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fandomhigh2018-01-26 08:36 am
furnaceface) wrote in fandomhigh2018-01-26 08:36 am
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Music Appreciation, Friday, 1st Period
"Welcome," Hannibal told the students. "I hope you've had a lovely week. And if not, well -"
//Today's topic is catharsis,// Jono finished. And he probably meant that they were discussing songs about it, as opposed to actively engaging in some manner of catharsis right there themselves. //Songs that people listen to when they need to vent.//
Possibly very angry ones. As one does.
//Songs like that can be anything from 'you've cheated on me and now I'll kill you,' to 'actually, I really just can't stand your face,' but many of them seem to have a common thread of anger in them.//
"Anger is a potent force," Hannibal said like a good Sith. "It underlies a lot of the classic stories of revenge, heartbreak, and intrigue that inform the great operas, such as the Queen of Night's aria from The Magic Flute, the title of which translates to "Hell's vengeance boils in my heart". For something with a slower build but that lends itself well to anger, Holst's "Mars, the Bringer of War is quite intense. In general, such emotions seem to lend themselves very well to music that is simply loud."
//And sometimes loud is what you want when you're angry,// Jono agreed. //I might be guilty of that, on occasion.// A lot. //So, today we're going to talk about catharsis. What sort of music you reach for when you're angry, whether you go for something that makes you angrier, or something to help soothe you. Or maybe the two aren't necessarily different at all.//
Hannibal waved at the computer and stereo system at the front of the class. "Play us your songs, and we'll play you some more of ours. I will state, for example, that I'm rather fond of 'Le veau d'or', from Faust. It is Mephistopheles' aria."
And he did tend to find being devilish very cathartic.
//Me, I generally prefer something a little less classical, a little more,// Jono paused, //perhaps predictably, punk rock. Alternative. Grunge has some good ones. The occasional heavy metal, even. Music that can do all the growling for me.//
Since, uh, since he couldn't really do it for himself.
//I'm going to lean hard into the punk for today, though. Take Bad Religion's Them and Us. It strikes a chord, ah, so to speak, with me, personally.// He paused to play the song, and then continued. //Rise Against's Entertainment is more specifically about the entertainment industry, but it's genuine enough, and bloody catchy, if punk is your thing.//
How were these two married?
//Of course, not all catharsis has to be of an angry sort, either,// Jono spread his hands, then. //There are songs to listen to when you just need a good cry, or when you've got pent-up energy of any sort that just needs a release. Hannibal and I simply shared what works for us. So... what works for you?//
//Today's topic is catharsis,// Jono finished. And he probably meant that they were discussing songs about it, as opposed to actively engaging in some manner of catharsis right there themselves. //Songs that people listen to when they need to vent.//
Possibly very angry ones. As one does.
//Songs like that can be anything from 'you've cheated on me and now I'll kill you,' to 'actually, I really just can't stand your face,' but many of them seem to have a common thread of anger in them.//
"Anger is a potent force," Hannibal said like a good Sith. "It underlies a lot of the classic stories of revenge, heartbreak, and intrigue that inform the great operas, such as the Queen of Night's aria from The Magic Flute, the title of which translates to "Hell's vengeance boils in my heart". For something with a slower build but that lends itself well to anger, Holst's "Mars, the Bringer of War is quite intense. In general, such emotions seem to lend themselves very well to music that is simply loud."
//And sometimes loud is what you want when you're angry,// Jono agreed. //I might be guilty of that, on occasion.// A lot. //So, today we're going to talk about catharsis. What sort of music you reach for when you're angry, whether you go for something that makes you angrier, or something to help soothe you. Or maybe the two aren't necessarily different at all.//
Hannibal waved at the computer and stereo system at the front of the class. "Play us your songs, and we'll play you some more of ours. I will state, for example, that I'm rather fond of 'Le veau d'or', from Faust. It is Mephistopheles' aria."
And he did tend to find being devilish very cathartic.
//Me, I generally prefer something a little less classical, a little more,// Jono paused, //perhaps predictably, punk rock. Alternative. Grunge has some good ones. The occasional heavy metal, even. Music that can do all the growling for me.//
Since, uh, since he couldn't really do it for himself.
//I'm going to lean hard into the punk for today, though. Take Bad Religion's Them and Us. It strikes a chord, ah, so to speak, with me, personally.// He paused to play the song, and then continued. //Rise Against's Entertainment is more specifically about the entertainment industry, but it's genuine enough, and bloody catchy, if punk is your thing.//
How were these two married?
//Of course, not all catharsis has to be of an angry sort, either,// Jono spread his hands, then. //There are songs to listen to when you just need a good cry, or when you've got pent-up energy of any sort that just needs a release. Hannibal and I simply shared what works for us. So... what works for you?//
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