A composer's take on MHTRTC

  On 10/3/2024 at 12:32 PM, mcbpete said:

 

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lol that intro.

Music Has That Reaction To Cats

Good watch

Lovely, but the tacked-on Happy Cycling is bad, mmmkay? It's a good track, but it doesn't belong there.

  On 10/3/2024 at 9:32 PM, dcom said:

Lovely, but the tacked-on Happy Cycling is bad, mmmkay? It's a good track, but it doesn't belong there.

Absolutely agreed, had no idea that track was added to the re-issue. 'One Very Important Thought' is obviously a closer track, it even says 'now that the show is over' .... well done blerp you blamped it

Telephasic Workshop at 9:33 is interesting, and how she's able to identify the progression and relate it to "super mario cadence"

this is quite good imo. I think her videos on the downward spiral are really cool, too. 

  On 10/3/2024 at 10:32 PM, Alcofribas said:

this is quite good imo. I think her videos on the downward spiral are really cool, too. 

and drukqs!

  On 10/3/2024 at 9:32 PM, dcom said:

Lovely, but the tacked-on Happy Cycling is bad, mmmkay? It's a good track, but it doesn't belong there.

Absolutely true! Couldn't have said it better. Doesn't diminish my love for the track. Definitely EP material, glad it's on Peel Sessions.

yeah good analysis. she definitely put time into this especially considering it’s the whole album. wasn’t condescending or “bewildered”which is kinda what i expected going into it. She definitely seems to have a thorough background into electronic music in addition to the obvious traditional music chops which is kinda rare in these kinds of videos from what i’ve seen. nice 

  On 10/3/2024 at 9:32 PM, dcom said:

Lovely, but the tacked-on Happy Cycling is bad, mmmkay? It's a good track, but it doesn't belong there.

  On 10/3/2024 at 9:50 PM, mcbpete said:

Absolutely agreed, had no idea that track was added to the re-issue. 'One Very Important Thought' is obviously a closer track, it even says 'now that the show is over' .... well done blerp you blamped it

  On 10/3/2024 at 11:20 PM, Friendly Stranger said:

Absolutely true! Couldn't have said it better. Doesn't diminish my love for the track. Definitely EP material, glad it's on Peel Sessions.

Having only ever known the US CD version, I must insist in the equal and opposite direction.  From this POV it slays as one of my favorite album closers of all (cri-evri) tiem.  Just hook that closing ostinato to my veins.

The Peel Session and o.g. "bad day" versions are also magical doppelgangers in their own way 

isn't mhtrtc's happy cycling slower than peel session's?

this just made me feel really old. haven't listened to it in ages. when i lived in san diego my GF then used to baby sit for this wee little one. we'd end up carting her around in the car sometimes and i'd play MHTRTC a lot for her and she dug it and once in a while out of nowhere we'd hear her say "ORRrrrrannnnnnnge" and crack up. 

as for the video.. yeah. she has an ear for it. 

enjoyed this one

It's interesting how well she picks up their penchant for detuning. That's something I've always read them say in interviews but I don't really have the ear to notice it. Definitely had to google mixolydian too.

Yes nice! Will see this many times as I did with her Drukqs review that was really good watch! 

  On 10/4/2024 at 3:54 AM, BobDobalina said:

Having only ever known the US CD version, I must insist in the equal and opposite direction.

ya. just stop at track 17? wtf. there's one more!

hard for me to imagine it not having happy cycling as the closer. it's the way I've always heard it ever since this album first resonated inside my eardrums 25 years ago.

Not a big deal with that Happy Cycling track added 

Why is she so pretty, intelligent and interesting? I love her 

this is like a BOC night/heat situation. 
 

“One very important thought” is so obviously the closing track, it makes no sense whatsoever for another track to follow it. 
 

happy cycling bangs, but it’s not on MHTRTC

She's just posted a lovely cover of Olson too -

  On 10/4/2024 at 9:11 PM, Alcofribas said:

this is like a BOC night/heat situation. 
 

“One very important thought” is so obviously the closing track, it makes no sense whatsoever for another track to follow it. 
 

happy cycling bangs, but it’s not on MHTRTC

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  On 10/4/2024 at 9:11 PM, Alcofribas said:

this is like a BOC night/heat situation. 

It's "nyeet".

  On 10/4/2024 at 3:54 AM, BobDobalina said:

Having only ever known the US CD version, I must insist in the equal and opposite direction.  From this POV it slays as one of my favorite album closers of all (cri-evri) tiem.  Just hook that closing ostinato to my veins.

The Peel Session and o.g. "bad day" versions are also magical doppelgangers in their own way 

I'm totally on this side, I grew up with Happy Cycling there and it's part of the package to me, I absolutely adore hearing it at the end of the album.

It is weird though how much my perception of albums was influenced by bonus tracks early on. Like it was years before I realized the RDJ album and Girl/Boy EP were separate releases. But that was a case where it totally made sense and once I figured it out I split them and stopped listening to them as a single album. With Happy Cycling I was too attached to it to take it off and I still love hearing it there.

I like the video too, the piano breakdowns backing up the analysis are really nice. There's a lot of junk in the music reaction video genre on youtube but this is well done and insightful.

she has a really good ear, the melody and chord analysis is pretty accurate. The album is a masterpiece by the bros and yeah cat vibes also.