Other Ears

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Does anyone else get that thing where they play a record they like to someone, actually physically with someone there in the room, and there's a silence while it plays, maybe a look of mild scepticism on the other person's face, and during the silence you find yourself listening with their ears and suddenly everything that MIGHT be lame or weak or crappy about the music is REALLY OBVIOUS to you?

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[umlauts.livejournal.com]

Yes, and I find that horrible silence to be the worst thing evah, and I almost can't help but want to break it by justifying that, wait, if you listen to it properly, it's really amazing and not shit at all, really now.