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My playlist this morning:

1. Henryk Górecki - Symphony No. 3 Op. 36; III. Lento (cantabile semplice)

2. David Munrow - Palastinalied

3. Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells, Pt. 1

Mani.

OK, too much IQ for me or not enough knowledge of music.
I'm quite sure I know what you refer to. Care to explain it ? or would that be daft ...

Regards,
Peter

After hearing the news (quite late this morning), I sat with my cup of tea and queued these tracks up, kind of subconsciously. And on finishing listening to them, it seemed to me that I had selected just the perfect music for my mood - kind of like selecting the perfect wine for a particular dish.

Not sure why I wanted to share, but I think it had something to do with the ability of music to communicate in a way that nothing else seems to be able to... to me, at least.

And why share on this forum?  Well because I doubt that the music would have moved me in the same way had I been listening on any other system in the house. And thinking about things now, surely this is the real purpose of our spending so much time tuning our respective systems - to be moved by the music, no? Talking purely for myself, I think it's easy to get drawn into analysing the sound instead of connecting with the music. The former certainly has it's place, but I think sometimes it's necessary to just let go and let the music take you to where it wants to take you.

Mani.

Mani, beautiful. And beautifully spoken.

I only heard it this morning too.

At this moment coincidentally the track "Raven" plays from Christian Willisohn - Heart Broken man. This is the 4th track. But while reading your text, the goosbumps rose to infinite height. I don't know what the track (lyrics) is about, but the chords certainly matched the mood a 100%.
So yes, that is what music can do.

Thanks ...
Peter

Hi Mani,

Which version of Tubular Bells is your favorite? (It has been reissued and re-worked a zillion times).

PS: Looking forward to your NOS1 G3 update!