The Bama Balance S02.E18: Off The Rails

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If it is an emergency situation, please call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room. [00:01:11] Speaker A: What's up, guys? Welcome back to the Bama Balance. Real stories about college students, mental health. How's it going, guys? How's the week been? [00:01:18] Speaker D: You know, it's been okay. It's. It's probably the third week that I've been here for a five day work week because either travels or holiday or being out because of the threat of ice, but it's, it's been kind of a slow week, actually. It's felt like a slow week. [00:01:40] Speaker B: Yeah, I mean this weather has been making everything slow down. It feels like. Yeah, it's been, it'd been long. [00:01:48] Speaker D: So I was saying this earlier and Edward, you look like you've been through the ringers already, man. You look like you just. [00:01:56] Speaker B: Oh, it's January. That's all. [00:01:59] Speaker A: We're just recovering from January. [00:02:00] Speaker D: January. But really it's February. So. It's February and you look like, you know, you spring break now. [00:02:07] Speaker B: Well, I would love spring break now, but, you know, we'll see what's got. [00:02:11] Speaker D: You, what's got you so like, like busy or just you look wreck. You look like not a wreck but, you know, like you're kind of rung out. [00:02:22] Speaker B: Yeah, it's a lot going on, you know, just everything, you know, love. I love this university. But it keeps you busy for sure. I mean. [00:02:30] Speaker A: Yeah, no doubt. [00:02:31] Speaker B: Different organizations and making sure that I'm, you know, got all my eggs in order, whatever that saying is. I probably said that saying wrong, but. Or my chickens in order or whatever. [00:02:42] Speaker D: Right. Your eggs in the same basket. Your chickens in order. You got your chickens and eggs. [00:02:47] Speaker B: Everything's. Everything's Mixed up right now. I'm just like, scrambled. My mind is scrambled entirely. [00:02:52] Speaker D: Are you more busy this semester or this year than you hand then? [00:02:55] Speaker B: I mean, yeah, and I didn't think I would be okay, but how did you. [00:02:59] Speaker D: How did you get there then? [00:03:02] Speaker B: That's a great question. [00:03:03] Speaker D: If you think you were. How did you get there? [00:03:05] Speaker B: I mean, you know, I think it was just a slow bunch of yeses. [00:03:12] Speaker D: Oh, yeah. [00:03:13] Speaker B: I've been there before and all Great stuff, don't get me wrong. But, you know, there might be. Have to be some restructuring. [00:03:22] Speaker A: Hey, sometimes restructuring is not a bad thing. [00:03:25] Speaker D: It can be a good thing. Right? [00:03:26] Speaker A: I've had it. I've had a long one too. Yeah. Yeah. Got back from New Orleans on. Oh, that's right. Sunday test at 8am Monday, another test at 12:30 on Monday. Had a test today. [00:03:40] Speaker D: Thanks. [00:03:40] Speaker A: I'm ready after this podcast. Yeah, I'm out for. [00:03:43] Speaker D: You're ready. You're ready. [00:03:45] Speaker B: You had it worse than me. [00:03:46] Speaker A: Computers getting plugged up will not be touched until Sunday. [00:03:50] Speaker D: So you're. You're getting ready to have a good long weekend, but you're also anticipating grad school, hearing from grad schools and stuff like that. [00:03:58] Speaker A: Yeah, no doubt. I just. My grad school applications officially finished up, so waiting on the answer there. So pretty excited about it, though. You know, there's a lot of us that are planning on and hoping to stay. Some of them have been accepted. Some of them are still waiting. [00:04:19] Speaker D: Right. [00:04:19] Speaker A: So it'll be a fun. It'll be. It'll be good to be back here next year in a different. [00:04:24] Speaker D: I'm. [00:04:25] Speaker A: I'm excited to see what it feels like graduate school different than undergrad. We all miss a bunch of stuff. [00:04:31] Speaker D: So you'll be sticking around with us here? I mean, behind the mics with us. [00:04:35] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:04:36] Speaker D: Okay, good, good. So we'll have an official. [00:04:39] Speaker A: You've recruited me into another year. [00:04:41] Speaker D: Good. [00:04:43] Speaker A: That's what they call a fifth year, I think. [00:04:44] Speaker D: That's right. [00:04:45] Speaker A: But hey, with the rules today, I could come back. [00:04:47] Speaker D: This is your. [00:04:47] Speaker B: You could go seven years. [00:04:49] Speaker D: So grad school is kind of your transfer portal. [00:04:52] Speaker A: Right back, hitting the portal, coming back to the podcast. [00:04:57] Speaker D: That's really good. Yeah, you'll have a couple of years of eligibility. [00:05:00] Speaker A: I'm excited for it. [00:05:01] Speaker D: Awesome. [00:05:01] Speaker A: Hopefully I'll be able to give some good views. [00:05:04] Speaker D: That's awesome. [00:05:05] Speaker A: Really have an undergrad. [00:05:06] Speaker D: That's awesome. [00:05:06] Speaker A: So we're excited for what we have today. It's going to be interesting. We've never done something like this before, but we're just going to kind of let it fly and see what we can come up with. Going off the rails today. So we'll be back with segment one in a minute. This is the BAMA Balance. Wvuafm Tuscaloosa. [00:05:41] Speaker C: This show is not a substitute for professional counseling, and no relationship is created between the show host or guests and any listener. If you feel you are in need of professional mental health and are a UA student, we encourage you to contact the UA Counselors Counseling center at 348-3863. If you are not a UA student, please contact your respective counties crisis service hotline or their local mental health agency or insurance company. If it is an emergency situation, please call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room. [00:06:22] Speaker B: Hello, everyone, and welcome back to the BAMA Balance. As. As Brooks was talking about before our break, we're just kind of going off the rails today. Yeah, we're just seeing where it takes us. Seeing where it takes us. Probably honestly the most podcast like episode in terms of how most people do podcasts. We've done the date. No sense of. We're just immersed. Talk. [00:06:48] Speaker