First composed this track for this album, before I played it at the Coachella Festival in the summer of 2018: I thought that this piece would be a great opening-track for my festival-appearance and for my US-tour. Actually, that led me to work on the live-version before I recorded the studio-version with a different approach. So, both pieces are related to each other, but they are not exactly the same. For the studio album I went back to my original idea, which is kind of a momentum where a huge gate is opening onto something & somewhere else - Watchers opening doors onto virgin territories, the future being virgin territory for us. 'The Opening', was never meant to be the opening for the album but more as a passage to a next stage.
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Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2018 11:11 am
by Jote
moogyfoogy wrote:Is movement 6 ( the version that's been posted here) really jarre?
Yes.
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2018 1:16 pm
by Jarreshair
Let's face it, Jarre has "form" when it comes to tracks that divide opinion going back to the bloody Last Rumba.
As for M6, I doubt I will ever like it, but it's been playing in my head for about a day for some strange reason..
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2018 1:52 pm
by Jarreshair
Is it just me, or does M6 sound a bit like a kid's version of Axel F?
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2018 4:04 pm
by plate of chips
Jarreshair wrote:I can't agree with Computer Weekend, I think's it's pretty awful.
To appreciate Computer Weekend I'm going to set a composition initiative.
We already have a head start as we are familiar with Computer Weekend.
Compose these clever musical motifs :
classical waltz element, jazz syncopated element, bass funk element, counterpointed with a string arrangement,
humorous light hearted melody overlaying the whole thing.
Now dovetail them together such that they complement each other superbly all the while weaving in and out of each other.
There's more going on in Computer Weekend.
Ive made it simpler so we can grasp what's going on.
Not even Vangelis has composed something as clever as Computer Weekend.
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2018 4:05 pm
by plate of chips
Jarreshair wrote:
First half of Revolutions is great, then it's all downhill.
To appreciate all of Revolution album requires a Wide Palette to include World Music , Jazz.
If a listener has a Limited palette then it won't be appreciated.
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2018 4:18 pm
by Robi
The more I listen to Robots don't cry, the more I like.
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2018 6:23 pm
by jeanbatman
Jote wrote:Which ones?, as I honestly don't recall any.
I'm not a musician, but I was thinking of Computer week-end which is basically the same chords over and over...
Maybe "If" and other pop songs...
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2018 6:43 pm
by Jote
Oxynoxe wrote:Some call Movement 6 'cheesy' - and yeah, it's the same cheese like 'Computer Weekend' 30 years before.
Is it though? Even if it was cheesy back then (I can't judge personally, too young for that) it was still a thing of its own, not something that could be instantly labeled as "oh, this is present day mediocre pop".
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2018 7:00 pm
by Jote
jeanbatman wrote:
Jote wrote:Which ones?, as I honestly don't recall any.
I'm not a musician, but I was thinking of Computer week-end which is basically the same chords over and over...
Maybe "If" and other pop songs...
No, neither of those. After reviewing all albums (in my head) the only songs that follow the dreaded 4-chord progressions are:
1. Vintage (it does not repeat that many times though)
2. Glory (although I wouldn't really count it as those 4 chords are part of a longer 8 chord progression)
3. Infinity - the real offender, it keeps repeating the progression ad infinitum (sic!)
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2018 7:17 pm
by jeanbatman
Jote wrote:(...) 1. Vintage (it does not repeat that many times though)
2. Glory (although I wouldn't really count it as those 4 chords are part of a longer 8 chord progression)
3. Infinity - the real offender, it keeps repeating the progression ad infinitum (sic!)
I trust you. Plus Glory has the millenium hook...
Vintage is a great track though IMHO...
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2018 9:20 pm
by toman
No one here will be at Bruxelle to listen Equinoxe Infinity next thursday ?
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2018 9:40 pm
by Oxynoxe
toman wrote:No one here will be at Bruxelle to listen Equinoxe Infinity next thursday ?
Too far away & too much effort for me for just 5 Tracks - we already know the Tracks 1-3, 6 and 8 ....
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2018 8:03 am
by Finaero
Hmm, now that Coachella Opening is really going to be recycled in the album... well, here's hoping Hymn to Akropolis won't be the next one to reappear.
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2018 9:31 am
by Jote
Finaero wrote:Hmm, now that Coachella Opening is really going to be recycled in the album... well, here's hoping Hymn to Akropolis won't be the next one to reappear.
"First composed this track for this album, before I played it at the Akropolis concerts in the summer of 2001: I thought that this piece would be a great opening-track for this venue, for my next appearance in China and as a tribute to pope John Paul II. Actually, that led me to work on the live-version before I recorded the studio-version with a different approach. So, both pieces are related to each other, but they are not exactly the same. [...]
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