Thursday, August 05, 2004

Planet of Sound

I have decided to make a mix of songs that have a break where the listener is simply hit by a wall of sound. If you're listening intently enough it can knock you off your chair. I decided to do this after listening to Clutch's (In the wake of) The Swollen Goat. It has this moment where the guitar kicks in and simply flays you...it's grinding you down...in a good way.

I'm trying to think of songs that do that. I know that Sonic Youth's Empty Cage has a moment like that. At the Drive-in has a couple, just not sure which ones they are. Those guys play with such urgency it's amazing.

Ohhh the Aphex Twin's Come to Daddy....that moment where the scream turns to white noise is absolute bliss, it's more powerful than most conventional weaponry.

I guess you could say Funkadelic's Maggot Brain fits in too. It has that slow ethereal beginning with George Clinton talking in his sweet, sweet stoner talk and then Eddie Hazel kicks in with the most soulful guitar solo ever recorded. Listening to that makes you feel like someone has poured the emotions of the whole world into a bottle and you get to drink every feeling anyone has ever had. Man that sounds like stoner talk there...but it doesn't make it less true.

I need to go and ponder more.

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