Alan D
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Posted: Mar. 25 2008, 05:30 |
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Quote (Olivier @ Mar. 24 2008, 21:27) | When I listen to it thinking of his trademark albums or to "real" classical music, I find the album sad. I mean, Mozart's music is sad and happy, but this is sad and sad, dark, suffocating, you feel framed in one those spheres, the fanfare, perhaps the happiest notes, evokes war and dumb military music to me. |
Surely, Olivier, this is an example of how we can't help bringing our own stuff with us when we listen?
One of my chief concerns about the album is its lack of sadness. It seems so buoyant all the way through that I can't quite believe in it. I keep looking for a dark edge somewhere to provide some kind of emotional balance, but not finding one. That fanfare, for instance, speaks to me of new beginnings, and confidence in the future - I don't read a military connection into it at all.
Once more, there's no escaping the fact that the art is a meeting ground between artist and observer/listener - and the resulting engagement is as much a creation of the listener as it is of the artist. It's why these arguments we have about 'is it good or bad?' are irresolvable.
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