I was wondering if anyone here has ever listened to classical music while tripping. If so how was it? Artist? I enjoy classical music high on marijuana so I imagine I would enjoy it tripping as well.
Chopin- Nocturne Ciprian Porumbescu- Balada Beethoven- Moonlight sonata Mozart - Requiem Erik Satie - Gnossienne No1
I listened to classical music while tripping for the first time and it was amazing and almost visual from what I can remember. I have only tripped once so am not an authority on the subject but just my opinion. I cant remember What track I listened to either. Man I need to take a trip asap.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bosouX_d8Y"]YouTube - Schubert - Ave Maria (Opera) this is the only classical music Ive listened to tripping
When I listened to mozart while tripping I could see the music as if it were an 3 dimensional structure. It was as if it were a house and as the song was building up it felt like I was being taken up through the floors and through the different rooms of the house.
If you are going to listen to real music while tripping I'd recommend something heavily contrapuntal. The complex play between independent voices is almost too much to bear. You could also go for the epic 15 minute, sweeping compositions of later eras that cover such a vast breadth of mind you'll forget you exist. Either way, skip Beethoven's fluff.
Beethoven's fluff? Two words; 9th symphony Dudes like a heavy-metal god compared to Mozarts infantilisms...:biker: ZW :mickey:
Well to speak accurately I think "fluff" is an apt description for that entire period of musical history, Mozart included. I mean, we are talking about a period when composers were describing music that featured strict polyphonic imitation as "dry and despicable pieces of pedantry" (probably because they were too dumb to write complex polyphony) in favor of pop melodies and simple harmonies. Not to mention that in the classical era, the basso continuo was gradually abandoned, largely because more and more music was being written for amateurs. Huge LOL right there. 1750-1820 was an exercise in dilettantism. But I suppose a musical period like this was to be expected, an inevitable reaction to the unfiltered genius of Bach.
Agreed, I feel like after Bach and before Chopin was a kind of musical dark ages, though some of Beethovens works are beautiful. Can't stand 99% of Mozart. The pinnacle for me is probably Rachmaninoff. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjmRPbwJEPo
When I saw you say "Rachmaninoff" and then you linked a youtube video, I knew it was going to be Lisitsa playing. She's my favorite pianist I've ever heard, amazingly talented, and a personal role model who I think of every time I sit down to practice. Great stuff.
Ravel, Bartok,Stravinsky, ZAPPA! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr3y2MUdq7U"]YouTube - 3.) Dog Breath Variations/Uncle Meat- Frank Zappa and Ensemble Modern- The Yellow Shark ZW
Hell no. Moonlight Sonata gave me some of the most wonderful mental imagery when listening to it one night tripping. Fur elise too, both are simple and short but hypnotic. Funeral march from Symp. #3 was pretty intense, while Symp 2 was my favorite. The 9th was great too, put me in a really energetic mood. The 5th though, the opening line is too cliche, for hours afterwards I'd just sing out DUN DU DUN DUN randomly because it's so cliche I found the hilarity in doing that better than the song. *edit* Tchaikovsky is also good, I assume a lot of Russian composers actually probably are, Russian composers from the late classical/romantic era always made such majestic and powerful music. It has it's own sound when you hear the song even if you don't know it you can just say to yourself "alright well I know it's at least from Russia"
It's always a good idea when discussing European classical music to indicate weather you're simply talking about music in a classical style, or music from the classical era, or both. Why not try Indian classical music? When you listen to Ragas you are listening to the classical music of India. I can think of no other truly classical music that sounds as trippy to the western ear other than perhaps Indonesian classical music...ya know, Gamelan. ZW :sunny:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TklDcldogbs"]YouTube - Tschaikowsky Swan Lake,Pas d action https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCEDfZgDPS8&feature=related"]YouTube - Mussorgsky - Night On Bald Mountain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAi7dnvNCw0"]YouTube - Horowitz plays Wagner-Liszt Isolde's Liebestod