D: Let's just go. There's something about, I think, I love the way that, you know, we. When we have guests or when we have, you know, topics we really want to focus on, I think it's great when we do that. But there's also something to be said about going off the rails and just letting things happen the way they happen, you know, because one of the things I notice is, you know, right before we start recording, we're kind of off the rails anyway, which is great, you know, and sometimes you need that. Sometimes that you kind of need to go off the rails a little bit just to give yourself a break, a little bit of a reprieve or. [00:07:23] Speaker A: And I feel like doing something like this is the most us thing that we've done to this point. Yeah. [00:07:29] Speaker D: You know what I mean? That's right. [00:07:30] Speaker A: If that's right, they could, if listeners could hear our conversations outside of these microphones, they're probably like, what the heck is. [00:07:37] Speaker D: That's right. Cut it right now. Cut it right now. It's time to cut it. No, that's true. That's true. Which, Which I think again goes to that notion of mental health. Right. Sort of being yourself and not necessarily having to. [00:07:54] Speaker C: Put. [00:07:55] Speaker D: It's not like we put on up front when we schedule topics or guests, but it's, It's. It's more when we're doing this, like right now, I Feel certainly relaxed, but. But like there's no pressure to remember. Oh, what's our topic today? That kind of thing. We're kind of letting it fly, Going off the rails. [00:08:15] Speaker A: It's less of a pressure type thing. Yeah, yeah. And. [00:08:18] Speaker D: Yeah. And it feels like maybe this is a good time of the year for that to happen, you know, just where things are with, I guess, first round of exams. Is that right? So do you all have your first random exams? [00:08:31] Speaker A: Yeah, three this week, have two next week, and all of ours are kind of. Are yours all together, Edward. Like, as far as, like, do they normally run together? Kind of. [00:08:43] Speaker B: I mean, normally. But the classes I have this year, I don't even have exams. It is all. It's all papers. [00:08:50] Speaker D: Oh, I see. [00:08:51] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:08:51] Speaker D: Okay. Okay. [00:08:52] Speaker B: So. [00:08:52] Speaker D: Know what I like? I don't know. [00:08:54] Speaker A: I think I'd rather take an exam. [00:08:56] Speaker D: You think so? [00:08:58] Speaker B: I hate an exam now. [00:09:00] Speaker D: Because you enjoy the writing part of it. [00:09:02] Speaker B: I mean, I enjoy writing, but also I just hate. I hate having to, like. I like being able to, like to, to play like mess with ideas, you know. [00:09:12] Speaker D: Yes, yes. [00:09:12] Speaker B: To kind of think about things in an abstract way for a little bit. Which you can do in writing. [00:09:18] Speaker D: Right. [00:09:18] Speaker B: Can't really do that on a test. [00:09:19] Speaker D: It's hard. It's harder to do it on like a multiple choice test. [00:09:23] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:09:24] Speaker D: And. And particularly in grad school, you know, the, the, the classes that I enjoyed the most were the ones that were more essay written versus having to memorize something and sort of spit it back out. It felt like that wasn't really learning. I mean, it was a good way to memorize stuff and I think there's a time and place for that. But, you know, particularly in grad school and all that, you want to be able to synthesize that knowledge and be able to express it. So I taught a class when I was at Georgia Tech. I used to teach a class and it was an undergraduate. An upper level undergraduate seminar, psychology. And I gave an oral final. And so it was, you know, nothing written, no essays, no multiple choice. We had to sit down. It was like. We did it in small groups in each. So group of students would sit down, I'd ask them questions and ask them to discuss, you know, this. Tell me about, you know, this theory of personality and how do you think it applies here? [00:10:32] Speaker A: That's pretty cool. [00:10:33] Speaker D: It was kind of cool. It was kind of cool because. Yeah, that, you know, we. They had to know the theory, but now they had to apply and explain it back to me. It was Fun. [00:10:41] Speaker A: Everybody probably has totally different ways of thinking about that sort of thing. Yeah, that was very interesting. [00:10:47] Speaker D: Yeah, it's kind of. [00:10:47] Speaker A: See, my tests are like, especially in accounting now. I mean, you've got a problem. [00:10:54] Speaker B: You, you. [00:10:55] Speaker A: There's one way to do it. [00:10:56] Speaker D: Yeah. [00:10:56] Speaker A: You've got to figure out the answer. [00:10:58] Speaker D: If not the irs, which is hard, which is tough. I mean, because there's. You got to be really detailed in that kind of thinking. [00:11:06] Speaker A: I like it. That's just my. See, like. Yeah, I just rather do that than writing for some reason. [00:11:12] Speaker D: Did you, did you. I know you shifted your major, but did you think you would be going into this, this field, this major or this profession? Accounting. [00:11:24] Speaker A: Before I started college? [00:11:25] Speaker D: Yeah. [00:11:26] Speaker A: Absolutely not. I was school and, and really I was majoring in business, minoring in biology, which would have given me good, you know, business classes, but I wouldn't have had to take these type of accounting classes. And when I made the switch, it was kind of just between accounting and finance. I felt like those were the best two degrees for me and I was going to be able to graduate on time, accounting wise. And anything that, anything that you need to do in finance, if you get an accounting degree, you can do that. So that's just kind of how I ended up on that. [00:12:06] Speaker D: Right. And Edward, you were always kind of focused in your major, right? [00:12:10] Speaker B: No, I mean, I thought you were. Oh, well, I mean, because I came in undecided, went polyside and switched to history and then I joined New College. My new college major just keeps changing. It's just ever. Okay, changing. [00:12:24] Speaker D: Okay, so is that. But that suits you. It seems like. [00:12:27] Speaker B: Yeah, I mean, I definitely just who you