Didn't We Deserve a Look at You the Way You Really Are
Was listening to Shellac on the way home - just the opening track of Terraform cos it's about 12 minutes long and my journey's only about that.
It's lonnnnnnngggg and in a way unchanging - but i think that like silence preceding sound, any change following no change has more impact. Plus with it being the same for so long you have an opportunity hear bits that aren't there or imagine the patterns with a different emphasis. It got me thinking about an idea for a music video or something similar with a face twitching, edited to match every single insignificant sound. I like it when images match sound. You as the viewer can make connections that aren't necessarily intended, it's pretty interactive.
But yeah, the song going straight back to the previous pattern after a little bit of something different is like them saying 'This song has now changed, even though it's gone back to how it was on first listen, because now you're thinking about where it's just been, where it could have gone, or wondering when it'll come back. Now you're waiting even more.' S'clever. I like it. And it makes you read more into it than is probably there, just like all that ^ I am a pawn :(
Also been listening to Robert Wyatt's Rock Bottom lately. It was the first album he wrote after being paralysed from the waist down and he did pretty much everything on it.
I spose people might think it's pretty dated at first. The synths definitely do that, but they also fit really well - they give it a seasick feel. Can't imagine anything else in the place of them. The whole album has a weird feel, kind of like the taste and feeling in your mouth when you've woken up after a short nap, when you're not sure if you like it or not, and still slightly asleep mentally and physically.
The first time I listened to it there was a lyric in one of the first tracks that made me roll my eyes but after listening to the whole thing it was probably pretty ironic. The lyrics are fantastic, little reminiscent or maybe even an influence on Tim Smith. I get that vibe from the whole of it, but could easily be off the mark. Also can hear Radiohead in there, especially towards the end of Little Red Riding Hood Hit the Road - it's like an early Like Spinning Plates, especially with all the reversing and trumpets.
He also does a weird thing with his voice, I can't tell if he just ridiculously precise with a huge range or if he's sampled it and pitch shifting it. If it's the latter it's done really well. He has a grainy voice anyway, which would help but still.
There's a few twiddly, 'oh aren't i contemporary' solos in there but they work with the way the album moves and the wobbly chaotic feel, so I won't complain :P
These are the thoughts I felt to be worthy of recording today anyway :D better than boring, unnecessary, mundane work shit at the very least.
It's lonnnnnnngggg and in a way unchanging - but i think that like silence preceding sound, any change following no change has more impact. Plus with it being the same for so long you have an opportunity hear bits that aren't there or imagine the patterns with a different emphasis. It got me thinking about an idea for a music video or something similar with a face twitching, edited to match every single insignificant sound. I like it when images match sound. You as the viewer can make connections that aren't necessarily intended, it's pretty interactive.
But yeah, the song going straight back to the previous pattern after a little bit of something different is like them saying 'This song has now changed, even though it's gone back to how it was on first listen, because now you're thinking about where it's just been, where it could have gone, or wondering when it'll come back. Now you're waiting even more.' S'clever. I like it. And it makes you read more into it than is probably there, just like all that ^ I am a pawn :(
Also been listening to Robert Wyatt's Rock Bottom lately. It was the first album he wrote after being paralysed from the waist down and he did pretty much everything on it.
I spose people might think it's pretty dated at first. The synths definitely do that, but they also fit really well - they give it a seasick feel. Can't imagine anything else in the place of them. The whole album has a weird feel, kind of like the taste and feeling in your mouth when you've woken up after a short nap, when you're not sure if you like it or not, and still slightly asleep mentally and physically.
The first time I listened to it there was a lyric in one of the first tracks that made me roll my eyes but after listening to the whole thing it was probably pretty ironic. The lyrics are fantastic, little reminiscent or maybe even an influence on Tim Smith. I get that vibe from the whole of it, but could easily be off the mark. Also can hear Radiohead in there, especially towards the end of Little Red Riding Hood Hit the Road - it's like an early Like Spinning Plates, especially with all the reversing and trumpets.
He also does a weird thing with his voice, I can't tell if he just ridiculously precise with a huge range or if he's sampled it and pitch shifting it. If it's the latter it's done really well. He has a grainy voice anyway, which would help but still.
There's a few twiddly, 'oh aren't i contemporary' solos in there but they work with the way the album moves and the wobbly chaotic feel, so I won't complain :P
These are the thoughts I felt to be worthy of recording today anyway :D better than boring, unnecessary, mundane work shit at the very least.