Bryars: Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet
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12 years, 2 months ago at Mar 13 7:56
Also known as The Sad Hobo Earworm. In 1971, Gavin Bryars took a left-over audio snippet of a singing tramp on the streets of London and set it to music. He left it to record at the studio while he went out for a cup of coffee. When he returned, he discovered his singing tramp tape loop had reduced nearly everybody in the studio to melancholic states and had even driven a couple of... read more
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This late minimalist, 74-minute piece for orchestra and tape has had, and continues to have, a near-legendary effect on its audience. It's the rare work created specifically to tug gently at one's heartstrings that actually does, and not subtly, either. It starts with a found recording of a homeless man singing a halting, simple melody looped over and over. Then Bryars builds and buttresses this with a full orchestra brought in incrementally, from the first carefully placed short pendulum string sweep to, 10 minutes from the end, the gravelly-voiced singer Tom Waits joins in. It's an obvious but effective work--appealing to all
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Manufacturer: Philips
Release date: 10 August 1993
EAN: 0028943882323 UPC: 028943882323
Release date: 10 August 1993
EAN: 0028943882323 UPC: 028943882323
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