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Post by Lori on Oct 5, 2005 9:13:45 GMT
Discuss the album 'Aerial' as a whole.
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Max
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Post by Max on Nov 2, 2005 17:24:52 GMT
Today on Radio 2, Kate talked about 'Aerial' and how excited she was about it coming out. Here's my transciption of what she said:
The word (aerial) has got so many levels to it, it actually means ‘of the air’ and, y’know, I always had an image of aerial suggesting height, so I thought it worked very well for the second disc with the theme of birds. Also, an aerial is something that connects and gives out sound waves. We’ve all got aerials connected to our televisions and our mobile phones. I just thought it was an interesting word that had lots of puns. I’m so excited about it coming out. They took so long to make, I just thought I was never going to finish it. It took so long to piece together and try and make it work. There were so many times I just thought I wasn’t going to have the energy or the strength to finish it, so it’s fantastic relief to have it all done. When I first finished it, I felt like I had been let out on good behaviour. And it’s great because I can do other things. The response from other people has been so positive, I’m so excited! I think I did worry about there being such a long gap, I was worried I think, you know, in some ways, without wanting to sound sentimental, I was worried people had forgot about me, and actually, I think quite the reverse has happened…
Max
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Post by Kevin2 on Nov 9, 2005 18:43:55 GMT
Aerial shows up as "Aerial [UK] Disc1/2" when I play it on the puter. Is the UK version the one that is supposed to be available for purchase in the US?
Also, the album cover doesn't appear in its designated box. A generic music doohickey graphic is in its place - I wonder why.
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Post by Pete on Nov 16, 2005 11:21:24 GMT
I'm sad - I know I'm sad, but does anybody know which song it is that appears on the front cover?
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Post by Adey on Nov 16, 2005 11:41:47 GMT
Hi Pete.
If you're referring to the waveform on the cover, then it's a sound recording of a blackbird singing. The audio file is used in several places on a Sky of Honey..
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Post by Pete on Nov 17, 2005 10:04:34 GMT
Thanks Adey. That's surprised me a bit - perverse as it may sound it doesn't look much like birdsong! Good stuff though - thanks very much.
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tabatha
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Post by tabatha on Nov 25, 2005 15:58:21 GMT
Does any one ever associate the albums with things they are doing and things that are happening to them when they are first listening to them?
When I first began to properly listen to a Sky of Honey, as I listened to a Sea more first, I was reading Harry Potter Four. And I can't help but think of it when I listen to Sunset on wards. To me it just fits so utterly perfectly.
Equally I can't stop thinking of the game I was playing when I first listened to Lionheart.
Do any of you suffer from this?
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Post by Al Truest on Nov 25, 2005 18:36:51 GMT
Does any one ever associate the albums with things they are doing and things that are happening to them when they are first listening to them? When I first began to properly listen to a Sky of Honey, as I listened to a Sea more first, I was reading Harry Potter Four. And I can't help but think of it when I listen to Sunset on wards. To me it just fits so utterly perfectly. Equally I can't stop thinking of the game I was playing when I first listened to Lionheart. Do any of you suffer from this? I don't know if I'd call it suffering. But yes my associative cognition results from the ritualistic manner in which I first listened to Aerial, that is, at midnight in the immediate minutes after it's release. I listened straight through with the windows down and the volume up. City lights and still countryside heightened the experience to a level of nearly worship and communion. This has colored the way I view the album from then on. It is also one reason I look on it so favorably.
