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From | Chuck Lindo <spaznchaz@earthlink.net> |
Subject | Re: Beautiful songs..melancholy |
Date | Fri, 1 Feb 2008 09:24:23 -0800 |
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On that note, " If You See Her, Say Hello" (and much of Blood on the
Tracks)
On Feb 1, 2008, at 9:11 AM, rob@splitsville.com wrote:
> "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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