And music soothes the savage beast
I’m feeling MUCH better now. I’ve listened to music, watched funny stuff, and had something to eat. I guess maybe I was in need of a snack and that just made everything worse. Tomorrow I will deal with work. Tonight I’m listening to stuff like this. Tim Hawkins is hilarious. And Coldplay is always soothing.
Ugh. And now, for your listening pleasure: Chick-fil-A lol.
I want to say that there’s a typo in the title of this entry. Maybe?
@peripheral_visionary No. I used to think it was “music soothes the savage beast.” I was corrected by someone else lol. Now you have me questioning myself again and now I have to check. If I am wrong, then I am mortifyingly embarrassed lol.
@peripheral_visionary I had to ask chatGPT, but now I will change it lol
the original line is “Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast.”
It comes from William Congreve’s 1697 play The Mourning Bride. Back then, “breast” meant the seat of emotion—like “heart” or “soul.” So it wasn’t weird; it just meant “music calms the raging heart.”
@elizabethbarstone-novelist I stand corrected then.
@peripheral_visionary I changed it anyway because I guess the modernized version is “beast”. This just means you’re more modern than I am. lol
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