are. There's. [00:12:29] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:12:31] Speaker B: New College has a certain rep. But I love them. They're great people and. Yeah, I mean, it's just, it's. I guess it's the way my brain works. Like. [00:12:41] Speaker A: Yes. [00:12:41] Speaker B: I need that kind of learning style. Like the, like the new college classes, the seminar. I mean they call them seminars because it's just, it's very much so, like conversation based. And it's not as heavy on the testing as much. Well, not. Well, not testing is the wrong word. It's not as heavy on, you know, like trying to memorize things. It's more so. Yeah, which there is some of that, but it's a lot. It's just very discussion based. [00:13:10] Speaker D: Yeah, it's. It's not the traditional way of assessing knowledge as in like multiple choice, but sort of acquiring knowledge and demonstrating your understanding of it. [00:13:24] Speaker B: Yeah, like there's A banjo class in the new college where you build in a banjo and learn how to play. [00:13:30] Speaker D: Pretty cool. Why am I just now hearing about this? [00:13:32] Speaker B: I don't know if I'll ever be able to take it just because I joined so late. So, like, I have to. My seminars have to be a certain way to take that class just, just for my major. [00:13:42] Speaker D: Oh, for your major. Oh, I see. I see what you're saying. [00:13:45] Speaker B: But you know, if I ever have the opportunity, right. [00:13:48] Speaker A: That'd be pretty cool. [00:13:49] Speaker B: I might make me a banjo and learn how to play it and learn how to play it. And it's not like a super, like crazy banjo. I mean, I don't even know if it has like. Like frets, but it just. [00:13:59] Speaker A: It's still banjo. [00:14:01] Speaker D: It's a banjo. Do you play any other instruments? [00:14:04] Speaker B: I play guitar. You play guitar very poorly, but my roommate's really good. [00:14:08] Speaker D: Okay. [00:14:08] Speaker B: I'm less so. [00:14:10] Speaker A: Right. [00:14:10] Speaker B: But I play guitar. [00:14:14] Speaker D: Have you thought that's it. Have you guys thought about doing anything with. With that? I mean, it's. I mean, as like a music and I think it's a great just way to. [00:14:23] Speaker A: It's a good outlet. [00:14:24] Speaker D: Take a break. [00:14:24] Speaker B: It's a good. It can be a creative outlet. It can be. Just like de. Stressor. [00:14:32] Speaker D: Yeah. [00:14:33] Speaker B: You know, like study break, go pick the guitar a little bit. I'll play with Luke like every now and then and. [00:14:39] Speaker D: But. And it's. And if I'm remembering right, so music has a. Has played a central part in your life just in terms of. In terms of things you enjoy. [00:14:57] Speaker B: Yeah. Just love music. Yeah, just love it. [00:14:59] Speaker D: It's. It's. It's. I love music too. [00:15:01] Speaker B: It's a. It's a. Oh, man. Yeah. You know, I just. It's a good, like I said, creative outlet. [00:15:10] Speaker D: Yes. [00:15:11] Speaker B: You know, sometimes you just need to make something and. [00:15:14] Speaker D: And put it out in the world. [00:15:15] Speaker B: Put it out in the world. [00:15:15] Speaker D: That's right. [00:15:16] Speaker B: Sometimes people do that. [00:15:18] Speaker D: You do that. [00:15:19] Speaker A: Thank God. [00:15:20] Speaker D: Did you do that? So if I had this conversation at lunch with Michael Dobbs, actually, I've talked to them, actually. Oh, yeah, he mentioned your name. That's right. That's right. And Culver House Ambassador. No, no, sorry, you're in the same class. [00:15:36] Speaker B: Civic leadership. [00:15:38] Speaker D: That's it. Yeah, no, he, he. We were talking about you and being the same class, but we were talking about what songs? Or is there a song on your playlist that if I looked at your playlist today, that I'd be surprised to see? [00:15:59] Speaker B: Ooh, I have to Think about that. [00:16:01] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:16:02] Speaker D: The music is so good, but I like a whole range of music. [00:16:05] Speaker A: I mean, would you be surprised? The specific song or, like a genre of music that I like to listen to? [00:16:14] Speaker D: Well, it could be either. I mean, you know, you're. I mean, we talked about Akita, love Motown music and. [00:16:23] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:16:24] Speaker D: And Edward, yours was sort of Mexican. [00:16:31] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:16:32] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:16:32] Speaker D: I'm blanking on it now. It was the Mariachi Mariachi Band. Yeah. [00:16:36] Speaker A: I've got a. One of my favorite songs right now is a Justin Timberlake song. [00:16:43] Speaker D: Okay. [00:16:44] Speaker A: But it has Chris Stapleton in it, and I think that's why I like it so much. But the song is also, like. It's upbeat, like, just positive. Yeah. You get a good vibe out of it. Yeah. It's called say something. [00:16:56] Speaker D: Okay. [00:16:57] Speaker A: I don't think I know that It's. It probably shocks some people because my playlist is, like, so country. Yeah. Motown, classic rock, a little bit of jam bands. [00:17:09] Speaker D: Right. [00:17:09] Speaker A: And then there's just this random Justin Timberlake song on there that comes on. [00:17:13] Speaker D: That's cool. [00:17:14] Speaker B: Wait, you know, I know that song. That's a good song. Yeah. [00:17:16] Speaker A: Chris Stapleton's. [00:17:17] Speaker D: Yeah, he's good. He's good. [00:17:19] Speaker A: And he makes it. [00:17:20] Speaker D: Yeah, he's. Where did he. Where. Where did his career take him? Because he's. I mean, he was pretty big. [00:17:27] Speaker B: He's the. [00:17:28] Speaker A: I mean, he's top three selling country artists right now. [00:17:32] Speaker D: Now. But I think for. I think when he got. He was getting started. [00:17:35] Speaker A: He's a big writer. Yeah. [00:17:36] Speaker D: Oh, maybe that's. [00:17:37] Speaker A: He wrote a song. I forget what song it was for Kenny Chesney. [00:17:41] Speaker D: Okay. [00:17:43] Speaker A: And I've seen a video of him, like, in a little dive bar when he was emerging. Yeah. And he was playing that song, and before he played it, he was like, I want to thank Kenny Chesney for getting me my first house. Oh, that's because he wrote. [00:17:56] Speaker D: That's