Trip Music

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KVOD was playing Beethoven's sixth symphony as I drove around on the way to KSS today. I get lucky once in a while and today was the day. As I listened to it and compared the version I was hearing with the version I remembered I was again struck by how different 'identical' pieces of music can be (being gassed here). Every conductor has a unique point of view. BS#6 was my 'trip music' back in the late (being gassed again) '70s. I only played the first side (of a 33 rpm platter) during the most intense part of the trip, and saved the other side for when I was 'coming down.' I avoided the 'thunderstorm scene' because it was way too violent for acid. I still don't like it.