If you've been following my posts here on Steemit you may have noticed that my stories are occasionally interspersed with song lyrics, or that the titles to my posts and sometimes the headings are also lines from popular songs.
Yes, that's a thing I do.
Because I ❤️❤️❤️ music.
All sorts of music - rock, pop, folk, classical, blues, roots, alt-country, jazz, indie, grunge, punk, prog-rock, world... you name it, I love it.
Even as I wrote the title of this story, immediately a song came to mind, and now it's playing in the back of my mind as I write this. It really is like there is a constant jukebox playing songs from my Unconscious Mind when I am in a creative mode.
I´ve been cheated by things I´ve seen
And all I´ve learned in school
I´ve been cheated by TV screens
And artificial families too
— The Soundtrack Of Our Lives
I have referred to this sentiment in the past as the "Rock aesthetic". It's the fascination with music to the point where it almost becomes obsession. Those who possess this aesthetic usually have large music collections - most likely shelves of vinyl, or literally gigabytes of music in their iTunes library. They will know tonnes of useless trivia on bands, singers, performers, and record labels. They will also probably usually dress in band T-shirts they've picked up from numerous concerts they attend.
have you ever seen the film High Fidelity? John Cusack's character's whole life is expressed by his love and knowledge of Rock music. He doesn't even have the words to be able to express his feelings without resorting to creating mix-tapes for his girlfriend. While in some respects, that's quite sad, this kind of aesthetic lends itself to being creative in the act of curation. This is what DJ's do all the time, and they attract massive audiences of followers and fans who love the unique mix of different tunes they create into a soundscape.
Steemit-Sounds
So I've put together a soundtrack (it's not a playlist) on Spotify that contains all the music that has 'appeared' in my Steemit original stories over the previous month.
Here is the tracklist, sorted by story.
- The Bluetones - Slight Return
- Radiohead - Airbag
- Sting - Desert Rose
- Peter Gabriel - Steam
- Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
- XTC - Cynical Days
- Belle & Sebastian - The Blues Are Still Blue
Out Of My Body: My Acupuncture Story
- Fox - Out Of My Body
- The Cure - The Drowning Man
- RPWL - I Watch Myself Sleep
- Ozric Tentacles - Become The Other
- Stevie Wonder - Visions
- Depeche Mode - When The Body Speaks
- Kate Bush - 𝛑
- Van Halen - Summer Nights
- Birds of Tokyo - Dark Side Of Love
- Primal Scream - Free
- Pink Floyd - Time
- Jamiroquai - Canned Heat
- Phish - Slave To The Traffic Light
- The Triffids - Wide Open Road
- Ben Harper - Burn One Down
- Bill Hicks - Drugs Have Done Good Things...
10 Things You Didn't Know About Me...
- Fiona Apple - Across The Universe
- David Bowie - Life On Mars
- Eddie Vedder & Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - The Long Road
- New Order - The Perfect Kiss
- The Beatles - Something
- Shane Howard - Rebel Song
- XTC - Dear God
- Supergrass - Jesus Came From Outer Space
- Talking Heads - Girlfriend Is Better
- Primal Scream - Come Together
- Primal Scream - Loaded
- Primal Scream - I'm Losing More Than I'll Ever Have
- Missy Higgins - Please Forgive Me
- The Church - Under The Milky Way
- Huey Lewis & The News - The Power Of Love
- Led Zeppelin - Black Dog
But what about all the other stories I've published on Steemit?
Well, since they have been syndicated from my blog Pandora's Lost Gift, the soundtrack to those stories are only available to subscribers to me (free) Email Periodical À Bric Et À Brac, which you can subscribe to for more exclusive content that won't appear on Steemit or on the website.
In the meantime, I hope you continue to enjoy the tunes as well as my stories, where ever you read them.
I would like to see this turn into a type of radio show or podcast in the future, hosted on a Discord server or maybe on DLive (or both). But we'll see what happens in the meantime, hey?
Thanks for reading, for voting, and for sharing my work.
I really, really appreciate it. Steem is the best social media platform/s by far - and it's because we are building community.
Keep on Steeming, folks.
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