two very different cases...the leningrad cowboys cover of 'stairway to
heaven' with the red army chorus. it is a mixture of the most overplayed
good rock song and the former soviet union's idea of pops. the other
example is a little harder to make connections with. scott walker, a brief
topic on 'vocalist' some months ago, and one of the strangest rock people
ever, did an album in the 80s (i think) that did not have the customary
simple rock forms. i am not sure if it is the texture of the music or the
morose atmosphere it creates but, for me, it is the only material that is at
all close to stockhausen's 'gesang der jungling', the most stark depressing
piece i have ever heard.
one could legitimately say that stockhausen himself is far removed from
classical music but, that would only bring up the question "at which composer
do we draw the line?" for that matter, one could say 'late schoenberg
showed some evidence of being influenced by early schoenberg".
mike
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