Philip Glass - Facades

[thehindmost88]

okay, I'm not so stoned and sleep deprived. All of Allegro is pretty much built around this. its kinda weird.

[thehindmost88]

@thehindmost88 Hey me, I've been up for 2 days now....I just thought I'd slept...really I just closed my eyes for a few seconds....its everywhere....its everywhere.........*whimper*

[thehindmost88]

I gotta go with A Promise to Return, alot faster though

[thehindmost88]

already had it that narrowed, but youtubes being unhelpful

[Toddw30]

Wasn't this in Sneakers?

[mnkittel]

I heard this piece on public radio a week ago, and in about a minute I realized that Bear McCreary - composer for Battlestar Galactica - borrowed from this. The underlying cello line, both in note structure and rhythm, is almost identical to similar patterns McCreary used in his compositions.

[thehindmost88]

@mnkittel I hate you for spoiling that for me instead of letting me hear it myself, but you are so dead on. This sounds vaguely like almost any faster, upbeat string piece he did.

[thehindmost88]

@thehindmost88 and its 7 am no less

[thehindmost88]

@mnkittel damn you to hell, now you've sent me on a manic quest to find which mccreary song is closest to this one.

[mnkittel]

@thehindmost88 - I could name them, but since I ruined your first discovery I won't spoil the second. Second. Hint.

[dittusendattus]

shut up commercial, let the real people talk.

[crimsonabsinthe]

I HATE HATE HATE THIS PIECE OF MUSIC ! Why? Because it has become ubiqitous. It is played on nearly every TV &radio documentary programme & now spoils their content. I TENSE UP every time I hear the damn piece. No, don't try to convice me. Blame UK TV and radio programme makers for overusing it. NASTY, NASTY MUSIC !

[tantotonto]

@crimsonabsinthe you are absolutely right: Horrendous! Nothing really against Philip Glass. It would have been alright as a widely ignored peice of library music.

The blame is clearly on the shoulders of lazy program producers who think they're trendy. YUK!

[IrritatedBear]

@crimsonabsinthe Iv never headrd it once on tv or radio and i live in the UK

[FSVR54]

My favorite song of all time. I imagine this song playing as humanity keeps on killing itself.

[harryhume]

Just dance 3 advert before Phillip Glass? Really? Reeally? Reeeeeeeally. Fucking Google.

[mizeyesis]

I've loved this tune since I was 9. I'm over 30.... Still gives me chills as though I heard it for the first time yesterday.

[alamo11]

Yes, one of my absolute favorites, interestingly similar to "The Third Ear Band"

[besoundnow]

I once listened to Glassworks on repeat and read Nine Stories. One makes me think of the other.

[CharlieBoi001]

How can 4 people seriously dislike that?

[Sandovart]

@CharlieBoi001 Invisible/Robot Accounts?

[Bubblefinno14]

@CharlieBoi001 That People miss Like button....

[crimsonabsinthe]

@CharlieBoi001 Probably because, like me, they've had it blasted at them through their TV on a regular basis !

[8644371]

I just came.

[Evodem10]

Veramente stupenda!!!

[TheStealth86]

sorry to be a link-poster, but anyone heard this version? (only has 300 views)

/watch?v=QTTfTcCPx1g

[KaiserSauzee]

This song is so good, it is bordering on the ridiculous. I listen to this every day and feel positively gluttonous.

[Engaze]

Phillip glass is one of the best compositors at this time

thanks for your music

[AnotherMasterMind]

Call the cops! This guy is criminally underappreciated.

[ChrisLight1]

Philip Glass is to music what Frank Lloyd Wright is to architecture. period.

[Th3xGoaT]

@ChrisLight1 But merely what was Franz Reichelt to taylorism... lol

[DJRoxi]

My favourite piece by PG :) <3 and thanks for posting this :)

[sandra82390]

BRAVO!!!

[Toddw30]

Wasn't this music in Sneakers too??

[TimJakeGl]

Used in the marvellous BBC7 production of the brilliant Geoffrey Household novel 'Rogue Male' (1939) a staunch anti-Nazi text which is arguably the finest political thriller ever written. It is eerily predictive of WW2, and that gives it a specially eery quality.

