MLT Club Member Jung Roe
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Hi Steve,
I come away from the album feeling much hope. There is mystery, danger, concern, as well as brightness, beauty, and hope. The album takes you through a full spectrum of emotions like all great art does, and ultimately lands on triumph and hope. I feel “a lucky fluke” about it all. I love how the album ends with Pretty Little Thing, that reminds what is really important.
In the underlying image of the album art work, you see the stream of people going in the other direction, perhaps that has some meaning. For me the balloon symbolizes the human spirit or our humanity, and perhaps if some of us raise our heads and ask WHY? , things can change and a dystopian future doesn’t have to be.
I saw a thing about Bach’s music a while ago, and it talked about how in much of Bach’s music there is a conversation going on, where a longing question (why?) is asked, with a resolving response, and this back and forth goes on, that evokes much emotion and beauty. I feel this kind of longing “why?” in WHY? too. Perhaps between the vocals asking why, and the cello and orchestra responding. There is an amazing build up with the vocals asking more and more questions, and then there is this big chord that strikes with a response providing a huge sense of release. It’s all so beautiful and fulfilling.
Thanks for the thought provoking post!
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Hi Steve
I think some great observations and perspective on the album cover there.
For me when I see the cover, it resonates of the songs WHY? and Jump Ship, my two most favourite songs on that album, and my #1 alternates between WHY and Jump Ship almost daily, both songs are addictive, absolutely two of my all time favourite rock/pop songs ever.
In the album cover art work, I see what the world will lead to in the not too distant future if we don’t ask WHY? when we see the world around us and see the corruption and injustice and remain status quo and just bury our head passively in the sand like it’s a “safe nice ship”. You see here a line of people walking like zombies drinking the Kool Aid. “We are meant to follow Egomaniacal dreams, some Kool-Aid to swallow”. “We live in a sea of deception and war” where there is a “pact between the devil and the priest”. But, “If You Raise Your Head” you would see what is really happening, and “…look behind the masquerade”. “It feels so nice and warm on deck, but truth is, staying here wont save your neck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
In the distance, I also see the barren landscape of Lanzarote. I think perhaps that amazing landscape certainly had an impact on Lisa and served some inspiration when creating that amazing work of art album cover.
I love that little alien creature here that appeared in the “Nothing Is In Vain” video. So sneaky!😜 HAHAHA. It’s like that white ghost they had appear on different MLT posts a while back.
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Hi Chris
I never knew that about the remarkable night starry sky in Michigan. I lived in Toronto near one of the great lakes years ago, and never noticed the starry sky in particular, but then that area is so urban with city lights stretching almost continuously from Toronto through Hamilton all the way to Niagara. With Michigan situated between the 3 lakes I can see how that can happen. On some cruises late at night when the ship is in the ocean away from any artificial ambient light flooding the sky, you can see a beautiful canopy, and I can see how the old sailors used their sextants to navigate with the stars and using the North Star as a point of reference of north.
Gazing at the starry sky is magical, I can and have done that for hours, and caught a couple of very special shooting stars once. ✨✨
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Hi Tom
I believe they went through Yosemite on that trip as well.
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Hi David
It was from their 2007 trip to California. Love Mona and Lisa’s young baby faces, just transforming from cute kids to beautiful young adults.
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Hi Chris
I remember at the Grand Canyon at night, the canyon bowl is pitch black, and the stars above it was absolutely brilliant, I think Lanzarote must be like that at night if you go out towards the desert area. I love barren landscape like that, there is amazing purity, and you get closer to the truth, whatever that is.
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That is niiice Chris, and love it has extra keys on the bass. I think the lowest human ears can hear is 20 Hz, but that’s probably when you are 4 years old with perfect hearing.
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Hi Jurgen
Wow that is an amazing organ, and the fact it was around when Bach was alive and playing the organ is remarkable too. You hear stories of violins made in the 18th century like the Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri that costs millions to Beethoven’s Broadwood or Liszt’s Bechstein piano that sits in a museum and can still play is amazing. I dream of playing Moonlight Sonata on Beethoven’s Broadwood.
Evgeny Kissin plays on Liszt’s personal Bechstein piano.
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Hi Chris.
Yeah Gordon Lightfoot is awesome, love his Edmond Fitzgerald, and this one. An acoustic guitar, amazing vocals, and inspired song writing, and you get this.
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Here is Glenn Gould and his chair.
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Here is Glenn Gould playing the harpsichord. I can imagine he could do quite some magic on a Hammond!
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Hi Chris
Oh yeah Oscar Peterson is great. Here this is just a true expression of feeling. Those round tones sound so pleasant, just makes you keep wanting to listen, and he makes you feel every single note. What a genius.
Another favourite Canadian musician of mine is Glenn Gould, his Bach is second to none for me. So expressive. In his later years he was quite eccentric, but he was a genius on the keyboard. He always played using this low reclined chair his father made him so that his face could be level with the keys as he played so he can see and feel every single note he played.
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Tim, I agree I think their version of A Little Help From My Friends would be amazing. Just that little snippet had me glued.
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Hi Len
That would be a wonderful venue, and indeed a bucket list dream to see them live and meet them.
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Hi Tim
Indeed an amazingly cool intimate video where we all get to see how their magic comes together. Their performance of Africa is awesome. I bet their “If I Needed Someone” if it were on Youtube would be crossing the 1M view mark too.