"Opening/Mishima" by Philip Glass is the greatest song of all time. Duh.
I have an interest in classical music, I guess, but not the patience for it. When it gets down to brass tacks (brass horns?) (shut up!), I'd much rather listen to something with, err, singing than something with, err, not singing. Oh, and drums too. I like drums.
Philip Glass is different though. He's incredibly easy for a guy like me to get into... He's like the Fall, but with strings.
Man. I really wish I could say something smart about this song.
Um. It goes "doo doo doo doo doo doo / doo doo doo doo doo doo" with the strings. And then, uh, the bell goes "BOW BOW BOW" a couple times. After the warm-up part. All of that's after the warm-up part.
This is tough. But trust me, this song rules. That "speculative" beginning? That drum part before the "doo doo" part? How it just LAUNCHES you into the dreams and visions of this nutty Japanese novelist? And how the "doo doo" is just there for a couple of heavenly seconds before it subsides? Like you're just getting a taste of Mr. Mishima's abruptly-ended genius?
You wonder, after reading his books, if Mr. Mishima even deserves such a sincerely rousing and beautiful treatment. Either way, this is a magnificent piece of music. And that's all I'm gonna say. This is one you truly have to hear to "get." (Or you could do one better and watch the wonderful Paul Schrader movie that features it as a theme song!)
"Opening/Mishima" is the greatest song of all time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYGu8ap1FvI
I have an interest in classical music, I guess, but not the patience for it. When it gets down to brass tacks (brass horns?) (shut up!), I'd much rather listen to something with, err, singing than something with, err, not singing. Oh, and drums too. I like drums.
Philip Glass is different though. He's incredibly easy for a guy like me to get into... He's like the Fall, but with strings.
Man. I really wish I could say something smart about this song.
Um. It goes "doo doo doo doo doo doo / doo doo doo doo doo doo" with the strings. And then, uh, the bell goes "BOW BOW BOW" a couple times. After the warm-up part. All of that's after the warm-up part.
This is tough. But trust me, this song rules. That "speculative" beginning? That drum part before the "doo doo" part? How it just LAUNCHES you into the dreams and visions of this nutty Japanese novelist? And how the "doo doo" is just there for a couple of heavenly seconds before it subsides? Like you're just getting a taste of Mr. Mishima's abruptly-ended genius?
You wonder, after reading his books, if Mr. Mishima even deserves such a sincerely rousing and beautiful treatment. Either way, this is a magnificent piece of music. And that's all I'm gonna say. This is one you truly have to hear to "get." (Or you could do one better and watch the wonderful Paul Schrader movie that features it as a theme song!)
"Opening/Mishima" is the greatest song of all time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYGu8ap1FvI
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