awesome. [00:17:56] Speaker A: So he's a big songwriter. Still is. He writes a ton. Yeah. [00:18:02] Speaker D: That's neat. Edward, what's your surprise? I mean, on your playlist, you must have like a million songs on a play or several playlists. [00:18:11] Speaker B: I. I do have, like. I feel like I listen to a lot of different things, but I. You know, there are. Maybe. I have no idea. Yeah. Like, I really don't. [00:18:31] Speaker D: Yeah. Yeah. [00:18:32] Speaker B: I'm trying to think of, like, maybe some. Some old music that is, like, not typical to what I listen to, but. [00:18:38] Speaker D: So if I looked at your play or a playlist, it would be pretty wide ranging. [00:18:43] Speaker B: Just depends on the playlist you look. [00:18:45] Speaker D: At depends on playlists. But. But there wouldn't be anything that you would consider surprising based on your. Your music interests because they're so wide ranging. [00:18:56] Speaker B: I mean, it just. I guess it would depend how well you knew me. [00:18:59] Speaker D: Yeah. [00:19:00] Speaker B: Or not even that. Okay. Rather. I don't know. [00:19:06] Speaker D: But. But I think there's something. I think there's something there. Right. I think what's on your playlist is. Is kind of a reflection of who you are. Yeah. [00:19:13] Speaker A: Music. The type of music you listen to. [00:19:16] Speaker D: Yeah. [00:19:16] Speaker A: In my opinion. [00:19:17] Speaker D: Yeah. [00:19:17] Speaker A: Is a very straight path. [00:19:20] Speaker D: Right. [00:19:20] Speaker A: Kind of person you are and what you like to do. [00:19:24] Speaker D: Like I enjoy. [00:19:25] Speaker A: Good question. Here is what's on your playlist. Surprise us, because this is going to. [00:19:29] Speaker D: Be the most interesting, isn't it? Again. So Michael and I were having this conversation and I think he was. He was surprised to see Green Day on my playlist. So in Green Day, I am missing Soundgarden. I need to get some sound guard on my playlist, but depends on the kind of mood, too. Nirvana is great. [00:19:49] Speaker B: Nirvana is great. We actually played some Nirvana the other night. [00:19:52] Speaker D: Oh, did you? [00:19:53] Speaker B: Luke and I and a friend of another of ours. [00:19:55] Speaker D: What'd you play? [00:19:56] Speaker B: We played Smells Like Team Spirit. [00:19:58] Speaker D: Oh, classic. [00:20:00] Speaker B: Great song. [00:20:00] Speaker D: Yeah. Classic song. R.E.M. [00:20:04] Speaker A: Is a legendary. Legendary pool for me. [00:20:08] Speaker D: There it is. [00:20:09] Speaker A: They are so awesome. [00:20:10] Speaker D: They are fantastic. [00:20:11] Speaker A: How about Otis Day in the Nights? [00:20:14] Speaker D: Classic as well. [00:20:15] Speaker A: That might shock a few people. [00:20:16] Speaker D: Classic as well on your play. So it doesn't shock me now that I know you, but I could see. [00:20:20] Speaker A: But no. If somebody hopped in my car and I was listening to Otis Day. [00:20:24] Speaker D: Yeah. [00:20:24] Speaker A: What in the world? [00:20:26] Speaker D: I think some of the best music can be found even outside of, like, mainstream, like on YouTube, even. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. There's. There's a. I think it's either on Spotify. I think it's Spotify, but it's an acoustic channel with acoustic covers. It's really good. It's really very cool. So there's an acoustic cover of like A Thousand Years. You know that song, kind of that pop song. It's really good. But stuff like that, you know, kind of finding it outside of the Ordinary. [00:21:05] Speaker A: REM's good. [00:21:06] Speaker D: What's your favorite RM song? So that's hard. Gosh, you know, that's hard. That's hard. [00:21:18] Speaker A: I'll have to get back. [00:21:19] Speaker D: Yeah. [00:21:20] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:21:20] Speaker D: It's. It's tough. So when I used to work at the University of Georgia, being in Athens, it was a great. That was a great time to be In Athens. [00:21:27] Speaker A: Did the Panic ever come play when you were there? Yeah. Were you there for the Panic show? [00:21:32] Speaker D: No, I wasn't. [00:21:33] Speaker A: Oh, dang. No, I wasn't. That video's awesome. [00:21:36] Speaker D: Yeah, I've seen it live at Disco. Yeah. [00:21:39] Speaker A: So basically, Widespread Panic started in Athens. A bunch of college college guys, and they came back to play a show in athens and they. [00:21:49] Speaker D: 40 watt or something. [00:21:50] Speaker A: Yeah. And they. I mean, it literally, like, took over the city. [00:21:56] Speaker B: Wow. [00:21:56] Speaker A: Well, I mean, then they go and play, you know, in the middle of the road and there's people hanging from, like, street lights and stuff. It's one of. Look it up when you go. It is, yeah. [00:22:07] Speaker D: It was a. I mean, where was. I? Must have been a. I mean, I don't think I was at Georgia then at the time. Must have shipped it to Florida somewhere. It's great music. Great music. [00:22:19] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:22:20] Speaker D: Yeah. Great music. [00:22:22] Speaker B: Anyway, as I was sitting here, I think I, like, there's. Every now and then I'll kind of get in this weird. Like, it's like music that's not from the 80s, but it has, like, a lot of, like, 80s. Yeah. Like electronic synth. And I'm. I'm not an electronic guy, but every now and then there's, like, a couple artists that I'm like, yeah. For whatever reason. [00:22:46] Speaker D: Yeah. It just sort of resonates. [00:22:48] Speaker B: It resonates. I'm very much so, like, in a. Love acoustic and love, like, raw guitar and stuff like that. But sometimes I'm like, I just kind of want a little bit of. [00:22:58] Speaker D: Yeah. [00:22:58] Speaker B: Synth wave or something. [00:22:59] Speaker D: I get that. [00:23:01] Speaker B: But it's not often I get that. Well, this has been our first segment of off the Rails. I hope, you know, someone got something out of this. And I'm about to go look up Widespread panic in that. [00:23:14] Speaker D: Yeah. Yeah. I need to add some stuff to my playlist now. [00:23:17] Speaker B: We'll take a quick break and we'll be right back to our second segment. You've been watching or listening to the Alabama Balance. [00:23:39] Speaker A: Wvuafm, Tuscaloosa. [00:23:42] Speaker C: This show is not a substitute for professional counseling