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August 11, 2009
WATTS ENSEMBLE: IF WE ALL GOT MOHAWKS [del.icio.us]
"Chris Ziegler: You got into Stravinsky by asking for the punkest classical record—so what is the next punkest classical record? Brian Watson (drums/composition): What would I call the next punkest classical record? Fuck. I could tell you probably the Andy Kaufman of classical music, which is probably Terry Riley’s ‘In C.’ Don’t get me wrong—I love the piece but it almost feels like it’s daring you to like it. ‘In C’ is typically 45 minutes to an hour long and it’s everyone playing the phrases at the same tempo—but they play it staggered so it creates all these different patterns. It’s an amazing piece. But I’ve shown it to people before and they’re like, ‘Oh my God, this is driving me insane—I can’t deal with it.’ It’s kind of the same thing with Andy Kaufman. Some people were like, ‘Wow, this is fucking amazing’ and other people were like, ‘I can’t stand this guy.’"Originally posted by pbailey68 from paulbailey.us (beta), ReBlogged by newmusicrebloggers on Aug 11, 2009 at 08:10 PM