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Jeremy Limb — Metamorphosis Five
Album: The Piano Music of Phillip Glass
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Released: 2012
Length: 5:05
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MikeCloud wrote:

This isn't music, it's a stoner fantasizing that playing scales repetitively is 'far out'. Any time this turns into an actual composition let me know.

Webfoot wrote:

I'm glad that is settled. Whew.

8

I vote we throw 4'33" at him.
Posted 3 years ago by eeastridge    [ Reply ]
J'adoooooore
Posted 3 years ago by noe.architecte169    [ Reply ]
I love the sound of breaking Glass.
Posted 3 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
 diane wrote:

I see: a grey day, coming on to dusk - lots of dull leftover fall leaves blowing around in small vortices - in the corners of brick apt buildings, store doorways, closed gov buildings - snow has just started to fall... whirlwinds here, whirlwinds there...



Sounds a little like that scene in American Beauty.
Posted 3 years ago by dmcanany    [ Reply ]
Most Glass music suggests Koyaanisqatsi to me — not a bad thing. 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0...
Posted 3 years ago by timqueeney    [ Reply ]
Loved his moody scoring of Tales from the Loop. Fit perfectly into the somewhat eerie and dystopian landscape.
Posted 3 years ago by dcruzj    [ Reply ]
 bruceandjenna wrote:
More Glass.

More Glass.

More Glass.
 
Sure thing
Posted 3 years ago by NeuroJoe    [ Reply ]
Absolutely insipid.
Posted 4 years ago by merobreno    [ Reply ]
Devastadora. Viva Phillip
Posted 4 years ago by sergioso    [ Reply ]
Sounds like the incidental music for an advertisement for car insurance.
Posted 4 years ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
Hey bill will you put on some Kronos Quartet!  They have a great album of Phillip Glass compositions.  Very nice.
Posted 4 years ago by drwhy    [ Reply ]
How are there comments on here from 2002 when it says this was released in 2012.  Time travel?  Smartphone at the Tyson-Douglas fight.
Posted 4 years ago by flyboy    [ Reply ]
Instantly got my attention. Knew it wasn't Ludovico Einaudi but didn't know it was Phillip Glass. Like it! Would love to hear some cello in this one, too.
Posted 5 years ago by ferwoman    [ Reply ]
More Glass.

More Glass.

More Glass.
Posted 5 years ago by bruceandjenna    [ Reply ]
Nice instrumental. Kudos to the person that uploaded, and to Bill/Rebecca for accepting.
Posted 5 years ago by countyman    [ Reply ]
 peyotecoyote wrote:
Picked up this CD from Amazon a couple of weeks ago -and I love it - however there is a strange clicking sound, almost like a metronome, in the background during the first cut. Anyone else experience this ? If not, then maybe my CD is faulty.
 
It's the inexorable tick of time running out for all of us.  Thirteen years later... still ticking... like a Timex watch....
Posted 5 years ago by bruceandjenna    [ Reply ]
The emotions are strong with this one, blessed bliss
Posted 5 years ago by ExploitingChaos    [ Reply ]
 donpdonp wrote:
it took me a minute to remember where i heard this beautiful song before. on battlestar galactica (sci-fi channel, 2005) when kara thrace returns to caprica and to her old apartment, she plays this music.

If I recall correctly the CD case said it was a concerto written by her dad. Apparently she got her artist tendencies from him. Dreilide Thrace was the name I do believe.
Posted 5 years ago by eeastridge    [ Reply ]
I'm waiting for "it" Please tell me what I am missing here 
Posted 5 years ago by surfrider4life    [ Reply ]
I used to know a guy with a hugely expensive reel to reel set up that he used to show off about when we visited.  He played this stuff every time, too.  Pretentious arse.
Posted 5 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
 MikeCloud wrote:
This isn't music, it's a stoner fantasizing that playing scales repetitively is 'far out'. Any time this turns into an actual composition let me know.

No wonder no one listens to phillip glass
 
I'm glad that is settled. Whew.

8
Posted 5 years ago by Webfoot    [ Reply ]
 Baby_M wrote:

It also played a prominent role in the very last episode of Person of Interest.

