Drugs and Music

Ayn Marx · 06-10-2022, 01:51 AM

Terry Riley, was regarded in the 60's as a classical composer. I'm not sure we'd place him there today.
This was revolutionary in the 60's, a time when LSD, mescaline, peyote, psilocybin, and pot were opening minds. Experimentation, breaking out of the status quo was happening everywhere, freaking out those who didn't understand what was happening .
However there's a long list of classical composers who did drugs, Stravinsky, Bernstein, Berlioz and my favourite (although we're not sure which 'herbs' she indulged in) Abbess Hildegard Von Bingen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy3W-3HPMWg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YTOiJ-zjP0

https://theconversation.com/the-link...-science-89132

https://popularmusic.pressbooks.com/...and-the-1960s/

Ayn Marx · 06-11-2022, 06:31 PM

Wrong thread. . .

The Batlord · 06-11-2022, 07:07 PM

I think it would annoy Aryan Marx if the mods deleted these pointless threads and put all the posts in the "What Are You Listening To?" thread where they belong. So you should do that.

SGR · 06-12-2022, 12:46 PM

Musicians did drugs. Got it.

robhr · 06-12-2022, 02:30 PM

I need drugs to make music.

I can do other creative stuff without but yeah my music has been suffering since I moved in with my parents and can't do drugs.

Ayn Marx · 06-12-2022, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by robhr

I need drugs to make music.

I can do other creative stuff without but yeah my music has been suffering since I moved in with my parents and can't do drugs.

‘Drugs’ covers a wide field. Without maryjane my artistic flair fails me.
However, I’ve been told by viewers that without them being stoned they can’t make any sense out of my art. But should art ‘make sense’ ? Reminds me of working in an open kitchen many decades ago where one of my works hung just on the other side. A group of art lecturers standing in front of my work gave a detailed analysis of what it all meant. Hearing the pretentious bullshXt they came out with I told them they had no idea what they were talking about “How would you know” etc was the response. I took great joy in telling them I was the artist.
They departed in a huff.

Now back to the music. . . .

Ayn Marx · 06-12-2022, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by SGR

Musicians did drugs. Got it.

Many thanks for your in depth contribution.

Ayn Marx · 06-12-2022, 05:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by robhr

I need drugs to make music.

I can do other creative stuff without but yeah my music has been suffering since I moved in with my parents and can't do drugs.

There’s a danger we could wander a long way off topic, whatever that is, but whenever anyone uses ‘do drugs’ I’m always left wondering which ones.

The Batlord · 06-12-2022, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Ayn Marx

There’s a danger we could wander a long way off topic, whatever that is, but whenever anyone uses ‘do drugs’ I’m always left wondering which ones.
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The obvious answer being "the ones that they do".

robhr · 06-12-2022, 06:25 PM

Oh yeah I didn’t say.

My drugs are mostly pot, psychedelics and MDMA.

06-10-2022, 01:51 AM	#1 (permalink)
Ayn Marx Music Addict Join Date: May 2022 Location: Sometimes Posts: 552	Drugs and Music Terry Riley, was regarded in the 60's as a classical composer. I'm not sure we'd place him there today. This was revolutionary in the 60's, a time when LSD, mescaline, peyote, psilocybin, and pot were opening minds. Experimentation, breaking out of the status quo was happening everywhere, freaking out those who didn't understand what was happening . However there's a long list of classical composers who did drugs, Stravinsky, Bernstein, Berlioz and my favourite (although we're not sure which 'herbs' she indulged in) Abbess Hildegard Von Bingen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy3W-3HPMWg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YTOiJ-zjP0 https://theconversation.com/the-link...-science-89132 https://popularmusic.pressbooks.com/...and-the-1960s/ Last edited by Ayn Marx; 06-12-2022 at 01:09 AM.

06-11-2022, 06:31 PM	#2 (permalink)
Ayn Marx Music Addict Join Date: May 2022 Location: Sometimes Posts: 552	Wrong thread. . . Last edited by Ayn Marx; 06-11-2022 at 09:59 PM.

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robhr Groupie Join Date: Apr 2022 Location: Winnipeg, Canada Posts: 28	I need drugs to make music. I can do other creative stuff without but yeah my music has been suffering since I moved in with my parents and can't do drugs. __________________

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robhr Groupie Join Date: Apr 2022 Location: Winnipeg, Canada Posts: 28	Oh yeah I didn’t say. My drugs are mostly pot, psychedelics and MDMA. __________________

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SGR No Ice In My Bourbon Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: /dev/null Posts: 4,327	Musicians did drugs. Got it.