[LAU] A bright sparkly little tune from me

[Folderol]

On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:13:20 -0400
Dave Phillips <dlphillips at woh.rr.com> wrote:

> Folderol wrote:
> > On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:44:53 -0400
> > Dave Phillips <dlphillips at woh.rr.com> wrote:
> >
> >   
> >>
> >> I must be perverse. As I listened to this (very fine) tune I kept 
> >> thinking about the horror movie "Carnival Of Souls"...
> >>     
> >
> > Thanks Dave, although I find it slightly disturbing that you sensed
> > something not entirely happy in the tune. You're actually one of three
> > people who have said that, and I can't for the life of me understand how
> > that should come about.
> >
> >   
> 
> Hi Will,
> 
> To my ears the form and instrumentation are reminiscent of music for a 
> carousel or carnival. In my psyche (admittedly influenced by 'way too 
> many horror and sf books & movies from the 50s and 60s) there's 
> something inherently surreal or even menacing about such things and 
> events. Perhaps it's a cultural conditioning ?
> 
> Best,
> 
> dp

That makes sense now. I've never been a film goer, and found horror
books a bit of a yawn so I've not had that kind of influence.

-- 
Will J Godfrey
http://www.musically.me.uk
Say you have a poem and I have a tune.
Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.