Strange things happen in this brief review of Sony/BMG’s re-release of Terry Riley’s premiere recording of In C (1968).
First, here’s an odd turn of phrase:
Terry Riley's In C (1964), the Magna Carta of Minimalism...
I’m not sure how to read this. In C demands the removal of all fishing weirs in England, except on the coast?
And, yet, an odder turn of phrase with an exclamation point:
A seminal release and a fun listen rolled into one!
Seminal (Oxford American Dictionaries):
1. adj. (of a work, moment, event, figure) strongly influencing later developments.
2. adj. of, relating to, or denoting semen.
Seminal in the first sense: anachronistic. Fun listen: probably not.
In C!
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4/1/09
Innuendo or Anachronism?
Posted by Empiricus at 6:00 AM
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5 comments:
It's a floor cleaner and a dessert topping!
Don't forget hair gel.
I'd disagree that it's anachronistic, or even archaic. I see it used in that sense pretty frequently.
The construction "seminal release" is funny but probably inappropriate. I kind of have to admire the chutzpah of the guy who wrote it, and/or that of the guy who edited it and decided that "seminal release" was an apt turn of phrase.
Well, it's very minor, but the review is about the RE-release. While the original release was seminal, I don't see how the NEW version can be. Has it already exerted its influence on later developments?
That's my point.
I think the Salt Lake Electric Ensemble’s recording of in C deserves the work’s underlying momentum with changes in color and varying rhythmic backdrops in the acoustic percussion parts, which for most of the piece sound like rock drum beats
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