La Monte Young - Poem for Chairs Tables and Benches

Chairs, tables and benches are dragged across the stage according to pre-determined timing.
John cale paid an homage to this piece when he dragged a chair in the studio during the recording of the Velvet Underground's European Son (at about 0'55'').

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Music

Tags:

• La
• Monte
• Young
• John
• Cale
• Velvet
• Underground
• fluxus
• minimalism

[shanefglynn]

My family paid an homage to this piece last time we sat down for dinner...............it was a brief homage.

[inlandempires]

@shanefglynn LOL

[boywbrownhare]

HOLY FUCK. those caps are genuine. this is beyond words. brain frying free associating gdafgkljygb amazing. this is like the skaters and hototogisu and the vietnam war and so much more happening all at once. or something. anyway, la monte young is for real. dang.

[testtubekitten]

I have to study this kinda music for college :(:(

[havic626]

i have no idea why this bullshit made me laugh the whole time i listened to it

[siebentau]

Compared to this Lou Reed's "Metal Machine Music" sounds tame.

[ancientraver19881989]

Respond to this video... strangely relaxing - rather like the way power-tools etc sometimes chil me out when i hear them if i'm at work or something

[ancientraver19881989]

@edcerc 1960

[GrauenausderTiefe]

now i can understand people who are afraid of chairs !

[jeandepaul]

I simply love this. I want this played at my wedding.

[because88]

@testtubekitten What are/were you studying?

[EntropiaMusic]

You dont need to be a musician to compose this kind of stuff! A mere porter will do :P