Music quote of the day
From Alexis Petridis' review in today's Guardian of a new CD by Icelandic band Sigur Rós (one of my favourites):
Hoppípolla [a track from Sigur Rós' 2005 album Takk...] is the track television turns to when it wants to push the button marked Cower Before the Majesty of This Event, Puny Human.
If you've ever heard Hoppípolla (and if you live in the UK, you probably have without knowing it—amongst its many uses in the British media, the BBC used it on the trailers for Planet Earth), you'll know exactly what Alexis is talking about: a majestic arpeggiated piano introduction morphing into a sweeping orchestral epic which puts one in mind of vast glaciers or huge herds of gazelle leaping over the Serengeti.
I just wish I could've come up with Alexis' way of putting it.
posted by Tim @ 12:50
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