Hey I'm King of The World, You Oughta Hear My Song, Come On & Measure Me, THESE ARE AT LEAST 10 MINUTES LONG - RESULTS ILM BALLOT POLL #58

it's psych, end of the day

its psych or post-rock, or is it just words?

It is psych, sort of... really it's Robert Wyatt Music (whatever that is) with 'jazz' elements almost bolted on to give the musicians in the band (OK, Mike Ratledge) something to do, but I like those bits too. Just listening to the next track, there's a lot of Zappa in there.

The usual problems with prog jazz like this is that humourless muso quality.

... and a stolid stodginess, but not this track! Try Soft Machine 4 for that.

I said its prog jazz - there is a difference. xp = Obviously they've heard all the rock and jazz but (despite their apparent amateurish-ness) its a fairly convincing copy of progressive stuff I've heard (the dull bits). xp = lol. Might work if I hear this with the rest of Third.

The Genesis song is the cutest thing I've ever heard! Maybe Peter Gabriel is lovely after all.

If you can't hear the magic in this then fine, but accept it's there for some of us - also, don't extrapolate from a live version with extra lyrics the lyrical worthlessness of the original, you grand troll

How much prog jazz has squealing feedback and a bit where violins are pitched down then back up in post-production ffs

It is all going somewhere

I know you enjoy reducing me to squabbles, but this is too much! Too, too much! I shan't have it, not on this lovely sunny day!

Its not about you.

I do suggest that maybe if you want magic, try the circus.

Or hit up Paul Daniels on youtube.

We watch in reverence, as Narcissus is turned to a flower. A flower.

Anyway, yeah, once Wyatt left, they became everything you accuse, but this is some classic English songwriting and psych wonder with some prog dudes roped in against their will to provide a bit of second-act conflict

Zippo's Circus is on Blackheath rn, MAYBE I'LL GO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27i9LoNJshA

:'O

can't say i've noticed the guitar either, will listen out for it next time i play. re: the lyrics, in both versions he's referencing the circumstances in which the recording is taking place, so there is some continuity there (being alone in nyc/recording at the bbc). don't really see how the lyrical adaptation lessens the worth of the studio version. i like them both for what it's worth. reading up on it, the violin on the original was provided by a guy out of a uk improv unit that i've never heard of. wyatt used to sit in with them on occasion apparently.

progge

no lime tangier - got a name for the violin player?

re: the lyrics, in both versions he's referencing the circumstances in which the recording is taking place, so there is some continuity there (being alone in nyc/recording at the bbc). don't really see how the lyrical adaptation lessens the worth of the studio version.

Makes sense - just wrestling with this one now and speculating away..

There's not exactly a lot of guitar, but it's there from ca.1:30 to 2:00, though it's possible that it's speeded up bass guitar, although there's no actual bass guitar in the rest of the solo Wyatt bits. Similar 'guitar' appears on some tracks on "Rock Bottom"

(xp) Rab Spall (no relation?)

Aw yeah, you're right - I have that bit to mind now

It is so fleeting, just adds a bit of pastoral/folky/whimsical colour to the idyllic early stages of the music (before anguish can be properly confronted)

Think I assumed that that was a bass guitar tbh, it's all fingerpicked notes

Something tells me I'd better activate my prayer capsule

rab it is, of the amazing band... looks like the only evidence of their existence is one archival release

As I said it could be, speeded up, it's not something a guitarist would have played, in much the same way that a lot of his keyboard playing is not what a 'proper' keyboard player (like Mike Ratledge, for instance) would play.(xp)

it's a bunch of guys in their early 20s who, in jazz terms, are amateurs.

Not Elton Dean; he was a member of Keith Tippett's group prior to joining Soft Machine.

He doesn't play on that track though!

ha, good point...and probably why I slightly prefer the Third tracks he's on.

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45T. LCD Soundsystem - 45:33 - 5550 points | 9 votes
Duration: 46:05
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45:33
Duration: 46:05

You had one job, Murphy

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44. Miles Davis - Bitches Brew - 5675 points | 6 votes
Duration: 26:59
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xp I think you meant Muphry.

45T. LCD Soundsystem - 45:33 - 5550 points | 9 votes
Duration: 46:05
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― A-Hanisi Coates (Leee), Monday, April 6, 2015 5:27 PM (32 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

fucking flag posts, nine of them, volunteer please, put yourselves forward

Cool your jets, LJ, here comes the warm ambient.

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43. Brian Eno - 1/1 - 5725 points | 8 votes | 2 #1 votes
Duration: 17:22
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i can live with brian eno! in fact i rather like him, even in ambient, non warm jet form

listening to the miles davis. it's pretty crazy eh

I believe 1/1 was my #1, or damn close

endlessly beautiful and listenable, co-written by Robert Wyatt!

one of the most calming pieces of music I know

Agree

Haitian Fight Song also a favorite. Good work so far voters.

another note on 1/1, that duration is the CD version, original LP version is 14 minutes and change

I voted for LCD Soundsystem. Sometimes I think it's the best thing he ever did.

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42. Herbie Hancock - Chameleon - 5750 points | 7 votes
Duration: 15:41
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i can live with brian eno! in fact i rather like him, even in ambient, non warm jet form

... and on piano in the track in question, Robert Wyatt!

... oops, someone else just pointed that out.

Probably the first 10+ minute song I ever loved.

gf wanted to watch something, i wanted to keep listening to the poll, so we juxtaposed that orb song with a laurel and hardy

laurel and hardy >>> the orb

great poll, eight tracks of my ballot already placed, and without my vote they wouldn't have done so well. bitches brew would have only been #66. youth of america only would have been #92 instead of #52.

i am a big fan of brian eno but i never understood the appeal of music for airports. through hollow lands from before and after science did nail the aspect of aimlessness and neutrality of music so much better. how i love that piece.

"Day of Radiance" is probably my Eno of choice.

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41. Tortoise - Djed - 6000 points | 9 votes
Duration: 20:57
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YES, phantastic piece!

Now your dislike of Joanna Newsom makes sense.

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40. Cortney Tidwell - Don't Let Stars Keep Us Tangled Up (Ewan Pearson Objects In Space Vocal Mix) - 6050 points | 7 votes
Duration: 11:54
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Yay Djed