Also, we used to crank "Thursday Afternoon", "Neroli", "The Shutov Assembly", and the Ambient 1-4 series to hear all the neat dissonant stuff Eno puts in there. A casual listen will not always catch subtle events going on in Eno's ambient music as the mind tends to lock on the linear melody (or approximation thereof in his case) and ignores the other bits. It took us proper dosing to really hear it. posted by Burhanistan at 1:09 PM on May 9, 2008 [1 favorite]
Also, I'm going to flag all non-Eno video links and others should do the same. posted by Burhanistan at 1:10 PM on May 9, 2008
In the course of recording this album Brian and I crossed paths with artist and filmmaker Bruce Connor, who lives in San Francisco. Bruce's' legendary "experimental" films are well known for their pioneering use of found footage, so it was natural that we approach him regarding the possibility of working together- which was more like suggesting he use some of the Bush of Ghosts tracks in a film or two, due to the similarities of our working methods. Connor mainly uses old educational films, science films, government footage and film footage that people throw out and then recuts them to new music, creating dark and sometimes hilarious moods and visual commentaries. His work was sampling before that word existed, as was this record. The films gain an additional level of depth due to the fact that you can often guess what the footage was originally used for, and so you see it as an artifact and as something entirely new, both at the same time.Mea Culpa posted by xod at 1:24 PM on May 9, 2008
A+ (but you should have posted it yesterday) posted by alexwoods at 1:32 PM on May 9, 2008
that was a lovely find, vron.
i'm so mellow i can't even capitolize....
or spell... posted by Dizzy at 1:55 PM on May 9, 2008
The video note says there is something to "see in the swells" and repeat if you don't see it. I see swell but nothing but swells. posted by stbalbach at 2:31 PM on May 9, 2008
It's important to note that the FPP video has nothing to do with Eno. Thursday Afternoon is the rearranged soundtrack to a video production by the same title made in San Francisco in April 1984. The project featured "Seven Video Paintings" (available on the compilation, 14 Video Paintings) made by Eno with his friend, actress and photographer, Christine Alicino. posted by xod at 2:35 PM on May 9, 2008
I used to rent the actual non-baby-boomerish-new-age-fvcktard video back in the eighties and turn my little TV on its side to view them in their intended format. To even consider taking a five-minute chunk of this piece, modern youtube idiot style, is truly wretched.
I also love the bit in the info about how it's popular with people taking "psychedelic narcotics," because no one in this spoon-fed age can imagine the possibility that your brain is quite capable of vision without supplementary chemistry. posted by sonascope at 2:40 PM on May 9, 2008 [1 favorite]
sonascope: indeed. And drugs classified as psychedelics are not narcotics, popular misunderstandings notwithstanding. posted by Burhanistan at 3:02 PM on May 9, 2008
Wow - purist much sonascope? I grew up with the album too dude. And it is my favorite ambient and one of my fave albums of all time. Thursday Afternoon is for me a kind of "aural" ritalin. I can put the piece on and within 5-10 minutes, my brain has been rewired and I am totally focused on the task at hand, even if that task is just taking a nap.
Some people may feel the need to supplement their viewing with "psychedelic narcotics" but I assure you I am not one of them (besides, that is what reggae is for). The ambient soundscape itself is enough to turn my living room into a subliminal submarine, moving through the shallows into deep water, sailing slowly across the ancient sea-floor. posted by vronsky at 3:04 PM on May 9, 2008 [1 favorite]
Huh, I'm a five minute drive away from where I can sit and look out over a scene like the one in the video for way more than five minutes at a time, and I don't need ambient music or hallucinogens to thoroughly enjoy it. However, I am now totally peeved at myself for NOT going out there this Thursday Afternoon. (And for not having a bunch of my own pics or video of it to show) <sarcasm> Thanks a lot, vronsky. </sarcasm> posted by wendell at 5:28 PM on May 9, 2008
I was just talking about Thursday Afternoon, over dinner with a friend. He'd seen the original installation of the piece in London, on a Thursday afternoon, and had gone outside the gallery and found Brian Eno sitting on a bench. And he asked Eno to sign something, and Eno was a dick to him. posted by Hogshead at 5:37 PM on May 9, 2008
okay, so i just posted this in the comments of the post about europeans drinking and having sex. more appropriate here, i think:
that's really nice. i was recently listening to a lot of cluster, including cluster and eno and it's pretty great stuff. also, there are psychedelic narcotics? me, please! posted by snofoam at 5:58 PM on May 9, 2008 [1 favorite]
At first I thought, "Someone put the 72+ minute Eno video online?"
But no, it's a five minute chunk of the music with some water shots ... the original video is much more interesting. posted by Relay at 12:10 PM on May 10, 2008
If iTunes prices are somewhat global, you can grab Eno's "Neroli" album for just a couple of bucks now. It's priced as a single, but is a full-hour album. posted by ymgve at 2:07 PM on May 10, 2008
i think this piece was supposed to be background music for work. posted by sponge at 2:40 PM on May 10, 2008
william basinski's watermusic I and II are other hour long ambient tracks posted by sponge at 2:43 PM on May 10, 2008
And he asked Eno to sign something, and Eno was a dick to him.
Asking Eno to sign something is wrongheaded. Either say or give something interesting to him that he can respond to in some way, or just politely nod. Don't just be a fan. posted by Burhanistan at 7:18 PM on May 10, 2008
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