This isn't music, it's a stoner fantasizing that playing scales repetitively is 'far out'. Any time this turns into an actual composition let me know.

No wonder no one listens to phillip glass

I would give it an 8, but the length and repetition make me drop the rating to 7.

Picked up this CD from Amazon a couple of weeks ago -and I love it - however there is a strange clicking sound, almost like a metronome, in the background during the first cut. Anyone else experience this ?
If not, then maybe my CD is faulty.

wow. 10.

I like Philip Glass for the same reason I like Stereolab. I find the repitition hypnotic. I can understand why it would drive some people out of their skulls, though.

Angelof9 wrote:

Huh... I knew that sounded familiar in the episode; my old roommate had several Philip Glass CDs, so I must have heard it before. I should have known it was Glass. I wonder how he would feel about the music being attributed to a fictional character?

donpdonp wrote:

Right!! Thanks for reminding me.

Trustocity wrote:

"Atonal torture". That's a good one. There's hardly anything that evokes stronger visceral loathing in me than Phillip Glass. Empty, boring, tuneless. Funny, because there are plenty of tuneless, repetitive things that rock. But there's something truly empty and pretentious about Glass.

I keep thinking the Jayhawks "The Man Who Loved Life" is going to kick in. Freaking me out.

Nice song made better for being on

THE
BEST
SHOW
EVER

Co-worker sez: "That'd be cool if they threw some violins in there."

it took me a minute to remember where i heard this beautiful song before. on battlestar galactica (sci-fi channel, 2005) when kara thrace returns to caprica and to her old apartment, she plays this music.

Cool piece. This tune was used in an episode (Valley of Darkness) of Battlestar Galactica - season 2. The effect of the tune playing on and off throughout the episode really set the mood.

ploafmaster wrote:
Another Glass song? It's the same Glass song! They're ALL the same Glass song.

Are you the one giving 10's for these experiments in atonal torture? I've listened to heartbeats with more interesting variations.

I find Glass so annoying and empty. I just don't get the repetitive-austerity-autistic thing. There's no there there. Satie is also austere, but there is a tune.

whoever said he has one song with a few hundred variations on the other song earlier today....you're right!

Ummm . . not.

Some Philip Glass I really enjoy, some just bores me. But any rate, my mind is forever polluted and I laugh myself silly everytime I hear Philip Glass or his name as all I can think of is that episode from South Park where he is hauled out on stage to peform the music for their presentation.

Excellent! Another Glass song today? Sweet!

is it Glass' birthday or something? second track today.

I saw/heard that piece performed live by Frederick Chiu a few weeks back at a great little concert hall at the local art center. It put me to sleep today just as it did then :D

Yeah, but ... where's the metamorphosis? Where's the change? It's the same blasted thing from one end to the other. Oh well ...

Cool.

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On the heels of DSOTM, this is brilliant.

Care for any of his Koyaanisqatsi stuff? Will upload....


So is RP really a looped program --- albeit one that loops after six months or so? Is it a secret government project? Am I paranoid? And if I'm not paranoid, can they still be after me???

I can't believe it...a Philip Glass tune that doesn't sound EXACTLY like every other thing he's written. Repetitive yes, but very relaxing...

The album is "Solo Piano," I believe.

How about a glass of red wine and a comfy chair over in the corner?

Just upped from 8 to 10 to show how much better this is than the stuff I don't like
Serene beauty. Wonderful composition. Brilliantly played.
More Glass, more Reich.