Hello All,
I've had this really strange experience... I want to tell you about it, I 
don't know why. I just felt it appropriate, and perhaps some of you can help 
me understand what has happened...
First of all, I've never used drugs, I don't smoke and I rarely drink 
cohol.
But when I listened to Tangerine Dream's _Ricochet_, I felt the music passing 
at a few miles from me, I never felt really *into* it. I thought perhaps a 
soft drug could help understand it, but I never had the chance (or courage) 
to try it out before I bought _Phaedra_. This is a totally other album, much 
more easy. At first, I thought I didn't like it. But I grew into it, and it 
helped me understand _Ricochet_ and other music, like early Pink Floyd 
(Echoes, One Of These Days, Careful With That Axe, Eugene, ...).
So TD became really psychedelic for me. Without having to use drugs. I 
thought this was just fine, because the only thing that stops me from taking 
drugs is the fact that I lose control over myself (and that is something I 
would personally not like to happen). I thought TD wouldn't do this, because 
it doesn't come into my body (longs or veins).
But yesterday, a friend of mine brought TD's _Encore_ with him. We could use 
a large room with an excellent sound equipment. So I sat on a chair, and he 
started the CD.
The experience was, as always with TD, mind-blowing. I saw this huge tunnel 
in front of me, and I was being pulled through it at very high speed. The 
tunnel turned and changed, became an open plain, ...
Suddenly, I decided to lay down on the ground. I was now flying with my feet 
first! I slowly turned backwards over my head, and I became airsick. 
Fortunately, the movement stopped soon and I was in a 'normal' flying 
position.
The problem was that the Cd kept going on: it lasted 71 bloody minutes. When 
it finished, I really felt I had had an overdose. I was frightened by what 
the music could do to me. When I got home, I took my two TD Cd's and I put 
them in the back of my closet. I started playing totally different music, 
like OMD.
Only an hour ago, I decided to play _Phaedra_ again. No problems yet, but the 
volume was down, and my younger brother was in the room playing around (he 
hates music - it's terrible!). So I didn't give the music any opportunity to 
take me away. I don't know if I will buy any more TD Cd's, they've really 
fightened me.
NP: OMD _Architecture & Morality_ : The New Stone Age
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