Oh, I loved every second of Lumpy Gravy... I don't know what else I can say about it. It's different than anything else you can imagine, but it's different in the best kind of way. When I think about it, this album isn't even as "different" as the majority of the Zappa that I have heard. All in all, I just think it's amazing, and I could listen to it again and again.
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Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians: The performance that I listened to may have just not been done so well, but the beginning tone that is repeated throughout was a little too overpowering for the first minute or two, even as it occasionally changed by a note or two. It was a little too much. If it had been slightly more subtle, it probably would have held my attention better.
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Six Marimbas, again with the Reich: Definitely worth the listen. Very complex. The repetition kind of got to me after a while, but it really did take a long time for that to happen. Overall, I don't know that I would go out of my way to listen to it again, but I don't regret listening to it. Although, it is rather hypnotizing, so there might be some interesting use to it, deep down...
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Plunderphonics: I just have one question... with that whole Canada Copyright Act, how would they know it was a copyrighted piece if you altered it beyond recognition? How would they catch you, unless you explicitly said what you sampled from?
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