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12.28am
14 December 2009
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It's just wordplay and bits of stories that do go anywhere. "The dogs were dogging, the cats were catting, the birds were birding, the fish were fishing, them for themming and when for whimming" – that's one of my favourite bits.
1.04am
18 March 2010
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I'm not even sure "Revolution 9" can be considered a song. It's more of a conceptual abstraction of abstract conceptualization. Sorry. Can't think of any way to describe it actually.
Anyway, I don't avoid it. If I'm listening to White Album late at night, I'll lay down on the couch and listen to R9 with the room dark, eyes closed. It really does evoke a strange atmosphere.
I grew up in a really small farm town that was pretty remote. There weren't even many radio stations we could pick up in the 60s and 70s when I was growing up. At night, most stations would amp their broadcast power down, so signals were iffy at best. If you drove anywhere with the radio on, the signals would come in and out. And that's exactly what Revolution 9 sounds like to me. When the crowd chants "Block that kick! Block that kick!" I drift back to my days of Friday night high school football. It's almost a time machine for me.
So when I hear it at night, in the dark, it actually relaxes me. And then when Ringo comes on, crooning "Good Night", I almost automatically slip away into dreamland…
8.19am
1 January 2011
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The first few times I heard it, I would've been about 11, it freaked me out, I think I my have ran to my mom once or twice…. Now that I'm used to it, I'll listen to it voluntarily, and sometimes choose to listen to it for the quotes and various other spoken bits and interesting sounds. For some reason, I particularly like how George says "eldorado".
8.45am
27 February 2010
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Celebrated_Mr_K said:
I'm not even sure "Revolution 9" can be considered a song. It's more of a conceptual abstraction of abstract conceptualization. Sorry. Can't think of any way to describe it actually.
I read somewhere that is considered "musique concrète".
3.41pm
Yeah, it's musique concrete, more or less. To people used to pop music, it's so out there it breaks the defiition of music, but this kind of music has been around since the 1940s or so, and yes, it is music.
4.20pm
13 November 2009
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Hi mistabook! I know I can look this up myself, but I'd rather ask you – what defining characteristic does Revolution 9 share with say I've Just Seen a Face that makes them both music?
2.04am
27 February 2010
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In some definitions, R9 isn't music, in others, it is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D…..n_of_music
9.23pm
4 February 2011
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At least no one has done a cover version of it.
9.27pm
19 September 2010
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You can not cover a sound collage.
10.52pm
14 December 2009
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Can't UNcover it either!
11.25pm
1 May 2010
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Clever play.
11.43pm
19 September 2010
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True Von, But why would we want to uncover Rev. 9?
12.16am
1 May 2010
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Just for the fun of it….
1.03am
19 September 2010
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mithveaen said:
Just for the fun of it….
Call it what you will, but fun is not what I use to describe it.
2.20am
27 February 2010
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deboraht said:
At least no one has done a cover version of it.
In fact, Wikipedia states that there's at least four covers by Phish, Def FX, Little Fyodor and Alarm Will Sound.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R…..r_versions
And that's FTW!
2.34am
1 May 2010
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Yeah didn't Phish play the whole White Album at one of their concerts?
3.27am
1 May 2010
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GniknuS said:
Yeah didn't Phish play the whole White Album at one of their concerts?
They did.
5.12am
27 February 2010
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mithveaen said:
GniknuS said:
Yeah didn't Phish play the whole White Album at one of their concerts?
They did.
They need to work the first part, they need a lower-pitch, soft voice for "number nine" part too. The last section is fine.
12.59pm
19 September 2010
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Marcelo said:
deboraht said:
At least no one has done a cover version of it.
In fact, Wikipedia states that there's at least four covers by Phish, Def FX, Little Fyodor and Alarm Will Sound.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R…..r_versions
And that's FTW!
Well, Good on them
11.16pm
27 February 2010
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Forget what I said before. Phish are not taking this theme seriously.
Alarm Will Sound version kick serious ass!
And THIS is really FTW!
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