[TimJakeGl]

Used in the marvellous BBC7 production of the brilliant Geoffrey Household novel 'Rogue Male' (1939) a staunch anti-Nazi text which is arguably the finest political thriller ever written.

[losackp]

@DarthenRahl I'm sorry... I don't know why this pertains to Philip Glass.... And your point doesn't make sense. The function of a parent is to instill and oversee positive growth: morally, physically, emotionally, AND spiritually. Your point is inconsistent; why is the oversight of spiritual growth not the duty of a parent? I just think your point has no evidence. It's just a product of a horrible understanding of religion and spirituality. I think it's not well thought out, if at all.

[TheOneRaf]

This is just an example how good & how far music can bring you in your own mind..

This triggers you to get in a different state of mind...

Where no thoughts are clear, good or bad.

Just .. minimal.. direct.. easy.. calm.. like the wind after the rain.

[igotbeef7]

I feel I should listen to this while reading the Sword of Truth series...seems to fit perfectly for such a book

[Hahuna]

@DarthenRahl Do you have any kids?

[heley92x]

Fascades is my favourite of all Glass' works. :)

[HELLO2YOU3]

This is the music to rogue male been played now on bbc7

[HurinSteadfast]

@HELLO2YOU3

yes it is

[crimsonabsinthe]

@HELLO2YOU3 Yes...... they use it for everything.

[FellowServant7]

If I became a detective, I would want to solve crime to this. It's Brilliant music. True Genius and Talent.

[Mastadex]

@DarthenRahl Show children everything up front (all religions, cults. The good, the bad, and the nasty) or show them nothing at all. Let them decide whatever they want. But also teach them that to dissolve conflicts between their ideals and someone else's, you need to use words, not bombs.

[Fragcat]

@DarthenRahl Good summary of Terry Goodkinds work :3

[bennykanny]

Religion? What? Take your boring subjects and discuss it elsewhere.

This piece is just amazing. Powerful to say the least.

[HoldingWay]

Jane is a typical 42 year old woman. At the age of 4, she was struck by lightning. Ever since she has been experiencing many traumatising experiences. Can you help her? I know I can't.

[gzayas145522]

i love this song!! every song of the master philip glass are nostalgic..

[VyktorAbyss]

A brilliant, dynamic, slightly sinister feel to this piece in my opinion. I absolutely love it. Well done Philip Glass.

[Orlymusicboy]

@DarthenRahl I completely agree, though I'm only 15... I'm an atheist, but thats purely because I thought it through. I'm trying to convince people to try and make all schools secular in the UK...

[Toddw30]

Wasn't this song in Sneakers???

[BOBSTAHL]

i agree, what a logical person u are.

[shaitanlordofthedark]

@DarthenRahl This is what I keep telling people.

"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who has said it, not even if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense." ~ Buddha

[fantastibones]

its as if he's unleashed the human imagination

and turned it into a song

[tania10731]

@fantastibones 

[fantastibones]

@tania10731 yeah?

[hils39]

is there another song that uses the same back ground as this?

[Loki048]

Sounds like music from the movie The Illusionist:)

[DarthenRahl]

It is

[proman84]

@DarthenRahl

It absolutely is not. In fact, this tune was originally intended for Koyaanissqatsi. And it's not that similar, in my opinion, either.

[mingus9901]

@DarthenRahl no it is not though very similar.

[mingus9901]

@DarthenRahl No it is not though very similar in the background

[joaosolimeo]

@DarthenRahl It is not. It´s from the same composer.

[dkeels0828]

@Loki048 He is the composer for the entire soundtrack, however, I couldn't see that he used Facades, though he hints to it many times throughout.

[GoogleKate]

sometimes background music makes it.

[msa1985]

sounds like background music and nothing more =D=D

[0808Hayley08080]

In modern dance class we practice to this song.. as a matter of fact... we practice to most of Philip Glass's music. It's music that sparks the imagination, especially in a dance class where you have no limitations and you dance the way you feel the music. Very very cool.

[Diosade]

I would love to see people dance on music of Glass...

