Philip Glass - 1000 Airplanes on the Roof (full album)

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  • čas přidán 11. 06. 2024
  • 1000 Airplanes on the Roof is a so called “science fiction music drama” with music by Philip Glass, story by David Henry Hwang and holographic set projections by Jerome Sirlin’s. And an incredible lead vocal performance from Linda Ronstadt.
    Tracklist:
    0:00 1000 Airplanes on the Roof
    5:55 City Walk
    8:08 Girlfriend
    14:05 My Building Disappeared
    15:51 Screens of Memory
    19:24 What Time is Grey
    21:41 Labyrinth
    27:51 Return to the Hive
    32:42 Three Truths
    36:32 The Encounter
    45:14 Grey Cloud Over New York
    47:05 Where Have You Been asked The Doctor
    51:00 A Normal Man Running
    Music by Philip Glass.
    Text by David Henry Hwang.
    CAST:
    Actor (speech only) S; fl (pic, bcl, wind syn). fl (ssx). ssx (asx, tsx)/ 2 syn
    COMMISSION:
    Commissioned by the Donau Festival Niederoesterreich, the American Music Theather Festival, Philadelphia, PA and Berlin, Cultural City of Europe 1988
    PREMIERE:
    July 15, 1988 at the Vienna International Airport, Hangar No. 3
    SYNOPSIS:
    The character “M” recalls encounters with extra-terrestrial life forms, including their message, “It is better to forget, it is pointless to remember. No one will believe you.” Are the surrealistic details an accurate recollection of a voyage through space, part of a drug-induced nightmare, or the beginning of a mental breakdown?
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Komentáře • 70

  • @anadaeeffro7437
    @anadaeeffro7437 Před 2 lety +12

    In “Labyrinth” which begins @21:41 if it isn’t abundantly clear for y’all to discern, what the Visitor is articulating to M. are these words, “It is better to forget. It is pointless to remember. No one will believe you. You will have spoken a heresy. You will be outcast.” Y’all’re welcome. Safe journeys, everybody. And Linda Ronstadt, we all really miss your presence. You’re just incomparably magnificent in this. Vaya con Dios.

  • @rr7firefly
    @rr7firefly Před 3 lety +44

    I love that it is Linda Ronstadt providing the ethereal voice that is the most appreciated musical element in "Labyrinth" (21:41) and the following track "Return to the Hive"

    • @musiquemacabre
      @musiquemacabre Před rokem +3

      @Jesus Christ Thank you, Jesus.

    • @robtempe
      @robtempe Před 7 měsíci +1

      yes, it is sublime. Linda is fantastic. Also love her appearances on Songs For Liquid Days. btw firefly, love the videos on your youtube channel. right up my alley!

    • @rr7firefly
      @rr7firefly Před 7 měsíci +1

      @@robtempe a kindred soul. Good to know you, Rob. Best to you. There are quite a few vids on CZcams that are worth saving into a Playlist. Percentage-wise small but still a lot.

  • @miriambertram2448
    @miriambertram2448 Před rokem +4

    Saw as a touring production in la with my 16 yo daughter. Who was astonished that I liked it

  • @jamesfinn8186
    @jamesfinn8186 Před 3 lety +45

    Thank you for posting. I have this in cd form, and have just ordered vinyl of it. I consider myself lucky that I saw a touring production of this at the Madison Civic Center. It was absolutely brilliant.

    • @CheekyFest
      @CheekyFest Před 2 lety +1

      I have cd and vinyl too.

    • @arranwalk
      @arranwalk Před 2 lety +4

      I saw the touring production in 1988 or 1989, whenever it was, at McFarlin Auditorium, SMU campus, in Dallas, TX. My mom only had it on cassette. Met him in 1995 or 1996 and got the cassette signed.

    • @nielsaxelsson
      @nielsaxelsson Před rokem

      I saw it here in Copenhagen - what an impressive stage show that was! 🤩 Unfortunately, my record collection was stolen a few years later😥, and with it this record😞. It's not on any streaming services, and it is nowhere to be found here in Denmark. Where did you order the vinyl from?

    • @sidDkid87
      @sidDkid87 Před 3 měsíci

      ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ *_!!!_*

  • @dorkygrrl
    @dorkygrrl Před 3 lety +20

    My son performed this with the Seattle Cascades in 2017 and it is so hard to find this! Thank you!!

    • @jakerussell135
      @jakerussell135 Před 2 měsíci

      seattle cascades played this in 2017? I only knew this from 7th Regiment 2023

  • @ellix8480
    @ellix8480 Před 2 lety +9

    Amazing album..It really takes me back to other times. Philip Glass is genious...❤❤❤

  • @zeenohaquo7970
    @zeenohaquo7970 Před 4 lety +12

    Thanks for posting. I heard this piece on the radio in the early 90s. Nostalgia for me.

  • @paulyi1315
    @paulyi1315 Před rokem +4

    Saw the world premiere at Zellervach with Phillip Glass performing and conducting my girlfriend (now ex were together 125 years) falls asleep drools and wets herself

  • @zurueckerfinder-ausderkris8829

    One of the best pieces of the awesome trespassing new way of music of Philip Glass.

  • @djwarlock2873
    @djwarlock2873 Před 10 měsíci +4

    Thanks for posting this. I hadn't heard this one before.😊

  • @sherifatamusa7436
    @sherifatamusa7436 Před 2 měsíci +5

    Feels like a 90s sci-fi soundtrack

  • @theoharis11
    @theoharis11 Před 11 měsíci +3

    thank you - neither apple music nor spotify have the album

  • @donaldb1
    @donaldb1 Před 3 lety +11

    I saw this in the East Fortune Flight Museum in Scotland. In the Concorde hangar. Very impressive.

