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The Mountain Goats
Merkava:
That one, unfortunatley, is their least catharctic, but is their most beautiful. I love it to bits.
Inlander:
I'd disagree strenuously about it being their least cathartic. I guess I haven't been listening to them for as long as you Merkava, but it's impossible not to be deeply moved when "Pale Green Things" brings the album to a close, after having listened to the whole thing and all the events it describes. The fact that the songs are all factual rather than being stories only makes it all the more cathartic.
Merkava:
Catharctic is an expression of extreme emotion, like, say, the random chopping up of objects and people when angry. I think a catharsis involves heat and energy. I don't think you can be sad and catharctic at the same time, but I'm not sure exactly. My definition involved some Greek tragedy where a woman killed her kids to get back at her husband. I'll have to check on that.
EDIT: Nevermind, checked the real definition.
ca·thar·sis Audio pronunciation of "catharsis" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (k-thärss)
n. pl. ca·thar·ses (-sz)
1. Medicine. Purgation, especially for the digestive system.
2. A purifying or figurative cleansing of the emotions, especially pity and fear, described by Aristotle as an effect of tragic drama on its audience.
3. A release of emotional tension, as after an overwhelming experience, that restores or refreshes the spirit.
4. Psychology.
1. A technique used to relieve tension and anxiety by bringing repressed feelings and fears to consciousness.
2. The therapeutic result of this process; abreaction.
I guess, in some way, The Sunset Tree can be considered cathartic. I'm not an expert. I'd say it's more...moody, mabe?
Inlander:
Ehh, whatever. Bottom line: it's a damn fine album! And I think we can both agree on that.
Duncan Sasquatch:
--- Quote from: Inlander ---I'm gonna be there on the 11th - and if I'm super-enthusiastic, I'll try and wangle a ticket for the 13th as well. Do you look more like a Duncan, or a Sasquatch? I'll keep an eye out for you!
EDIT: As for getting more Mountain Goats, I'd heartily recommend All Hail West Texas. It's really good.
--- End quote ---
I'd say I look much more Duncan than Sasquatch. um, I'm tallish and...I...wear glasses? Heh, in any case I hope to chat to some people there, as Mountain Goats fans can't be bad people.
and All Hail West Texas is probably the one I want to get next, actually.
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