Satisfaction
August 18th, 2008 by Gnat
I LOVE this story: Rolling Stones classic wakes grandfather from coma. It warms my heart on so many levels. I like the idea of this grandfather in a coma revisiting his younger consciousness upon hearing (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction and tapping into that reality in order to receive the burst of energy necessary to wake up and continue to live. The thrill and urgency of primitive rock and roll = life.
My friends and I were talking about this over dinner yesterday: what music would we like to have played to us in an attempt to bring us out of a coma if we ever were to experience the misfortune of being in such a state? My first choice was the Velvet Underground and Nico, but then I quickly nixed that option for fear the album might actually enhance the comatose state (Nico’s sultry croon beckons from the other side — come join us). I’ve settled on the punk rock (Dead Kennedy’s, Descendants, Gray Matter, Operation Ivy, Black Flag) of my teenage years and early Beatles. I think, if anything, the jangly Rickenbacker guitars, signature harmonies and pure pop magic of early Beatles’ tunes could bridge my adult and childhood selves, and nudge me sweetly back into waking life.
Music = life.
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