Songs that make you uneasy?

Knobby wrote: ... colin Towns-full circle soundtrack ...

 

I used this as the soundtrack for the play "Escuriel" that I directed at UCSB, using the piano piece that distorts to the synthesizer as the ending piece and the last 10 minutes of the show. And I did it loud, along with the King's laughter and cry, to the point where one of the professors told me that he came to see a play, not a rock concert!

 

I did not comment back, but laughed! I really wanted to say something like: "That is why theater is in the death spiral, btw!". He was an old timer and a great fan and kisser of all things Acting Studio, and had no appreciation for the more modern and free form stuff!
 

Knobby wrote: ... Tangerine Dream-first rack side 2 Phaedra ...

 

The first, REAL, and last piece to scare me. The title did not help. Mysterious Semblance at the Strand of Nightmares!

And since then, it has become one of the most beautiful pieces of music I have EVER heard!
 

Knobby wrote: ... BJHarvest-song for dying ...

 

If this is the song that has the sound effects of the person jumping off the building? Yeah, that is a bit disconcerting to say the least and much more effective than any movie can possibly be. But it tells you how effective sound effects had become in England, and how well the Goons had mastered sound effects between 1950 and 1962. to the point where rock bands and others started using these as a "soundtrack", from which so many pieces of music were created in the 70's!

 

Match this up with the visceral and insane first person stuff that Gaspar Noe does in film. Now, that is something that people can't handle (Je Suis Seul and Irreversible), and there is no music equivalent that is that violent and merciless, as these films.

 

I really believe that "visualization" is at the forefront of that (60's and 70's) movement, from what we would call "soundtrack" to something that becomes a "story", and how very modern it was when put in respect to film, theater and other arts.

 

Because we're so steeped into the tradition of top ten and hits, it's really hard to show these connections, and how (for example) Pink Floyd graduated from vignettes to a full film (The Wall) with their stuff. Before DSOTM, these were just warm up pieces that helped them setup the effects for the instruments and synthesizers! Which was a clever way of doing things, and creating a more "eventful" evening, instead of just a bunch of rock songs!

 

I hardly think many audiences today would even enjoy that, when they are looking for half nekkid twerks!