Wim Mertens — Struggle For Pleasure
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I don't play piano, but to my ears the technique here is pretty inferior. Phillip Glass is not enjoyed by quite a few (I see streaks of brilliance where others may see mold) but his piano skills are obvious. At some point one must deliver on the expectations. This piece is not succeeding for me.
unclehud wrote:
Not to be confused with Slim Whitman:
Wow. This is "the best of Wim Mertens?"
Not to be confused with Slim Whitman:
The trance mix of this by Minimalistix is great. A fantastic breakdown.
This Wim Mertens track is one of my favourite of all time on Radio Paradise.
This Wim Mertens track is one of my favourite of all time on Radio Paradise.
Wow. This is "the best of Wim Mertens?"
Nice planetarium music.
For some background, it's from the sore of The Belly of an Architect. Wim Mertens is a Flemish Belgian composer who started out as a radio producer. Back then he produced some concerts of Philip Glass, so there is definitely a connection.
Used to love this until it showed up in a series of commercials in Belgium. You heard it constantly on TV and radio.
Keep struggling. But not on my time.
Eh, not so much. Sounds like I could learn the entire song in about 20 minutes and I'm lucky to do a C scale correctly.
I just love Wim Mertens music, have 5 DCs. Great variety of scores and you can find some godlike tunes there.
Struggle for pleasure? Yes! Sometimes I'm not alone, even.
Interesting almost bimodal distribution of scores. Looks like folks either dig it or hate it. I kinda liked it. I haven't heard enough Phillip Glass to get jaded.
whtahtefcuk wrote:
Odd, one of my complaints about this boring, flaccid, GarageBand-demo-of-a-tune is its utter lack of dissonance. This tune goes nowhere, does nothing, and took too long to do it. It's a bad copy-paste job.
Banging keys fast with lots of dissonance, does not make you cool.
Odd, one of my complaints about this boring, flaccid, GarageBand-demo-of-a-tune is its utter lack of dissonance. This tune goes nowhere, does nothing, and took too long to do it. It's a bad copy-paste job.
shmuelman wrote:
Strongly reminiscent of that song from that film, was it Koyaanisqatsi?
Coulda swore this was Philip Glass
Strongly reminiscent of that song from that film, was it Koyaanisqatsi?
This poor chord progression has been so abused by Glass and his ilk. Sad chords are sad.
Yeah! My only upload suggestion which passed!
Apperently Bill must have played this on a whim.
I'm struggling to get pleasure out of this one . . .
shmuelman wrote:
It's Philip Glass on coke. I don't like it. What's with the synthetic winds? Crappy. A 2.
Coulda swore this was Philip Glass
It's Philip Glass on coke. I don't like it. What's with the synthetic winds? Crappy. A 2.
D2r wrote:
Indeed, it does. And it might be.
(that isn't helping, is it?)
I love this! Makes me think of Michael Nyman and Yann Tiersen. Was it a film score?
Indeed, it does. And it might be.
(that isn't helping, is it?)
Banging keys fast with lots of dissonance, does not make you cool.
Coulda swore this was Philip Glass
Phillip Glass and this guy suck!
I love this! Makes me think of Michael Nyman and Yann Tiersen. Was it a film score?
CRAP
bit of a Phillip Glass thing goin on
Used to love this until it showed up in a series of commercials in Belgium. You heard it constantly on TV and radio.
Yes, scr*w that. It will probably take a whole generation until people will be able to enjoy this song again without thinking about a telecom operator.