tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098606031337102970.post3362157850454521795..comments2023-09-20T09:01:30.449-06:00Comments on the stormgod sprang up from his wagon: Ambient Musicgrisomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01779251743706251263noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098606031337102970.post-54645883367534714752009-03-19T16:31:00.000-06:002009-03-19T16:31:00.000-06:00Nah I can't tell the difference. But then I haven...Nah I can't tell the difference. But then I haven't listened to the album as much as their others that I own.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098606031337102970.post-4632801693339427042009-03-19T08:28:00.000-06:002009-03-19T08:28:00.000-06:00i'm not really trying to make any grand statements...i'm not really trying to make any grand statements about anything, really, I was just talking about gravitational pull. I wasn't even trying to come up with an "ambient" triumvirate, rather a completely different and idiosyncratic triumvirate...<BR/>I'm not trying to attack ambient music, I just want to talk about it... <BR/><BR/>But here's a legitimate question: I have the CD version, and it includes a "throw-away" track not included on the original LP. Can /you/ tell the difference between the tracks? I mean, Jan '69 sounds just as good as all the other stuff, I can't say it strikes me as being any better or any worse than the other tracks...Tezcatlipocahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11979000862849979263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098606031337102970.post-18429365191977162292009-03-19T02:19:00.000-06:002009-03-19T02:19:00.000-06:00SOTL have admitted that their song titles are self...SOTL have admitted that their song titles are self-consciously ridiculous, so as not to seem like they're taking themselves too seriously.<BR/><BR/>But I'm not quite sure what you're getting at with this post. A justification of ambient music? If I had to give one I'd say that ambient music more readily and more successfully evokes a sense of place other genres. And often that place is created by the music itself. Ambient music is like the closest you can get to dreaming while still awake (and sober, of course). I've become a bit obsessed but man this stuff is so MEANINGFUL<BR/><BR/>But I don't think Boards of Canada belong in this post. Though they do evoke place (and time, especially), I can't take them as seriously, probably because they're all trip-hop, y'know? My ambient triumvirate would have to include SOTL, Eno, and Tetsu Inoue, the latter mostly for his album World Receiver.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com