I could see a comedy bit of someone teaching children music through Carl Orff's methodology (which involved fairly simplistic music instruments), then almost immediately shifting to Gentle Giant or the like.

Ah, yeah, I remember that video, dothebart, (the unlikely lullaby).

Well, I know you can find it on Youtube (which is how I initially discoveredd it). I don't know how much of it you'll find there, or if it was taken down for copyright reasons, but you might find it there.

This weekend David Gilmour's wife, Polly Samson, gave the world some great news as after 20 years the truly legendary and world famous band Pink Floyd will be releasing a new album titled "The Endless River" in October!

http://www.enjoythemusic.com/news/

Hm...

That should be an interesting album. I wonder if it will sound the same without Roger Waters. If so, Roger Waters can suck it, for all that hullaballoo he made about them not being allowed to use the Pink Floyd name.

(Although, really, he could suck it anyway... bands change members and such, and even their overall sound... it's just what happens over time).

Floyd has released two albums since Waters' departure: A Momentary Lapse of Reason in 1987 and The Division Bell in 1994.

Floyd changed.
And that is not a bad thing, necessarily.

Hell, for that matter go listen to some opera:

1. Verdi: Rigoletto and Otello. Different as can be. Same guy.
2. Wagner: Flying Dutchman and Parsifal. See #1.


That is what musicians do!

Any band can "sound like" Pink Floyd.
We did. You could close your eyes while we were playing The Wall and you could not tell it wasn't the album.

Sounding like Pink Floyd, that's easy.
WRITING like Pink Floyd, that's a gift from God.

Chichester Psalms by Leonard Bernstein... here's a performance directed by the Berstein himself:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Yhnml4DW9g

My favorite bit is perhaps 13 minutes into it.

Today, I have Grateful Dead's Terrapin Station stuck in my head.

I thought I'd research it a bit... I didn't realize some people consider it prog-rock. I mean, I sorta get that, as it has a rather free use of meter as it occasionally adds a beat in some places, but it doesn't use any advanced harmonies or odd melodic stylings that you often hear in prog-rock tunes.
It just doesn't *sound* like prog-rock to me.

This said, it amuses me the controversy caused by this piece of music. When I bought this album, I had no idea what The Grateful Dead sounded like, and thought this album was typical of their music. I rather liked it, so I bought a couple of other Grateful Dead albums that I didn't quite care for.

So, that fans of The Grateful Dead didn't quite like this tune, I am amused.

So, that fans of The Grateful Dead didn't quite like this tune, I am

amused.

Heh. Since "Terrapin" is one of the very few things that "The Dead" recorded that can actually be called "real music" this is not at all surprising!

Oh, yeah, I saw that recently.

And.. wow... loud colors...

I can't get Weird Al's "Foil" tune out of my head.

Thankfully, it's actually kind of a nice piece of music.

But if I played it around Melvin, he might consider making a hat.