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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Do you ‘picture’ music in your mind?

I don’t mean memories that music can trigger; rather, entirely new images you envision when listening to it because of the feelings it evokes.

I envisioned kissing in Spring rain whenever I hear one of my favourite pieces of music.

However, when I listen to an updated version of it, with a nuanced change in clarity and tempo, it gives me an entirely different vision, one of running through a meadow.

Share with us the music that touches you this way or, if you want to listen to the ones I’ve mentioned, tell us what visions they evoke in you.

https://youtu.be/41IOkVjy3MM

https://youtu.be/6T0MFCX9SLI

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By *allMeBeeMan
over a year ago

Wellingborough

Certain pieces of music transport me to a place I've never been, and I time I've never lived.

This is one...

https://youtu.be/nSSlKgNbR7o

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Certain pieces of music transport me to a place I've never been, and I time I've never lived.

This is one...

https://youtu.be/nSSlKgNbR7o

When and where? I envision walking into a casino in 1950s Cuba.

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By *oggoneMan
over a year ago

Derry

"Certain pieces of music transport me to a place I've never been, and I time I've never lived.

This is one...

https://youtu.be/nSSlKgNbR7o

When and where? I envision walking into a casino in 1950s Cuba."

Or a ballroom in Argentina in mid afternoon

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

In a recording studio somewhere far, far away.

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

A brilliant post

My answer is emphatically yes!

I often find myself transported blissfully to other realms when I really allow myself to relax and bask in a piece of music.

Headphones and my eyes closed really facilitate this I find

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By *MisschiefxTV/TS
over a year ago

London

No I'm well in the aphantasia spectrum.

I listen to music all the time though, it's always on. It's much more about energy and feeling for me. I'm always matching my mood with music

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It does with some kinds of music. Mostly reggae for me just makes me feel like I’m in a warm, happier, bigger house surrounded by people that love me.

I listen to all types of music but mostly I listen to rap and subgenres of rap. And it’s the lyrics that take me places but usually it’s specifically seeing what’s being rapped about.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"It does with some kinds of music. Mostly reggae for me just makes me feel like I’m in a warm, happier, bigger house surrounded by people that love me.

I listen to all types of music but mostly I listen to rap and subgenres of rap. And it’s the lyrics that take me places but usually it’s specifically seeing what’s being rapped about. "

This thread reminded me of picture me by Dave.

https://youtu.be/Ks2PNZx0rRE

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

I am barefoot, wearing a blue floral cotton dress, jumping in the puddles on a grassy path in the park, prancing away from prying eyes and... so care free. I am celebrating the long awaiting rain, the cleansing of the worries and pure joy of drops hitting my skin so intensely... tiptoe tiptoe on my toes with a dress spinning around and hands in the air, with tongue sticking out trying to taste the rain. And I don't want that moment to end. Childlike and refreshing for the soul.

Same music as you Darling, but I guess you'll need to come and push me against the tree, as you do, and give me all those kisses.

Yours,

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

This thread reminded me of picture me by Dave.

https://youtu.be/Ks2PNZx0rRE"

I admit that I couldn’t quite catch all of what he said but of what I heard, it’s easy to picture the graphic images of his lyrics. “Picture me, 17, in an all-black suit, lying still in a coffin….”

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By *stellaWoman
over a year ago

London

This is the latest song I’ve been newly introduced to that gave me evocative imagery.

https://youtu.be/7Rihk7_2BVw

Majical Cloudz - Downtown

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Certain pieces of music transport me to a place I've never been, and I time I've never lived.

This is one...

https://youtu.be/nSSlKgNbR7o

When and where? I envision walking into a casino in 1950s Cuba.

Or a ballroom in Argentina in mid afternoon"

In a ceam coloured linen suit and a Panama hat.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"In a recording studio somewhere far, far away."

Is that the image you get from the Star Wars soundtrack?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"A brilliant post

My answer is emphatically yes!

I often find myself transported blissfully to other realms when I really allow myself to relax and bask in a piece of music.

Headphones and my eyes closed really facilitate this I find

Exactly this. Please share a vision and its accompanying music with us.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"In a recording studio somewhere far, far away.

Is that the image you get from the Star Wars soundtrack?"

https://youtu.be/xO_NHg0PnJQ

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"No I'm well in the aphantasia spectrum.

