I would be happy with an approach for either group

Just share how you feel about it

Eventually some will get it

right now my idea is something like kidnapping and psychoactive medication

In some small way

oh

that's not a bad idea

I'll do that after the LSD injections

pour out my heart

hahahaha

I've resigned myself to most people never "getting it", which is fine

their lives can still be meaningful and important

it just seems a shame

They would be more meaningful and important if they could be helped to see what was meaningful and important

there is also the issue of if people can be shown

I don't have many successes, the ones I do have are not ordinary people

and I can't claim them for myself

What do I like about Guthrie? Good question.
I enjoy folk music, usually. I like folk themes. They remind me of something
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I don't want to give platitudes, but I think people can be encouraged to have some understanding of the difference between musical content and lyrical content

"forgotten"? I can't place the word.

They have to give a fuck first

All good music is essentially nostalgic in my opinion

But I admit many of his recordings are not necessarily very rousing.

all good music feels familiar, feels "just right"

Eh

The other Americana guy I was introduced to around the same time is Will Taylor.
He recorded his debut solo album with just his banjo and his voice.

2nd album had a full band, ruined it IMHO. Sounded like cheesy country dance hall.

Good music feels like an extension of yourself but I wouldn't call it nostalgic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QYci2ydFi0

It's the best word I had

I don't mean it evokes nostalgia as an aesthetic

all good music is half remembered

that better?

I was drunk last night wanting to wage war with anglos

all art is divine

Folk music treads through stories that aren't mine but they still feel half-remembered.

of all the arts, music is the one with the most immediate link to transcendent experience

I knew nothing of baseball as a boy but this song can put me over the edge.

it's literally otherworldly

Nostalgic reminds me of retro gaming and pulling out action figures out of a long forgotten chest

even when worldly, it gives life meaning, so is transcendent in a way

yeah, I don't mean it like that