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damn, how good are the title track and The Jig is Up? I put it out there that these two are not really considered to be members of the go-to-classic-MP-songs club, but shouldn't they be?
compare it to with… I'm not native english so I don't know all the subtleties but like to learn
@johnny
So the ridiculesness (if that's a word) you see popping up when looking at the zeitgeist field, not in the albums' contents themselves? Well yes, TDDU might be considered to be more out of its time than those legendary concept albums were. Or rock operas if we want to call them so, but that's splitting hairs for me. Heck, they played that thing in an opera! :lol: I'm the first to put art in a zeitgeist context, especially when defending its value. But when it comes to TDDU I don't care if it was 2012 or 1973. It's bold and grand and a concept album and who knows, given a bigger budget, we might have seen a Unicorn movie and stadium tour and all the pomp as well.
oh thanks Anders! been there, too!
I agree there seems to be a sort of tongue-in-cheek attitude around the thing. But its execution is dead serious with a huge perfectionist working attitude. We don't know what really went through their minds. To say it was just a joke… hmmm I don't think they would agree.
Why is it ridiculous to compare it to other concept albums? TDDU is one of them. Which one who ever prefers or how any of them differs from another one doesn't matter in that regard. It's a "genre" and I wanted to point out that I find TDDU way better than those famous and celebrated and landmarkey and whatnot ones, and I DO like and respect those.
one of my top 5 ever albums btw. Just listened to it a few days ago, and I'm still in awe of its perfection. "Rock meets classic" done as it should be done. It's all organic, interwoven, synergetic. Though it jumps from rock to avantgarde to jazz, it doesn't feel like jumping or being messy at all. Every second makes perfect sense. It's over the top but never feels like too much. How do you do that? What amount of taste, sensibility and brainpower is mandatory for something like this? Forget Sgt Pepper and Tommy and even The Wall. This album belongs onto the vessel we send to outer space to represent human potential.
To repeat the history: Since it was a very focused project for a certain point in time and not or rather more than another additional record, I'm not surprised they haven't played those songs live since then. For one thing there's the orchestration, which means the songs would have to be rearranged for a rock outfit. Then they did just that for one TDDU themed tour only with the help of Stale Storlokken. All these criteria deny the possibility and maybe even the necessity to dig out this music for concerts outside of that framework.
But of course I'd looooove to hear Mutiny or Through The Veil once again live. They should be doable I'd say… especially with a fourth bandmember helping out. Time will tell.
TV series:
The News Room
3 seasons, 28ish episodes. By Aaron Sorkin. A news team determined to do the news, non biased, independentely, idealistic. Somewhat lofty writing with highly elaborated dialogues delivered by super quick witted people so it feels kind of unreal but that's a good thing. It makes for a grippingly dynamic watch. All happening in the good ol' days of around 2010 with lots of real world connections. Loved it, watched it about three times.
and if you like the Bioshock games, I'd recommend Prey (the newer one, the old one is called Prey, too, which was a Doom/Portal hybrid and quite interesting but the new one is way better):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q38yi0NmAm0
Extremely elegant design, somewhat open worldish (it's a non-linear spacestation), very tactical, scary, claustrophobic, beautiful and clever. If you're familiar with System Shock, this is the real spiritual successor. Usually Bioshock gets that call, but I'd say Prey is even closer and I enjoyed it more.
Oh and System Shock 2 is also a must play for fans of the RPG/Immersion Sim genre. There's one hookline in its score that always reminds me of Ãœberwagner:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lWv8f8NzfQ at the 17:45 mark.
oh and another awesome RPG/Immersion Sim would be Vampire The Masquerade – Bloodlines but you'd need all the patches (official and fanmade) there are. It's totally buggy in its original state. I'd recommend to play as a "Malkavian" (choice of character type), they're totally nuts and makes the game way more fun.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wuv7VSVTgI
And the godfather of all: Deus Ex:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_CBF318nBY
(wow I'm nerding hard right now)
you can also offer the world your computer to do good:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folding@home
Basically it works something like this:
You connect your computer with science/medical researchers. Quite convenient if something like say a new virus (biological, that is!) needs to be dealt with. You'd get small files to have your computer calculate stuff for them in a background program (which you can turn on and off at will). The more people do that, the more the whole thing amounds to one world wide spread super duper computer.
Some books about isolation to make us feel cozy:
Concrete Island by JG Ballard
Before the times of internet and cellphones, a guy has a car accident and lands way down in a field underneath the highways in the middle of a city and can't neither get out nor make anyone notice him.
I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
The original story behind the Will Smith movie, The Omega Man with Charlton Heston and the wonderful Last Man On Earth with Vincent Price.
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Just as good as the movie (or vice versa) with Viggo Mortensen
speaking of Viggo, I heartily recommend the great great great movie:
Captain Fantastic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1kH4OMIOMc
lovely, deep, anarchic, heartfelt, tragic, provoking, an all around master gem.
and of course The Legend of Zelda – Breath of the Wild and the Dark Souls series (which is not as hard as some say, don't let those rumours put you off).
Anyone who's into gaming and Twin Peaks should check out Deadly Premonition. Totally whacky, but brilliant and charming with an outstanding soundtrack. The prologue (ca 30mins) is quite a bit misleading gameplaywise. This opening feels like your-run-off-the-mill and outdated Resident Hill clone. Afterwards it opens up to an open world (or town, rather) game with veeery obvious Twin Peaks references. And not just due to rain and woods and killers and ooooh mysteryyyy. No! The whole mellon collie comedic vibe and the NPCs (the dorky deputy, the pot lady, and more…) come straight from TW. Also your playable protagonist is a coffee and b-movies loving suit from the big city, who constantly talks to himself. Don't be turned off by the graphics! It's a wonderfully crafted story (one of the best besides The Witcher 3), it's a slow game but still a hell of a ride. But do get the "Director's Cut".
right now you might want to listen to my radio broadcast, that is if you like AC/DC…:
or to the archives (yes, there IS Motorpsycho in there):
