Day 3

[cpratt]

Day 03. A song that makes you happy

Bear with me for a bit here, as this one is a little bit tricky to explain. I'll begin by pointing out that I have a real love for movies that aren't in a hurry: I love the opening sequence of Syndromes and a Century for example, which either ends or begins (I can't remember) with a shot looking out over rice

Comments

[itchwoot]

That really is an amazing song, love it.
I didn't quite get your opinion on the whole score. The CD set sucked, but you got another recording (which is...? better? equally uninteresting?), and you want to see the stage version one day (just for this one track? just out of curiosity?)...

[cpratt]

Ah, right. I should have been more clear about that. The recording of EotB was originally issued as a 4 LP set, which necessarily meant that the 5 hours of music was cut dramatically to fit on that format. Additionally, because this was early on in Philip Glass's career, the quality of the recording was not great and the technology used to create the music was pretty primitive. In short: it was the 1970s, it didn't sound great, and a lot of it was missing - which in this case is important, as the length and repetitiveness of the score is part of what makes the piece great

[itchwoot]

Ahhh... thanks, that's much more comprehensible now!

I'd love to see stuff like this on stage, too, but on the other hand: five hours? Sigh. :)

[cpratt]

I don't know if you ever to metal, but that's why I do: that same sort of hypnotic repetition can be there at times. This is why I'm a Melvins fan.

[cpratt]

I always thought metal sucked until my brother Tim made me go to a Melvins show at the Kennel Club in San Francisco, where I heard them do a 30-odd minute version of Roman Bird Dog, also known as the A side of Lysol. It was a visceral, Earth-shattering experience that instantly converted me for life: I'd never experienced anything as physical as that before. It kind of reminds me of La Monte Young in that it was music meant to be experienced in part as a palpable, physical thing, not just to be appreciated from afar.

The KISS solo albums, well, those are funny. Dave Grohl's drumming on Buzz's solo album is cool, plus there's an awesome probably about Kurt Cobain story told on the last track of that one. Throwaways, but an awesome poster included in three parts and super fun to look at.

[mamoosh]

I remember Dan talking about this. "The first three hours are almost agony. The last two hours fly blissfully by."

[cpratt]

There are a lot of wines like that too: hell for a while until something clicks and they become immensely pleasurable. Not everything beautiful is the moment it begins.