 
OMG! thanks for the Battlestar G. and this reference.
Posted 6 years ago by mikeinkobe    [ Reply ]
I'm not ready to rate it, would like to hear it once more.
Posted 6 years ago by murrayn    [ Reply ]
 donpdonp wrote:
it took me a minute to remember where i heard this beautiful song before. on battlestar galactica (sci-fi channel, 2005) when kara thrace returns to caprica and to her old apartment, she plays this music.
 
It also played a prominent role in the very last episode of Person of Interest.
Posted 7 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
He is still THE BEST contemporary composer of the 20th and 21st century!{#Clap}{#Clap}{#Clap}

More of it!!!!{#Meditate}{#Jump}
Posted 8 years ago by VH1    [ Reply ]
Posted 18 years ago by KMH    [ Reply ]
This isn't music, it's a stoner fantasizing that playing scales repetitively is 'far out'. Any time this turns into an actual composition let me know. No wonder no one listens to phillip glass
Posted 18 years ago by MikeCloud    [ Reply ]
I would give it an 8, but the length and repetition make me drop the rating to 7.
Posted 18 years ago by DrLex    [ Reply ]
Picked up this CD from Amazon a couple of weeks ago -and I love it - however there is a strange clicking sound, almost like a metronome, in the background during the first cut. Anyone else experience this ? If not, then maybe my CD is faulty.
Posted 18 years ago by peyotecoyote    [ Reply ]
wow. 10.
Posted 18 years ago by nick_valensi    [ Reply ]
I like Philip Glass for the same reason I like Stereolab. I find the repitition hypnotic. I can understand why it would drive some people out of their skulls, though.
Posted 18 years ago by MaxEmerika    [ Reply ]
Angelof9 wrote:
Right!! Thanks for reminding me.
Huh... I knew that sounded familiar in the episode; my old roommate had several Philip Glass CDs, so I must have heard it before. I should have known it was Glass. I wonder how he would feel about the music being attributed to a fictional character?
Posted 18 years ago by UltraNurd    [ Reply ]
donpdonp wrote:
it took me a minute to remember where i heard this beautiful song before. on battlestar galactica (sci-fi channel, 2005) when kara thrace returns to caprica and to her old apartment, she plays this music.
Right!! Thanks for reminding me.
Posted 18 years ago by Angelof9    [ Reply ]
Trustocity wrote:
Are you the one giving 10's for these experiments in atonal torture? I've listened to heartbeats with more interesting variations.
"Atonal torture". That's a good one. There's hardly anything that evokes stronger visceral loathing in me than Phillip Glass. Empty, boring, tuneless. Funny, because there are plenty of tuneless, repetitive things that rock. But there's something truly empty and pretentious about Glass.
Posted 18 years ago by FlatCat    [ Reply ]
I keep thinking the Jayhawks "The Man Who Loved Life" is going to kick in. Freaking me out.
Posted 18 years ago by hannibal812    [ Reply ]
Nice song made better for being on THE BEST SHOW EVER
Posted 18 years ago by jenseda    [ Reply ]
Co-worker sez: "That'd be cool if they threw some violins in there."
Posted 18 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
it took me a minute to remember where i heard this beautiful song before. on battlestar galactica (sci-fi channel, 2005) when kara thrace returns to caprica and to her old apartment, she plays this music.
Posted 18 years ago by donpdonp    [ Reply ]
:meditate.gif:
Posted 19 years ago by ScopArch    [ Reply ]
ploafmaster wrote:
Excellent! Another Glass song today? Sweet!
Another Glass song? It's the same Glass song! They're ALL the same Glass song. Are you the one giving 10's for these experiments in atonal torture? I've listened to heartbeats with more interesting variations.
Posted 19 years ago by Trustocity    [ Reply ]
I find Glass so annoying and empty. I just don't get the repetitive-austerity-autistic thing. There's no there there. Satie is also austere, but there is a tune.
Posted 19 years ago by FlatCat    [ Reply ]
whoever said he has one song with a few hundred variations on the other song earlier today....you're right!
Posted 19 years ago by rgio    [ Reply ]
Ummm . . not.
Posted 19 years ago by dango    [ Reply ]
Some Philip Glass I really enjoy, some just bores me. But any rate, my mind is forever polluted and I laugh myself silly everytime I hear Philip Glass or his name as all I can think of is that episode from South Park where he is hauled out on stage to peform the music for their presentation.
