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You Ain't No DancerBipolar Rock and RollThis is an audio site - turn your volume UP! |
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| This is a rock and roll audio, artistic, and literary site. You only need speakers on your computer to fully enjoy the site. An audio player is automatically provided for each song. The audio files are mp3's recorded at 64kps, FM radio quality, to discourage copying and to keep the site size within the host parameters. This site contains over 24 meg of music files. I encourage you to purchase cd's of the artist songs you find you like on this site. Supporting these artists is the only way the next generation of bipolar's will be able to have such great music. Yes, bipolars procreate, and it's a good thing we do, or this world would be a dull place indeed. On this page. I've provided a very short description of bipolar disorder for anyone who arrives here and is unfamiliar with the disease. There also a short description of the intent and philosophy of this site. Lastly there's an explanation of what you might see of each page. You should read that before proceeding. | |||||||||||
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Much like diabetes, Bipolar disorder is an unasked for
illness. BPD is a series of emotional ups and downs,
that vary in frequency and intensity, from person to person. Left
unchecked it can do tremendous harm to those with the disease, and usually
harm to those people in close orbit to the BP
person. Some of the songs in this countdown were picked because they
represent the relationship of the bipolar person family or friends. BPD has an excellent record
of being controlled once it's a
identified, but it is often misdiagnosed and does not receive
treatment. It's not my intention to provide a technical description
or support for the disease on this site. There are thousands of
bipolar sites up and running that do a better job. I
would recommend
Dr. Ivan's Depression Central. It has the best bipolar
information on the web.
Several years ago, I cam across a personal web site where the author had simply listed three songs she thought had bipolar lyrics or some relevance. It started me thinking, and then reviewing songs I owned, or even had just liked at some point. Amazingly, I found that songs I had gravitated to while I was young had strong bipolar lyrics when reviewed in the light of my current bipolar knowledge. Some of the songs in this list are from the 60's and 70's, meaning they were written before most of the current knowledge on BPD was available. Even before I was diagnosed as bipolar, at the age of 43, I had developed specific tastes in music, and specific affinities for certain songs. As I began to understand the disorder, I also began to hear in some of those favorite songs, lyrics that suddenly took on a different meaning. A whole different world of music appeared, the music of Bipolar Rock. Some of the songs selected for the Top 30 Countdown were never written as bipolar songs. Sometimes they were written about someone, or something , but they have such a direct lyrical connection to bipolar feelings or experiences that I included them. For songs that have a particular meaning for me, or are singularly focused on a bipolar feeling or issue, I included personal comments or feelings in as section called Another Point Of View (APOV). Most times, it is an alternate poetic verse, and occasionally an essay. Not every song has a APOV, in some cases there was nothing I could write that would match the quality of the song. Some pages have original artwork placed in the upper right hand corner. I started painting about a year ago. Some paintings are my artistic interpretation of the song, while other paintings are included but they were not originally done to complement a specific song. As you pass through this site, you'll notice more than one song by specific artists. The Beatles are heavily represented, with three songs in the top ten. After reviewing John Lennon's career and personal live, I believe he may have been bipolar. Here's one of those interesting twists. I'm a big Beatles fan, but when they went out on their solo careers, the only one whose music I stilled liked was Lennon. Others have written that Jimi Hendrix was also bipolar. The Beach Boys are represented by three songs, not surprising if you remember Brian Wilson's personal battles. Kaye Redfield Jaminson in Touched With Fire, an excellent bipolar book, established a definitive link between bipolar disorder and creativity. Jaminson also wrote An Unquiet Mind, about her personal battle with BPD. It's a must read. Certain passages in the book moved me deeply, and the very first oil painting I tried was "Jaminson Rising", which is included on this page and one other in the countdown. All songs are copyrighted and are used here on a strictly educational and interpretative basis. If you want the song permanently you should buy it and support the artist who wrote it. I have not been able to set up the comments page so for now you will have to email me with comments and suggestions. You can suggest a song for inclusion on the site, but you will have to email me the song name, title, artist and lyrics. If you e-mail me for any other reason, I will be probably be unable to answer. I've maintained another site for years to help people with dominant breed dogs, Chow Chow Aid. They get most all of my attention, since often small children may be at risk. If you are in need of bipolar help there are hundreds of bipolar sites, almost all of them with links to crises centers, and everyone of them better qualified than me to provide any type of meaningful assistance. I am working on a supplemental page that will list songs I think have bipolar relevance, but did not get include in this site. If you want to submit a song for consideration, you must email it to me with the lyrics. I apologize for the ad banners. I hate those things, but reliable web hosts able to handle the size of this site (40 meg+) are still few and far between. I hope you enjoy your visit.
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