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Did any piece of music prompt you to visit a place outside of your own country? - Jerome - 11-03-2012
Has an album or a piece of music or liner notes ever made you go to a foreign country based on what you heard/read.
Shawn Phillips described a journey from Naples to Positano in a song called 'Landscape'. He painted such a vivid picture that I had to go and see for myself. And I found this place called Praiano just a few kilometers from Positano - my favourite spot in the world.
The poster included in the original vinyl release of Dark Side of the Moon had this strange image of the pyramids and I eventually ended up in Egypt. Fascinating place - would love to go back. (By the way I managed to pick up an original vinyl release complete with said poster and assorted paraphenalia in Montpellier last year - cost a fortune - but what the hell, coudn't pass it up )
Alan Parson's 'Gaudi' project, about Catalan architect Antonio Gaudi, who designed the famous La Sagrada Familia cathedral, inspired me to go to Spain.
The song 'Vincent' has always fascinated me. So I ended up in Amsterdam at the Vincent Van Gogh museum. Similarly 'The Diary of Anne Frank' was a setwork book at school, and I visted the museum in Amsterdam as well.
I remember reading a quote from a book (The Drifters - I think, by James Michener). It said, 'Men must inspect their dreams, and know them for what they are'. That's what I am doing. Bit by bit.
Did any piece of music prompt you to visit a place outside of your own country? - Music Head - 11-03-2012
Dark Side Of The Moon made me want to visit the moon
haven't got there yet
Did any piece of music prompt you to visit a place outside of your own country? - Jerome - 11-03-2012
Ground Control to Major Tom......bleep bleep bleep
Did any piece of music prompt you to visit a place outside of your own country? - SteveO - 12-03-2012
Great post, Jerome !
I am not much of a romantic...I've always wanted to visit Liverpool to see The Beatles' sites...The Cavern, etc...haven't got there yet !
Jerome Wrote:Ground Control to Major Tom......bleep bleep bleep
Did any piece of music prompt you to visit a place outside of your own country? - CRAZY-HORSE - 12-03-2012
always been a big fan of Elvis/John Cash and all the other "southerners", so with the help of MH i was lucky enough to actually visit the places they sing about and take in the whole experience, now after seeing the countryside,the people,the scents in the air etc, i now have an additional personal aspect which draws me into those songs even further now.
Did any piece of music prompt you to visit a place outside of your own country? - CRAZY-HORSE - 12-03-2012
Jerome Wrote:Ground Control to Major Tom......bleep bleep bleep
MH's son-in-law is Major Tim, not Major Tom!
Did any piece of music prompt you to visit a place outside of your own country? - CRAZY-HORSE - 12-03-2012
Music Head Wrote:Dark Side Of The Moon made me want to visit the moon
haven't got there yet
...maybe a bit more THC when you wake up will help
Did any piece of music prompt you to visit a place outside of your own country? - Jerome - 12-03-2012
Now I know what the MH really stands for....Moon Head! Pink Floyd "Moonhead" -1969- Unreleased Pink Floyd Material - YouTube
Did any piece of music prompt you to visit a place outside of your own country? - gater - 22-03-2012
Ummm, do altered states of consciousness count as trips abroad? If so, then yes, lots of them!
Did any piece of music prompt you to visit a place outside of your own country? - hatchetman - 23-03-2012
I've wanted to visit places just based on where a singer was from, but I can't think of any songs or lyrics or anything that made me want to see a place.
Great post!