I listen to music all the time though, it's always on. It's much more about energy and feeling for me. I'm always matching my mood with music"

People usually tell me the same thing when I’ve asked them this question; it’s the memories, feelings or energy music evokes in them but not many tell me they visualise it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"In a recording studio somewhere far, far away.

Is that the image you get from the Star Wars soundtrack?

https://youtu.be/xO_NHg0PnJQ"

Ten bonus points to anyone who can tell me what this ended up being the theme tune to.

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By *rumpyMcFuckNuggetMan
over a year ago

Den of Iniquity

Picture This ..

We were both butt naked banging on the bathroom floor

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By *rumpyMcFuckNuggetMan
over a year ago

Den of Iniquity

"In a recording studio somewhere far, far away.

Is that the image you get from the Star Wars soundtrack?

https://youtu.be/xO_NHg0PnJQ

Ten bonus points to anyone who can tell me what this ended up being the theme tune to."

This one is bugging me .. Was it the Tube or the Word ?

Something like that

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"This is the latest song I’ve been newly introduced to that gave me evocative imagery.

https://youtu.be/7Rihk7_2BVw

Majical Cloudz - Downtown"

That’s rather lovely. Do you visualise the lyrics or something else specific to you?

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By *herryEatersCouple
over a year ago

East Cheshire

https://youtu.be/_mCyRhtyq1Q

Vangelis 'come to me'. Transports me somewhere better for sure... Sounds amazing as a high quality FLAC file through quality headphones and equalizer, the crispness of the bells etc

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"In a recording studio somewhere far, far away.

Is that the image you get from the Star Wars soundtrack?

https://youtu.be/xO_NHg0PnJQ"

Ah, that explains it. I can only imagine what you visualise to it.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Picture This ..

We were both butt naked banging on the bathroom floor

What’s the music?

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

"A brilliant post

My answer is emphatically yes!

I often find myself transported blissfully to other realms when I really allow myself to relax and bask in a piece of music.

Headphones and my eyes closed really facilitate this I find

Exactly this. Please share a vision and its accompanying music with us."

One example might be if I listen to a Requiem; the Dies Irae movements are invariably dramatic, ominous - even terrifying (think Verdi’s) which conjure up images akin to some of the more nightmarish works of Hieronymus Bosch.

Other more serene movements on the other hand, evoke beautiful, tranquil vistas etc.

I absolutely love to complete immerse myself and allow my visualisation to travel to wherever it so chooses

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"In a recording studio somewhere far, far away.

Is that the image you get from the Star Wars soundtrack?

https://youtu.be/xO_NHg0PnJQ

Ten bonus points to anyone who can tell me what this ended up being the theme tune to.

This one is bugging me .. Was it the Tube or the Word ?

Something like that

The Word is roughly the right era.

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By *stellaWoman
over a year ago

London

"This is the latest song I’ve been newly introduced to that gave me evocative imagery.

https://youtu.be/7Rihk7_2BVw

Majical Cloudz - Downtown

That’s rather lovely. Do you visualise the lyrics or something else specific to you?"

Something specific, and someone specific. It’s a shared song about a specific act. Not sexual.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"https://youtu.be/_mCyRhtyq1Q

Vangelis 'come to me'. Transports me somewhere better for sure... Sounds amazing as a high quality FLAC file through quality headphones and equalizer, the crispness of the bells etc"

This is the same for me. I love listening to the crispness of the instruments and vocals. I find I can have different imagery when I focus on different aspects of a piece.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"One example might be if I listen to a Requiem; the Dies Irae movements are invariably dramatic, ominous - even terrifying (think Verdi’s) which conjure up images akin to some of the more nightmarish works of Hieronymus Bosch.

Other more serene movements on the other hand, evoke beautiful, tranquil vistas etc.

I absolutely love to complete immerse myself and allow my visualisation to travel to wherever it so chooses

That’s how it is for me too - images that heighten the emotion the music evokes.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"This is the latest song I’ve been newly introduced to that gave me evocative imagery.

https://youtu.be/7Rihk7_2BVw

Majical Cloudz - Downtown

That’s rather lovely. Do you visualise the lyrics or something else specific to you?