Posted 19 years ago by beelzebubba    [ Reply ]
Excellent! Another Glass song today? Sweet!
Posted 19 years ago by ploafmaster    [ Reply ]
is it Glass' birthday or something? second track today.
Posted 19 years ago by MisterVErb    [ Reply ]
I saw/heard that piece performed live by Frederick Chiu a few weeks back at a great little concert hall at the local art center. It put me to sleep today just as it did then :D
Posted 19 years ago by AlanCE    [ Reply ]
Yeah, but ... where's the metamorphosis? Where's the change? It's the same blasted thing from one end to the other. Oh well ...
Posted 19 years ago by hanssachs    [ Reply ]
Cool.
Posted 19 years ago by wafflecrotch    [ Reply ]
Skeletor < View Profile > Location: Hunkered down. Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2004 2:40 pm < Reply > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On the heels of DSOTM, this is brilliant. Care for any of his Koyaanisqatsi stuff? Will upload.... So is RP really a looped program --- albeit one that loops after six months or so? Is it a secret government project? Am I paranoid? And if I'm not paranoid, can they still be after me??
Posted 19 years ago by neilpeart    [ Reply ]
I can't believe it...a Philip Glass tune that doesn't sound EXACTLY like every other thing he's written. Repetitive yes, but very relaxing...
Posted 19 years ago by MrMan    [ Reply ]
The album is "Solo Piano," I believe.
Posted 19 years ago by Patrick    [ Reply ]
How about a glass of red wine and a comfy chair over in the corner?
Posted 19 years ago by japanmoran    [ Reply ]
Just upped from 8 to 10 to show how much better this is than the stuff I don't like Serene beauty. Wonderful composition. Brilliantly played. More Glass, more Reich.
Posted 19 years ago by Tux    [ Reply ]
Skeletor wrote:
On the heels of DSOTM, this is brilliant. Care for any of his Koyaanisqatsi stuff? Will upload....
For those that liked the visuals in Koyannisqatsi, may I recommend "Baraka" as a movie that is stunningly beautiful?!? Not a word spoken nor subtitles of any kind in "Baraka", and the music is sorta new-agey (nothing like Glass), but the movie works. Again, if you like the VISUAL aspect of Koyannisqatsi, you'll like "Baraka".
Posted 19 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
One of the Apollo astronauts was quoted as saying "magnificent desolation" when asked what he thought of the moon. This song makes me think of that quote. Beauty and sorrow in one package.
Posted 19 years ago by Marr    [ Reply ]
Bill, are you practicing the piano in the studio? jes kidding, pretty interesting... (in moderation)
Posted 19 years ago by coding_to_music    [ Reply ]
StevieB wrote:
Thank God I'm not driving right now. I'd probably drive myself off a cliff, (if I didn't fall asleep first)
We're all glad, too. Driving and typing don't mix.
Posted 19 years ago by diane    [ Reply ]
I see: a grey day, coming on to dusk - lots of dull leftover fall leaves blowing around in small vortices - in the corners of brick apt buildings, store doorways, closed gov buildings - snow has just started to fall... whirlwinds here, whirlwinds there...
Posted 19 years ago by diane    [ Reply ]
Thank God I'm not driving right now. I'd probably drive myself off a cliff, (if I didn't fall asleep first)
Posted 19 years ago by StevieB    [ Reply ]
I could listen to more of this. Actually, it puts me in the mood for Ludovico Einaudi.
Posted 19 years ago by fureanbode    [ Reply ]
ObsidianInfinity wrote:
Repetative and anoyingly predictable....but nevertheless pretty decent.
Yup, technically adept but just void of any soul to me. It is trance-like and soothing but on the other hand I find myself restless after a while which cancels it all out.
Posted 19 years ago by justlistening    [ Reply ]
Bravo to RP for just playing Phillip Glass!
Posted 19 years ago by jadewahoo    [ Reply ]
Repetative and anoyingly predictable....but nevertheless pretty decent.
Posted 20 years ago by ObsidianInfinity    [ Reply ]
Skeletor wrote:
On the heels of DSOTM, this is brilliant. Care for any of his Koyaanisqatsi stuff? Will upload....
i like that better than this.
Posted 20 years ago by KurtfromLaQuinta    [ Reply ]
It has the same sort of relaxing, mystifying effect on me as for instance Debussy's music can have. Though the latter's music is more romantic (19th century!). It all depends on whether I'm prepared to open up for it. Not always. Isn't that BB King speaking in the introduction to this "song"? Sounds like him.
