T.S. Eliot - vs - Portishead

[MyGrammarRules]

it makes me die! I literally have a seizure when I contemplate it!

[MyGrammarRules]

I dare disturb the universe! This...transcends.

[TheSilentAstronaut]

Brian Eno goes better with this poem

[natalieravenperforma]

At 4.44 the music fits the rythm of his speaking perfectly...it was a moment of revelation within the whole thing! Epic! :) x

[vektorblue]

damn addictive

[vektorblue]

well done dude...............

[MrSollicitationis]

Crimen Sollicitationis

[bukajja88]

co to .... jest?



[bukajja88]

co to .... jest

[missionrd100]

I like the music but Eliot is my mortal enemy. I had to study him in highschool. I never understood him; as a result I flunked English Lit. Die Eliot! Die ! LOL!

[catnip4fb]

@missionrd100 Too bad that you blame someone who is already dead for your flunking.

[missionrd100]

@catnip4fb Not really. I was joking. He is still my enemy though.

[mamtowdu]

odlot

[impcirca1988]

Download link?

[candidijaza]

Music heard so deeply

that it is not heard at all,

but you are the music

while the music lasts!

Geniously done man!

[silvermoonimages]

If you can spare the time. . Do give this a look.

[rchlboyd]

i was thinking oh know! oh dear! although i appreciate both seperate ... but this is actually very nice.

[brzw11]

Congenial, monolitic... But maybe a little bit faint, isn't it? Think a short break of chaos and noise between verses would make it more lively... But when I hear it, must only regret that Eliot and Portishead didnť really meet and produce something like taht... Thanks

[hyperlexic2]

@brzw11 it's been a while since i made this, and it was a total accident. i accidently leaned back and hit my sampler as i was listening to Eliot read his poem. it was just so cool that i dared not edit it at all and just let it play. i didn't adjust anything other than having both audio files start at the same time.

[hyperlexic2]

@brzw11 well, since it was a complete accident that it happened, i wanted to keep it in it's original form without any editing. the rhythm and cadence was just too natural to start warping it in ableton or something. plus, both works (at least for me) have an aesthetic of heaviness, burden, regret - and most of all - the triviality of their situation. I just wish more 'accidents' like this could happen in the studio :)

[hyperlexic2]

@brzw11 You want chaos? Eliot's 'The Waste Land' seems like it was edited by Richard D James and then edited again by Squarepusher.

[emanuelastring]

il mio Inglese è molto imperfetto...ma conoscendo la traduzione della poesia di Eliot ho apprezzato questo diverso modo di ascoltarla con il "mantra" dei portishead..thanks...

[hyperlexic2]

@emanuelastring

grazie, non po scrive Italaliano, pero hai capito quello che hai scritto. Io ho nato in America, pero mia famiglia è abruzzese. Un altro volta, Grazie mille!

[smokinbill]

watch nico recite ulalume - much better!

[Rx4pabulum]

One of the pleasures of literary scholarship lies in encountering different and even conflicting interpretations since this great work allows for a considerable range of possible interpretations.

[guerrillacap]

great combo cheers!

[MaggieDwyer]

The idea is interesting, but the music is wrong, too loud for this recorded voice, and way too repetetive.

[hyperlexic2]

@MaggieDwyer absolutely would sound better with some mastering, but i think that would miss the point. Eliot is describing a man who never 'dared' and lived a repetitive, mundane and predictable life. And now he's old. I thought the music complimented this 'regret' of a trivial life.

[olmgitnhftws]

@hyperlexic2 Trivial?

[hyperlexic2]

@olmgitnhftws That's how I interpret what is going on in Prufrock's mind as he thinks about his life.

[olmgitnhftws]

@hyperlexic2 I've thought about it & i think you're right, & Prufrock really does appear to have made a joke of himself. One may pity this character -- it is fairly impossible to respect him. Eliot doesn't seem to.

[MyGrammarRules]

@MaggieDwyer Utterly preposterous! I've memorized all 131 lines of this poem, and I assure you that the music is undeniably perfect.

