tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367859846495854541.post3570532983258985502..comments2024-03-28T07:12:20.028-04:00Comments on Fragments of a Cale Season: A Midnight Rain of Green Wrens at the World's Tallest BuildingInverarityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09838650110847975337noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367859846495854541.post-89111308924864162672007-11-02T12:22:00.000-04:002007-11-02T12:22:00.000-04:00For you to say that this is "one of the most norma...For you to say that this is "one of the most normal and conventionally listenable pieces in the box set" shows just how deeply you've been drawn into the wonderful world of this music. These CD's are so radical that still they sound, 40 years on, like they were recorded this morning by someone dreaming the music of the future. <BR/>Ah, I love the irony of it - all these years later, Phillip Glass scores car commercials and sells credit cards, Cale remains obscure, and yet he's got THIS kind of brilliance to spare! And I'd wager his archives are far from empty...<BR/>And, for what it's worth, I think this piece is so lovely its almost unbearable. Every moaning second, every note curving, falling into the one it's becoming next. Like the rain of the wrens - they fall but they fly away. Nothing strikes the ground.ZephyrJWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03695381091158735437noreply@blogger.com