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Yoga has a rep for being lovely hippie namasteful peace/earth-lovin’ playtime for peaceniks.
You got a !@#$^*)(*#@!@#^*+!@%* problem with that?!
Cue Slash (skip to 7:04 or just watch second vid)
Bonus, via Robbie (see comment, below):
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For those about to asana, we sun salute you.
[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Waylon Lewis, Chicago Thai Massage. Chicago Thai Massage said: Loving, compassionate and gentile…Yes, yoga rocks! RT @elephantjournal Yogaaahaahah! http://bit.ly/6kM6L6 (guitar solo) [...]
Slash's guitar solos are beautiful, but I'm not sure I understand the yoga part?!?
Oh, basically just a fun little excuse for a blog that was meant as some window dressing on that effing rocking Yoga logo I found.
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This post was mentioned on Twitter by elephantjournal: Yogaaaaaaaaaaaahaahah! http://bit.ly/6kM6L6 (guitar solo)…
I thought it was the kind of warrior posing he's doing during the solo.
Powerful music in any case.
Bob Weisenberg
http://YogaDemystified.com
Yoga rocks, but Guns n' Roses does not. Now… Immortal on the other hand does! Check out the romantic individualism here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32n1AK6o5i0
Robbie
Suggest and we shall embed (see above)
Great Post… love the Immortal video
I run a digital magazine for extreme drumming and my wife is a well certified Yogi. I found humor in this simply because, it's something I would never have expected to see… ever
Nice
~Ian
Well, it's nice that we all have such different tastes, but for me that Immortal video is one of the worst pieces of musical junk I've ever heard!
And the hackneyed makeup and histrionics are even worse! The only good thing about it is the scenery. Plus I think Slash does a better Warrior, don't you?
(Do you think I'm too judgmental to be a Yoga writer?)
Bob Weisenberg
http://YogaDemystified.com
Bob,
Immortal, musical junk?
I sense a personal opinion, not so much an objective analysis.
Scandinavian black metal is a genre of music that has vastly more to offer than the face value of "hackneyed makeup." Much of its melody and lyrical content are based in age-old folk songs and folklore. The Northern Irish and Scandinavian cultures have been painting their faces for ages, primarily as warrior masks (remember Braveheart?), so it's nothing new for these bands.
I'm glad you noticed the scenery. Most black metal still abides by the early Romantic/ Gothic motif of nature as the ultimate power. This video exemplifies the romantic concept about our relationship with nature, one that is both exhilarating and frightening all at once.
Have you ever seen the painting “Wanderer above the sea of fog,” by Caspar David Friedich? [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Caspar_David_Fr... This is exactly the relationship that Immortal has with nature. Wikipedia says it best, “This well-known and especially Romantic masterpiece was described by the writer John Lewis Gaddis as leaving a contradictory impression, "suggesting at once mastery over a landscape and the insignificance of the individual within it. We see no face, so it's impossible to know whether the prospect facing the young man is exhilarating, or terrifying, or both."
But don’t let me convince you that there is more to the music than screaming men accompanied by wily guitars and thundering blast beats. Check out this piece by Ben Ratliff for the New York Times: [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/15/arts/music/15me... He takes an approach to analyzing black metal that I’m sure thousands of crazed fans wish they could have said first. And yes, the headline image is a photo of Immortal.
Namaste,
Robbie
my fave painting when I was in my 20s…thirty years ago.
Slash ruuuuuuuules!
Hi, Robbie. Thanks for writing. I hope you noticed I started my comment with, "Well, it's nice that we all have such different tastes…".
That might have sounded sarcastic, but I really meant it! Of course it's my personal opinion, and I welcome yours and everyone else's personal opinion, too.
In the end there's no such thing as "objective opinion" when it comes to art. I don't begrudge anyone their genres or their loves. And I completely respect your love for this genre and your very well-thought-out reasons for your enjoyment.
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I'm a musician first and formost, so I'm not particularly interested in contextual or historical analysis of music I dislike. And musically, to me, this cut is simply repetitive, boring and comical. If I have to read a lot of reviews and history to make me like something, well, it doesn't work for me.
It's true that sometimes repeated listening can change one's mind about music, but I've actually heard quite a lot of every genre of rock, and I just don't like this particular one.
However, I'm glad someone likes it. These guys clearly need a little love!
Bob Weisenberg
http//YogaDemystified.com