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Post by Xanadu on Nov 25, 2005 19:56:54 GMT
Does any one ever associate the albums with things they are doing and things that are happening to them when they are first listening to them? When I first began to properly listen to a Sky of Honey, as I listened to a Sea more first, I was reading Harry Potter Four. And I can't help but think of it when I listen to Sunset on wards. To me it just fits so utterly perfectly. Equally I can't stop thinking of the game I was playing when I first listened to Lionheart. Do any of you suffer from this? I don't know if I'd call it suffering. But yes my associative cognition results from the ritualistic manner in which I first listened to Aerial, that is, at midnight in the immediate minutes after it's release. I listened straight through with the windows down and the volume up. City lights and still countryside heightened the experience to a level of nearly worship and communion. This has colored the way I view the album from then on. It is also one reason I look on it so favorably. I would never consider it something to suffer from, either. Many of my favorite CDs have a wonderful moment I always associate them with. I began loving Kate's music one afternoon, the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, my first year in California. I was stuck in horrible holiday traffic for almost 3 hours with only The Whole Story to keep me company. I wonder if it all would have gone the same without that day. As for my first impressions of Aerial... I would change a moment. My memories of King of the Mountain, Sunset, Somewhere In Between, Nocturne, and Aerial specifically will forever be tied to the afternoon and evening I first heard it.... The morning sun beamed through the mountains and sparkling off the water. The spray of the ocean like glitter in the sky. The call of the seagulls flying overhead. A winding road, and all that was familiar fell behind as the leaves were changing to all the colors of autumn. Then, the castle was somewhere hidden in the fog of the late afternoon ocean air. We climbed higher and higher until we were above the clouds and all the land was lost in white. And then his dream appeared, imperial and glowing, with all the bronze and marble a flame in sunlight. As we walked through the dust filled darkened rooms, we imagined that life was once here. A man, his family and friends once swam in the Roman pools and slept in the royal beds. But now, that has passed. In its wake, all that remains is the appreciation of the priceless spoils of history. However, I think I caught his spirit on the way down, where wild animals grazed in the sunset and the childhood trees, twisted and immense, still wait for him to touch the sky. Later... in the pitch black, with a sliver crescent moon, we walked out, above the gentle waves of the Pacific Ocean. The farther we walked, the farther the noise became, until the darkness enveloped me. The boardwalk below my feet disappeared entirely, as I strained to see my way. Then I stopped trying. I stood at the end of the coast, floating over the water, reeling in the confusion between water and sky. The stars were countless overhead and blended seamlessly with the dancing light on the waves. Even the small line of rooms behind blinked at me with a delicate light. I wanted to capture that feeling, that light, but no camera would commit something so pure in a flat dimension. I let Kate's voice do it for me. Al, I think your experience was amazing for a first listen to Aerial. I would have expected nothing less from you. I'm sure it contributed to your love of the music, and will always remain. We should share some other moments from Aerial, don't you think?
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Sheila
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Post by Sheila on Nov 26, 2005 3:11:39 GMT
Does any one ever associate the albums with things they are doing and things that are happening to them when they are first listening to them? When I first began to properly listen to a Sky of Honey, as I listened to a Sea more first, I was reading Harry Potter Four. And I can't help but think of it when I listen to Sunset on wards. To me it just fits so utterly perfectly. Equally I can't stop thinking of the game I was playing when I first listened to Lionheart. Do any of you suffer from this? The only time that really happened to me was when I was deep into the Cure and bought "The Top". I listened to it as I read the "Chronicles of Narnia" and will forever (and it's been almost 20 years now) coincide them...
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Post by Adey on Nov 26, 2005 14:44:15 GMT
Nicely done you guys (love your postcard and prose Xan..)
In my desperation to hear Aerial, I regret that it was not entirely the profound experience it should have been. Though the quality was immediately apparent, my initial hearing was accompanied by images of run down local authority housing estates. Hardly ideal..
I listened to it again in it's entirety on good quality studio headphones once I got home. Much more acceptable - wallowing in imagined images of warm summer afternoons, dusky evenings as the sun goes and the still of the night in the countryside. Morning of course was my favourite spot on a seaside town common - an oasis of quiet tranquility before the City raised it's sleepy head..
Kate's incredible music sent me effortlessly to these places, and still does on repeated hearings. Unusually, only in the last few days is the musical forensic scientist in me starting to make it's appearance - what a killjoy..
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Post by Al Truest on Nov 27, 2005 22:17:10 GMT
Thank you Zan. What lovely words and expressions. The prose Adey speaks of borders on the poetic.
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Post by Adey on Nov 29, 2005 2:45:42 GMT
The more I hear of Aerial, the more I think that it's the work of a very happy woman..
Anyone care to comment?
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Post by Al Truest on Nov 29, 2005 2:52:17 GMT
The more I hear of Aerial, the more I think that it's the work of a very happy woman.. Anyone care to comment?I was thinking that very thought today. What made me realize it, or more precisely verify an existing vague feeling as such, was the word 'beautiful' being used in at least four songs. (3 on "Sky") More later....
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Post by Adey on Nov 29, 2005 13:36:38 GMT
I'll share my own thoughts on this too..
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