Sat. Nite Music Blogging: Neal Morse
I've put up a Spock's Beard song here before, in the vain hopes that you Neanderthals would appreciate some real neo-prog. I don't know if it happened.
At any rate, here's Neal Morse (on the left, gabbing away and simultaneously shredding with his brother Al Morse with the original lineup of Spock's Beard, with drummer Nick D'Virgilio joining in later on vox, who was a drummer for Tear for Fears and for a latter-day Genesis album in addition to his primary gig with the Beard, which he now fronts after Neal's departure after he left Spock's Beard after becoming a devout Christian...phew...)
So pay attention to Neal. He was the original voice, keyboardist, songwriter, musical force and leader of Spock's Bead before 2003. He's a phenomenal singer, songwriter, guitar player, keyboardist and all-around great musician that I hold in high regard, and I think you thugs should, too. If you want a taste of his vocal abilities and full-band prowess with Spock's Beard and beyond, look below the fold.
Now start listening to real music and turn off the crap you're listening to. I'm serial. :-)
Friday Pre-Dawn Culture: Rachmaninov Edition
Got 10:40 to spare for some pastoral aural cheesecake?
Take in Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto, Movement II, with your morning news reading or coffee.
This is from a 1929 recording of Rachmaninov himself on piano playing with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Cracks and pops, warmth and all. Shimmering, soaring late-Romantic beauty for a turbulent world. Enjoy.
Nirvana Pwns (Sat. Night Drunk MusicBlogging)
Yes - I worshiped this band in high school. Compared to the garbage you hear on the radio nowadays, this positively scorched.
I'll leave the jazz-fusion-guitar virtuosity gig to Charles, as he's the seasoned expert. Although I must admit that I have been listening to my ole Porcupine Tree collection a lot more since he started posting stuff from their new album and from Deadwing.
All highly recommended. Now go listen to the Nirvana, fools.
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Nothing like a classic American tune to rouse that patriotic spirit you all have. Liberal or conservative or in between. You love this song . Admit it.
Monday Night Culture
Need a break from the insanity of it all?
Biebl's Ave Maria is one of the most sublime a capella choir pieces you'll ever hear. I sang this one year in All-State back in high school, and it stirred my soul forever; I will never forget it. Chalk another one up for Western civ, and for true beauty and majesty inspired by the Christian faith.
There is no video - just put it on, close the eyes and let it take you away for a little less than 8 minutes. You won't regret it - I promise.
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Franz Biebl's setting has long been one of my "therapy" pieces. It is sublime -- a true blessing to the soul to listen to. Thank you for the link.
Posted by: NZ at June 12, 2007 10:28 AM (VDPYY)
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WOW, while listening to this masterpiece, I clicked on the Mitchum ad and started playing along. Does this make me a bad person or a potential recipient from the National Endowment of the Arts? I'm having conflicting emotions.
Posted by: Barry at June 12, 2007 12:52 PM (blu+l)
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Thank you for sharing such a majestic piece. I, too, sang at All State and know the difficulty of the pieces these young people tackle.
Posted by: Patty Whitty at June 12, 2007 01:17 PM (Et6l6)
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Rusty,
If I don't get the ISBN number for this performance, my wife will KILL me, capice? Who did this, where, and when?
Thanks,
Chris
Posted by: Aslan at June 12, 2007 11:20 PM (m3wcw)
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Good Lt,
Sorry about the mis-attribution. I'd still like the who, why, when, and the ISBN number of the recording.
Thanks,
Chris
Posted by: Aslan at June 12, 2007 11:25 PM (m3wcw)
Beethoven No. 9 - 'Ode to Joy'
Introduction by Leonard "I'm a moonbat, but I conduct a mean Philharmonic" Bernstein, followed by a soul-stirring performance from the last movement. Enjoy a quick hit of towering, tear-jerking musical genius. Score one for Western Civ!
