09/03/2006: "Intervals"

Mister Shakespeare, Parishioners,

got it right;


sleeping beats most things

but

dreaming trumps!


So I'm dreaming about hangan 'bout with Phil (where are you buddy?)
and some other guy called "Chalky" who is tall & a bit crazy & a Kung Fu/Tai Chi expert

& he & Phil once put on a full-blown show/night of entertainment in the house they shared.


THUS I'm thinkan about Songs versus Plays.

Now awake & thinkan seriously 'bout the subject,

I reckon Songs win.

Songs are shorter - when one encounters A Bad Song (and they are many) one has less to endure

and there's no damning walk up the aisle
(although, if one could do this to a shitty song, The Whirl might be a better place!)

Songs can be fast-forwarded

(I'm thinkan of why beer is better than women jokes now
but both actors & singers do get jealous of other actors & singers...)

A Good Song can tell a story just as well as a play
- AND it is usually told by the author, rather than a bunch of other people


Plays, however,
(may) have an interval!

A lotta songs could do with an interval -

I'm thinkan American Pie

but I wouldn't put the interval at the half-way mark;
I'd put it closer to the end;
to cheer people up



Hurricane doesn't need an interval
Mr Tambourine Man does

Like a Rolling Stone could just be put on a loop -
& people could come round with drinks & small pies & pillows...


Tubular Bells, which is about as long as a play,
has a natural interval (oh, I think I stole that from Music Theory, 'Tish...)
when one turns the record over.

This is good, because one may discuss the first half, have a beer,
then launch the second (better) half (glockenspiel!)





Dark Side of the Moon, on the other hand
should not have a LP-turning-induced interval
(it messes up the synchronisation with Dorothy - thank you CDs)





Only one example of a song with a natural interval
occurs to me right now (but Parishioners may help me out) -

Stevie Wright's Evie

Parts One, Two & Three...

This had the natural interval
of having Part One on one side of the EP
and Parts Two & Three on the other...

Ah, I should publish this now
& get some responses

Bless You'all!

PS: this is very well done


lerevdr on Sun 03-Sep-2006 @ 11:11 e.s.t [permalink]
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