@xn6 Coldplay's Chris Martin? Good for him if so. Now I think about, the best early Coldplay stuff (Shiver, The Scientist) does sound a bit like Blue Nile...
A favorite track from a favorite album. I really like the way the pacing of the photomontage keeps gently nudging you back to the music, and vice versa.
@mhss0001 The audio is just the quasi-ambient beginning of the (1983) Blue Nile track. It appears to involve some found sound/environment/room recording + a few Eno-ish synth noodlings rather than, e.g., sampling of a previous recording or movie s/track.
@mhss0001 OK! The piece you are thinking of is Spanish Dance (1973). For the first 20 seconds I just pan across the main publicity shot from that piece (google 'trisha brown spanish dance' to learn more and see the shot by itself). TBC did Spanish Dance at the Whitney Museum in NYC last year (2010) a couple of times. Would have been great to see it (sigh).
@joestrouth1 Thanks for the reminder to change that annotation. Youtube changed its encodings of vids a few months back; there used to be an HQ option but I think that that higher quality now gets played by default .
So if this song still brings a tear to my eye at the ripe old age of 47, does that mean I'm somewhat retarded/developmentally stunted? A lovely description by the way.
Yes, this album was so superbly played and recorded that it still sounds utterly fantastic. I hear a lot of its sound in contemporary stuff by The Books, and traces of it show up in Boards of Canada too.
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xn6 3 months ago
@xn6 Coldplay's Chris Martin? Good for him if so. Now I think about, the best early Coldplay stuff (Shiver, The Scientist) does sound a bit like Blue Nile...
swanstep 3 months ago
A favorite track from a favorite album. I really like the way the pacing of the photomontage keeps gently nudging you back to the music, and vice versa.
cinemasailor 4 months ago
@cinemasailor Thanks!
swanstep 4 months ago
very eclectic video. well done
MrSherco12 6 months ago
This is amazing. Thanks for posting it.
nycorbust 8 months ago
what is the name of the piece from 0:00 to 0:23??!! it's one of my favourites and i can never find it!
mhss0001 10 months ago
@mhss0001 The audio is just the quasi-ambient beginning of the (1983) Blue Nile track. It appears to involve some found sound/environment/room recording + a few Eno-ish synth noodlings rather than, e.g., sampling of a previous recording or movie s/track.
swanstep 10 months ago
@swanstep I'm sorry, i should have been clearer, i meant the dance piece in the picture. what is the name if the choreographed dance?
mhss0001 10 months ago
@mhss0001 OK! The piece you are thinking of is Spanish Dance (1973). For the first 20 seconds I just pan across the main publicity shot from that piece (google 'trisha brown spanish dance' to learn more and see the shot by itself). TBC did Spanish Dance at the Whitney Museum in NYC last year (2010) a couple of times. Would have been great to see it (sigh).
swanstep 10 months ago
@swanstep Ah Thank you so much! and yes, it would have been amazing to see.
mhss0001 6 months ago
Was and will almost be one of my favorite songs. Thanks for posting.
rogiervanbakel 11 months ago
never heard about Blue Nile before...such an amazing song!...thanks for posting...greetings from Mexico...
copacolegial 1 year ago
"Watch in HQ!" There is no HQ on this video. Just sayin'.
joestrouth1 1 year ago
@joestrouth1 Thanks for the reminder to change that annotation. Youtube changed its encodings of vids a few months back; there used to be an HQ option but I think that that higher quality now gets played by default .
swanstep 1 year ago
@stachantzi Thanks!
swanstep 1 year ago
@dawidex87
So if this song still brings a tear to my eye at the ripe old age of 47, does that mean I'm somewhat retarded/developmentally stunted? A lovely description by the way.
scientifico 1 year ago
thank you for posting this. :)
CatalysticCadence 2 years ago
Love this track and the album is superb!
furkhanda1 2 years ago
Yes, this album was so superbly played and recorded that it still sounds utterly fantastic. I hear a lot of its sound in contemporary stuff by The Books, and traces of it show up in Boards of Canada too.
swanstep 2 years ago