Word: moogs
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...album does not contain literal portraits of Henry's women; rather it is a six-movement instrumental suite conveying Wakeman's musical impressions of the ladies. Devoid of lyrics, it is bursting with diverse sounds: Mellotrons.* Moog synthesizers, electric pianos, conventional concert grand, harpsichord, even the 240-year-old pipe organ at St. Giles Cripplegate church...
...Streams," (commissioned by Thomas Everett, the group's conductor) suggests that its composer David Cope has mellowed since the time he wrote "Yes," his most famous piece. Gone are the color slides and Moog tapes of that multi-media effort; added are eleven string players who contrast with the wind ensemble. Bypassing serialism in favor of a three-note motif, "Streams" emphasizes texture and unusual playing techniques. The required virtuoso percussion work came off well; the winds ruslted and the strings glid. The Cambridge fire house unwittingly added aleatoric effects, and a good time...
...which point he goes completely crazy, as does the band, and rips off Hendrix acid guitar licks and glissandos, complete with hand gestures. He knocks over his chair, and plays on his knees, and then he plays pedal steel with the chair. More Hendrix; then feedback; and finally some Moog licks. The element of surprise is as effective as the sheer wildness of the music. The listener is utterly destroyed. And the song is over. Poco leaves in arm-wrestling, hugging disarray...
...careful balance between rock, electronic, and classical influences. For example, in Yes's rendition of portions of the third movement of Brahm's 4th Symphony in E minor, they replace the strings with an electric piano, the reeds with an electric harpsicord, and the contra bassoon with a moog synthesizer. As a result of their efforts, the group has produced the definitive rock version of a classical work...
...classical bestsellers ($2,000,000 in sales), was finally dethroned after two years and 49 weeks in the No. 1 spot on Billboard's classical chart. SOB was originally brought to you by the same folks-Walter Carlos and Rachel Elkind-who set Beethoven and Purcell to the Moog synthesizer, or vice versa, in the film A Clockwork Orange. Switching Switched off into second place, the new champ: Mass by Leonard Bernstein (TIME. Sept. 20), which has sold 129,000 copies in less than two months...