Title: Inspirational Music, to Atheists
Post by: Loffler on July 15, 2008, 01:36:32 AM
Post by: Loffler on July 15, 2008, 01:36:32 AM
Nina Simone's version of "Ain't Got No" and "I've Got Life."
[youtube:234ysx0q]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUcXI2BIUOQ[/youtube:234ysx0q]
[youtube:234ysx0q]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUcXI2BIUOQ[/youtube:234ysx0q]
Title: Re: Inspirational Music, to Atheists
Post by: susangail on July 15, 2008, 01:44:35 AM
Post by: susangail on July 15, 2008, 01:44:35 AM
That was exciting. Wow. "I've got my hair..." and what hair she has! Sweet!
Never heard that. Love it.
Never heard that. Love it.
Title: Re: Inspirational Music, to Atheists
Post by: afreethinker30 on July 15, 2008, 04:55:40 PM
Post by: afreethinker30 on July 15, 2008, 04:55:40 PM
I'm not sure why but this song has always made me feel so many things inspired,sad and like my heart is in my stomach. [youtube:1u1o9l3v]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c3OY3iDcaQ[/youtube:1u1o9l3v]
Title: Re: Inspirational Music, to Atheists
Post by: Mister Joy on July 18, 2008, 02:03:36 AM
Post by: Mister Joy on July 18, 2008, 02:03:36 AM
Well the national anthem of course!
Just kidding... Lyrics can be interesting but if they try to be 'inspirational' they usually wind up annoying me, so when seeking inspiration I usually stick to either instrumental stuff, or music with lyrics in foreign languages that I don't understand. Here's a couple that I like (sorry, don't know how to embed):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byhcdd6_eKk - Yoko Kanno
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAPe_x1n_70&feature=related - Jean Michael Jarre
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uHF1-8TcEk&feature=related - A lot of classical music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dY99STTn07A - Tiny Bradshaw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gd4jgY8zipw - Miles Davis.
I enjoy writing, and I find music very useful for that. I'm a sort of plagiariser of atmospheres from music to story telling, I have to admit. The scenes I imagine in my head tend to be definable by the feeling of some musical score so if I limn them whilst listening to the right kind of music, it helps me to create the feeling I'm looking for on paper.
Other than that though, I find satirical music quite 'inspiring' as well.
Bill Bailey is God
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMl0YIeMj78
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu6uMDfBN88&feature=related
Just kidding... Lyrics can be interesting but if they try to be 'inspirational' they usually wind up annoying me, so when seeking inspiration I usually stick to either instrumental stuff, or music with lyrics in foreign languages that I don't understand. Here's a couple that I like (sorry, don't know how to embed):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byhcdd6_eKk - Yoko Kanno
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAPe_x1n_70&feature=related - Jean Michael Jarre
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uHF1-8TcEk&feature=related - A lot of classical music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dY99STTn07A - Tiny Bradshaw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gd4jgY8zipw - Miles Davis.
I enjoy writing, and I find music very useful for that. I'm a sort of plagiariser of atmospheres from music to story telling, I have to admit. The scenes I imagine in my head tend to be definable by the feeling of some musical score so if I limn them whilst listening to the right kind of music, it helps me to create the feeling I'm looking for on paper.
Other than that though, I find satirical music quite 'inspiring' as well.
Bill Bailey is Godhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMl0YIeMj78
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu6uMDfBN88&feature=related
Title: Re: Inspirational Music, to Atheists
Post by: afreethinker30 on July 18, 2008, 02:42:26 AM
Post by: afreethinker30 on July 18, 2008, 02:42:26 AM
Modest Mouse The Ocean Breathes Salty not only do the words have meaning but the video is brilliant.
[youtube:2iai6kbt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n4Sd-USFkQ[/youtube:2iai6kbt]
[youtube:2iai6kbt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n4Sd-USFkQ[/youtube:2iai6kbt]
Title: Re: Inspirational Music, to Atheists
Post by: Tom62 on July 18, 2008, 05:44:01 AM
Post by: Tom62 on July 18, 2008, 05:44:01 AM
Normally I don't care much about the lyrics, it is the music that counts.
Here is some stuff that give me goosebumps
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeIHZvZT ... re=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeIHZvZTJTg&feature=related)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5mnAxTc ... re=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5mnAxTc-Rs&feature=related)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ax8JYmoRhy4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ax8JYmoRhy4)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9TkG-dd ... re=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9TkG-dd3Ok&feature=related)
Here is some stuff that give me goosebumps
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeIHZvZT ... re=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeIHZvZTJTg&feature=related)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5mnAxTc ... re=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5mnAxTc-Rs&feature=related)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ax8JYmoRhy4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ax8JYmoRhy4)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9TkG-dd ... re=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9TkG-dd3Ok&feature=related)
Title: Re: Inspirational Music, to Atheists
Post by: susangail on July 18, 2008, 07:11:29 PM
Post by: susangail on July 18, 2008, 07:11:29 PM
So cliche but... John Lennon's "Imagine"
[youtube:31604i0q]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEOkxRLzBf0[/youtube:31604i0q]
[youtube:31604i0q]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEOkxRLzBf0[/youtube:31604i0q]
Title: Re: Inspirational Music, to Atheists
Post by: myleviathan on July 18, 2008, 07:12:46 PM
Post by: myleviathan on July 18, 2008, 07:12:46 PM
The entire "At War with the Mystics" from the Flaming Lips. The album title says it all.
