This really should have been titled “Weird Thursday Question”, as it is Thursday, yet it’s not really a weird question — just a weird title.

Last night I had my earbuds in and listened to the first movement of Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata, and actually got all cosmicy listening to it. I followed the individual notes that wrapped around each other, leading perfectly through slow minor chord progressions that, to me, are powerful and transforming.

That’s just me.

Many people tend to get bored listening to it because it’s so slow and single noted. Which leads to my Thursday question.

Is there any song that you listen to deep and long and cosmically? Songs that somehow transport you somewhere … or some time?

Music is the connection of the soul to the universe. Lao Tzu (Chinese philosopher) says, “Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.”  Gustav Mahler (Composer) says, “It is a funny thing, but when I am making music, all the answers I seek for in life seem to be there, in the music, there are no questions and no need for answers.”  Victor Hugo (French Romanticism writer and politician) states, “Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.”

I think you get it.

I’d really REALLY like to know what song turns you on like a cosmic light bulb. That touches something inside of you you don’t often reach.

I promise to listen to each of your recommendations.

And even if you’ve blown off Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata before, tonight, in the evening or in the night, put your earbuds in or put your phone near your head and just listen to B’s composition. Listen to it with fresh ears and an open mind and soul.

You’ll have a great trip.

Of course, a close second is the whole Dark Side of the Moon album by Pink Floyd, especially Great Gig in the Sky with the female solo ….