ThePhanastasio

A long while ago, I was a member of a forum (I don't remember which) that had a thread I really loved. I'm going to see how that idea fares here.

Basically, you take whatever is on your mind and choose a song which you feel sums up the basic gist of the thoughts, post the youtube video, and write about the thought which is on your mind.

Posting the video at the top of your comment yields the best response, as it can be streamed with the writing.

The basic idea is that your music sets the mood for that which is on your mind, and makes the thoughts more easily related to for those who are listening to the song and reading your thoughts.

If the listener plays the song as they're reading your thoughts, they're taken more into the emotion of the writing via the music, and it's actually really neat when it gets going.

It was definitely one of my favorite threads on any forum I've ever been a part of.

RULES:
1.) Post a link to a video on youtube, to be embedded in your post so that it can be streamed while your post is being read.
2.) Write about something you've been thinking about as it relates to the video. It could be something current, or it could be something from the distant past. It doesn't matter. All that matters is that you post something relevant to the song you've posted. You can write just a few sentences on the matter, or a few paragraphs; that's up to you.
3.) Before your video / write-up, comment on the last person to have posted a video / writing, for heaven's sake.
4.) You can definitely comment without posting your own video.
5.) You can comment on as many things as you want, naturally, just make sure to post on the last person's as well. This way, everyone gets some feedback and has a good time of it in this thread.

I'll go ahead and start, just so you all can see the general idea behind the thread itself.

David Gilmour - There's No Way Out Of Here


Whenever I'm doing theatre, I always get at least one person who comes up to me and asks, "What are you doing here? Why aren't you elsewhere doing this?" as they smile and shake my hand. I know what they mean, but I tend to become existential when I'm asked these questions.

I know that I never asked to be born, and I certainly never asked to be born smack-dab in Appalachia. If I'd had my choice, I'd have been born somewhere more renowned for its theatricality, somewhere where I had more opportunity. As it stands, I'm stuck in a poverty-stricken, forgotten region of the country where my opportunity consists of becoming a teacher, or going into the medical field.

Neither of these things appeal to me, and I know it's up to me to get out of here. I know that there's no real reason I should stay, but I waste my own time, and ultimately, the time of everyone else here. They've found contentment (or maybe just resignation) here, and I always talk about the greater things I want to go on to do, never budging an inch.

I say I'm "building my resume". I say I'm "taking a semester off". I say I'm "working towards building up the theatre community here". I say a lot of things. I don't even know that I believe them.

When people ask why I'm still here, I don't know what to say. I just smile, and shrug, maybe laugh and say, "I'm working on it!" I try to think of logical reasons why I'm here, in a place that I could never find my own happiness, instead of somewhere it would have been easier for me to do what I love.

I never find an answer for it. I will probably never find an answer for it, and I'm probably here forever - and it's my own damn fault.

[MERIT]

I like this idea. Sort of like a theme songs or background music for your thoughts =]