Comments on: Power of Ten Billion Butterfly Sneezes – To Our Children’s Children’s Children by The Moody Blues http://futurismic.com/2009/02/25/power-of-ten-billion-butterfly-sneezes-to-our-childrens-childrens-children-by-the-moody-blues/ Presenting the fact and fiction of tomorrow since 2001 Sat, 19 May 2012 23:03:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: David http://futurismic.com/2009/02/25/power-of-ten-billion-butterfly-sneezes-to-our-childrens-childrens-children-by-the-moody-blues/comment-page-1/#comment-224179 David Mon, 08 Nov 2010 10:49:08 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=6220#comment-224179 I guess everybody responds in their own way to music.I was around when these albums were being made and they made a big impression on me.This one IS my favourite and,while I take on board all the ideas about space travel,children and love,for me it's a deeply spiritual experience when I listen to it.The music really holds me in that way,but the lyrics also suggest to me the wider questions of man's place in the universe and his futile but heartfelt struggle to understand it.It's a personal thing but,after forty years,this album actually means more to me now,it's stood the test of time and is very important to me. I guess everybody responds in their own way to music.I was around when these albums were being made and they made a big impression on me.This one IS my favourite and,while I take on board all the ideas about space travel,children and love,for me it’s a deeply spiritual experience when I listen to it.The music really holds me in that way,but the lyrics also suggest to me the wider questions of man’s place in the universe and his futile but heartfelt struggle to understand it.It’s a personal thing but,after forty years,this album actually means more to me now,it’s stood the test of time and is very important to me.

]]> By: URFUNNY http://futurismic.com/2009/02/25/power-of-ten-billion-butterfly-sneezes-to-our-childrens-childrens-children-by-the-moody-blues/comment-page-1/#comment-106777 URFUNNY Wed, 05 May 2010 13:24:28 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=6220#comment-106777 I know plenty of butterflies and they do not sneeze. Calculate that! I know plenty of butterflies and they do not sneeze. Calculate that!

]]> By: The Dr. http://futurismic.com/2009/02/25/power-of-ten-billion-butterfly-sneezes-to-our-childrens-childrens-children-by-the-moody-blues/comment-page-1/#comment-63500 The Dr. Tue, 29 Dec 2009 04:56:53 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=6220#comment-63500 Though I hate to leave two posts back to back, I have one more thing to say: I would appreciate that if someone attempts to debate me or something I have said, they do so more civilly than seems to have been the norm. I don't mean to sound arrogant, but I'm not much older than 15, well 19 actually, and I usually act more mature than most of the you who have commented. Though I hate to leave two posts back to back, I have one more thing to say: I would appreciate that if someone attempts to debate me or something I have said, they do so more civilly than seems to have been the norm. I don’t mean to sound arrogant, but I’m not much older than 15, well 19 actually, and I usually act more mature than most of the you who have commented.

]]> By: The Dr. http://futurismic.com/2009/02/25/power-of-ten-billion-butterfly-sneezes-to-our-childrens-childrens-children-by-the-moody-blues/comment-page-1/#comment-63498 The Dr. Tue, 29 Dec 2009 04:46:16 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=6220#comment-63498 Well, mister Raven, I must say, you make a very good, though crude, point. These people do argue like "15-year-old emo kids." I'm glad you recognized that. On the other hand, the intriguing question would be why they sound like that. Listen, the human race has so often come up short when trying to concoct a means for discursively identifying or justifying matters of aesthetics. People, if you like the Moody Blues (I do like them), you need to realize that unless you and your antithetical counterpart can agree on the method of discourse there can be no conclusion as to the value of their art. Furthermore, you have to realize that by accepting one linguistic standard for discourse or another, you inherently narrow the field of judgment to which you are subjecting said art. It is entirely conceivable, though unrealistic, that the entire album could be judged based on the loudest not in the song. This has an empirical basis and, in some context, might be useful. On the other hand, art is usually more complicated than that, and so we shortchange finding valid methods of argumentation and simply try to turn the statements: "The Moody Blues are good" or "The Moody Blues are bad," into metaphysical truths. The philosopher John Wisdom, in his famous 'garden analogy', noted that this commonly happens with statements about the existence of God or the gods. If anyone reading this has a genuine interest, I would suggest they start by reading Wisdom. In so doing, one might get something useful out of this thread. Otherwise... well, probably not. -The Dr.- Well, mister Raven, I must say, you make a very good, though crude, point. These people do argue like “15-year-old emo kids.” I’m glad you recognized that. On the other hand, the intriguing question would be why they sound like that. Listen, the human race has so often come up short when trying to concoct a means for discursively identifying or justifying matters of aesthetics. People, if you like the Moody Blues (I do like them), you need to realize that unless you and your antithetical counterpart can agree on the method of discourse there can be no conclusion as to the value of their art. Furthermore, you have to realize that by accepting one linguistic standard for discourse or another, you inherently narrow the field of judgment to which you are subjecting said art. It is entirely conceivable, though unrealistic, that the entire album could be judged based on the loudest not in the song. This has an empirical basis and, in some context, might be useful. On the other hand, art is usually more complicated than that, and so we shortchange finding valid methods of argumentation and simply try to turn the statements: “The Moody Blues are good” or “The Moody Blues are bad,” into metaphysical truths. The philosopher John Wisdom, in his famous ‘garden analogy’, noted that this commonly happens with statements about the existence of God or the gods. If anyone reading this has a genuine interest, I would suggest they start by reading Wisdom. In so doing, one might get something useful out of this thread. Otherwise… well, probably not.

-The Dr.-

]]> By: Paul Raven http://futurismic.com/2009/02/25/power-of-ten-billion-butterfly-sneezes-to-our-childrens-childrens-children-by-the-moody-blues/comment-page-1/#comment-52429 Paul Raven Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:25:26 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=6220#comment-52429 Hey! Hey, look! WE'RE RUNNING AROUND ON YOUR LAWN! Hey! Hey, look! WE’RE RUNNING AROUND ON YOUR LAWN!

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