Something specific, and someone specific. It’s a shared song about a specific act. Not sexual. "

Would you say that it’s a memory that it evokes rather than independent visions the music elicits?

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By *herryEatersCouple
over a year ago

East Cheshire

"https://youtu.be/_mCyRhtyq1Q

Vangelis 'come to me'. Transports me somewhere better for sure... Sounds amazing as a high quality FLAC file through quality headphones and equalizer, the crispness of the bells etc

This is the same for me. I love listening to the crispness of the instruments and vocals. I find I can have different imagery when I focus on different aspects of a piece."

Yes forget mp3 !, it shrinks music by cutting out what they assume most can't hear.. Many headphones are not up to the job too and often dull the trebles, kill the bass or distort the mids. Then there's the source hardware and what software you're using. All can make an incredible difference. What surprised me though was how many are simply unable to hear the difference or even notice background hum and hiss....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Music takes me to memories and to people. I don't tend to think about the lyrics coming to life in any other way sadly.

My friend told me you're only truly single when you listen to a love song and no one springs to mind. To me that would be so sad. I love the emotions, feelings, memories, sometimes even very vivid flashbacks or dsy dreams that music gives me.

Not just the soppy stuff or to romantic moments but to places, adventures and friendships.

I think that's why I love music so much and enjoy discovering new music.

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By *e renard de la campagneMan
over a year ago

Surrey mostly when over

Here’s mine, always makes me cry, for many reasons I’ll not trouble you with, but for me, it’s possibly one of the most powerful moments musically - and it has to be this version.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gQctkKJMgM0

Lots of debate and waffle about such but this moves me to tears. If you can, listen to the whole piece, but it’s a long one, but this is the destination.

Another piece would be

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ufGl19HiAC0

Again, a tear jerker and for different reasons, but two of the most beautiful pieces ever written in my humble xx

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By *rumpyMcFuckNuggetMan
over a year ago

Den of Iniquity

"Picture This ..

We were both butt naked banging on the bathroom floor

What’s the music?"

You're joking right

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By *ulieAndBeefCouple
over a year ago

Manchester-ish

https://youtu.be/AORosDGixrY

This song gives me the image of a boy running through a meadow with his pet dog in a kind of old cine film aesthetic, so much so that we call it 'boy and his dog' rather than it's actual name.

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By *he love catsCouple
over a year ago

South Wales

Space Oddity. David Bowie. I'm actually there throughout the entire song.

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By *edeWoman
over a year ago

the abyss

Music takes me to far away places in my mind, sometimes memory, sometimes pure imagination.

Nothing better than falling away into music

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By *stellaWoman
over a year ago

London

"This is the latest song I’ve been newly introduced to that gave me evocative imagery.

https://youtu.be/7Rihk7_2BVw

Majical Cloudz - Downtown

That’s rather lovely. Do you visualise the lyrics or something else specific to you?

Something specific, and someone specific. It’s a shared song about a specific act. Not sexual.

Would you say that it’s a memory that it evokes rather than independent visions the music elicits?"

Oh no, it’s independent visions - it’s imagery of something that hasn’t happened.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"https://youtu.be/_mCyRhtyq1Q

Vangelis 'come to me'. Transports me somewhere better for sure... Sounds amazing as a high quality FLAC file through quality headphones and equalizer, the crispness of the bells etc"

Technical wizardry. Did you hear about how they used some of it to extract John Lennon’s voice from a very rough cassette recording to make a new Beatle’s single?

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By *oggoneMan
over a year ago

Derry

"https://youtu.be/_mCyRhtyq1Q

Vangelis 'come to me'. Transports me somewhere better for sure... Sounds amazing as a high quality FLAC file through quality headphones and equalizer, the crispness of the bells etc

Technical wizardry. Did you hear about how they used some of it to extract John Lennon’s voice from a very rough cassette recording to make a new Beatle’s single?"

Yeah. There's a version of the bootleg the threetles where they talk about it. Worst beatles boot ever

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Music takes me to memories and to people. I don't tend to think about the lyrics coming to life in any other way sadly.

Not just the soppy stuff or to romantic moments but to places, adventures and friendships.

