Cornelius Cardew's folk songs were very, very literal, and they were just about workers smashing their chains. It was like reading Das Kapital over a folk-song melody, and it's a spectacular failure, in my opinion.
I do like that idea that music can work on two levels, and you only pick up on the second one after a few listens. - Alasdair Maclean
I do like that idea that music can work on two levels, and you only pick up on the second one after a few listens.
- Alasdair Maclean
When you're in a daze - whether it's from running or a hangover or whatever else - I think that ideas from your subconscious can slip through more ea… - Alasdair Maclean
When you're in a daze - whether it's from running or a hangover or whatever else - I think that ideas from your subconscious can slip through more ea…
I remember the period in the 1980s where the Beatles were terminally uncool, and it seemed to me then like they were just my little secret, and the r… - Alasdair Maclean
I remember the period in the 1980s where the Beatles were terminally uncool, and it seemed to me then like they were just my little secret, and the r…
One of the great things about being in a band is that you meet so many other musicians who will turn you on to stuff you would never have otherwise f… - Alasdair Maclean
One of the great things about being in a band is that you meet so many other musicians who will turn you on to stuff you would never have otherwise f…
I have the longing that all writers have for new ears to pour my words into. - Alasdair Maclean
I have the longing that all writers have for new ears to pour my words into.
There's nobody on a normal income who can afford to live anywhere centrally, so everything becomes displaced and decentralized. The city [of London] … - Alasdair Maclean
There's nobody on a normal income who can afford to live anywhere centrally, so everything becomes displaced and decentralized. The city [of London] …
I think the music that's part of your heritage is what you spend a lot of your early life rejecting. The very idea of folk music would break me out i… - Alasdair Maclean
I think the music that's part of your heritage is what you spend a lot of your early life rejecting. The very idea of folk music would break me out i…
I'm a huge Boards Of Canada fan. They're my favorite contemporary band. The interesting thing about Boards Of Canada is, they use analog and digital … - Alasdair Maclean
I'm a huge Boards Of Canada fan. They're my favorite contemporary band. The interesting thing about Boards Of Canada is, they use analog and digital …
I was very lucky, because when I was at school, I had a great music teacher who would just take out these free-jazz records and play them for me. So … - Alasdair Maclean
I was very lucky, because when I was at school, I had a great music teacher who would just take out these free-jazz records and play them for me. So …
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