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Posted: 29 Oct 2007, 22:54
by pikkrong
Izzy HaveMercy wrote:pikkrong wrote:boudicca wrote:I mentioned Arvo Part, didn't I?
(sorry, couldn't be arsed to find the umlaut)
a tiny funny detail - "Part" means in his native language "duck", while "Pärt" is just an archaic male name...
Oh now PLEASE someone tell us that 'arvo' means 'oranges' and that 'Ärvo' is just an ordinary first name!
IZ.
Ärvo - that would sound very pervo
Posted: 30 Oct 2007, 00:02
by pikkrong
Brideoffrankenstein wrote:boudicca wrote:I mentioned Arvo Part, didn't I?
No, who/what is it?
an old man I met once in a supermarket, walking in the department of vegetable, and another time on the door of a hospital:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QTxvmlA95Q
Posted: 30 Oct 2007, 02:34
by boudicca
If I needed any reminder of why I love Bjork (couldn't be bothered to find the umlaut again)... she really is a genius. You can hear quite an influence in those string arrangements that her records have.
Actually, both of them are adorable, that was a really nice interview
- two people who are really in love with music there
. I'd like to take both of them home in my pocket and put them on my mantlepiece
He speaks there about the ability of music to kill a person (and hopefully also the opposite), his work is certainly as powerful as fcuk. Spiegel Im Spiegel is one of the most moving pieces of music I've ever heard, so much so I can bearly ever listen to it...