A commercial led me to this song, yes commercial. Sia, "Chandelier"

[UTUSN]

Am just saying that, separate from all the disappointments of our time, music is golden. I'll say that of the periods in my lifetime, there are music eras that I despise (as a denizen of the '70s on up) "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay" and most of the Vietnam crap I lived through. But *now* is the Olympus of music. The explosion of communications, freeing up gazillion individuals to CREATE and be ACCESSED across venues.

Here's this:

[applegrove]

1. I like that song but I had not paid attention to the words until now.

[UTUSN]

2. As I say, melody is everything, lyrics fine when they live up to the melody but secondary

When it all comes together ("Imagine" ) - it's the top.


Plus, lyrics are frequently *TRAITOROUS*!1 When the wonderful melody sucks us in and the message of the words is detestable: "Goodbye Stranger"

[applegrove]

3. Yeah I hardly ever listen to lyrics.

[UTUSN]

4. Music aside (O.K., I'm shallow), whoever Dior hires is spectacular

Doing the concept of the commercials, plus the talent (Natalie PORTMAN in "Black Swan"/TCHAIKOVSKY/fantastic) and here the Parthenon riff/Charlize THERON wow.

****It's a *FANTASY*, all right?!1 My shallowness is a fantasy!1

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. I like this cover

https://m.

Also like his Disney cover:

https://m.

[Orrex]

6. One of the most upbeat songs about suicide in recent years.

Terrific song, by the way. Amazing vocals, and I'm not convinced that Ms. Ziegler is human anymore, having transcended this mortal plane simply by kicking so much ass.