John Cale - Do not go gentle into that good night (Brussels, 1992)

[5454eleanor]

Has this been recorded in mono or have I gone deaf in my left ear? I love this setting of the poem.

[hektorpike]

and this is one of the best live albums ever recorded. no doubt about.................

[hektorpike]

i love john cale and i also love miserableness......errrr....wo­t was my point again? oh yeh! Cale does a fine job - he adds to it. you wanna read DT, then read. you know what to expect - you wanna listen to JC, then be prepared for the unexpected. often i can listen to a JC song i havent heard b4 and think, "neh!" but i always go back, just to make sure...and i am always left very sure indeed, that JC is the unsung musical genius of the 20th century (and beyond!)

[ajwia]

the interpretation is the best ever imagined. do u know what villanelle is? it's a poem about very light subject. "Do not go gentle" is a villanelle in which Thomas deliberately broke the rule of the subject, instead of writing about clouds and sheep he wrote about death. so Cale's interpretation is just the strenghtening of this.

[NadiaVision]

A bit too upbeat for what I expected from the tone of this poem.

[pedrodelmuldro123]

@NadiaVision "upbeat" what did you expect? A slow?? All you people should start accepting John improved the poem immensely.

[NadiaVision]

@pedrodelmuldro123 I didn't realize John's intentions were to "improve" upon the Dylan Thomas masterpiece. Because he can't. No one can. In any event, I don't mind this as much the 2nd time I listened to it. I guess its like one of those desserts that tastes better after it sits out for a while. Actually, not really. It still sucks.

[petenstace]

1 person went gentle into that good night!

[BOXER62]

Although i believe your opinion to be valid Would you enlighten me on the Ignorant comment. John Cale is talanted Yes i said that. Dylan thomas wanted his father to show the spirit he had shown in his fitter days Yes i think that is correct The words are sung in a different tempo to the spoken word which by its nature will change the emotional charge of the piece . once again i think you will agree to that. So which bit made you think a discussion on such a great piece would be to insult ?

[pedrodelmuldro123]

@BOXER62 John Cales musical interpretation is not weak, let alone insipid. John Cale has created a piece of music that perfectly translates the feelings of the poem.

[BOXER62]

The mans father was dieing when he wrote it His father was a man of strengh and great passion Dylan Thomas wanted him to rage as he did when in health A tinkle an the ivorys no matter how a talented tinkle can do that emotion justice

[MrSpudboy100]

This man is very talented !!

[BOXER62]

should be spoken with a passion not sung in a weak insipid style

[Matthysable]

@BOXER62 Agreed!

[pedrodelmuldro]

@BOXER62 you ignorant fool! As Dylan Thomas himself might have said: "Though fools be lost foolishness shall not."

[ladygodiva65]

This is awesome. I just bought the DVD!

[cosmicrider287]

@ladygodiva65 that dvd is such a bullseye buy.

[cosmicrider287]

@ladygodiva65 that was a very good idea.

[StellaArtois101]

wow, that was awful.

[MusicalShape]

Original poet: Dylan Thomas

Singer: John Cale

[NicoDraak74]

or maybe Dylan Thomas

[ariehv]

Thomas Dylan