Music You'd Better Listen To - The Detroit Cobras

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Sep
11th

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The Detroit Cobras - Cry On

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This evening, I blocked off a good 15-minute chunk of time to listen to Vishal Vaid’s South Asian improvisation on TED.com, and I’m glad I did. It’s been far too long since I gave a piece of music the attention and respect it deserved.

While Cry On doesn’t share much of anything with Vaid and his band’s performance on the surface, they both have the same effect on me: I’m forced to sit back and take it in.

That’s the beauty in art forms: you don’t have to like, love, dislike, or hate pieces to enjoy them. Far too many people get caught up in their valences that they fail to appreciate what’s before them.

Hell, I don’t think I’m ever going to listen to Vaid again… I much prefer Shankar’s styles to his. But hot damn, that 15 minutes gave me more pleasure and relaxation than most of what I’ve watched, listened to, or observed this week.

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