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Post by jk on Jun 2, 2021 12:56:21 GMT
That day I’d got back from the town centre armed with a new album by Gary Lucas (see link below). I played it up to "Exit, Pursued By A Bear" while I ate lunch. I then went upstairs to do some work. My son rang half-past three-ish: two planes had just flown into the World Trade Centre and would I turn on the TV. Now our town has its own "world trade centre" and I assumed the planes had been remote-controlled models -- until I turned on the TV. You know the rest. The next track I played (much later that day) was “The Brain From Planet Eros” with its chilling line, “Show me New York tonight!” www.discogs.com/Gary-Lucas-Level-The-Playing-Field-Early-Hurly-Burly-1988-1994/release/2550105
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Post by Kapitan on Jun 2, 2021 13:08:34 GMT
What an interesting idea.
My initial association isn't music at all, but quiet: at the time, I was one of several friends jointly renting a house on the northwest corner of Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis. It lies below a flight path of incoming planes, but with all flights grounded that day, it was eerily--actually peacefully--silent.
My second association isn't something I listened to that day, but just recall was released that day: Bob Dylan's Love & Theft, which in hindsight, feels appropriate, like the words of some prophet sharing something you can't always decipher. Is it wisdom? Humor? Nonsense?
But what was I listening to at the time...? I don't recall, at least not specifically.
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Post by B.E. on Jun 19, 2021 21:07:21 GMT
I was at school, so I wasn't listening to music. But, I heavily associate (for obvious reasons) Bruce Springsteen's The Rising and Paul McCartney's "Freedom" with 9/11. The former resonating with me much more than the latter.
Edit: Also, it's not insignificant (to me) that Bruce is from NJ, as am I, and our close proximity to NYC.
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