Michael Jackson - Earth Song vs. Gustav Mahler - Das Lied Von Der Erde

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Mahler astonished watchers with his solo dance set at the Viennese Composers Revue of 1879

henri grenouille (Frogman Henry), Thursday, 17 February 2011 12:47 (thirteen years ago) link

Quicy Jones beat Mahler to a bloody pulp for putting in "yet another fucking landler" when they worked on the fifth symphony

henri grenouille (Frogman Henry), Thursday, 17 February 2011 12:51 (thirteen years ago) link

Christa Ludwig's rendition of "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" is almost up with her doing "Urlicht".

Freedom, Thursday, 17 February 2011 12:58 (thirteen years ago) link

http://www.studio8.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/michael-jackson-crotch.jpg

^ In rehearsal for 50 nights of Des Knaben Wunderhorn at the O2 arena.

seminal fuiud (NickB), Thursday, 17 February 2011 13:03 (thirteen years ago) link

Jackson's three crotch thrusts at the end of the 6th symphony foreshadowed the rise of Nazism.

Freedom, Thursday, 17 February 2011 13:52 (thirteen years ago) link

This thread = totally fucking righteous.

sewing wild OTTs (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:34 (thirteen years ago) link

I can't choose between these 2 honestly

Elmer Fuiud (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:41 (thirteen years ago) link

Really? That surprises me. :-)

Freedom, Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:43 (thirteen years ago) link

Honestly love them both in their different ways and am not gonna be swayed by Mahler's "seriousness"

Elmer Fuiud (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:45 (thirteen years ago) link

People complaining about "Earth Song"'s shlocky messianic melodrama are hugely missing the point imo

Elmer Fuiud (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:46 (thirteen years ago) link

Well no, I'm not coming from a high vs. low angle, it's just more, Das Lied is a masterpiece - for me personally, Gustav's greatest achievement - whereas, Earth Song, even from a MJ fan point of view, is hardly a career highlight.

Freedom, Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:52 (thirteen years ago) link

And I'm all for shlock on many occasions, just Earth Song's particular brand doesn't work for me.

Freedom, Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:55 (thirteen years ago) link

Given that we're not comparing like for like I'm okay with loving them in their own ways.

Elmer Fuiud (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 17 February 2011 17:02 (thirteen years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Wednesday, 23 February 2011 00:01 (thirteen years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Thursday, 24 February 2011 00:01 (thirteen years ago) link

ten years pass...

So I am haunted by the thought of Elvis Costello singing “Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde” and I want to smash my head in with a hammer.

In on the killfile (Boring, Maryland), Sunday, 11 April 2021 23:14 (three years ago) link


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