tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post8171917105586966161..comments2024-03-10T20:46:19.274-04:00Comments on In the Middle: Satan Laughing Spreads His WingsCord J. Whitakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06224143153295429986noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-91127473380185884292009-06-01T18:38:01.399-04:002009-06-01T18:38:01.399-04:00I've noticed that medieval music and heavy metal h...I've noticed that medieval music and heavy metal have this in common: the use of the parallel fifth.<br /><br />The parallel fifth became the very thing to be avoided in classical music. Lessons in counterpoint, like you find in the the Gradus Ad Parnassum, are studies on how to avoid the direct motion to the perfect consonances, the octave and the fifth.<br /><br />Before the development of modern harmony, people sung in organum. The power chords used in heavy metal use the same musical technique.Buddy McCuenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-60307921753853523982007-03-21T14:15:00.000-04:002007-03-21T14:15:00.000-04:00Fascinating! I almost laughed out loud when I was...Fascinating! I almost laughed out loud when I was reading this instead of paying attention the reference librarian who was trying to get my students to understand boolean operators.<BR/><BR/>I find the "no sex, please, we're the Booming Voice of the Dawning of the Real" discussion provocative -- among the now retired-punks-and-goths I spent the eighties with, there was much discussion of the parody at work with a band called Type O Negative, whose lead singer went so far as to pose for Playgirl wearing eyeliner and lounging around on a bed of roses. This 'feminization' was fascinating from a band who had some of the Biggest, Growliest, Most Masculine Voices heard outside the Metal bar circuits. But you had to listen carefully to pick up on the joke.<BR/><BR/>I have to read this when I've survived this semester.Karmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09651110371762568682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-68967675600744887162007-03-20T16:22:00.000-04:002007-03-20T16:22:00.000-04:00"Masciandaro has given the Middle Ages back to met..."Masciandaro has given the Middle Ages back to metal with his gloss (no, I don't know what I mean by that: I just like the way it sounds)"<BR/><BR/>Liking the way it sounds without knowing what is meant is very metal, more metal I think than giving metal back to the Middle Ages, which of course is being done, most rigorously by Rondellus whose "Sabbatum" may sampled at www.sabbatum.com. As the site explains: "“Sabbatum” takes You on a trip. It acts like a time machine. In a single moment You will find Yourself attending a Black Sabbath show during the 14th century. You will be in a medieval cathedral where time stands still. Just You and thousands of fellow kings and queens, knights and ladies."!Nicola Masciandarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01279665722551517693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-52495132298842170662007-03-20T10:59:00.000-04:002007-03-20T10:59:00.000-04:00I have been waiting and waiting for this blog to d...I have been waiting and waiting for this blog to delve into heavy metal. J'adore. Now, we need to segue to hardcore rap and I'd be forever happy. <BR/><BR/>thanks, karl.<BR/><BR/>p.s. Peggy McCracken's book on blood has a lovely little riff on KISS in her introduction. Also, on the absurd sincerity of "histories" of rock: check out the table of contents in the wikipedia entry for "pantera."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com