I am Music

[Tzara]

I suppose I could counter with the " Queen of the Night" aria from " The Magic Flute"..now those are some high notes.
Nomi actually did a piece called " The Cold Song" which was, I believe, from an opera called King Arthur or something like that.
Very moving to see him do it and know, at the time, he had AIDS, which was then virtually unknown and was still being called " The Gay Cancer".
I'd post it but it's rather long....


He was a talented little guy

The Queen of the Night would blow out my speakers, and maybe my eardrums.

"The Cold Song" would be particularly appropriate for the PF&DF as the libretto for King Arthur is by John Dryden:

COLD GENIUS
What power art thou, who from below
Hast made me rise unwillingly and slow
From beds of everlasting snow?
See'st thou not how stiff and wondrous old,
Far unfit to bear the bitter cold,
I can scarcely move or draw my breath?
Let me, let me freeze again to death.​

It's interesting that the role of the Cold Genius is listed as a bass role.

Fascinating stuff, Mr. T. Thanks.

 

[Tathagata]

The Queen of the Night would blow out my speakers, and maybe my eardrums.

"The Cold Song" would be particularly appropriate for the PF&DF as the libretto for King Arthur is by John Dryden:

COLD GENIUS
What power art thou, who from below
Hast made me rise unwillingly and slow
From beds of everlasting snow?
See'st thou not how stiff and wondrous old,
Far unfit to bear the bitter cold,
I can scarcely move or draw my breath?
Let me, let me freeze again to death.​

It's interesting that the role of the Cold Genius is listed as a bass role.

Fascinating stuff, Mr. T. Thanks.

You're welcome

and since you seem to know the piece here it is on youtube

Cold Song

The music reminds me a lot of Philip Glass

you can hear a few spots where he struggles with holding notes
still remarkable

 

[GuiltyPleasure]

my new GP

 

[Tzara]

The music reminds me a lot of Philip Glass

HA HA HA! It does, actually!

I guess Purcell was 400 years ahead of his time. Or Glass is 400 years behind.

 

[Tathagata]

HA HA HA! It does, actually!

I guess Purcell was 400 years ahead of his time. Or Glass is 400 years behind.

I think it's a case of
" Well it worked once..."

 

[MTVM]

I think it's a case of
" Well it worked once..."

Speaking of things that work, here's Hawk.

 

[tungtied2u]

Local band Strut...sound volume is a bit low..but these guys jam very well...

 

[tungtied2u]

Stephanie's Id....from last year's Bele Chere...poppy..the girl has a lot of charisma...

 

[tungtied2u]

Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty band...they got the funk...

 

[tungtied2u]

Tzara and ee... I know what big guitar fans you are... so here's Kenny Wayne Shepherd from his DVD "Ten Days Out" playing with some legends...

Old timers and

this

 

[unpredictablebijou]

Welcome to the Radio Free Jezebel Difficult Listening Hour

"So sit bolt upright
in that straight-backed chair
and get set for some
Difficult
Listening"
-Laurie Anderson

King Crimson on Art and Street Crime
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAwDdLKeQCE

From a cut with no video at all to a cut with one of the best videos EVER:
Byrne and Eno discuss America
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1-Q8ly8iKE


Laurie Anderson with some advice for writers. I want to be Laurie Anderson when I grow up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FeyGTmw0I0


Summers and Fripp
They do it cause they can
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTTHQgmpQII


And Kate Bush on Academia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sUIMMOl6bE

Thanks for listening. Tip your waitresses.

 

[Tzara]

Debussy's La cathédrale engloutie, performed by Pierre-Laurent Aimard.

 

[unpredictablebijou]

Debussy's La cathédrale engloutie, performed by Pierre-Laurent Aimard.

ooooooo.

bijou

 

[bluerains]

this one

goes out to ange....whom is struggling with a stroke and has been a dear friend for a long time now...ange...see the blue in you....

Joanarmatrading

newJoanarmatrading

 

[unpredictablebijou]

Radio Free Jezebel

Today's installment: music for a friend.

The basics; the only real thing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arhawHHFmJk

did I mention that my farm is a monarch hibernaculum?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyD1kAgFBuw

Have a nice snack
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJbBd1QkZEk

And it's either a pint of Haagen Dasz or Britt Eklund, so:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42zkSLC0I2o

Lastly, a hot chick on a fiddle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaSw3NXCLl8



And for reading material while you listen, here's an excerpt from My Prayer For You, a piece by Rob Breszny:

Dear Goddess, You who never kill but only change:

I pray that my exuberant, suave and accidental words will move you to shower ferocious blessings down on everyone who reads this benediction.

I pray that you will give them what they don't even know they want -- not just the boons they think they need but everything they've always been afraid to even imagine or ask for.

Dear Goddess, You wealthy anarchist burning heaven to the ground:

Many of the divine chameleons out there don't even know that their souls will live forever. So please use your blinding magic to help them see that they are all wildly creative geniuses too big for their own personalities.

Guide them to realize that they are all completely different from what they think they are and more exciting than they can possibly imagine.

 

[Tzara]

Phase music by Steve Reich. Not the whole thing, but gives you the idea. Appropriate video accompaniment.

Phase on, dudes.

 

[GuiltyPleasure]

I bet you can't watch this without at least smiling.

 

[tungtied2u]

I bet you can't watch this without at least smiling.

You win....

 

[tungtied2u]

Tonight I feel a bit like diving in.....

 

[tungtied2u]

I am he

 

[tungtied2u]

Anyone care to ride ?

 

[tungtied2u]

Come on.....you know the time has come...

 

[tungtied2u]

I miss the good old sane days....

 

[tungtied2u]

this is a nice surprise....

 

[tungtied2u]

this is nice too....