Title: Re: Inspirational Music, to Atheists
Post by: afreethinker30 on July 20, 2008, 05:36:42 PM
Post by: afreethinker30 on July 20, 2008, 05:36:42 PM
[youtube:3orvjhor]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVRX8hgJPcU[/youtube:3orvjhor] Bad Religion-God's Love
[youtube:3orvjhor]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuS2jtaBD70[/youtube:3orvjhor] Voltaire-God Thinks
[youtube:3orvjhor]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuS2jtaBD70[/youtube:3orvjhor] Voltaire-God Thinks
Title: Re: Inspirational Music, to Atheists
Post by: curiosityandthecat on December 02, 2008, 05:46:56 PM
Post by: curiosityandthecat on December 02, 2008, 05:46:56 PM
The Tiger Lilies - Terrible
[youtube:2olpn4k7]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpefat6TgII[/youtube:2olpn4k7]
[youtube:2olpn4k7]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpefat6TgII[/youtube:2olpn4k7]
Title: Re: Inspirational Music, to Atheists
Post by: Squid on December 02, 2008, 05:56:11 PM
Post by: Squid on December 02, 2008, 05:56:11 PM
Sentenced - No One There
Not necessarily inspirational but a moving song nonetheless:
[youtube:3yha9dmm]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8ulTo4s3So[/youtube:3yha9dmm]
Not necessarily inspirational but a moving song nonetheless:
[youtube:3yha9dmm]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8ulTo4s3So[/youtube:3yha9dmm]
Title: Re: Inspirational Music, to Atheists
Post by: Kyuuketsuki on December 02, 2008, 08:40:16 PM
Post by: Kyuuketsuki on December 02, 2008, 08:40:16 PM
[youtube:u05g8ko5]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dys1_TuUmI4[/youtube:u05g8ko5]
Follow your common sense,
You cannot hide yourself,
behind a fairytale forever and ever,
Only by revealing the whole truth can we disclose,
The soul of this bulwark forever and ever,
Forever and ever,
Indoctrinated minds so very often,
Contain sick thoughts,
And commit most of the evil they preach against
[youtube:u05g8ko5]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvLPHY44jkQ[/youtube:u05g8ko5]
I don't fear what you are
because you're only dangerous to what is weak
clinging to the stories you create
you make a living off of souls that bleed
[youtube:u05g8ko5]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz71p3pt2tI[/youtube:u05g8ko5]
Oh, Its a bad religion (Bad religion)
From a broken nation (A broken nation)
Its a contradiction,
And I cant take it any f***ing more
Its a bad religion (bad religion, bad religion, bad religion)
From a broken nation (Broken nation)
Its a contradiction.
[youtube:u05g8ko5]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_0Vzep9aoY[/youtube:u05g8ko5]
Bend me shape me misdirect me
It's all the same to me
Look at all this useless talk, Look at all this useless talk, Look at all this useless talk
Upon the cross
You look at me but you don't see
Understand I'm a sinner
Don't corner me
Don't lecture me
Raise your hands you're a sinner
Certainly inspires me
Kyu
Follow your common sense,
You cannot hide yourself,
behind a fairytale forever and ever,
Only by revealing the whole truth can we disclose,
The soul of this bulwark forever and ever,
Forever and ever,
Indoctrinated minds so very often,
Contain sick thoughts,
And commit most of the evil they preach against
[youtube:u05g8ko5]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvLPHY44jkQ[/youtube:u05g8ko5]
I don't fear what you are
because you're only dangerous to what is weak
clinging to the stories you create
you make a living off of souls that bleed
[youtube:u05g8ko5]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz71p3pt2tI[/youtube:u05g8ko5]
Oh, Its a bad religion (Bad religion)
From a broken nation (A broken nation)
Its a contradiction,
And I cant take it any f***ing more
Its a bad religion (bad religion, bad religion, bad religion)
From a broken nation (Broken nation)
Its a contradiction.
[youtube:u05g8ko5]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_0Vzep9aoY[/youtube:u05g8ko5]
Bend me shape me misdirect me
It's all the same to me
Look at all this useless talk, Look at all this useless talk, Look at all this useless talk
Upon the cross
You look at me but you don't see
Understand I'm a sinner
Don't corner me
Don't lecture me
Raise your hands you're a sinner
Certainly inspires me
Kyu
Title: Re: Inspirational Music, to Atheists
Post by: Tanker on December 03, 2008, 03:44:24 AM
Post by: Tanker on December 03, 2008, 03:44:24 AM
The song Eulegy by Tool great song.