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6:00 AM GMT 28/07/2008
Revolution 9
A cubist collage, arranged in Dada fashion, that reeks of LSD.
Paul Leary (Butthole Surfers): “It was a statement that said they were free to do whatever the fuck they wanted to do. That’s what the entire White Album is and Revolution 9 is part of that picture. It breaks loose from standard conceptions and conventions. Plus, it’s kind of hurt and there’s something charming about being *that hurt – especially when you’re The Beatles."
"Here was a band that, just a few years earlier, had girls chasing them down the street and here they are, deep in the bowels of weirdness. It isn’t even a song, more of a sketch of an acid trip. It depicts elements of acid such as finding importance in the smallest and most meaningless details. There is importance in its lack of importance. I get the feeling that they just thought that Revolution 9 would be a cool thing to do. They probably took enough acid to where they just never came down and a few months later they were like, ‘Wow, this song’s got legs! Let’s put it on the record.’ The Butthole Surfers tried to incorporate things like that. There was a time when we were living in the country and we bought a cassette recorder with a microphone and just walked around gathering environmental noises to put collages together. It was all down to The Beatles.”
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 28/07/2008
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This collage is right where chaotic ambient/industrial music takes us today. It's amazing that it was recorded in 1968. For all that need to understand put on headphones and listen to this track in the dark, then read up on Stockhausen and John Cage. Yoko Ono was brilliant in encouraging Lennon to explore his avant garde side as he composed this dynamic piece of sampled chaos!
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