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Post by Pacifica on Feb 6, 2024 6:54:49 GMT
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Post by terentiusfaber on Feb 8, 2024 19:54:42 GMT
More rousing version.
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Post by Pacifica on Feb 9, 2024 0:58:07 GMT
I didn't know the Byzantine empire had a national anthem. Indeed, I would have thought national anthems were a rather more modern thing. Is the term "national anthem" perhaps used in a loose way there?
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Post by Pacifica on Feb 9, 2024 1:04:10 GMT
My guess is that the title of the second video is more accurate.
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Post by terentiusfaber on Feb 9, 2024 16:03:27 GMT
From what I've read in the comments of various versions of the videos, it seems to me that what was originally a thanksgiving hymn to Our Lady, through time, usage and association, because a kind of battle-cry/anthem for the Byzantines rather than what we would call a national anthem nowadays. It is YouTube etc...
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Post by kizolk on Feb 10, 2024 16:58:10 GMT
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Post by Pacifica on Jun 14, 2024 20:15:44 GMT
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Post by kizolk on Jun 14, 2024 20:27:11 GMT
lol. It can be annoying to have lengthy song stuck in one's mind, but with a short melody it's hell. |
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Post by kizolk on Jun 14, 2024 21:10:47 GMT
I haven't had any tune stuck in my head for some time now, but the latest one was this -- more precisely, the part between 00:38 and 00:58. I find it very catchy.
Most of the time, I like the songs that are stuck in my head at least. But exceptions occur with songs that I find remarkably bad; I've had the chance to speak about Michel Sardou's "Les Lacs du Connemara" here before.
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Post by Pacifica on Jun 14, 2024 22:51:20 GMT
I wouldn't call that catchy, just... messy. But to each their own!
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Post by Pacifica on Jun 14, 2024 22:52:29 GMT
I find "Les Lacs du Connemara" way more catchy.  |
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Post by kizolk on Jun 14, 2024 23:04:56 GMT
This I cannot deny, but that's what makes it so good! I find "Les Lacs du Connemara" way more catchy. You could be arrested for that. |
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Post by kizolk on Jun 14, 2024 23:10:28 GMT
The sad truth is that it is actually my belief that if you get a song stuck in your head, it usually means you like it, even if you think or would like to say you don't. Maybe part of me likes Sardou's song.
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Post by Etaoin Shrdlu on Jun 16, 2024 9:28:47 GMT
I don't know if I believe that. There are some things so awful that they stick with you. Obviously you can say that if you think you hate something, you're refusing to admit for whatever reason that you are very attracted to it, and there are undoubtedly instances of this. But it doesn't explain all hatreds, or even most of them. Would you say to someone who had been physically tortured, and was now experiencing distressing flashbacks along with revenge fantasies, that they 'really' enjoyed what had happened, and were looking forward to it happening again in their heart of hearts? Why should psychological torture follow a different pattern?
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Post by kizolk on Jun 16, 2024 10:16:53 GMT
Good point and I myself am not 100% convinced my hypothesis is true, but an important difference is that there wouldn't be any social incentive to saying you liked or disliked being tortured, or at least, it wouldn't bear much on what you would feel or say about it. I suppose you could find the odd masochist who liked being tortured, and maybe they'd feel ashamed to say they liked it, but I would assume this pretty much never happens. Music on the other hand has a lot of social aspects to it. How many times have I heard people say things like "I'm not proud of it, but I kinda like this song"? This is a peculiar phenomenon.
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