Remember this? Of course you do. Calling it 'classic' is underestimating.
I listened to Deftones' "Knife Prty" and couldn't avoid comparing.
It's interesting, how using of vocals in a very similar way could apply such different reactions affects. While in "The Great gig in the Sky" the vocals lets you feel totally blissful, floated and free, Deftones did the total opposite. "Knife Prty" holds terrified, trapped and sort of cataonic affects. Yet both vocals are oh so powerful.
I've been away for awhile. Internet connection becomes more and more out of reach for me, now all I've got is a cellphone network, that enables rss feeds, facebook and google basics, and internet during my day work, though I don't really get to use it... So it's quite restricting. It might be a good thing, the earned time.
Yet a whole lot has been happening.
Lately my explorations have become a very centeric part in my life. I take the advantages of being at my parents home for borrowing lots of new music from their collection, also downloading stuff. I took some Classic albums, mainly Cielo pieces and concertos, Blues classics, and Neil Young, Pavement, Nirvana, Elliott Smith, George Harrison, REM and some more... Downloaded the new Radiohead one, David Grey's Discography, Unkle... In short, I've got a lot going.
Last week I had an army classification for the local radio stations Galatz and Galgalatz, apparently for the part of Musical Editor. This is huge. they take one person in a year. At first they asked me to give certain lists of songs. Then they called me up for an interview. Let me say first that the station's building is a dream, really, posters everywhere, enormous archives, music buzz is in every corner. The interview was with 4 of the biggest editors in Israel. And the conversation was just awesome, they asked me about my musical taste and I nailed almost all of their knowledge questions. they seemed impressed, asked me if I could finish my service year two weeks early for the course. I'm on top on the world. Answers by May...
So, Besides the Pink Floyd / Deftones comparrison, I'll leave you guys with Catalyst by Oceansize. Their very high ranked album Effloresce has been lying in my library for over 5 years I believe. Got no idea how come some of the greatest bands get fit to my ears only after several years of pending in the back of my mind... Pain of Salvation was one of those and they became one of my top favorites. Guess musical taste is more about maturity and growth than I thought.
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