and no relationship is created between the show host or guests and any listener. If you feel you are in need of professional mental health and are a UA student, we encourage you to contact the UA Counseling center at 348-3863. If you are not a UA student, please contact your respective county's crisis service hotline or their local mental health agency or insurance company. If it is an emergency situation, please call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room. [00:24:23] Speaker D: Welcome back, everybody, to the second segment of the Battle of Balance. And it's been, it's been kind of fun talking about surprise songs or bands on playlists. And during the break we continued that. We also continued off the rails on other stuff too, but. But now we're back and, and wanting to pick up with. With songs and. Brooksie, you said your favorite song from R.E.M. was Man in the Moon and probably. [00:24:49] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah. [00:24:50] Speaker D: What's your go to song? So I love songs and music and. And it seems like when there are no words to express, like sometimes what I'm feeling or experiencing, there's a perfect song for that. Right. What is your. So when you're feeling pensive, not necessarily depressed, but when you're feeling pensive or thoughtful, is there a song or a band that you go to? You know what I mean? Like, if you either are wanting to be sort of thoughtful or just, you know, pencil. [00:25:31] Speaker B: I don't know about pensive. Okay. Like, I guess I don't maybe. I would say there's. If I'm ever in a mood like that kind of what you're describing. I'm typically on like a movie score. [00:25:41] Speaker D: Okay. Like, just like movie scores are great. [00:25:47] Speaker B: Or like a TV show that I really like. This is the music from that TV show. But just like I think when I'm trying to. When I'm trying to think. [00:25:55] Speaker D: Okay. [00:25:55] Speaker B: Words are distracting. So I'll do just music. [00:25:59] Speaker D: Just. Just. Yeah, yeah. Instrumental kinds of music. So if, but if you're in like, like a. Like if you're in a deep thought mood, is there a certain music or a song that you go to? [00:26:14] Speaker A: Like just. [00:26:15] Speaker D: It's probably more instrumental. I. I would agree with you. There are certain, like a music score is good. [00:26:20] Speaker A: I'm probably at Eagles. Oh, good route. Yeah. Yeah. Cuz they, I mean, they cover a wide. Yep. They've got a lot of slower stuff that I like. Yeah, that Chris Stapleton, he's pretty slow. If I'm do something with words, it needs to be like almost talking there. Yeah. You know what I mean? [00:26:43] Speaker D: Yeah. [00:26:44] Speaker A: Slower. Yeah. Not upbeat. So. [00:26:47] Speaker B: Yeah, there. There's one song, now that I think about it. Have you heard of Mac DeMarco? [00:26:51] Speaker D: No. [00:26:52] Speaker B: Mac DeMarco's moonlight on the river is one that it's. It's a little. It's a little more like quieter that. [00:27:00] Speaker D: Okay. [00:27:01] Speaker B: If I'm not doing instrument, like instrumental stuff. [00:27:04] Speaker D: Right. [00:27:04] Speaker B: Instrumental rather. That's one I go to if I'm like contemplating things just because it's. [00:27:12] Speaker D: Yeah. [00:27:12] Speaker B: It's good one. Half the song is an instrumental, to be fair. It's like he's. For the first time, he's speaking. But the next half is just like, whatever. But some good stuff. Very vibey. [00:27:22] Speaker D: This is. This is. I mean, sort of pulling one way from. For the Way Back Machine, but like Simon and Garfunkel, that kind of. [00:27:33] Speaker A: Do you know that they've got some good stuff. [00:27:35] Speaker D: You know, it's that kind of music, like, sort of pensive. There's. I think it's the harmony, too, that I like. It's uncomplicated. There's some stuff that's, you know, a bit more. It's just different mood music. Right? [00:27:53] Speaker A: I agree. As far as a. I want to hear this from y'. [00:27:59] Speaker D: All go. [00:28:00] Speaker A: As far as a song that you listen to, it immediately puts you in a good mood. Oh, you know, just a vibe enhancer. [00:28:07] Speaker D: Yes. [00:28:08] Speaker A: Puts you at the top shelf right away. Hit me, you know. [00:28:14] Speaker D: So my first thought is it is a Justin Timberlake song, and it is. [00:28:22] Speaker B: I can't. [00:28:23] Speaker D: What the heck is the name of it Now? [00:28:25] Speaker A: I can find it to Mirrors. That's a great one. [00:28:29] Speaker D: That's a good one, too. It's off a soundtrack from a movie. [00:28:33] Speaker B: Oh, is it the one you can't Stop the Feeling? [00:28:36] Speaker D: That's it. [00:28:36] Speaker B: Yeah, that's it. [00:28:37] Speaker D: I mean, that's just an easy feel. Good kind of. [00:28:40] Speaker B: They probably genetically engineered. Engineered that song to just make people happy. [00:28:44] Speaker D: There's something about it, right? It's all in the major key and all that stuff. [00:28:48] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:28:49] Speaker D: I'm trying to think what else, though. [00:28:51] Speaker B: I like. I like Doses and Mimosas by Cherub. [00:28:54] Speaker A: You know, we had them last semester. [00:28:56] Speaker B: Did y' all really? Yeah. I did not know that. That would have been so sick. [00:28:59] Speaker A: They. They're like green room or like the room they were, like, getting ready in. Our third floor lounge is where we normally put, like, artists and stuff. But for some reason, there were a lot of people up there, they wanted to hang out up there. I was like, all right, whatever. Y' all can use my room. So I just gave him my bedroom. Told them to lock the door if they heard three knocks open up, because that was me and I probably needed to get something. But they used Merry. [00:29:22] Speaker B: That's so sick. [00:29:23] Speaker A: It was awesome. [00:29:24] Speaker B: But, like, you can't be, like, sad listening to that song. [00:29:27] Speaker A: No, mine's can't you see by the Marshall Tucker. Marshall Tucker. [00:29:32] Speaker B: That's a good one. [00:29:33] Speaker A: That's just. [00:29:34] Speaker D: That's a good one. Yeah, that's a good one. [00:29:37] Speaker A: That's such a good song. [00:29:38] Speaker D: That's a good song. [00:29:40] Speaker A: That is a great, upbeat, positive. Yeah. [00:29:45] Speaker