Posted 20 years ago by Johray63    [ Reply ]
Is the cd stuck or something? Same chords over and over. Dull.
Posted 20 years ago by minimole    [ Reply ]
Wowm this just simple incredible, what an extraordinaire artist.
Posted 20 years ago by masterhead    [ Reply ]
Shimmer wrote:
Nice, but not much of a threat to Mozart, Beethoven, or even George Winston.
..and shouldn't be compared to those composers/ artists. Truly an apples and oranges sorta thing.
Posted 20 years ago by redeyespy    [ Reply ]
On the heels of DSOTM, this is brilliant. Care for any of his Koyaanisqatsi stuff? Will upload....
Posted 20 years ago by Skeletor    [ Reply ]
Huge fan of Phillip Glass and Peter Gabriel. I think there's a theme here....
Posted 20 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
:sunny.gif:
Posted 20 years ago by R_P    [ Reply ]
dmax wrote:
I remember taping all the sides of Einstein on the Beach onto a reel of tape and playing the whole damn thing in a row. Somewhere around side 6 or 7 I break through the wall, and it all clicked with me. I love a lot of Glass' stuff, but it's not background music or rock and roll.
Agreed. but I love it - and love Einsten on the Beach. Don't know if you have seen the qatsi trilogy movies with Glass music, but it is truly mesmerizing.....
Posted 20 years ago by Zukiwi    [ Reply ]
Should be titled \"Monotonous Five\"! Not much happening here!
Posted 21 years ago by Pipes    [ Reply ]
I love piano music but his songs are not doing anything for me :(
Posted 21 years ago by ladyj    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by great_one: Repetitive, redundant and on top of that, he keeps playing the same damn thing over and over!
Guys like Philip Glass, Steve Reich, that's just kinda what they do. Some find it dull, some such as me, find it hypnotic.
Posted 21 years ago by kirch    [ Reply ]
Actually, it's from"The Thin Blue Line," the Errol Morris Film based on "Adams V. Texas" re: an innocent man on Death Row. More fiction the world can live without, (tongue firmly in cheek!)
Originally Posted by window: Yes, this was in The Truman Show.
Posted 21 years ago by SnipeHunter    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by great_one: Repetitive, redundant and on top of that, he keeps playing the same damn thing over and over!
That was a good one. Great stuff, isn't it?
Posted 21 years ago by mperry    [ Reply ]
Nice, but not much of a threat to Mozart, Beethoven, or even George Winston.
Posted 21 years ago by Shimmer    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by rgj13: Hey, at least RP didn't play Glass's (in)famous piece that's all silence...
FYI: That's John Cage, not Philip Glass. Philip Glass is quite normal compared to John Cage. ;)
Posted 21 years ago by deneb    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by tdierks: Was this in some movie or tv show??
Yes, this was in The Truman Show.
Posted 21 years ago by window    [ Reply ]
Was this in some movie or tv show??
Posted 21 years ago by tdierks    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by roguewarer: Can I just say I think Philip Glass's phrasing is repetitive and uninspiring? Can I just say I think Philip Glass's phrasing is repetitive and uninspiring? Can I just say I think Philip Glass's phrasing is repetitive and uninspiring? Can I just say I think Philip Glass's phrasing is repetitive and uninspiring?
That is his style - He's a minimalist - Long and repetitive.
Posted 21 years ago by KevinM    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by hobbitt: You definitely have to be in the right frame of mind for Glass. And I'm almost never in that state. *yawn*
I'm sorry for you hobbitt; it betrays your nom du plume (sp?) Wishing you well.
Posted 21 years ago by mperry    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by hobbitt: You definitely have to be in the right frame of mind for Glass. And I'm almost never in that state. *yawn*
Hey, at least RP didn't play Glass's (in)famous piece that's all silence...
Posted 21 years ago by rgj13    [ Reply ]
This is beautiful.
Posted 21 years ago by mperry    [ Reply ]
You definitely have to be in the right frame of mind for Glass. And I\'m almost never in that state. *yawn*
Posted 22 years ago by hobbitt    [ Reply ]
Philip Glass\' piano solos are some of the most beautiful ever composed. Amazing.
Posted 22 years ago by camworld    [ Reply ]
thanks for this!
Posted 22 years ago by red    [ Reply ]