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This guy is a arrogant assgoblin who is nothing but a prick. Play some REAL music you old fuck. Lets see he can get a audience of a couple thousand max of elitist snobs while SLAYER can get over 300K to come to their concert. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yfg1VqXNEVE
Sorry I just hate classical. Nothing but pussy music as far as I see it.
Posted by: Legrand at May 09, 2007 08:53 PM (/etUv)
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Beethoven could kill you with his mind. That's pretty badass.
Posted by: Good Lt at May 09, 2007 09:00 PM (yMbfY)
3au contraire Legrand . . .I enjoyed this immensely. All music is welcome, be it Beethoven, a child's rendition of Für Elise, Slayer or Stuck MoJo. Appreciate it and enjoy it - simply because you can.
Posted by: heroyalwhyness at May 09, 2007 10:44 PM (MAPKL)
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He Legrand: My crap has a higher IQ than you and all of the "members" of Slayer combined. Not only that, but I do about four ninety minute Bowflex sessions per week and could kick your ass clear through the next several decades. I compose classical music, BB brain.
/hyperbole
Ahem... Where was I? Oh, yeah...
Bernstein was actually quite conservative in some ways. Compositionally, he never abandoned tonality as did the vast majority of his peers. When asked about that in an interview once, he replied, "There's this thing called the overtone series." Since my book is about the musical implications of the overtone series, I use that quotation at the very beginning of it.
As far as his personality is concerned, well, I know some of his students personally, and he had some... ah... pecadillos.
Posted by: Hucbald at May 10, 2007 09:40 AM (fvz9M)
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I never dug atonal music. That and free-form jazz. I "get it" conceptually and musically. Its just boring, though. Its OK if you're studying it in a class, but it simply is not pleasing to the ear. The mind, yes. The ear, no.
Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Mahler, etc. are pleasing to the ear and mind, making them more "accessible" and "durable," as Bernstein put it about Beethoven. Atonalism was a pseudo-rebellion against the traditional framework of overall tonalism in Western Music (and is fairly contemporary, reaching popularity throughout the mid-late 20th century). An someone like Ligeti, for example, might create an interesting experiment in atonal vocal music, creating shapes and textures with the SSAATTBB orchestrations, all with little or no emphasis on melody or tonality.
One of the cooler exceptions? Ives. That guy was awesome.
Posted by: Good Lt at May 10, 2007 10:09 AM (yMbfY)
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My mom's Choral and Philharmonic Orchestra just did a great rendition of Beethovan No.9. It is a great piece of music and is one of the best written music pieces in history
Posted by: Speaking for the Choir at February 04, 2007 01:54 AM (b0FZu)
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So you turn and you run to catch up with the sun
but it's sinking
racing around to come up behind you again
the sun is the same in a relative way
but you're older
shorter of breath and one day closer to death
Good post. I liked it.
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Posted by: THANOS at December 16, 2006 01:12 PM (rJBMR)
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A rock star with no common sense or personal responsibility. What were the odds?
Posted by: Jeff Bargholz at December 16, 2006 05:23 PM (bLPT+)
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He also got busted for taking naked pictures of very young children or something like that.
Posted by: SeeMonk at December 17, 2006 09:10 AM (n4VvM)
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"He also got busted for taking naked pictures of very young children or something like that."
Actually, that was the bass player. And they weren't naked pictures. And he did it in public. And she was riding a segway. And some bikers kicked his ass for it, and then decided not to go to court.
Posted by: Good Lt at December 17, 2006 10:12 AM (D0TMh)
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As much as I love TOOL - remember that Maynard is a lefty like the rest of the LA crowd he pretends to loathe.
Posted by: Mike at November 14, 2006 08:55 AM (ZROGq)
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Seperate issue. I don't care how liberal he might be, Tool is one of the few great bands remaining in a music industry that has had its soul ripped out. In a music world full of one hit wonders, absolute shit rap songs that are indeciferable from one another, and other garbage posing as music, Tool reamins a lone beacon of musical talent. Rock on. One of the best live shows I have ever seen also.
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