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| From | rob@splitsville.com |
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| Date | Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:11:28 -0500 |
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"Visions of Johanna" gets me every time, too.
"Louise, she's all right, she's just near
She's delicate and seems like the mirror
But she just makes it all too concise and too clear
That Johanna's not here
The ghost of 'lectricity howls in the bones of her face
Where these visions of Johanna have now taken my place"
>----- ------- Original Message ------- -----
>From: :audities@smoe.org
>To: audities@smoe.org
>Sent: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 -0800 (PST) 08:50:20
>
>>>Re: Beautiful songs..melancholy<<
>
>"Bridge Across Forever" by Transatlantic (from the
>album of the same name).
>
>The album is a 70-minute full-on prog-rock
>masterpiece, and "Bridge Across Forever" is the
>"single", the requisite pop song that many prog
>bands
>traditionally place on a record to try to score
>some
>airplay 'cause no programmer in their right mind is
>
>going to play a 25-minute epic on the air. Trust
>me,
>these 25-minute epics are so perfectly written,
>they
>fly by in what seems like seconds...if you're into
>that sort of thing. And I am.
>
>Anyway...
>
>"Bridge" is a SHORT plaintive piano/vocal piece
>with
>universal lyrics regarding faith, belief, and the
>afterlife (without any direct mentions of God or
>Allah
>or The Big J or any of that distracting, preachy
>bullshit), beautifully, powerfully, emotionally
>sung
>by Bob Segarini's favorite
>under-the-radar-vocalist,
>Neal Morse.
>
>Like much of Neal Morse's music -- in spite of his
>proclivity for writing endless epics -- "Bridge"
>is a
>simple song with a simple melody and a simple
>message,
>simply delivered in a personal, one-on-one kind of
>way; it gives me shivers -- and, ultimately, hope
>--
>every time I hear it.
>
>kErrY
>www.myspace.com/kompost
>
>NP: Half Zaftig -- Life-Like Luster. Damn, I wish
>I'd
>remembered to put this in my top 20 for 2007.
>Genre-smashing guitar prog-pop wherein the
>lightness
>of Enya meets King Crimson circa "Lark's Tongues in
>
>Aspic". Very impressive songwriting and
>musicianship
>on display...especially if you like a little
>Seattle-style heaviness (think Alice In Chains or
>Soundgarden) sprinkled like cherry blossoms over
>your
>pop sundae.
>
>
>
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