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ELP split Tarkus into 7 and a half parts to aid digestibility. | ELP split Tarkus into 7 and a half parts to aid digestibility. | ||
1. Eruption | '''1. Eruption''' | ||
This part describes Tarkus's birth next to a volcano and is pretty intense. It's in 5/4, because if you keep going down, you get 5, 4, 3, and there are only 3 people in the band. It also uses a lot of 4th intervals, to emphasise the 4 part of the 5/4/3 dichotomy. It has a gong in it too which is fucking wicked. BBWWOOOOOOONNNNGGGGG. Haha. What a funny noise. | This part describes Tarkus's birth next to a volcano and is pretty intense. It's in 5/4, because if you keep going down, you get 5, 4, 3, and there are only 3 people in the band. It also uses a lot of 4th intervals, to emphasise the 4 part of the 5/4/3 dichotomy. It has a gong in it too which is fucking wicked. BBWWOOOOOOONNNNGGGGG. Haha. What a funny noise. | ||
2. Stones of Years | '''2. Stones of Years''' | ||
2025 could be considered a stone of a year, having sunk down to the very bottom of the moral sea, embedding itself in the disgusting, writhing shit of fascism. This is definitely what ELP were referencing with this song, as they were well-known for their excellent combined power of foresight. This was in contrast to their limited power of foreskin, as they had only three skins between them. Err... what was I talking about? | 2025 could be considered a stone of a year, having sunk down to the very bottom of the moral sea, embedding itself in the disgusting, writhing shit of fascism. This is definitely what ELP were referencing with this song, as they were well-known for their excellent combined power of foresight. This was in contrast to their limited power of foreskin, as they had only three skins between them. Err... what was I talking about? | ||
3. Iconoclast | '''3. Iconoclast''' | ||
[[Bird|bird]] | [[Bird|bird]] | ||
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Someone smarter than me observed that the rhythmic keyboard stabs near the start of this piece resemble Morse Code. It seems that the Iconoclast was transmitting DD DD. Scholars speculate that this could be an indication of its bra size. | Someone smarter than me observed that the rhythmic keyboard stabs near the start of this piece resemble Morse Code. It seems that the Iconoclast was transmitting DD DD. Scholars speculate that this could be an indication of its bra size. | ||
4. Mass | '''4. Mass''' | ||
religion bad | religion bad | ||
5. Manticore | '''5. Manticore''' | ||
Have you ever seen a manticore? It's like, a kid's idea of a fearsome monster. Who the fuck was writing these bestiaries? Anyway, uh, Tarkus loses to this comical mish-mashed tragedy of a folklore monster and dies. | Have you ever seen a manticore? It's like, a kid's idea of a fearsome monster. Who the fuck was writing these bestiaries? Anyway, uh, Tarkus loses to this comical mish-mashed tragedy of a folklore monster and dies. | ||
6. Battlefield | '''6. Battlefield''' | ||
war bad | war bad | ||
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(This is actually really beautiful.) | (This is actually really beautiful.) | ||
7. Aquatarkus | '''7. Aquatarkus''' | ||
Tarkus's corpse falls in the river and goes for a lovely swim, causing it to be reborn as Aquatarkus. The stupid synth noises in this piece may indicate that this new form has some sort of duck-like vocal chord arrangement, or is subject to extreme and persistent submarinous flatulence. | Tarkus's corpse falls in the river and goes for a lovely swim, causing it to be reborn as Aquatarkus. The stupid synth noises in this piece may indicate that this new form has some sort of duck-like vocal chord arrangement, or is subject to extreme and persistent submarinous flatulence. | ||
7.5 Eruption (Reprise) | '''7.5 Eruption (Reprise)''' | ||
They just copied and pasted part of Eruption onto the end and tacked on a more synthy ending. | They just copied and pasted part of Eruption onto the end and tacked on a more synthy ending. Bit lazy if you ask me, but it sort-of works. | ||
== Side 2 == | == Side 2 == | ||