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If you're like me---and who isn't?---you'll agree that this tune would be a good soundtrack for demolishing something or someone. First savagely, then with surgical deliberation. Then savagely again, and again. And again.Not that I would ever do such a thing.
I think this track offers a very rare combination of rhythmic sophistication, meaningful dissonance, electric lyricism, and brute force. I think I'll categorize it as "Lummox Art Rock."
Please conform to the usual routine: earbuds jammed into the tympanum or cans epoxied to the side of your skull, turned up to 11 if your device supports that many megatons. Apologies to anyone who was expecting "Lollipops And Roses" by the Tijuana Brass tonight.
Lark's Tongues In Aspic, Part II, King Crimson (1973, from "Lark's Tongues in Aspic," Atlantic SD 7263), via YouTube, embedded for noncommercial critical discussion and educational purposes.
I agree with sounds to destroy by. That would serve perfectly to rip down a bathroom ceiling, for instance.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I wonder what Les Paul would have thought about his invention being utilized as such. Maybe like Steve Jobs watching someone playing frisbie golf with iPads?
You were born a little too early for a proper introduction to the virtues of heavy guitar distortion and the shredding of said instrument. It's not your fault, though. You should give it more of a chance. I'm not aware of any instrument that is capable of expressing all the different shades of rage better than an overdriven Gibson guitar with properly selected effects pedals output at a few hundred kilowatts through Marshall amps.
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