1977 Jazz-Funk Musical Adaptation of Dune
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1977 Jazz-Funk Musical Adaptation of Dune
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Re: 1977 Jazz-Funk Musical Adaptation of Dune
#2The thing I find appealing about Dune is how WEIRD it is. There's depth too, but it's weird and it really lends itself to all sort of styles and IMO they all kinda work.
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#3From what I've read, the tie-in with Dune is ostensible at best. Plus, the suit by Herbert is why it wasn't released in the US
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#4For fans of this there's another '70s-era LP similarly inspired by the novel: Bernard Szajner's "Visions of Dune" from 1979. It's proggy, synthy, psychedelic, and just a weird fun listen.
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#5The thing I find appealing about Dune is how WEIRD it is. There's depth too, but it's weird and it really lends itself to all sort of styles and IMO they all kinda work.
I’ve started showing my kids, Herculoids, thundar the barbarian, he-man, and other sorts of just really weird old cartoons. There’s not a lot today that’s being produced. That’s just fun and weird and gets the creative juices going. There are a few weird kids books too like the skull and the queen in the cave that I highly recommend.
Culture quickly defined by what has already been created could definitely use a shot of weird injected.
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#6For something a little more updated, a partial list of tracks that sample dune: https://www.whosampled.com/search/?q=dune+david+matthews
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#7The article mentions MF DOOM's sampling, but for fans of RJD2, the bonus track on the original Deadringer CD (Here's What's Left) is built on a sample from David Matthews' Silent Running on that album.
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#8I've got this on vinyl! Definitely one of my best record-store finds.
On the subject of weird Star Wars musical adaptations like those on the second half of the album -- I've recently discovered the track "Dark Vader" by Instant Funk from 1979. I love this track as it really feels like it captures a moment in time, right before The Empire Strikes Back was released and Star Wars really became a franchise.
- The misunderstanding of the name, which was exactly what I called "Darth Vader" as a kid, seemingly was more prevalent back at the time
- The feeling of absolute hype that he was going to return on screen (I assume this track came out after initial marketing for Empire began)
- The popular conception of Vader as a Black man -- something that must have seemed obvious at the time with the voice of James Earl Jones, that was really thrown away with his reveal as Luke's Father in Empire
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#9I preferred Toto
Re: 1977 Jazz-Funk Musical Adaptation of Dune
#10The thing I find appealing about Dune is how WEIRD it is. There's depth too, but it's weird and it really lends itself to all sort of styles and IMO they all kinda work.
I’ve started showing my kids, Herculoids, thundar the barbarian, he-man, and other sorts of just really weird old cartoons. There’s not a lot today that’s being produced. That’s just fun and weird and gets the creative juices going. There are a few weird kids books too like the skull and the queen in the cave that I highly recommend. Culture quickly defined by what has already been created could definitely use a shot…
Love The Skull, I'll have to look up Queen in the Cave