I think that's why I love music so much and enjoy discovering new music. "

Would you say that you ‘feel’ the music and, sometimes, associate it with a memory?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Here’s mine, always makes me cry, for many reasons I’ll not trouble you with, but for me, it’s possibly one of the most powerful moments musically - and it has to be this version.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gQctkKJMgM0

Lots of debate and waffle about such but this moves me to tears. If you can, listen to the whole piece, but it’s a long one, but this is the destination.

Another piece would be

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ufGl19HiAC0

Again, a tear jerker and for different reasons, but two of the most beautiful pieces ever written in my humble xx

Thanks for the links. I see what you mean about the powerful moments. I have choral pieces similarly move me but I rarely visualise them the same way I do with orchestral pieces.

The second piece gave me visions of the Regency period and water fountains, for obvious reasons.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Picture This ..

We were both butt naked banging on the bathroom floor

What’s the music?

You're joking right

I’ve missed something here. This one’s over my head.

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By *inger_SnapWoman
over a year ago

Hampshire/Dorset

Most music evokes some kind of memory for me. So slightly different. It can certainly take me back to a specific moment or an era.

I have a constant inner voice, and see most things in my head but not with music.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"https://youtu.be/AORosDGixrY

This song gives me the image of a boy running through a meadow with his pet dog in a kind of old cine film aesthetic, so much so that we call it 'boy and his dog' rather than it's actual name.

Wow, you’ve captured that image brilliantly. I can see, exactly, what you do. I see the boy dressed in a coverall/overall with a golden retriever.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Space Oddity. David Bowie. I'm actually there throughout the entire song."

Isn’t it a fantastic feeling? I love being caught up and lost in the visual. When it’s over, it’s like waking from a dream and takes a moment to orientate myself to reality.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Music takes me to far away places in my mind, sometimes memory, sometimes pure imagination.

Nothing better than falling away into music

You’ve captured what I mean perfectly and succinctly.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

" Oh no, it’s independent visions - it’s imagery of something that hasn’t happened. "

Does it happen only with this song or something you experience with music in general?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

" Yeah. There's a version of the bootleg the threetles where they talk about it. Worst beatles boot ever"

I’ve heard of it but not listened to it. I presume this ‘official’ version will be much better.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Most music evokes some kind of memory for me. So slightly different. It can certainly take me back to a specific moment or an era.

I have a constant inner voice, and see most things in my head but not with music. "

The best music are the ones that evokes something in you, whether it’s a memory or simply emotions. It does so for me too. I don’t visualise music that is sung; it’s mostly the instrumental ones. It can feel like an out-of-body experience.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I am barefoot, wearing a blue floral cotton dress, jumping in the puddles on a grassy path in the park, prancing away from prying eyes and... so care free. I am celebrating the long awaiting rain, the cleansing of the worries and pure joy of drops hitting my skin so intensely... tiptoe tiptoe on my toes with a dress spinning around and hands in the air, with tongue sticking out trying to taste the rain. And I don't want that moment to end. Childlike and refreshing for the soul.

Same music as you Darling, but I guess you'll need to come and push me against the tree, as you do, and give me all those kisses.

Yours,

T. "

I can visualise this, darling. You’ve described your infectious joie de vivre perfectly to the music, embracing nature.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

An interesting question, but I dont think I have ever done this no. I tend to focus on the words said and see how I can relate, or just get carried away by the sound. I think. Im going to listen to some music now and see what happens

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Same music as you Darling, but I guess you'll need to come and push me against the tree, as you do, and give me all those kisses.

Yours,

I can visualise this, darling. You’ve described your infectious joie de vivre perfectly to the music, embracing nature."

let's do it next time it rains...

Mwah.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"An interesting question, but I dont think I have ever done this no. I tend to focus on the words said and see how I can relate, or just get carried away by the sound. I think. Im going to listen to some music now and see what happens

Report back, please

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

All the time, certain songs trigger experiences, moments and memories that can linger between the stimulation of the aural senses and distant recollection.

Sometimes bittersweet, others with fondness, though usually with a certain measure of surprise. Especially with my Spotify algorithm.

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By *alandNitaCouple
over a year ago

Scunthorpe

My mind doesn't do pictures at all, but I do hear music in my head most of the time. Sometimes my brain will sing me a completely different one to the song I'm listening to on the radio at the time

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