[Round 4: Tangential Seconds – Week 3]
“A Fifth of Beethoven”by Walter Murphy
Base Artist: [Ludwig Van Beethoven]
“Judith”by A Perfect Circle
Base Artist: [Maynard James Keenan]
Base Artist: [Ludwig Van Beethoven]
Base Artist: [Maynard James Keenan]
Walter Murphy – Saturday Night Fever. Tony was store clerk by day, king of the dance floor by night. that’s all I got. never heard of this man. This song is awesome.
A perfect Circle – My favorite Perfect Circle song. I believe this would be tool. Although Maynard I believe started the band Puscifer?. This is one song I can put on repeat and listen to all day
Walter Murphy – A Fifth of Beethoven
Kind of like in Amadeus when Mozart takes Salieri’s piece and improves upon it, Walter Murphy expands upon Ludwig’s riff, creating a triumphant masterpiece.
Attempting to ride the wave, Beethoven came out of retirement & embarked on a greatest hits tour which was, ironically, not as successful as the concurrent tribute show, Beathovania – starring Larry Ferrari.
Instagram: Amadeus snippet
An interesting article on Salieri
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/06/03/antonio-salieris-revenge
Perfect Circle- This is a genre with which I am not very familiar. Before listening I wondered if the band took their name from the REM song. After listening, I have no doubt that that is incorrect. Prior to writing this I read Ian’s comment and since I saw Tool it all made sense. This song struck me as a little less crisp and precise than the Tool stuff. Certaiy like the drive and layered fuzz. Probay could muster the patience for a whole album, but this was ok for a listen. Had a hard time making out the words so I just imagined it was someone with a lisp singing about Judas.
Walter Murphy – A Fifth of Beethoven
Most kidding aside, this is some cheesy fun. Makes me want strap on some roller skates and go round the oval rink.
A Perfect Circle – Judith
Dream Theater and Porcupine Tree can veer into, or at least near, this territory and this is melodic enough, and doesn’t quite go into full croak, for me to “enjoy” – especially the drummer’s effort. I think it also helps that it doesn’t extend much over the 4-minute mark.
“A Fifth of Beethoven” / Walter Murphy. Oh, no, not this thing. Gave me a real ’70s flashback, and not the good kind. I don’t know anything about the background of this recording; if one was being generous, it’s a playful mashup of Ludwig von and some Stevie Wonder-lite funk. There’s a bit of cleverness in the keyboard part, but mostly the whole thing makes me sad. This was actually a hit, wasn’t it? Base artist: Schrodinger’s Cat.
A Perfect Circle / “Judith.” This sounds like a lot of stuff from the 90s; maybe if I had listened more closely back then this would sound more like itself. Passable hard rock of the period, with the suggestive refrain “it’s not like you killed someone,” and there’s some stuff about Jesus. The guitar sounds cool; the singer is overly angsty in that mannered 90s way I’ve never dug. Base artist: had to look it up; seems like they’re a “supergroup” with the dude from Tool singing, so how about Tool.
“A Fifth of Beethoven” by Walter Murphy: I would call this one ear candy and a guilty pleasure. Disco era goodness with that oh so pure organ juice percolating throughout the arrangement.
“Judith” by A Perfect Circle: Wow..had to re-calibrate my senses for this one after coming off the Walter Murphy. First off, I love the mix…punchy, warm and everything so in its place. Enjoyed the ride.
A Fifth – Say what you will, but the engineers of the time were top notch.
Circle – Not sure how I feel about this one. Bits I find intriguing, but the vocals take me to a place I don’t care for.