antarctica_music epitome of incomprehensibility Correction to what I wrote on movie_marathon: yes, raze did include the link to the Sesame Street Antarctica song in 335_songs_part_four, in response to my comment, but no, it's not about people going to Antarctica by mistake - they're promoting the place to prospective vacationers! and the tune is simple but a little bit different from the first part of the instrumental song I wrote. Of course, I could've taken the next part of it from somewhere else. So, Sesame Street Antarctica: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7Rb-p41jz4 Vangelis Antarctica: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOwuniIgYXM&list=PL0064B112FCA46CD4 (There's more Antarctica to the album. Right now I find the percussion in the theme rather bland, too shuffle n' sparkle, though I guess it reflects the vast snow plains of the Antarctic interior. Tune's pretty, though.) For some reason I thought Toru Takemitsu did an Antarctica piece, but I was mixing it up with riverrun, a Finnegans Wake-themed piece. "Same difference" because both difficult subjects to musicalize? At any rate, feel free to list your Antarctica-themed music here! 141007 ... raze the one that comes to my mind is john cale's "antarctica starts here": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sbmo0MfLiBE i always thought it was an interesting choice he made, to sing the song in a strained whisper. then i read it was a guide vocal he never meant to use. he was whispering so there wouldn't be any vocal bleed in the other microphones and intended to recorded a new vocal track after the fact, but when they listened to the playback in the studio with the whisper track, it felt right. 141007 ... e_o_i Cool. The whispering voice makes the mood sort of enigmatic. My mind, being the silly thing it is, didn't recognize the name John Cale, so I was semi-consciously thinking of John Cage and Nick Cave. When I started thinking "Well, this isn't how I expected this to sound" I realize I was really thinking "Hey, this doesn't sound much like John Cage OR Nick Cave!" 141007 ... unhinged modest_mouse 141007 what's it to you? who go blather from