Comments on: George Wendt introduces Philip Glass

George Wendt introduces Philip Glass

lonemantis — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 20:40:13 -0800

Philip Glass on SNL, Mr. Glass composed for Sesame Street: 1, 2, 3, sounds a bit like North Star if you ask me. Bonus: 1+1. For the uninitiated

By: Sticherbeast

Sticherbeast — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 20:54:34 -0800

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By: Ambrosia Voyeur

Ambrosia Voyeur — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 20:54:50 -0800

Knock Knock. Who's there? Philip Glass Philip Glass^{Philip Glass Philip Glass} Philip Glass Philip Glass _{Philip Glass Philip Glass} Philip ^{Glass Philip Glass Philip Glass Philip Glass} Philip _{Glass Philip Glass Philip Glass Philip Glass} Excellent first post, lonemantis. Recalling those sesame street videos explains a substantial chunk of my aesthetic taste today.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 21:00:23 -0800

Intresting. The SNL video seemed to have no modulation at all, like all the notes were the same volume. I remember a long time ago telling a friend of mine who was into composing electronic music to cut that out. I think he got a lot better after that.

By: dobbs

dobbs — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 21:00:23 -0800

Don't forget David Ives' Philip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread.

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 21:04:32 -0800

A pleasant sounding conspiracy.

By: samsara

samsara — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 21:08:01 -0800

Obligatory Koyaanisqatsi and Powaqqatsi

By: maudlin

maudlin — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 21:13:00 -0800

Once again: dig through the Glass Engine.

By: spiderskull

spiderskull — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 21:13:56 -0800

Awesome, thanks for the link. I do likes me some Philip Glass. I had no idea he was involved with Sesame Street (although considering his involvement with the likes of Bowie and Ravi Shanker, it seems to add to his variety).

By: maudlin

maudlin — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 21:21:23 -0800

Original Glass Engine post with broken link and lots of MeFi commentary on favourite tracks here. Seriously, there's a lot of good music available there. I always thought the title track from Glassworks or Facades would have been a better SNL choice than Rubric, but I've always loved lyrical Glass over busy-busy Glass. And Kate Moss shows her versatility: from Lee Hazlewood this morning to Philip Glass tonight. (Sorry, Jack.)

By: basicchannel

basicchannel — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 21:28:09 -0800

Philip Glass covering Aphex Twin.

By: Jasper Friendly Bear

Jasper Friendly Bear — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 21:40:37 -0800

Philip Glass also wrote the music for the 1992 horror movie Candyman. I especially love Music Box and Helen's Theme.

By: Blazecock Pileon

Blazecock Pileon — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 23:35:38 -0800

Can't wait for GTA IV.

By: PostIronyIsNotaMyth

PostIronyIsNotaMyth — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:08:14 -0800

Fucking awesome.

By: grouse

grouse — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 01:54:43 -0800

I remember watching those Sesame Street animations when I was a kid. Of course I had no idea the music was by Phillip Glass, nor would I have known who he was.

By: jfuller

jfuller — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 04:31:40 -0800

> The SNL video seemed to have no modulation at all, like all the notes were the same volume. Whenever I run into this I suspect the presence of a Casio CZ101. You can have any MIDI volume you want as long as it's 64.

By: infidelpants

infidelpants — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 05:52:20 -0800

dobbs: "Don't forget David Ives' Philip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread." Thank you, dobbs. I read the script of that, but never actually seen it performed.

By: Ricky_gr10

Ricky_gr10 — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 06:13:34 -0800

SNL would never have on anyone of comparable vision or musical inclinations today.

By: adamrice

adamrice — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 07:31:16 -0800

SNL would never go more than 5 minutes without a commercial break today.

By: Dave Faris

Dave Faris — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 10:14:00 -0800

Wow. Phillip Glass on SNL? I had no idea. How bizarre. Cocaine makes people do funny things, I guess.

By: inoculatedcities

inoculatedcities — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 10:52:14 -0800

Seriously? I've read several books on Philip Glass (hell, even met the man once briefly) and had no idea he performed on SNL! Thank you for posting this! And yeah, of course it sounds like North Star. It kind of goes without saying that he has written a lot of stuff that's derivative of his earlier work, though Einstein, Koyaanisqatsi, his Concerto for Saxophones, all of the stuff on Glassworks (which is where "Rubric" appears), all great great stuff. One of my favorite concert experiences was seeing Glass, admittedly not an outstanding pianist, playing his Piano Etudes with Dennis Russell Davies in a tiny church near Lincoln Center for $10 a few years back. The audience filled less than half of the church so Glass encouraged us to sit as close as we liked. Hardcore Glass fans should also check out the wonderful early stuff of his put out by Orange Mountain Music.

By: shakespeherian

shakespeherian — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 14:57:23 -0800

Is it just me or does Philip Glass ca. 1986 look a lot like Al Gore ca. 2006?

By: shakespeherian

shakespeherian — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 15:12:10 -0800

I once asked Hank Dutt, viola player and founding member of the Kronos Quartet, about playing with Philip Glass. I was looking for insights, maybe, or something about what mesmerizing tricks happen to your head or your hands when you're half-way through a Glass score— the sort of thing that happens when you're listening to Glassworks or Einstein, only magnified a hundredfold because you're actually a part of the music. So I asked him what it was like, and Hank told me, 'You have to make sure you don't miss any repeat signs.'

By: lonemantis

lonemantis — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:32:47 -0800

>>I had no idea he was involved with Sesame Street spiderskull, I should have worded my post differently. I believe that Glass composed those shorts specifically for the geometric cartoons. I didn't mean to imply that he was "involved" on any regular basis with Sesame Street.

By: percyman

percyman — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 18:20:49 -0800

http://www.torontointernationalfilmfestival.ca/blogs/blog/default.aspx?blg=1&id=124&t=REAL-TO-REEL-TITLES-ANNOUNCED

By: honeydew

honeydew — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 18:55:39 -0800

Ambrosia: You made me the funniest (and nerdiest) person in my twentieth-century choral ensemble this evening. Thank you.

By: inoculatedcities

inoculatedcities — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 19:15:47 -0800

Also, I can't find a link to video anywhere online but this VHS introduced me to Glass as a young lad and contains an even more stunning performance of "Rubric". The soprano in that performance is sublime.

By: lonemantis

lonemantis — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 07:11:06 -0800

inoculatedcities, here's video from that documentary of PGE performing Train / Spaceship: Part 1, Part 2, I believe it was recorded at Barbican in London. I remember watching the documentary when it aired on PBS13 in NYC way back when.

By: inoculatedcities

inoculatedcities — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 18:56:11 -0800

Thanks for the link lonemantis! Very cool.