What Are You Thinking? Continued 14

[SassySheDevil]

What's the point of following everyone?
New person posts. <let's follow them>
Etc until you have over 800 people you're following. What's the point?????

I've never understood this either.

 

[UnquietDreams]

Didn't have time to grab dinner between job one and job two. Only thing at hand was a chocolate croissant.

I am regretting that...

 

[morelikeasong]

I enjoyed it. It is definitely in that "modern musical" vibe (Hamilton, Dear Even, etc.), and is a little clunky for that. But I judge a first draft of an unfinished concept album a lot differently than a polished product. It simplifies some story elements for a modern audience (Odysseus being very much a Classic Greek hero, they sand some of the edges off, shall we say), but for all of that, I enjoyed it. It probably helped that I just reread Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey , and her opening line ("Tell me of a complicated man") fits well into Rivera-Herrans's score, as does her whole "should be spoken aloud like Homer" translation.

Wow, that was probably way more than you wanted, but then again, it's me.

I love that modern musical vibe. I just finished the first section and I’m obsessed already. This might become my newest hyper fixation.

I got hooked on this one little clip thats being used on TikTok, where Odysseus wakes up and meets calypso. I can’t get it out of my head so I figured I should check out the whole thing.

@Chloe_Harper i feel like this is something you might know about or be into?

 

[Peter_Out]

What's the point of following everyone?
New person posts. <let's follow them>
Etc until you have over 800 people you're following. What's the point?????

I'm guessing it's a "Look at me! Notice me!" type of thing, in the hope that if you're new then I guess you might fall for that?

But I don't know, I'm just guessing.

I had a few when I first signed up as well (and nothing since, so I guess people know me well enough to stay away by now ), and asked a couple of those who did it, but I don't think I received an answer.

 

[ShaneoD]

I should really stop looking at fantastic breasts and go get something done.

Also, why do I pick hobbies where I have to do stuff?

 

[Peter_Out]

I was thinking of The Waterboys' "When Will We Be Married."

"When you go, Molly-o, you'll be going with me," is a hot lyric.

Oh says Red Molly to James "That's a fine motorbike.
A girl could feel special on any such like"

"1952 Vincent Black Lightning" - Richard Thompson

 

[Bloodandglitter]

So fed up with work right now. I'm sick of there being rules and no one follows them.

 

[FormerAllStar2]

I’m fresh out of ideas

 

[UnquietDreams]

I love that modern musical vibe.

I know you do, and I figured it would be in your wheelhouse.

I just feel like he has a directory in his project file called "Hamilton guitars..."

I also really love what Rivera-Herrans is attempting. This is an epic story, pun intended, in every way it can be defined. Tackling that is a huge endeavor, and posting the work in process, so people can see what he is doing is fantastic. I appreciate and respect him on many levels.

@Chloe_Harper i feel like this is something you might know about or be into?

@JustAnotherFlower is also a big fan. She is the one who introduced me.

 

[Whiskeyjack]

Has anyone here listened to/gotten into EPIC: The Musical ?

I’m about to delve in

https://media4.giphy.com/media/swtiK9jRfE0zS/giphy.gif?cid=9b38fe91w4hxjn78sje8c41ttkmsc9r75x4tl8sq3gfoto2e&ep=v1_gifs_search&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g

My eldest child is a theater kid and EPIC has been playing on repeat in our house the last week or two. And I'm not mad about that at all.

 

[UnquietDreams]

I love that modern musical vibe. I just finished the first section and I’m obsessed already. This might become my newest hyper fixation.

I got hooked on this one little clip thats being used on TikTok, where Odysseus wakes up and meets calypso. I can’t get it out of my head so I figured I should check out the whole thing.

@Chloe_Harper i feel like this is something you might know about or be into?

I recorded this for this on my thread, but this is what I am talking about with Wilson's translation fitting the feel of the musical.

https://voca.ro/1khCAGHyFWtq

 

[Chloe_Harper]

I love that modern musical vibe. I just finished the first section and I’m obsessed already. This might become my newest hyper fixation.

I got hooked on this one little clip thats being used on TikTok, where Odysseus wakes up and meets calypso. I can’t get it out of my head so I figured I should check out the whole thing.

@Chloe_Harper i feel like this is something you might know about or be into?

Oh, I want to get into Epic! I know some of the songs, but have yet to dive in because I know it will be my obsession for a while. But now that we've brought it up... I might just have to go ahead and join you on this hyperfixation journey for a bit

 

[morelikeasong]

Oh, I want to get into Epic! I know some of the songs, but have yet to dive in because I know it will be my obsession for a while. But now that we've brought it up... I might just have to go ahead and join you on this hyperfixation journey for a bit

https://voca.ro/1meHIx2zynSu

Imagine I’m going this with grand hand gestures, as I was.

 

[morelikeasong]

I recorded this for this on my thread, but this is what I am talking about with Wilson's translation fitting the feel of the musical.

https://voca.ro/1khCAGHyFWtq

This has piqued my interest…

Might have to check it out because I never cared that much about this story and now I’m invested.

 

[Chloe_Harper]

https://voca.ro/1meHIx2zynSu

Imagine I’m going this with grand hand gestures, as I was.

Well... that's not Epic but oh, it will be stuck in my head for the next hour or until I turn Epic on and dive in.


Also, this is one of those songs that's like a bird call... I can't not sing it back
https://voca.ro/1gSeiYxaxFnF

 

[UnquietDreams]

This has piqued my interest…

Might have to check it out because I never cared that much about this story and now I’m invested.

It gets derided as Homer for Dummies because she cuts parts of the text, but they are missing the point of the project. She doesn't claim to be replacing Latimer's translation or anything. She limits her lines to the same number as Homer used in order to get the same spoken feel. She uses iambic pentameter for Western ears rather than dactylic hexameter, but the idea is the same : to sound and feel like the Greek audiences heard it originally. It is meant to be read aloud (and I admit, that is what I do when reading it alone ). I would love to find a performance of it by someone with a good voice.

 

[Fiestykitten]

It's to damn quiet.... that's when the demons are the worst....

 

[morelikeasong]

It gets derided as Homer for Dummies because she cuts parts of the text, but they are missing the point of the project. She doesn't claim to be replacing Latimer's translation or anything. She limits her lines to the same number as Homer used in order to get the same spoken feel. She uses iambic pentameter for Western ears rather than dactylic hexameter, but the idea is the same : to sound and feel like the Greek audiences heard it originally. It is meant to be read aloud (and I admit, that is what I do when reading it alone ). I would love to find a performance of it by someone with a good voice.

Homer for dummies sounds like exactly what I need

 

[cactusjack0584]

Nothing good. But there’s always tomorrow, right?

 

[EricaAnna]

How has it been 20 years?

 

[Chloe_Harper]

Alright, @morelikeasong, you've done it. 6 songs in... I don't know if this is going to help or hurt my productivity

 

[JustAnotherFlower]

Ohhhh... I might have fucked up that muscle...

 

[LostHorizon]

I really don’t want to be here…

 

[UnquietDreams]

https://voca.ro/1meHIx2zynSu

Imagine I’m going this with grand hand gestures, as I was.

Ohhh....

Giggles and baby giggles? Better than coffee.

 

[LostHorizon]

https://voca.ro/1meHIx2zynSu

Imagine I’m going this with grand hand gestures, as I was.

That was super sweet. It made my day