D: If you. So if you had an. If you had an anthem song, one that you would use for your personal anthem. [00:29:54] Speaker B: I actually have a playlist called Anthem. [00:29:55] Speaker A: Do you really pull it out? [00:29:57] Speaker D: What's on there? [00:29:58] Speaker B: I don't. I haven't listened to it in store so long. [00:29:59] Speaker D: Okay, so of those songs, which one would you consider a personal anthem? You know, there's one. So one. So this was. I haven't thought about this one in a long time, but it's one I probably would have considered that I considered when I was younger. I might still consider it now, but it's promised land, Bruce McStein. [00:30:26] Speaker A: Ah, yeah. [00:30:28] Speaker D: That's a good song. Or Badland. I mean, to this day, Badlands for me, is. Is an anthem. I think that's. Yeah, I think for me, Badlands would be sort of that anthemic song for me. You guys are now screwing with your playlist, right? [00:30:47] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:30:48] Speaker D: So personal anthem, you know what sort of energizes you in that way to say, here's who I am. This is what I believe. [00:30:55] Speaker B: And I'm a big Briston Maroney fan. [00:30:58] Speaker D: Okay. [00:30:59] Speaker B: And he's more like all Rocky rock. He has a lot of songs that I just. I go back to a lot. Freaking on the Interstate is a really good one. [00:31:10] Speaker D: See, I don't know. This. This is good. [00:31:12] Speaker B: I'm learning some new stuff now that I also. If, you know, if I'm going to go old school, I love. I love dancing because you mentioned springs, Springsteen, Dancing in the Dark, which I know, like. Yeah, it's the most popular song. Everyone loves it. But like, that one, it's just such a good song. [00:31:25] Speaker D: It's a good song. [00:31:25] Speaker B: It's. I mean. Yeah, I. I'll listen to that anytime. [00:31:29] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:31:31] Speaker B: And then the Boys of Summer by Don Henley. [00:31:36] Speaker A: Great intro. [00:31:36] Speaker B: Such good intro and outro. I think, like, they're both incredible. Like that song, Talk About Anthony. [00:31:43] Speaker D: That's a great song. [00:31:44] Speaker B: I'll listen to that song. [00:31:46] Speaker D: That is. Oh, that's such a good song. You're right. That's a good song. [00:31:51] Speaker A: Yeah. I think I'm gonna go, Sister Golden Hair. Maybe heard it in a live song, huh? [00:32:01] Speaker B: I heard that song. They played that at a coffee shop I was in, actually. [00:32:05] Speaker D: That's just really. [00:32:05] Speaker A: That's just kind of my. [00:32:06] Speaker D: That's good. What about that sort of says, and this is my anthem for you. [00:32:14] Speaker B: I don't know. [00:32:14] Speaker A: I just feel like, that's my personality kind of. [00:32:16] Speaker D: Okay. If. [00:32:17] Speaker A: If that. If you get what I'm saying. [00:32:19] Speaker D: I think so. I think so. [00:32:21] Speaker A: Trying to be positive, upbeat. [00:32:22] Speaker D: Yeah. Yeah. [00:32:25] Speaker A: I mean, one of the bands name is America, and that's my favorite thing on the planet, so I like that. Yeah. I feel like it just kind of fits me. [00:32:34] Speaker D: It's good. [00:32:35] Speaker A: And those are songs that I listen to. Yeah. As well. To boost myself. [00:32:40] Speaker D: Yeah. [00:32:41] Speaker A: Yeah. I think music is. Music is a very important thing. [00:32:46] Speaker D: It's so good. [00:32:47] Speaker A: And it should be to a lot of people. [00:32:48] Speaker D: Yeah, it's so good. Again, when we talk about mental health, I think there. There are. There are times when it's hard to express. [00:32:54] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:32:55] Speaker D: Thoughts or feelings at least, you know, in most of my life. And I think those are the times when I turn to music, maybe even the most to. To tap into. Oh, this is what I'm thinking. Or here's what, you know, my feeling is of this experience and. And. And it kind of says it all. [00:33:14] Speaker A: No doubt. And I feel like there's so many different, like, you know, types of music and meanings behind songs. And, like, if you. If you truly sit back and dissect a song and, like, think about what some songs are actually saying. Yeah. It's pretty impressive. Like, the writers are just so over the top. Like, they. They get to you in a way that you don't think about until you actually slow down and think right. [00:33:40] Speaker D: Right there. So there is a song by Green Day, and it's called 21 guns. Do you guys know that? [00:33:53] Speaker A: I've heard of it before. [00:33:54] Speaker D: And it is. It's. And there's a line and there's a lyric in there that is just. It's. You know, it goes back to the. What song do you go to if you were sort of in a pensive, kind of thoughtful mood? But there's. I don't know why this still strikes me, but there is a. So there's a verse in there. I had to pull it up. And it's. Did you try to live on your own? When you burned down the house and home? Did you stand too close to. To the fire like a liar Looking for forgiveness from a stone that's just like. [00:34:37] Speaker A: That's like. That's deep. [00:34:39] Speaker D: Like, what does that mean? You know? So it's one of those songs that go. That I go. What? What. What's the meaning here? [00:34:47] Speaker A: Yeah, they'll confuse you. It's. [00:34:49] Speaker D: It's. It's. It's amazing. [00:34:50] Speaker A: Chris Stapleton, the bottom A shot, y'. [00:34:53] Speaker B: All. [00:34:53] Speaker A: To Go listen to that. Yeah, it's a crazy song. Lyrics or just kind of over the top. He has a great line at the end. Also, I'm not sure if y' all have heard Jesus Saves by Riley Greene. [00:35:06] Speaker D: I haven't. [00:35:07] Speaker A: He's talking. So he's basically telling this story about a homeless man he runs into outside of a gas station that has a sign that says Jesus Saves. And it talks about his whole story as to why he's homeless. And, like, it was all, you know, positive things. He was in the military. [00:35:26] Speaker D: Wow. [00:35:27] Speaker A: I mean, his wife and. Wife and him had a miscarriage. That sort of thing. They had names picked out and stuff like that. It's a really powerful song. [00:35:35] Speaker D: That's really cool. [00:35:36] Speaker B: