Steve Reich - South Bank Show - Part 2

Can anyone tell us precisely what Brother Walter is saying precisely in "It's gonna rain"? We know he's telling the story of Noah, railing "about the end of the world", but it's very hard for non-English language users to follow his words. Please.

As an native English speaker - I do not understand it - it is almost song-like in its cadences and emphases - I suspect you have to understand Black American English and specifically the style of the street preacher to understand it first time round.

"He began to warn the people. He said, 'After while, it's gonna rain after while. For 40 days and for 40 nights.' And the people didn't believe him, and they began to laugh at him, and they began to mock him, and they began to say, 'It ain't gonna rain.'"

Would make lovely torture music for Guantanamo, or to bring on migraines.

Sounds nice when the Africans do it. This about as much as my small 3D mind can understand at this point.

Steve Reich is a legend!! I love his music

He's saying 'moiré' lines. Took me aages to find but I got it!

what the hell id Brian Eno saying is it worry patterns or murrey??!!??

Interesting that in Jamaica that DJs were doing the same thing with reggae at the same time (dub relies heavily on repetition). Reich was a genius!