Word: lyre
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...many people in the Bad Seeds. I kept trying to make songs that were leaner, had less going on in them. But it was difficult, there was a whole bunch of people in the studio and everyone had some idea of what they wanted to do. The Lyre of Orpheus record was this massive juggernaut of sound because we had eight people playing each song. I wanted something rawer and leaner so I got a few members of the band together and we did this record, Grinderman, which loosened the whole thing up. And now we're making another Grinderman...
...Emperor'' was recorded in Dresden in late 1984 and is vintage Arrau. Like Schnabel, Arrau believes that the best interpretation is the one that lets the music speak most directly to the listener. Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2. Christopher Hogwood conducting the Academy of Ancient Music (L'Oiseau-Lyre). Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 7. Arturo Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra (RCA). No greater contrast can be imagined. Original Instrument Specialist Hogwood offers light, fleet, graceful performances that explicitly evoke Beethoven's classical- period roots. Toscanini, on the other hand, is rough and hard charging in these readings...
...three years between the Bad Seeds’ binary goliath—2003’s “Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus”—and their latest installment—“Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!”—have been a period of transition for Aussie frontman Nick Cave. In the interim, Cave composed two soundtracks alongside perpetual collaborator and Bad Seed Warren Ellis, and his side project, Grinderman, recorded their eponymous debut in 2007. An album of visceral, uncouth guitar-thunder, “Grinderman” eschewed the theatrical...
...understand why pundits, shock jocks and political-action committees own the message. In an age when conflict passes for entertainment, we have come to expect journalism to point out the car crashes for us. Please excuse my complaint - who am I to disturb the sweet music of the lyre? Who am I to point out that Rome has begun to burn? Sarcasm - isn't it lovely? Gregory Behan, Alexandria...
...descends to Hades to rescue his recently-killed wife Eurydice. He convinces Persephone, wife of Hades and queen of the dead, to release Eurydice, only to lose her by looking back at her as they leave. Here, Orpheus is a rock star, with an electric guitar instead of a lyre. Instead of being married to Eurydice (Suzan Hanson), he has collided with her—literally—only once, when the taxi he was riding ran her over. She dies in his arms and becomes his obsession: Orpheus becomes haunted, refusing to play and brooding over a small shrine...