So. [00:35:36] Speaker D: That's really cool. I. So I'm looking. I could be looking up lyrics to all these anthem songs, but it would. It would take forever. Forever. But no, the power. Power of music and songs are great in terms of, you know, coping with a certain situation or just being able to. To be expressive in a way that's different of your mental health. This has been kind of cool. [00:35:55] Speaker B: I mean, I think it's just like. [00:35:58] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:35:58] Speaker B: Like, the getting into music. I mean, I don't really know that much music theory, but, like, the fact, like, different. Like the way they arrange different. Different notes can change your mood. Like, this is weird how that happens. [00:36:11] Speaker D: Yeah, yeah. [00:36:11] Speaker B: It's like. It invokes certain emotions. [00:36:13] Speaker D: It does, right. So it kind of resonates harmonically and like. Like auditorily and whatever that is. [00:36:22] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah. I do have one question. If we. So I. I think this is a fun question, but, like, basically, if you were, like, a UFC fighter or a boxer or whatever, what would your walkout song be? [00:36:34] Speaker D: Here we go. [00:36:35] Speaker B: That's because some people have walkout songs that get them going, and some people, like. Like, has, like, one guy, Dustin Poirier, he walks out to song called the Boss. It's just this, like, Motown, like, kind of just chill, chiller song like that. It's just. [00:36:50] Speaker D: I think. Gosh, let me think. [00:36:53] Speaker A: I think. [00:36:54] Speaker B: All right, here. [00:36:54] Speaker A: Here's my answer. [00:36:55] Speaker D: I think. Go ahead. You know, I've got it. [00:36:59] Speaker A: So I'm gonna be dressed as a fireman. [00:37:01] Speaker B: Yeah. All right. [00:37:03] Speaker A: Lil Wayne, the Fireman. Yeah. Song. Yeah. Right when it. Right when I'm walking, sirens start. [00:37:11] Speaker D: Yeah. I think it's good. I don't know. [00:37:13] Speaker A: And I. And I genuinely could not. If that is a awful song and doesn't mean good things. I'm sorry, listeners, but. Because I couldn't tell you like a single thing other. [00:37:23] Speaker D: Yeah. Else about than just that. [00:37:24] Speaker A: But that'd be cool. [00:37:25] Speaker D: That'd be cool. [00:37:26] Speaker B: Pretty sick. [00:37:26] Speaker D: It'd be cool. [00:37:27] Speaker B: Pretty sick. [00:37:27] Speaker D: I think mine would be Eminem's Lose Yourself or just the way that that's starts and it sort of builds and it's like this mom spike. Intense. [00:37:40] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:37:41] Speaker D: You know. [00:37:42] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:37:42] Speaker D: I love that song. [00:37:43] Speaker A: Ready to Drop Bombs. [00:37:45] Speaker D: Yeah, I love that song. How about you, Edward? What's. [00:37:50] Speaker B: There's. I go back and forth. There's a few different ones I like. There's this song called by MF Doom called All Caps and I don't. MF Doom just get like. I just. I like. [00:37:59] Speaker D: It's good. [00:38:00] Speaker B: He has. I don't know what about it, but I'm like I'm ready to. [00:38:02] Speaker D: To you. Ready to go. [00:38:04] Speaker B: To go. It gets like. And because he's not that. Like, it's not very aggressive music, but it's just like I feel like this. [00:38:12] Speaker D: Yeah. [00:38:13] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:38:13] Speaker B: Or this song is Be Quiet and Drive by Deftones. And that one is very. That's a. That's a pretty. I mean that's like basically metal, but Deftones. [00:38:27] Speaker D: I love it. We should share each other's walk off. So songs and stuff like that kind of creative playlist this. So this is good. I think it's. It gives insight too, I think in terms of, you know, getting to know someone or just being able to relate to somebody's experience through song. I think is great. This is. Oh, gosh. I guess we're ready to wrap up this. This segment of the Bamboo Balance. But we'll be. We'll be right back to close things up. Stay with us. This is the Bama Balance. [00:39:11] Speaker A: Wvuafm Tuscaloosa. [00:39:13] Speaker C: This show is not a substitute for professional counseling and no relationship is created between the show host or guests and any listener. If you feel you are in need of professional mental health and are a UA student, we encourage you to contact the UA Counseling center at 348-3863. If you are not a UA student, please contact your respective counties crisis service hotline or their local mental health agency or insurance company. If it is an emergency situation, please call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room. [00:39:55] Speaker A: What's up, guys? [00:39:56] Speaker D: We're back. [00:39:56] Speaker A: And this is going to be our outro segment right here. And this has been a ton of fun. Honestly, I feel like, you know, it's rare that we get to come in here and. Yeah, you know, kind of just goof off and talk like an actual podcast. Probably be talked on. [00:40:13] Speaker D: Well, we were going off. We actually started off rails, but we still just jumped on the music. Yeah. [00:40:18] Speaker B: Clearly. [00:40:18] Speaker D: Kind of thing. [00:40:19] Speaker A: Which is kind of fun. This was just a music title. This. Whenever we wanted to. That's true. The fireman title. It that. No, this is. This has really been. I'm writing that down and I feel like. I feel like music is, like you were saying earlier, Dr. Perez, just such a pathway to alleviate some stress and. Yeah. You know, help you out on the. On the mental health side of things. It's important to me. I know. I know. It seems like it's very important to y' all too. [00:40:49] Speaker D: Huge. [00:40:50] Speaker A: Especially like, you know, studying and taking a break, walking to class. Throw it in, listen to it. Get the vibes up. [00:40:58] Speaker B: So. [00:40:59] Speaker A: But I've got a question, and this is kind of my last. [00:41:02] Speaker D: Okay. You've been thinking about this for a while. [00:41:05] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah. Yeah, I have. Because I'm really interested. [00:41:08] Speaker D: I know you're. I can't wait to hear it. [00:41:11] Speaker A: Top three. [00:41:12] Speaker D: Dang it. Go