[WoWMalazar]

@Diosade It may sound stupid what you just said, but I'm definetely gonna quote that in any future conversations about him. (That is, if I meet anyone else who knows him in my entourage)

[grangeryv]

@Diosade We danced this very piece, doing a history of evolution... from one cell protozoari to first social group including a ritual dance.. it was so cool!!!

[MAD2472]

@0808Hayley08080

do you work at the pinapple dance studios?

[pmeadows34]

It was also used in Kevin McDonalds documentary 'One Day in September' about the Isralie Olympic sportsmen who were abducted and killed.

[babyjuliex]

i find this video really sooting its like your going into a trance .... :) x

[TheIkaraCult]

this was used in Errol Morris' documentary The Fog of War wasnt it?

[1crayfish2]

correct

[poppa8169]

Sounds new age. Check out some Jean Luc Ponty.

[Plutarkthefirst]

it's great to list to him while working - simplicity rules!

[lapsang2]

Nice Quatsi trilogy.

[NintenFan0900]

This guy is awesome.

[thehourcup]

this guy made candyman the moive way better with his scores for it.

[CatmanfromPA]

Put Philip Glass right in the same rank with the fabulous classical composers.

I love classical music, and to me his music is just as good.

[animal90sFreak5]

maybe he def. fits with most legendary pianists besides mozart,like beethoven and em other guys,sorry I don't really listen to/or know much classical music,but i do like Philip glass.

[jmbsol]

i abolutely believe him to be the Mozart of our age.

[SovreignHost]

I'm so glad everyone chooses the music videos to spark their religion debates.

Let's just listen to the music and comment on the video in question.

I think Phillip Glass may be the Mozart of our age. Just complementing the music, like we're supposed to.

[mortong83]

Very accurately put, SovreignHost, it's ridiculous what kind of conversations take place in the comment section of, mostly, completely unrelated music videos. Of course, who am I to say what's ridiculous/unrelated and what isn't, but I should think that most of us would agree that there are forums, places to do this. I don't go to a greek restaurant either and become increasingly infuriated and start throwing with my forks because I want my favorite chinese dish and where are the chop sticks.

[sjwabbe]

@mortong83

You would if you were Belgian, believe me.

[djajenda06]

to say he is the Mozart of our age is pretty bold too bold he is a magnificent composer but hardly a Mozart...

[MrMeefos]

Well said, yeah I've noticed even if I'm watching a daffy duck cartoon on youtube somebody (I always assume maybe wrongly that they're american) will chip in with the religious context of bugs bunny's antics.

[CatmanfromPA]

I loved his since I was in high school, and I am now well long out of it. But I still love his music just as much as when I first herd it. Some people if you just give it a chance and listen to it. You will be surprised at how good his music really is.

[CollinZfresh]

It is us who must learn this on our own Dubdub, through life and experiance.

[R19P82]

I agree with DarthenRahl's point. By deciding your child's religion you are effectively blotting out all other possibilities, not to mention their ability to decide for themselves.

[skawashers]

This tune had been in my head and heart for so many years , Ever since the first time i heard it as used as the background mood music to some true crime adaptation on TV. I never knew what it was who it was by, But it kept on popping up over n over again on so many shows,But finally purely out of flook i found the tune playing on someones Myspace page. And as soon as i read that it was Philip Glass i should have known from the start it is one of his,

[chavy666]

I actually love this track. We listened to it in music and i just fell in love with it minamale but just perfect

[BringBackTheEighties]

One of my favourite Glass tracks, thanks for uploading :)

[damuffinsmatt]

Myself and Several of my friends at school love Philip Glass. We are all trying to get our hands on a CD of his, but not having any luck, because our parents aren't willing to buy one for us, but they are perfectly content owning every single Elton John CD ever released (no joke). I think it is sad that you all are saying that we kids are a sad foreshaddowing of our future, but I bet you all weren't that much different 20, 30, 40, or 50 years ago when you were 14 or 15.

[dr1345]

you parents are greedy no good people.

[dubdubdubaholic]

im 14 and i like this...

so i think your wrng not all kids have conditioned by that shit

but i supose their jst lucky

[CollinZfresh]

Don't feel influenced by the audacious comments who are the very people that has plagued us later generation Y and young Z with a fallen economy, intolerable excessive spending, outrageous deficit as well as the debt which will cause inflation to exceed the current nominal trend. The current working class generation has only burden us with a global climate change that will only be changed by us...

