The Rest Is Noise: Listening To The Twentieth Century through its music

[Beef Oven!]

Inspired by a reread of Alex Ross' book over the summer (The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century), and the Southbank's year long festival http://therestisnoise.southbankcentr...out/jude-kelly, I have started a thread dedicated to this century's most startling and amazingly varied music.

From Mahler to Radiohead, via Schoenberg, Ornette Coleman, Stockhausen, Bernstein, The Velvet Underground, Jimi Hendrix, Can, The Sex Pistols and a million others!

Kicking off with Berio's 'Sinfonia' 1968.

Podcast http://podbay.fm/show/464777729/e/13...00?autostart=1


Now listening to the performance by Göteborgs Symfoniker, Peter Eötvös and London Voices, Deutsche Grammophon.

[teamsaint]

Point of order:
the Sex Pistols were the Last Century.

As were most of the rest.

but GREAT idea for a thread.

[Beef Oven!]

Point of order:
the Sex Pistols were the Last Century.

As were most of the rest.

but GREAT idea for a thread.

They were all the last century! What are you on about?

[teamsaint]

Just finished listening to the Lutoslawski Cello Concerto from the RFH, earlier Gerhard Symphony #1.

Never time to be bored with this stuff around.

[teamsaint]

Inspired by a reread of Alex Ross' book over the summer (The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century), and the Southbank's year long festival http://therestisnoise.southbankcentr...out/jude-kelly, I have started a thread dedicated to this century's most startling and amazingly varied music.

From Mahler to Radiohead, via Schoenberg, Ornette Coleman, Stockhausen, Bernstein, The Velvet Underground, Jimi Hendrix, Can, The Sex Pistols and a million others!

Kicking off with Berio's 'Sinfonia' 1968.

Podcast http://podbay.fm/show/464777729/e/13...00?autostart=1


Now listening to the performance by Göteborgs Symfoniker, Peter Eötvös and London Voices, Deutsche Grammophon.

"That century's", or" the last century's" surely ?

But its a great idea for a thread, despite you not knowing which century we are in.

[Beef Oven!]

"That century's", or" the last century's"......,

No, I am talking about the XXth century and the music belongs to this century (ie 20th) not any other century (any other one including the present one!)

You have to watch these Dr Jekyll and Mr Hinton episodes that you experience from time to time!

[teamsaint]

No, I am talking about the XXth century and the music belongs to this century (ie 20th) not any other century (any other one including the present one!)

You have to watch these Dr Jekyll and Mr Hinton episodes that you experience from time to time!

your original post says "This Century's".........

and don't try to edit, I have a screen shot.
Can't help the J and H stuff, I have a Banana Split personality.

[Beef Oven!]

your original post says "This Century's".........

and don't try to edit, I have a screen shot.
Can't help the J and H stuff, I have a Banana Split personality.

Yes you bloody donut, I know I said this century. That's because the century I was talking about is that one (20th!). I bet you found yourself in a lot of detentions at school.

[Nick Armstrong]

your original post says "This Century's"....

The Court finds in favour of Mr T on this point

... but nearly sprayed Tea at this:

You have to watch these Dr Jekyll and Mr Hinton episodes

[teamsaint]

oh yes, loads of detentions., but usually for smoking or football supporting in school hours.

but I knew which century I was in, down to the nearest decade usually.

it's no good wriggling, you should, for clarity, (and for legal purposes) have SAID " The XX Century" or THAT century. Casual onlookers will think that you think that its still the twentieth century.

Which, TBF, it is, in much of the west country and the Isle of Wight.

Edit: The verdict is in......Thank you M'Lud.

[Beef Oven!]

The Court finds in favour of Mr T on this point

... but nearly sprayed Tea at this:

It's all about context m'lud. I was talking about the twentieth century and its music; it therefore had to be this, not that.

P.S. The court's an ass.

[MrGongGong]

Which, TBF, it is, in much of the west country and the Isle of Wight.

Edit: The verdict is in......Thank you M'Lud.

Our Kipper chums like to think it's 1956
which is before some of the great music of the LAST century

Come on where's the pedant who will insist that not everyone uses the same calendar ? I wonder what century John Taverner (the one who is alive) thinks we are in ?

Now listening (on topic and on task) to Coming Together (the Eighth Blackbird version)

[Bryn]

It's all about context m'lud. I was talking about the twentieth century and its music; it therefore had to be this, not that.

P.S. The court's an ass.

Indeed. "This" quite clearly refered to the century mentioned in the title given to the thread, and not the current one.

[Beef Oven!]

Our Kipper chums like to think it's 1956
which is before some of the great music of the LAST century

Come on where's the pedant who will insist that not everyone uses the same calendar ? I wonder what century John Taverner (the one who is alive) thinks we are in ?

Now listening (on topic and on task) to Coming Together (the Eighth Blackbird version)

The dead one has no 'R' in his name - get on it please!

Coming Together - Eighth Blackbird

[Nick Armstrong]

quite clearly

and grammatically quite contradictory.

Moving on...

Yes, good festival...