Richard-Eastham wrote: Mon Dec 16, 2024 11:50 am
But that encore deserves more focus. Up until that concert, he was a widely unknown Frenchman in the USA. But here he is in Texas, wearing a cowboy hat, in front of 1.5m people, playing a light-up synth. That is funny! And a remarkable achievement, to go from not-quite-zero recognition to such a massive multi-media moment. Is that the 1980s equivalent to "going viral" today?
The encore also creates wonderful, long-lasting image, endearing him to America, and creating a visual link between the past and the future (another one of his regular themes). I love what this image represents: the desert, the Texan landscape and the pioneers (represented by the cowboy hat) combined with the image of technology, the future, space, and the astronauts, another type of pioneer (represented by the keyboard).
Agreed, there's much to be said about the hat and his presence on stage in Houston. His remark "I hope to see you again in a 150 years" is also very funny, but also very mystical. He came out of nowhere to light up the city, is he a robot that will return in 150 years?
on topic: just got an email that the magazine is shipped... jay!
Re: Electronic Sound #120 + Epica Oxygene 7"
Posted: Fri Dec 20, 2024 11:54 am
by 1906
Dr_Jones wrote: Thu Dec 19, 2024 7:07 pm
Agreed, there's much to be said about the hat and his presence on stage in Houston. His remark "I hope to see you again in a 150 years" is also very funny, but also very mystical. He came out of nowhere to light up the city, is he a robot that will return in 150 years?
he referred to that remark 32 years later:
Re: Electronic Sound #120 + Epica Oxygene 7"
Posted: Fri Dec 20, 2024 2:25 pm
by Dr_Jones
Haha, great! I didn't know that
Re: Electronic Sound #120 + Epica Oxygene 7"
Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2024 4:57 pm
by shadow
Received my copy for the two today, can't play them at the moment though :p
Re: Electronic Sound #120 + Epica Oxygene 7"
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2024 1:08 am
by shadow
Recorded both sides, unfortunately both tracks are the actual concert versions, so audience noise and all. I had the hope for studio versions, but alas.
Edit and correction:
Comparing the live version and the single, they're absolutely not the same track. Epica IS the studio version, but with audience noise slapped onto it at the beginning and the end.
Equinoxe Part 7 is the same version as on the album/LP version of Versailles 400, so guess it's a small win in terms of Epica Oxygene.