Remember It is your attitude more than your aptitude that determines your altitude.

[radio0062]

la originalidad de p. glass es magnifica las ocaciones que he logrado disfrutarlo son la oportunidad para saber que la musica se hace para gozar y para dar al ser humano una oprtunidad de reconciliar su yo interno junto con su yo externo

[riv864]

this guy is awesome , its like pink floyd meets some modern calssical music. i love it, for the first time i can read and listen to music

[alfonso704]

His music is like some superhero shit. I love it.lol

[euintegratorecc]

Perfect!

[lebossdu33650]

franchement cest une musique pour psycopates mantaux!!

[missymindie]

ILLUSIONIST?

[Gorebane]

I heard it in a museam, I really like it. even it's not my style. Cus im 15

[havellhavelldt]

for a 15 year old, you have atrocious spelling.

[Gorebane]

What's atrocious? Good/bad? XD

[havellhavelldt]

terrible.

[EV1LMAN123]

lier atrocious meens greatness in spelling

[DreamTraveller1]

Why, of course, impeccable spelling when the word 'atrocious' is accompanied by such outstanding companions as 'lier' and 'meen'...

[EV1LMAN123]

its was a sarcastic bad joke

[tpapp]

kids are our future

[LarryforRonPaul]

ha some future then

[BumLegionair]

I agree with the person who commented before me on some level, but i also agree with you, the kids we have today really aren't much to be proud of, but thats alot of other peoples fault, not the children themselves, bullshit, like the disney channel and nickolodian , all the most dumbing down socially preconceived garbage on the planet. kids can choose from those horrible influences, or possibly more horrible influences from parental figures, who only seek to indoctrinate them more with religion

[benneb07]

True but there are some great kids out there, not including myself(sometimes) lol

But yes Tv and games dont help much

[toofattocare77]

I've been playing counter-strike since 4th grade and I turned out perfectly fine. I'm sure its got something to do with psychology and the science of the brain. Who knows. Maybe seeing my brother fuck his life up with drugs had some effect? I do agree that the parents are partially to blame...

[damuffinsmatt]

What is wrong with parents trying to teach thier kids religon? If parents take no proactive movement toward developing their child's faith, then it is very likly that they will not have one, kids need religous encuragement and mentorship, faith is not to be discovered by oneself.

[dubdubdubaholic]

whats wrong? parents forcing religion on their children is wrong, they need to be able to choose for themselves, faith is probably the one and only thing that can be discovered oneself. religion needs to be entirely your own choice, because if religion is forced on people then their faith is unfounded by their own experiences and therefore not solid.

[themastergecko]

And the problem with having no faith is...? Faith is merely a way to say that my life matters, and that I am not just a subatomic particle in a grain of sand on an infinite beach. Faith makes people feel like that their lives actually matter. In reality, though? The universe doesn't give a shit about lives. Faith is a way for the human mind to try to comprehend the incredible universe. Mere opium.

[andy12141]

but wouldn't we be much more meaningful to be a part of such a great and complex universe. humanity's pain would be neutralized if we realized and were humbled by the simple fact that were all animal, plant, and human alike, an insignificant part of this world. differences are trivial just as our destructive ego is. religion in my opinion has granted humanity a right to destroy manipulate and kill.

[prodigysadia]

@andy12141 religion must be taken in moderation and with an open mind. Everyone has a free will, religion is a guidance in a better peaceful world. However sometimes, perhaps because we are human, religion is misunderstood and misinterpreted. Those who have the will, go their way to fully learn the truth by patience and virtue.

[andy12141]

i find the spirituality of knowing that we are just a random mistake that in comparison to the emptiness of the universe and the kindness of the stars exists in such little quantity.

[Juicyrummer]

@andy12141 ......? what are you talking about? its a song, not about the universe.

[ghonnyboi]

By the time the future comes they won't be children anymore so BLOW ME!

[fdlmotorsports]

Great song. Soundtrack of "Les Invasions barbares" from Denis Arcan and "A crued awakening, the Oil crash".

[PRoL3TAR147]

Thanks, awesome song