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Posted: July 19 2012 at 00:42
SaltyJon wrote:
I tend to go through phases of nothing but jazz, nothing but classical, nothing but rock/prog, then just a big jumbled mess of all of the above. The last one there is my favorite, I think, though each of the individual focused periods are good times as well.
Sounds like we're very similar in this regard. Each genre requires such a different kind of listening, but with classical I have actually been exposed to it since I was a kid, but progressive rock and jazz were very much staples of the household as well. I think the first classical work I heard was Ives' Central Park in the Dark which I didn't know what to think and then I heard Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra and it scared the living hell out of me! Anyway, I came from a musical family and always followed my own path.
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Posted: July 19 2012 at 00:44
Mirror Image wrote:
SaltyJon wrote:
I tend to go through phases of nothing but jazz, nothing but classical, nothing but rock/prog, then just a big jumbled mess of all of the above. The last one there is my favorite, I think, though each of the individual focused periods are good times as well.
Sounds like we're very similar in this regard. Each genre requires such a different kind of listening, but with classical I have actually been exposed to it since I was a kid, but progressive rock and jazz were very much staples of the household as well. I think the first classical work I heard was Ives' Central Park in the Dark which I didn't know what to think and then I heard Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra and it scared the living hell out of me! Anyway, I came from a musical family and always followed my own path.
My first introduction to classical as a wee lad was...probably Fantasia. In particular, Rite of Spring and Night on Bald Mountain stuck with me over the years, probably leading to my current tastes (Romantic era/20th Century pretty much dominate). My family is fairly musical in their own ways, but let's just say my tastes have grown to be a bit more...unconventional than anyone else's in the family.
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Posted: July 19 2012 at 00:52
SaltyJon wrote:
My first introduction to classical as a wee lad was...probably Fantasia. In particular, Rite of Spring and Night on Bald Mountain stuck with me over the years, probably leading to my current tastes (Romantic era/20th Century pretty much dominate). My family is fairly musical in their own ways, but let's just say my tastes have grown to be a bit more...unconventional than anyone else's in the family.
By the time, I got to Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, I had already a lot of Prokofiev and Shostakovich under my belt so it was no problem. I just love the Russian 20th Century composers, but the 20th Century is my favorite era in general. Favorite composers: Shostakovich, Ravel, Bartok, Vaughan Williams, Prokofiev, Villa-Lobos, Debussy, Stravinsky, Berg (my favorite composer from The Second Viennese School of Music), Janacek, Szymanowski, Sibelius, Nielsen, Tippett, Britten, Honegger, Copland, William Schuman, Suk, Martinu, Casella, Bruckner (my favorite 19th Century composer), Barber, R. Strauss, Ligeti, Ginastera, Revueltas, Roussel, and Milhaud.
And yourself?
Edited by Mirror Image - July 19 2012 at 00:53
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Posted: July 19 2012 at 00:56
Ozric Tentacles - The Yum Yum Tree
Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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Posted: July 19 2012 at 00:59
Mirror Image wrote:
SaltyJon wrote:
My first introduction to classical as a wee lad
was...probably Fantasia. In particular, Rite of Spring and Night on
Bald Mountain stuck with me over the years, probably leading to my
current tastes (Romantic era/20th Century pretty much dominate). My
family is fairly musical in their own ways, but let's just say my tastes
have grown to be a bit more...unconventional than anyone else's in the
family.
By the time, I got to Stravinsky's Rite of Spring,
I had already a lot of Prokofiev and Shostakovich under my belt so it
was no problem. I just love the Russian 20th Century composers, but the
20th Century is my favorite era in general. Favorite composers:
Shostakovich, Ravel, Bartok, Vaughan Williams, Prokofiev, Villa-Lobos,
Debussy, Stravinsky, Berg (my favorite composer from The Second Viennese School of Music),
Janacek, Szymanowski, Sibelius, Nielsen, Tippett, Britten, Honegger,
Copland, William Schuman, Suk, Martinu, Casella, Bruckner (my favorite
19th Century composer), Barber, R. Strauss, Ligeti, Ginastera,
Revueltas, Roussel, and Milhaud.
And yourself?
Hmm...based on what I've explored so far, I'd say my list also includes Shostakovich, Bartok, Ravel, Stravinsky, R. Strauss, Ligeti, and Sibelius, plus Messiaen, a bit of Smetana, Zappa (his classical works are pretty great 20th Century IMO), Geirr Tveitt...etc, etc. Stravinsky, Strauss, Ligeti and Messiaen make up my top 4, and Shostakovich rounds out the 5 (particularly enjoy his string quartets).
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Posted: July 19 2012 at 01:42
J Coltrane - meditations
Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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Posted: July 19 2012 at 01:53
Earlier today:
Between Fish Rising and Space Shanty, two albums I had never heard before a couple of weeks ago, I'm quickly becoming a Steve Hillage fan. I'm thinking about getting L now. Not sure about his later work, though.
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Posted: July 19 2012 at 03:15
Guilty pleasure: I remember my dad having this on in the car when I was about 3, just makes me feel warm inside. Probably some psychological bull**** connection but it's a great album all the same...
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Posted: July 19 2012 at 09:05
Jandek - Brooklyn Wednesday (live)
Songs
Set One:
Disc 1:
Put Me There (11:21) /
Destroy the Day (10:43) /
Obscure Physics (8:26) /
Structure of Words (9:02);
Disc 2:
All I Want (5:11) /
Lonely World (8:32) /
Change My Brain (9:51) /
I’ll Send a Thought Out Floating (5:14) /
I Love You (10:51)
Set Two:
Disc 1:
How ’r You (13:31) /
City Pounding Down (12:12) /
Different Blues (9:21) /
My Necessity (8:21);
Disc 2:
Sea of People (7:59) /
Sorry, Sorry (9:13) /
Tequila Girl (10:54) /
Just Enough (10:15)
Jandek’s first box set, a 4 CD set, two jewel cases in a cardboard
slipcover.
The representative from Corwood plays electric guitar (first set)
and fretless electric guitar (second set), accompanied
by Matt Heyner (bass) and Chris Corsano (drums).
Edited by HolyMoly - July 19 2012 at 09:06
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