Filtre4Pole schrieb am 12.10.2002 1:39 Uhr:
I'm *relatively* familiar to the oeuvre of Pierre Schaeffer, and I'm far away from overrating him, but it seems to me that there are at best superficial relations between his works and the recordings of JMJ.
ok, but we are talking here about 'influences' ( not 'copying'! ;-)
Who is "we"? I for my part talked about relations.
*rotflol* (you're not kidding here???) ):-))
(that means OBVIOUSLY you don't KNOW "Oxygene" & "Equinoxe" (??) ;-)) I'm afraid your opinion is ABSOLUTELY wrong!! Sorry!
An opinion can't be described in terms like "right" or "wrong". Far be it from me to pass judgement on other people's taste. But I can assure you: I know the mentioned records up to the last groove, since they were released, and I'm not going to change my mind. Jean Michel Jarre, IMHO, is a musician with great craft skills, but what he does is in the first line just arts and craft. I agree with you that "Oxygene" is (still) his best record (and there are some good moments on "The Concerts In China" and "Revolutions"), but whatever happens, it's just calculated for effect. After ten minutes of listening I'm bored to death with it, I can't help. It's musically one-dimensional and unimaginative. But yes, he's clever. The James Last of electronic music. Not to mention JMJ's conceited live (?) appearences with gigantic choirs, orchestras, faked laser harp, virtual hamburger kitchens and what else, like the latest fairground sensation ... It's all a bit laughable. But I say it again: This is just my opinion. No one is forced to share it. -jan __________________________________________________________________ Gesendet von Yahoo! Mail - http://mail.yahoo.de Yahoo! präsentiert als offizieller Sponsor das Fußball-Highlight des Jahres: - http://www.FIFAworldcup.com