The Muse
Many artists, writers, poets and musicians have said that their creative work
has been inspired by an individual whom they refer to as their muse. A muse is
someone who has such an influence on another that she becomes the focus and
inspiration for that person's creative work. The term has historically been used
by men to describe the women that they have been in love with and made the
subject of their work.
The
word muse originates
from Greek mythology.
The Greek gods Zeus and
Mnemosyne had nine daughters called the Muses. The nine daughters were of one
being in heart, spirit and thought. If the muses loved a man, then the man's
worries instantly disappeared. The man who was loved by the muses was considered
to be more sacred than a holy man.
Throughout the history of the arts, men and women have been inspired by
their own muses. Think of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, two people who were inspired
by each other and became the subject of much of the other's work. One world
famous artist who incorporated his muses into his work was the painter Pablo
Picasso.
Throughout his life, each of the women he met and loved became his subject.
The muse is not always a human being. As the idea of the muse originated
in a spiritual world, so too do many musicians see their muse as coming from a
different dimension. Musician Jim
Morrison of
the rock band The Doors claimed to call on the spirit world to inspire his
music. Many people see the muse as a dark supernatural force that possesses the
artist and helps create his or her work. This is why some people call some forms
of music, mistakenly, the devil's work.
artist, a wealth of paintings and music would be missing from the world.
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Setlist |
Part 1 - Sarah Rocks
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Intro |
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Mountain |
Mississippi Queen |
AC/DC |
Back in Black |
Golden Earring |
Radar Love |
Led
Zeppelin |
Whole Lotta Love |
Grand
Funk Railroad |
American Band |
Janis
Joplin |
Try (Just a Little Bit Harder) |
Cream |
Strange Brew |
Blue
Oyster Cult |
Don't Fear the Reaper |
The
Who |
My Generation |
Kim
Mitchell |
Go for a Soda |
Pat
Benetar |
Heartbreaker |
Edgar
Winter Group |
Free Ride |
Rolling Stones |
Sympathy for the Devil |
Thin
Lizzy |
Ray Gun |
Steve
Miller Band |
Jet Airliner |
The
Doors |
Love Her Madly |
Janis
Joplin |
Piece of My Heart |
George Thorogood |
Gear Jammer |
Fleetwood Mac |
Shake Your Money Maker |
Joan
Osborne |
Hip Shake |
Allman Brothers Band |
Whipping Post |
Jimi
Hendrix |
Bold as Love |
Led
Zeppelin |
Dazed and Confused |
Blind
Melon |
No Rain |
The
Beatles |
The End |
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Part 2 - Give My Compliments to the Chef
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Skin Alley |
Living
in Sin |
Gypsy |
Let me Take You Home |
The
Faces |
Stay With Me |
Allman Brothers Band |
Dreams |
Sensational Alex Harvey Band |
Give My Compliments to the Chef |
King
Crimson |
21st Century Schizoid Man |
Groundhogs |
Thank Christ for the Bomb |
Black
Sabbath |
Sweet Leaf |
Thin
Lizzy |
Rocker |
Thin
Lizzy |
Remembering Pt. 1 |
House
of Love |
The Beatles and The Stones |
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