Mason Williams - Sunflower

The world's biggest sunflower

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[ScottieDM]

... The concept was to make the word's biggest sunflower by using the real sun as the blossom and having a skywriter "draw" the stem and leaves below it, thereby creating, for a brief moment, a giant sunflower on the horizon. However the sun's harsh rays blotted out the image on the film, so I ended up with only a couple of photographs and this eternal little tune.

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BTW, the version on my CD is that part that starts after 1:25. But I love the whistling at the beginning. :-D

[ScottieDM]

Song notes from the CD "Mason Williams: Music 1968 - 1971

"Sunflower" is a melody that comes from an experimental composition device I invented in which a word is used to create a melody. The intervals of the "Sunflower" melody are based on the word cantilever. I probably should have named the piece "Cantilever", especially in light of the way the unresolved last cord sort of leaves you dangling in space, but I decided to use it for a short art film I wanted to make called "Sunflower". ...

[y512516]

@barkingtree88

just like life

[unclejulis]

That was the most beautifull piece of work ive ever seen.

[barkingtree88]

To me this song is so.... bittersweet.

[berkelandmccarrell]

Love this song!

[ettmc2]

Mason had so much style and his words go beyond time and space... I just wished he would have wrote more Music..!!

[TheDrive55]

I love this song so much,it is so wonder full,i am a Rock Drummer,and it makes me feel so good to hear,how he play's it...JB.

[GotsTricks]

Yes, we all are.

[cyndicraven]

This is the song of my childhood. Brings everything back like no other song does.