There is a beauty to simplicity. Where there is space, there is potential. Brian Eno, when conceptualizing "Discreet Music", realized that when attempting to hear faint, faraway sounds from his hospital bed his brain added notes that were not there. The creation of a new musical world isn't necessarily measured by what it adds as much as it is measured by what it implies. Jazz musicians call these "the notes you don't play".
Here are some of my favorite examples of this in trippy video form:
1. Young Marble Giants - Searching For Mr. Right
Using aerosol cans and other simple sounds, this band created an artificial drum set for arguably one of the best-recorded albums of all time, "Colossal Youth" (1980).
2. Banana Splits - Gonna Find a Cave
One of the best of the "Saturday Morning" bands, if not the best. The Banana Splits show that it's not which three chords you use for a song, it's how you play them.
3. Minutemen - This Ain't No Picnic
Music belongs to everyone. It's not just for record labels, MTV, radio stations, or corporate arenas. Music started long before people. It is our vehicle for our message. Revolutions are born from music. It is not to be underestimated. Remember that, it sounds important.
4. Genesis - "I Know What I Like"
Musical performance provides the opportunity to take an audience out of their lives and out of their troubles and out of their minds. It can be magical. With this kind of power at your fingertips, it is important to know that you are using it for good.
5. Can - Flow Motion
Music says more than words can. Can says more with no words than the Dust Bunnies can. But, we do what we can.
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