[MaggieDwyer]

@MyGrammarRules Who gives a rats ass if you memorized it? The music is mind numbing, burying the beauty of the words. If you personally are parroting the poem, perhaps you don't notice this, but if you want to think about and hear the beauty of the words you SHOULDN'T have to try to hear them over the Chinese drip torture of that mindless repetition of the "music" that competes with the voice.

[MyGrammarRules]

@MaggieDwyer If you don't consider the implications of the poem's "Chinese Drip Torture," then you haven't considered it carefully enough! If you care to make it something it isn't, that's your business. Still, it remains an exceptional exercise in awesomeness. Are you ready to accept life's challenges? No? Then just stop! If you missed the point, then you never really got it anyway! The meaning of the words infiltrate the captivity of the loop. Loops...fuck yeah!

[MaggieDwyer]

@MyGrammarRules You embody the remark "tedious argument." 

[clashcitywannabe]

Damn

thats pretty cool

[conmilae]

I found this on stumbleupon a year ago or so and keep coming back every few months for a listen

awesome way to hear this poem

[hyperlexic2]

was this really on the BBC? or did they just use Portishead? either way, cool.

[rosasparx]

well, alright!

[thisisnotokay]

hmmm I don't know, I don't know...

true: this video gives me an experience completely unlike every experience I've had with the poem itself.

true: T. S. Eliot did not create or calculate the experience this video provides.

With that said ---

true: I Love this video. Good job.

[Entropy56]

The music and cadence enveloping Eliots lethargic voice reminds me of some 19th century opium den in India as he leans back against a post with watery bloodshot eyes.

[cnnorris7]

i don't think the music matches the mood of this piece at all. a nice effort, but no dice for me.

[clarkeyfingers]

Not needed. It's a poem and should be enjoyed as it is. It just detracts from it. I longed to just hear the recital or just hear Portishead.

[dirtycelinefrenchman]

So why'd you spend your time watching it?

[clarkeyfingers]

I had the misfortune of stumbling across it whilst looking for Eliot. As soon as realised my error I bailed out.

[Oscar301]

clarkey, i'm with you. this is diabolical sacrilege.

bye everyone!

[FlinnMilligan]

I enjoyed this immensely, well done.

[artichoke25]

Beautifully done. The music really matched the mood of the poem and enhanced it, made it seem even more contemporary and timeless. Thank you. I would like to see what you would do with some of the other poems.

[andysterdam]

cool!

[antoinecassar]

Do I dare disturb the universe?

Thanks for this. Give us more!

[HybridGirl23]

This fucking awesome! A.P.'s love song vs. Portishead! Nice job!

[djmattwerner]

The music is quite fitting and really captures Eliot's tone in his Modernist text. Great job!

[crocodileRAWK]

thank you for doing this

[whatevsnig]

dude that is some great stuff, do this with some other texts

[drbobdobalina]

could have done with more editing to make the rhythm of the recital match the beats. but still, nice idea

[hyperlexic2]

i didn't want to touch Eliot's reading at all. It's his poem, and he knew the rhythm. I originally started chopping up the poem in Audition, but it felt wrong. It sounded cheap and inauthentic. I know it doesn't fit perfectly, but for me, at least, that's what makes it work. That would have ruined his intent.

[EnglishMajors]

Haunting. I love it. The poem gives me chills every time I read it, and the music was a great backdrop.

[lamedwufnik]

Excellent mixture, thank you very much for posting.

[nomenclatura]

eliot is such a fake brit quean

[nomenclatura]

can someone shut the guy up so we can hear the music complacently?

[headlesscupid]

Hypnotic. Love Eliot. The music is purring to the poem.

[steven50000]

Holko's talking of Michelangelo

[StupidPolak]

this is beautiful.

[poordeadking]

It's the best thing I've heard in ages.

[poordeadking]

brulliant

[littlemisshectic]

this is absolutely brilliant.

[rafter12]

T. S. Eliot wins for my money. The music was distracting.

[spegelj]

not bad, not bad: maybe you should turn the music a little bit down.

not bad, not bad ....