They need not be mutually exclusive.... 
Music/Life
Is it better to burn out, or fade away?
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No worries! I make plenty of mistakes in interpretation, here. I believe it’s unavoidable in a communication medium where we aren’t privy to so much of the information that would otherwise be available to us in a phone call, not to mention a face to face conversation. All we can do is try our best.
Indeed not! And we need not stay in one place on the spectrum bookended by these extremes. I’m not an "adrenaline junky" but one of the main pay-offs that draw me to engage in my hobbies -- listening to music, playing guitar, creative writing -- is the access they offer to a state of "enhanced aliveness". However, it takes a significant amount of energy to sustain that state. I’m nearly 69 and don’t have the sort of endurance I once had. So, some of my time is spent in higher intensity mode and the rest in lower intensity mode.
Now I see that. At first, I assumed you were looking for some sort of in-depth philosophical debate. ;o) And I agree that all answers are "valid’.
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I remember that LP, Rust Never Sleeps, it was one of the first LPs I ever bought (1979) when I started buying vinyl instead of 8-tracks. I bought it for the song Powderfinger. I remember that I bought the self titled John Cougar LP on the same trip to the record store for the song I Need A Lover (that won’t drive me crazy) (and I also thought Night Dancing was a pretty cool track). I had just seen John Mellencamp (aka Cougar) open for South Side Johnny And The Asbury Jukes at The Kiel Opera House in St. Louis, and although South Side Johnny didn’t do a whole lot for me, I thought that the John Cougrr show rocked out. |
I am with you on that, @inna . I am happy I am still around. |
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