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I have been setting here for a couple of hours doing some online shopping and listening to pretty much everything Led Zeppelin ever did. I do not drink or take illicit drugs. I just had this feeling come over me that I have never felt before. I am not sure if it was positive or negative. Kind of felt like both. Several times stronger than that warm fuzzy feeling of peace but very distressing at the same time. The music gave me an overwhelming sense of melancholy for years past and gone. Very sad it was. It feels like something is pulling at me. I am still trying to shake it. I have thought about the old days many times before but this was different. Very deep and very sad. Very out of character for me. Do you know what I am talking about? Have you ever had similar feelings?
 

oldpop said:
I have been setting here for a couple of hours doing some online shopping and listening to pretty much everything Led Zeppelin ever did. I do not drink or take illicit drugs. I just had this feeling come over me that I have never felt before. I am not sure if it was positive or negative. Kind of felt like both. Several times stronger than that warm fuzzy feeling of peace but very distressing at the same time. The music gave me an overwhelming sense of melancholy for years past and gone. Very sad it was. It feels like something is pulling at me. I am still trying to shake it. I have thought about the old days many times before but this was different. Very deep and very sad. Very out of character for me. Do you know what I am talking about? Have you ever had similar feelings?
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Yes. Often. Now I listen to heavy metal Nickelback, AC/DC, Yes, Rush, Foreigner, even some Rob Zombie and Santana etc. With the headphones maxed out. Get some good ones. The experience is different with headphones. Personally, it puts me right there as if I have never missed it. It is the cure for my melancholy. Nickelback is more contemporary but the writing is superb. Blows my mind and I feel 50 years younger. Nothing like some good head banging to set my mind right! I don't need drugs to get off here. YouTube has some great videos too, I recommend Yes, "Owner of a Lonely Heart". Jon Anderson's voice has not changed over the years. It is clear and he hits the same high notes as he originally did. Too long winded? Sorry. Enjoy the music!
 
@IFortuna I couldn't agree more.

Funny how my old Koss Over-the-ear headphones with the 1/4" plug, was my go-to listening unit when I was younger and living in the barracks way back in the day.
After a long shift, I'd fire up my TEAC A reel-to-reel player, plug in the Koss and drift away from the noise
and hassles of the day.

Later in life with kids and such, my headphone time was very limited.

Now being retired and it's just the two of us, I'm final back listening to most of my music through headphones.

I have my Sennheiser Wired over-the-ear for Jazz, Classical and Folk and switch to a Bose Over-the-ear wireless for Classic Rock.

I compromise on a lot of things in my life, but my DW understands why I spend the money for some of the best.
 
I often feel like I have been transported back in time, the time machine door opens, and I am in some memory tucked away in my mind. With so much experience gained from getting older, sometimes the feeling I get is completely new and sometimes overwhelming. All the experience between my memory and the now mix together for a very vivid experience. I love when it happens. :)
 
Yeah. When I hear certain rock, Led Zeppelin among it, I find myself transported back to those halls of music where I saw the artist I'm listening to: the noise, the dark, the smoke, the happy beautiful people surrounding me.

Such an experience. Out of body.
 
You know, I paid no attention to the great music of the 60s and 70s back then, I guess I was too busy working and raising kids. It was after I retired that I really came to appreciate the wonderful world of music.
There was an exception to music back then....there was a certain song that my first husband and I called our song, every time it came on the car radio, he'd reach for my hand....thinking of that brings tears now.....ahhh young love.
Anyway now I can get lost for hours enjoying the likes of Dylan, Clapton, Ronstadt and many others.
 
I still have mine from the early 70's. They weigh a ton, but still sound amazingly good. I have been putting together a new sound system for the shop based on a Mark Levinson 275 watt amp, and JBL tower speakers, along with my old JBL L 100 studio monitors (the ones in the pic above). Should have it up and running in a month or two. Have an adequate system for now, but really looking forward to optimizing the new one. Cheers, Mike

Feelslikefar said:
Funny how my old Koss Over-the-ear headphones with the 1/4" plug, was my go-to listening unit when I was younger and living in the barracks way back in the day.
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Jackie23 said:
Dylan, Clapton, Ronstadt and many others.
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That was my period, in fact Dylan's first album was the first one I ever bought, Aretha Franklin's was about the same time. Unfortunately, I don't get a warm fuzzy feeling of nostalgia with the music of my hey day, but more a feeling of regret. I start spiraling into the trap of thinking what I should have done, what I wish I'd said, what golden opportunities I wasted, and it's depressing.

So, I'm happiest going into the past of the forties and fifties. I watch the old Barbara Stanwyck movies on TCM and listen to the dulcet harmony of the Platters on YouTube. I can imagine an entirely different past where I did all the right things.
 
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