50 years before we did mash ups. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNG5t3qrldwIDK, my brother who happens to not be anywhere even remotely close to being a music major etc. when he heard Broken Open, the first words that came out of his mouth was, "Oh he's going for the Mad World sound" I think that there's something distinctly similar between them, even if they don't sound exactly alike. The opening of Broken Open is very very reminiscent of several Cocteau Twins and This Mortal Coil songs - has the same dripping lilting ethereal quality that is the hallmark of their music. My husband (who has vinyl albums of both) commented on it first time he heard Broken Open... |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2011 16:01:42 GMT -5
HOOPLA1,
As promised, I PM'd you
CASSIE...I'm cracking up "Marauding bands of homosexuals..."
Would have loved to see Adam win an Emma, of course, but since
he didn't, I am happy it went to a Finnish group. Sauli/Katri looked
stunning.
Off to movie day with family. Enjoy yours, everyone!
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Post by willowgarden on Feb 26, 2011 16:02:53 GMT -5
OT, but this reminds me of peeps who have synesthesia... Any synesthetes here on Atop? I've often wondered what people with synesthesia "see" while listening to Adam music!! hubpages.com/hub/whatissynesthesiaCan't answer that question --- but there are many reports about autistic children who pay attention to very little or no music EXCEPT Adam. I was seated next to a severely autistic young women at a GNT concert -- she has no response to the opening act -- Allison Iraheta -- but when Adam started to sing, she was engaged and her face was filled with emotional responses. When he stop singing, she retreated back into her own world. Also at Nokia NY (#2 I think) there was a large group of hearing impaired students with a couple women signing the entire concert. I later learned that most of these kids were total deaf but honestly they were just as entranced as everyone else by Adam. The "spell" he casts involved more than his voice. (Duh! like we never noticed anything else!) There are the only two times when Adam was on stage that I paid a lot of attention to how someone else was responding to the performance. Not sure what it means. But reading some of the comments on Sleepwaker video makes me believe that this DVD has successfully captured a bit of the magic of Adam live.  It is interesting how Adam has this effect. I wish I knew how it happens. My two twin nephews, one mildly and the other severely autistic, could only respond to Whitney Houston singing "I Will Always Love You" when they were infants. Lately, I've noticed the one who is more severely autistic actively listening to Adam when the CD is playing (which it nearly always is). He will be getting one of the new live DVD's from his auntie. |
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Post by aloha on Feb 26, 2011 16:03:48 GMT -5
Ugh! Have spent the last two solid hours putting together the WORST piece of furniture I've ever assembled. Trundle bed from Pottery Barn Kids. Heavy as hell. Unwieldy. Huge, with finicky alignment pegs and a full 3/4 of the screws AREN'T predrilled. And, one of the side rails got knocked off from where it was propped up on the wall, denting the brand new bed that been assembled for LESS than a week the day before my parents and in-laws are coming to scope out the new furniture (well, there's birthday cake too, but its really about the furniture. "Why yes she *does* have a "proper" freaking bed. Looksie! And no we haven't renovated the bathroom yet. Close your eyes if it bugs you that much"). Plus the dining room electrical switch fritzed out and I so don't have time to fix it before tomorrow.  Coming to my Adamtopia happy place. Gonna read about frogs and some more about Hoopla's dream. [exhaustedly wanders back to page 5] ETA: BTW - I don't see any frogs. Feeling left out. Sweetie, take a break.  |
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Post by needacoke on Feb 26, 2011 16:14:31 GMT -5
Sensory responses to the same stimulus varies dramatically at an individual level -- everything from sound, to colors, to taste/flavors and so on. And the associated brain activity and other biological responses vary dramatically.The reasons for the differences are not completely understood but the best current research indicates that it is physiological, experiential and cultural. OT, but this reminds me of peeps who have synesthesia... Any synesthetes here on Atop? I've often wondered what people with synesthesia "see" while listening to Adam music!! hubpages.com/hub/whatissynesthesiaThis conversation today sounds like someone my daughter, a graphic designer, works with. I can't remember exactly what she said about her but I think she said she can "hear" colors. My daughter even had a name for this but I just can't remember what it was. This person is a very gifted designer and illustrator and is known throughout the industry for her work. |
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Post by HoppersSkippersMiners on Feb 26, 2011 16:15:03 GMT -5
Sweetie, take a break. A LOLLY!!!! For me!!! Thanks aloha!! [curls up with her ginormous lolly] ETA: And thanks seoulmate for the smiley! Starting to feel better. :D |
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Post by cassie on Feb 26, 2011 16:15:10 GMT -5
Angelina Kalahari, the opera singer who is an uber-Adam fan, has synesthesia. We have emailed back and forth a couple of times about Adam's voice. I could shoot her an email and ask what colors she sees when Adam sings. I don't promise an answer --- she is wicked busy --- but I can try.
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Post by SusieFierce on Feb 26, 2011 16:16:54 GMT -5
@cutiepi300
Jessica
Holy shit!!! my aunt knows someone who knows The Blonds!! GUYS! They're making his outfit for the Oscars!
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Post by aloha on Feb 26, 2011 16:17:03 GMT -5
@cutiepi300
Holy shit!!! my aunt knows someone who knows The Blonds!! GUYS! They're making his outfit for the Oscars!
oh, let's hope this is true.
Note to self: Okay, aloha, get a grip. It's one tweet.
Bad self: *whine* But I WANT it to be true!!!
Sensible self: Quit whining. Shut up and wait.
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