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[Hellzero]

Joe Morello as well as Dave Brubeck are both left foot counters.

 

One of my all time favourite masterpiece and that moving time drum solo has always amazed me.

 

Thanks so much @Dad3353 !

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3 hours ago, Hellzero said:

Joe Morello as well as Dave Brubeck are both left foot counters.

 

One of my all time favourite masterpiece and that moving time drum solo has always amazed me.

 

Thanks so much @Dad3353 !

 

Think I preferred him in Rage Against The Machine actually 

 

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[musicbassman]

I've just followed this thread through from the top, for the first time.

You have an excellent and eclectic taste in music, @Dad3353, much respects to you.

The Magma material is new to me, reminds me of the Japanese band Koenji Hyakkei in places.

Slightly surprised there's no Cardiacs material in there so far. maybe that's a joy to come. 🙂👍

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12 minutes ago, musicbassman said:

...Slightly surprised there's no Cardiacs material in there so far. maybe that's a joy to come. 🙂👍

 

Definitely from my 'patch' (I was based in Shepperton...), but that was (1977...) just after I'd left for France, so I missed their performances (and, indeed, their very existence...) by a couple of years. It's maybe not too late; I'll look 'em up, as what I've since read of them make me think that they could be right up my street. Thanks for the 'heads up', and the kind comments. I don't post often, but I try to select stuff that 'speaks' to me. 

[musicbassman]

This is the best place to start understanding Cardiacs, @Dad3353.

10 minutes of analysis and history, and carefully edited.

RIP Tim Smith.

 

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[SpondonBassed]

I do like me a bit of Joni.

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14 minutes ago, SpondonBassed said:

I do like me a bit of Joni.

 

... with a message that is as poignant now as at the time it was penned. It always astounds me how so many 'leaders' seem to be deaf to some of the simple truths in Life. 

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An extract from Wikipedia : ... the composer's program gives one very telling clue regarding the work's musical architecture. Assertions to the effect that "the first movement represents Fate" are oversimplifications: according to a letter the composer wrote to Madame von Meck in 1878, it is actually the fanfare first heard at the opening ("the kernel, the quintessence, the chief thought of the whole symphony") that stands for "Fate", with this being "the fatal power which prevents one from attaining the goal of happiness ... There is nothing to be done but to submit to it and lament in vain". As the composer explained it, the programme of the first movement is—"roughly"—that "all life is an unbroken alternation of hard reality with swiftly passing dreams and visions of happiness ...". He went on: "No haven exists ... Drift upon that sea until it engulfs and submerges you in its depths".

 

The whole Wikipedia article is wort h consulting, especially the section on 'Structure', giving, as it does, valuable insight as to the reason this work is so major in the orchestral music world. The music, of course, stands on its own merits, but the background to its conception adds, in my view, much to its comprehension, and hence enjoyment. Great Stuff. 

 

 

Edited December 16, 2024 by Dad3353