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Mountain, LVB's 6th
My latest thrill is listening to Mountain's Nantucket Sleighride- mostly fantastic album, with a heaviness that swings, unlike later metal bands. Beethoven's 6th is sounding better and better as I get older. It's full of the usual cleverness, but without the bombastic quality, although he still plays the hero. I think it shows his best sense of 'balance' in terms of lengths of sections, lengths of moods and emotions. The way he slowly morphs one section into another is beautiful and works in an abstract way. It feels like an adventurous discovery- the way the arrangements evolve. I think now it is actually surpassing the 9th, for me.
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Comment by Doug Lauber on April 1, 2009 at 1:28pm -
Simon, that tune is named, 'Taunta', and I like it too. The opening tune is powerful, with fantastic drums- 'Don't Look Around'. I just think LVB uses very good taste in the construction of the 6th. It's tastefully constructed. I look at the emotions and the structure, as opposed to some reference to a landscape with weather patterns. The 5th has been over-played, like Stairway to Heaven. For me the famous theme of the 5th is too overbearing. I never tire of the melodies of the 6th. The 5th shows the cleverness of expanding on a very short riff.
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