03-08-2016, 13:41
^Perfect subject matter for the trippy times, and yes, it does stand up well.
David Axelrod made two instrumental albums based on Blakeâs works â Song of Innocence and Songs of Experience.
Both volumes of poems were illustrated and hand-written by Blake himself â apparently he was quite pedantic about their presentation, and being a printer, he had the means to experiment to his heartsâ content. Initially published as two separate volumes, he later bound them together and presented them as Songs of Innocence and Experience Showing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul.
![[Image: 220px-Songs_of_Innocence_and_of_Experien...ject_1.jpg]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Songs_of_Innocence_and_of_Experience%2C_copy_AA%2C _object_1.jpg/220px-Songs_of_Innocence_and_of_Experience%2C_copy_AA%2C _object_1.jpg)
I don't know how to classify Axelrod's albums in terms of genre - they're a combination of pop/jazz/orchestral/symphonic - and I haven't heard any of his other stuff but gather that he gets quite avant garde and experimental from here on. Both of these albums are eminently listenable to my ears â hereâs a track from Songs of Experience â âA Little Girl Lostâ â¦.
[video=youtube;JYmTWY0zXHc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYmTWY0zXHc[/video]
David Axelrod made two instrumental albums based on Blakeâs works â Song of Innocence and Songs of Experience.
Both volumes of poems were illustrated and hand-written by Blake himself â apparently he was quite pedantic about their presentation, and being a printer, he had the means to experiment to his heartsâ content. Initially published as two separate volumes, he later bound them together and presented them as Songs of Innocence and Experience Showing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul.
I don't know how to classify Axelrod's albums in terms of genre - they're a combination of pop/jazz/orchestral/symphonic - and I haven't heard any of his other stuff but gather that he gets quite avant garde and experimental from here on. Both of these albums are eminently listenable to my ears â hereâs a track from Songs of Experience â âA Little Girl Lostâ â¦.
[video=youtube;JYmTWY0zXHc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYmTWY0zXHc[/video]
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