Jul 18
Resolution” features Tyner’s brilliant, yet not totally melodic, piano solo. Coltrane follows with jagged statements of bursts and energetic squeals. These are reflected in the pattern of black-tipped leaves that are arranged in four-part symmetry. Central to this collection is a Mandelbrot midget, attesting to the underlying unity of both pieces.
This series is based on John Coltrane’s 1964 album, “A Love Supreme.” The four-part suite was revealed to Coltrane all at once in a dream, and was recorded as a testament to his spiritual awakening. As critic Chip Stern writes, “‘A Love Supreme’ heralded Coltrane’s search for spiritual and musical freedom, as expressed through polyrhythms, modalities, and purely vertical forms…” The suite was performed by Coltrane’s quartet of himself on tenor saxophone, pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Jimmy Garrison, and drummer Elvin Jones.
Jul 10
01. Brilliant trees (1984)
02. Alchemy (1985)
03. Gone to earth (1986)
04. Gone to earth (instrumental) (1986)
05. Secrets of the beehive (1987)
06. Plight and premonition (1988)
07. Flux and mutability (1989)
08. Weatherbox (1989) (boxed set including 1.2.3.4.5.)
09. Rain tree crow (1991)
10. Ember glance(1991)
11. The first day (1993)
12. Brilliant trees (US) (1994)
13. Damage (1994)
14. Dead bees on a cake (1999)
15. Approaching silence (1999)
14. Everything and nothing (2000)
15. Damage (re-issue) (2001)
16. Camphor (2002)
17. Blemish (2003)
Jul 10
Transit
(David Sylvian)
I have listened repeatedly
I have listened very well
No one interrupts the harmful
When they’re speaking
To wonder why of Europe
Say your goodbyes to Europe
Swallow the lie of Europe
Our shared history dies with Europe
(follow me, won’t you follow me?)
A future’s hinting at itself
Do you fear what I fear?
All those names of ancestry
Too gentle for the stones they bear
Someone somewhere wants to see you
Someone’s traveling towards us all
To wonder why of Europe
To live, love, and cry in Europe
Say your goodbyes to Europe
Our history dies with Europe
(follow me, won’t you follow me?)
The lights are dimming
The lounge is dark
The best cigarette is saved for last
We drink alone
We drink alone
© 2003 by David Sylvian/Opium (Arts) Ltd
Jul 07
All by Myself
(Celine Dion)
When I was young
I never needed anyone
And making love was just for fun
Those days are gone
Livin’ alone
I think of all the friends I’ve known
When I dial the telephone
Nobody’s home
All by myself
Don’t wanna be
All by myself
Anymore
Hard to be sure
Sometimes I feel so insecure
And loves so distant and obscure
Remains the cure
All by myself
Don’t wanna be
All by myself
Anymore
All by myself
Don’t wanna live
All by myself
Anymore
When I was young
I never needed anyone
Making love was just for fun
Those days are gone
All by myself
Don’t wanna be
All by myself
Anymore
All by myself
Don’t wanna live
Oh
Don’t wanna live
By myself, by myself
Anymore
By myself
Anymore
Oh
All by myself
Don’t wanna live
I never, never, never
Needed anyone
Jul 07
Let the Happiness In
(David Sylvian)
I’m waiting on the empty docks
Watching the ships come in
I’m waiting for the agony to stop
Oh, let the happiness in
I’m watching as the gulls all settle down
Upon the empty vessels
The faded whites of their wedding gowns
The songs of hopeless selflessness
The cold december sun
A cold that blisters
The hands of a working man
Wasted
I’m waiting on the empty docks
Watching the ships roll in
I’m longing for the agony to stop
Oh, let the happiness in
Oh, let the happiness in
Listen to the waves against the rocks
I don’t know where they’ve been
I’m waiting for the skies to open up
And let the happiness in
Oh, let the happiness in
‘Cause it’s coming
Coming on
Let the happiness in
Oh, let the happiness in
‘Cause it’s coming
Coming on
Recent Comments