ahead. Yeah. [00:41:15] Speaker B: Songs or albums are. Artists. [00:41:17] Speaker A: Artists. [00:41:19] Speaker B: Okay. [00:41:19] Speaker D: My God. [00:41:20] Speaker A: Songs. And this is. I. I mean, you could really, honestly probably do a top 20. That's probably what it needs to be. [00:41:27] Speaker B: But are we going top three? Like who we think the best are or our favorites? [00:41:31] Speaker A: Favorites. Okay. Not who you think the best. [00:41:34] Speaker D: This is hard. Top three. Top three. [00:41:38] Speaker A: Top three. [00:41:39] Speaker D: Just your favorite, but, like, not in order. Here's number. It's just three. Just three. I think for me, Springsteen is in there. That's one. Edward. I'm looking. I'm looking around because I'm. I'm trying to think. I mean, I like who's. I think with. [00:42:05] Speaker B: With the childhood I had and especially after seeing them because I saw him in concert at the end of last summer at Mumford and Sons. [00:42:15] Speaker D: They're good, too. [00:42:15] Speaker B: I just. Yeah. I've always. That. Because my sister introduced me to them, and that was one thing that I just always kind of liked as a kid. And I gotta throw. I mean, when he. When he's on. He's on Sturgill Simpson. [00:42:30] Speaker D: Yeah. [00:42:31] Speaker B: I love me some Sturgill Simpson. His. Especially his bluegrass versions of all the songs that he did. I mean, I'll listen to that any day of the week. So those are. But that third one, I gotta. I mean, that's. [00:42:47] Speaker A: Right now, I think I am Eagles. Of course. They're number one for me. Marshall Tucker, man, I just like a lot of their music. That's pretty debatable by some people. I like them. I throw, like, an honorary Zach Top in there. [00:43:08] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah. [00:43:11] Speaker A: Great guitarist. [00:43:12] Speaker D: It's good. [00:43:13] Speaker A: Has some good songs. [00:43:15] Speaker D: Okay. So it. Because music is. My tastes are so wide ranging. So the sit. Spring scene. Right. So I gotta. You know, we were talking about this earlier, but I gotta throw in the Rolling Stones, right? So they're in there and then they're not so much a band as they are a singing group, but the Supremes, you know, just, again, in terms of, like, that sort of feel good music. But also, it's just really. They're. Yeah, they're tight. Right? [00:43:57] Speaker A: Yeah. Yeah. [00:43:58] Speaker D: Diane Ross and Supremes. [00:43:59] Speaker A: Like, that's three. [00:44:00] Speaker D: Yeah. I mean, it's just Fleetwood. [00:44:02] Speaker A: Honorary Stevie Nicks is unreal. [00:44:07] Speaker D: Right? I mean, there. There's so many. Yeah, there are so many. You could do top three. Three top three artists or bands, like, for a rainy day or for something. [00:44:16] Speaker B: No, I agree. [00:44:17] Speaker A: That's another thing that I was just thinking about when we were talking about all this. My music taste, I feel like changes with one. What season we're in. Yes to the weather. [00:44:26] Speaker B: The weather. [00:44:27] Speaker A: Even cold. Even cold. [00:44:28] Speaker D: To hot. I agree. [00:44:29] Speaker A: Rainy. [00:44:30] Speaker B: I have a playlist which is called Cold. [00:44:32] Speaker D: Do you really? [00:44:33] Speaker B: Yeah, it's not very long because it's not. It's not usually cold down here, so. But I mean, I have got one. I got one. [00:44:40] Speaker D: Yeah. [00:44:40] Speaker B: But I agree, like, weather matters. Time of day matters a lot to me. Like, if the sun is out. There's a lot of songs I listen to. I'll tell you what I don't. Was that YouTube song. I still Haven't Found what I'm looking For. [00:44:54] Speaker D: It's great. [00:44:55] Speaker B: I only, like. I don't even mean to do it, but, like, I only listen to that song when, like, I'm driving and the sun is out for some reason. Like, I just, like, never listen to it any other time. Yeah, but there's a band. [00:45:08] Speaker D: Gosh. Who. Song called Roller Coaster. Who sings that? What band is that? It's. It's a great. But it's one of those sunny day kind of summer songs. It's called Roller Coaster. I'm blanking on it now, but I think, you know, top three. Bands or is it love Roller Coaster. No, that's. That's a different song, I think. Better. Brucey. It's. Oh, the Bleachers. [00:45:43] Speaker A: I see it now. [00:45:44] Speaker D: The bleachers. Yeah. It's just a great. It's a great song. Fun band. Just fun music. Like in the summer, there's a summer playlist. So different. Songs on that. Then on Cold. I would imagine. [00:45:56] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:45:56] Speaker A: Heavy Kenny and the King. Jesse. Yeah. [00:45:59] Speaker D: Yes. [00:46:00] Speaker A: I feel like I can't listen. You know what I mean? [00:46:02] Speaker D: I know what you mean. [00:46:03] Speaker A: I know. I can listen to some slower. Kenny. There is a Tin man or something, man. [00:46:08] Speaker D: Or come Monday, right? Jimmy Buffett. [00:46:11] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:46:12] Speaker D: Great song. Great song. [00:46:14] Speaker A: Like, other than that, all their stuff. Talking about the beach. [00:46:17] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:46:18] Speaker A: You know, outdoors. I've got that till the summer. [00:46:20] Speaker D: I agree. I agree. This was fun. Good. Good question. [00:46:24] Speaker A: Yeah, this has been a lot of fun and we're excited to. We may have something in the works Spotify playlist for us three to start up and get some listener advice on what to add in it. We think that'd be pretty cool. But that's it for now. And we'll be back next week. This is the Bama Balance. I'm Brooks. [00:46:45] Speaker B: I'm ederfelden. [00:46:46] Speaker D: And I'm Dr. Sweetie Perez. See you guys later. [00:47:05] Speaker A: Wvuafm, Tuscaloosa. [00:47:07] Speaker C: This show was not intended as a substitute for professional counseling. Further, the views, opinions and conclusions expressed by the show hosts or their guests are their own and not necessarily those of the University of Alabama, its officers or trustees. Any views, opinions or conclusions shared on the show do not create a relationship between the host or any guest and any listener, and such a relationship should never be inferred. 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