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| From | "Stewart Mason" <craigtorso@verizon.net> |
| Subject | Re: Danes (was Minneapolis) |
| Date | Thu, 05 May 2005 14:13:17 -0400 |
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From: "floatingunder" <Steven.Durben@cignabehavioral.com>
>> Stewart: Not really, they've been around a few years now. (It's the
>> Raveonettes, btw, as in the Buddy Holly song.) They're a Danish
>> group,
>> and their initial hook was that they were like a musical equivalent
>> of
>> the Dogme filmmakers: songs could only have three chords, had to be
>> under a certain length, and each album was written in a specific
>> key:
>> the first was in B flat minor, the second in B flat major.
>
> Me: Thank you. Fascinating that the method extends beyond the
> filmmakers vision to music! I wonder if this point of view extends
> to other Danish arts, somehow? I'm guessing it must.
> It seems (overstatement coming) that Lars Von Trier and the Dogme
> group are adored by some and hated by others. I wonder if this
> group
> strikes a similar chord..
>
I don't think so. The first two albums were pretty universally
beloved.
Stewart, who leans towards the "hate" side on Von Trier and the other
Dogme dudes
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