I came across this particularly interesting song last christmas and have decided to share it. My hypothesis: this song contains within it the mystical power to induce the feeling of Saudade: a portugese word for the nostalgic longing for a lost loved object. (Latent within it is a repressed knowledge or belief that the missed object is lost forever; the present is rejected in favor of a distant past or an empty future)
Let us be wary: we must be cognizant of music's power to conjure up the strongest of emotions.
Enjoy!
In other news: The Library of Congress posted a catalog of Hitler's private collection of art. It is, surprisngly, boring.
http://memory.loc.gov/phpdata/pageturner.php?type=&agg=ppmsca&item=18496&turnType=byImage&seq=1
5 comments:
I can't believe you're listening to Conway Twitty. I LOVE Conway Twitty.
i like that. "latent knowledge of belief" that it'll never return, or something like that? you edited. [accuse]
you ordered your links... perhaps in the order of how much you like them? hahaha.
it's back!
It's a lie!
Nostalgia for something that was never actually there.
I REFUSE!
:)
is saudade analogous to Sehnsucht in german?
- chenxin.
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