zphage
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Edited Mar 06, 2008, 13:13
Revolution #9
Mar 06, 2008, 13:08
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Some notes and observations on the piece:
http://www.icce.rug.nl/~soundscapes/DATABASES/AWP/r9.shtml
this article totally dissects the song:
http://www.geocities.com/hammodotcom/beathoven/r9origins.htm
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embryonomore
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Re: Revolution #9
Mar 06, 2008, 13:27
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Those guys can rub their own poles all they like but the truth is that Revolution #9 wasn't even recorded by any Beatle.
It was slipped onto the album during the mastering process by the CIA as a trigger switch for Charles Manson, Susan Atkins and Tex Watson as part of the MKUltra sub-project Helter Skelter.
When The Beatles found out it existed they were told it was accidental and John got a bit angry but then Paul started flapping his stupid head and said "well guys, I think it's quite cool actually" and because Paul (or Faul as he was by this time) was prone to violent outbursts when he didn't get his own way, the Beatles granted release of the album complete with the anomalous track.
The irony is that the same process was used as a trigger for Mark Chapman, when a song was sneaked onto the eponymous Huey Lewis and The News album.
PROVE ME WRONG DAMMIT!
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Dog 3000
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Edited Mar 06, 2008, 17:51
Re: Revolution #9
Mar 06, 2008, 17:48
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First article is pretty good on the "context" of it, but says little about the "music" itself.
The guy who wrote the second article also wrote this one, which I think is the most likely explanation (ie, Rev#9 is Lennon's "pop single" version of Hymnen. The key similarity is: Stockhausen & Lennon both made their music by twisting and looping found tapes and reciting "random" words over the top. But Stocki's goes on for 2 hours, while Lennon's a more "accessible" 8 minutes.)
http://www.geocities.com/hammodotcom/beathoven/r9stock.htm
Paydirt quote:
"Lennon often used to phone me. He was particularly fond of my Hymnen and Gesang der Jünglinge, and got many things from them, for example in Strawberry Fields Forever. And his texts also made young people prick up their ears. In my eyes, John Lennon was the most important mediator between popular and serious music of this century."
-- Karlheinz Stockhausen
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