Stevie Wonder on Sesame Street
August 16th, 2008 · 4 comments or link to (permalink)
David France pointed out another musical gem from Sesame Street. Stevie Wonder performing Superstition, live, for the show.
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Phillip Glass for Sesame Street
August 15th, 2008 · 9 comments or link to (permalink)
In 1979 Phillip Glass composed a series of pieces for Sesame Street called the geometry of circles. Well they say kids like repetition. Again.
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Steve Jones (Sex Pistols) Riffs
June 23rd, 2008 · 6 comments or link to (permalink)
Punk music did what intellectual, minimalist composers in the public funded basement of IRCAM could only wish for: extract the maximum amount of emotional energy from the minimal amount of notes. Steve Jones here proves that the Sex Pistols riffs could have been produced by someone with little or no musical training – but only if that person was a natural.
Eurovision Song Contest 1973
June 16th, 2008 · 9 comments or link to (permalink)
In order to persuade anyone that any kind of institutionalized event is a bad idea, all one needs to do is say “imagine x run by the DMV”. The Eurovision song contest is what it would be like if the music industry were run by the DMV.
To commemorate Eurovision’s biggest winners, the Irish, who have just blown the European Union treaty and the last time oil buggered up the global economy, here is the 1973 Eurovision song contest, held in Luxembourg – which is a bit like a country run by the DMV.
Following the terrorist attack against Israel at the Munich Olympics, and Israel’s debut in the competition, the floor manager strongly advised people in the audience to remain seated while clapping, to avoid being shot by security forces.
Belgium’s entry at 8:15 is pretty special, and if you have a history of hallucinogenic flashbacks, I’ve no idea what’s going on at 1:05, but you might not want to watch it. Beyond satire.
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The Story of Abba – in Swedish
June 16th, 2008 · 1 comment or link to (permalink)
The fact that this is in Swedish (a language which I cannot understand) makes this absolutely perfect. Its like having the Muppet chef narrate it, I can make up all sorts of inappropriate things that I can imagine him saying. For the world’s most impossibly white band they were unbelievably good.
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