    • @minzou8002
      @minzou8002 Před rokem

      Hello! I am a researcher of this play, and currently, I have difficulty accessing it. I would like to know if the museum collects the recording of the play. If so, would you mind sharing with me more details about how to access it? Thank you very much!

    • @miriambertram2448
      @miriambertram2448 Před rokem

      Wow
      Great venue.

  • @sharimauriello2153
    @sharimauriello2153 Před měsícem

    I saw this live stage concert/production years ago. The sets were extremely minimal and dark…being made up of a few objects and the rest was laser show scenery that the actor interacted with through the use of the objects. The laser show kept transforming the locations. It was so cool and the music was awesome. Wish there was footage somewhere to watch. I still have the album on cassette tape 😊.

  • @kenend3258
    @kenend3258 Před 2 lety +2

    Very underrated this.

  • @musiquemacabre
    @musiquemacabre Před rokem +4

    Listening right now for the first time in 20ish years. Since then I've learned how to play music, specifically on piano and synthesizers.
    Beautiful piece that hits so much different now that I can think about what the musicians are doing.
    Why is this one so hard to find?

  • @jakelichter9349
    @jakelichter9349 Před 3 lety +9

    Jesus GOD this upload was a long time coming, thank you!!!!

    • @jakelichter9349
      @jakelichter9349 Před 3 lety +3

      What if I comment every time I listen..the shit never gets old!!

    • @jakelichter9349
      @jakelichter9349 Před 3 lety +3

      back again :)

    • @jakelichter9349
      @jakelichter9349 Před 2 lety +2

      god damn i simply can't get enough - happy october :0

    • @leohardman-hill5313
      @leohardman-hill5313 Před 2 lety +1

      @@jakelichter9349 lol you da man for this - rock on1

    • @jakelichter9349
      @jakelichter9349 Před rokem +2

      Another year another fucking spin on the NOW ZONING shelf baby!!!! Let’s go Phil!!!

  • @user-fb7cr8xc2f
    @user-fb7cr8xc2f Před 3 lety +4

    Fantastic music!

  • @CheekyFest
    @CheekyFest Před 3 lety +6

    One of my fav PG albums

  • @charlesflint9048
    @charlesflint9048 Před 3 lety +4

    This is just great, thank you.

  • @arranwalk
    @arranwalk Před 2 lety +7

    I got to see this live in Dallas around 1988/1989. Saw him again around 1995/1996, doing a Q&A after a viewing of Koyaanisqatsi. Got to meet him and get a cassette of 1000 Airplanes autographed. Would have been perfect, if he hadn’t poked fun of how fat I was at the time. I was in high school.

    • @brianrogers2671
      @brianrogers2671 Před 2 lety

      I also saw this at SMU. I think it was 1988. It blew my mind.

    • @brianrogers2671
      @brianrogers2671 Před 2 lety

      I would love to have a video of that performance

    • @povertyspec9651
      @povertyspec9651 Před 2 lety +2

      PG made fun of your weight? LOL He is a very nice guy and I find it hard to believe he did that.

    • @marcpeycker
      @marcpeycker Před rokem +1

      @@povertyspec9651 Even the nicest of people can have their low moments. 😶

    • @pylgrym
      @pylgrym Před 5 měsíci +1

      He performed for two hundred patrons and me at the Saint Louis Art Museum in the Spring of 1972, emptying close to half the auditorium.

  • @laurenceschwartz8606
    @laurenceschwartz8606 Před 4 měsíci +1

    I understand that this was originally the score of a theatre sci-fi piece? Ear candy

  • @philippecirse4872
    @philippecirse4872 Před 7 dny +1

    Chants parfaits pour lire les formes subjectives des nuages et suivre d'un œil attendri les rainures des tiges des arbres; apprécier l'écriture complexe des branches imbriquées, goûter les couleurs de la décomposition de la lumière en gouttelettes d'eau dans un jardin, ressentir fortement le sol humide de la forêt ancestrale pour percevoir les traces des animaux du passé profond 🍍🌴

  • @beatrixvantil8623
    @beatrixvantil8623 Před 3 lety +1

    WOW! Wonderful !

  • @CheekyFest
    @CheekyFest Před 2 lety +2

    Ive got the CD and the vinyl

  • @ScienceBox3
    @ScienceBox3 Před 2 lety +2

    Not just "so-called" - this is based on a sci-fi book. :) For real.

  • @jondoe7862
    @jondoe7862 Před 2 lety +4

    Is there any video of the original production of this? I so wanted to see it when toured in the late 80's.

  • @pietaltenloh7982
    @pietaltenloh7982 Před 3 lety +3

    El Bach del digloXX

  • @guillaumebonduelle7227

    Special dedication to the guy (Jonah Hill? The editor?) who illustrated the 90's “five O, five O” scene with “A Normal Man Running” by Philip Glass… A particularly amazing title

    • @Plkluv
      @Plkluv Před měsícem

      Yeah I love this scene

  • @NoPlaceLikeHomeMaine
    @NoPlaceLikeHomeMaine Před 2 lety +5

    You must credit the incredible vocals by Linda Ronstadt.

    • @Jpgr0004
      @Jpgr0004 Před rokem +1

      He did. Her name is in the description.

  • @povertyspec9651
    @povertyspec9651 Před 2 lety +10

    Glass is underrated!

  • @bbburito
    @bbburito Před 3 lety +1

  • @pylgrym
    @pylgrym Před 5 měsíci

    Just whips the britches off of DARK SIDE oF THE M00N. But, which came first? Phil or Floyd?

  • @galore2004
    @galore2004 Před 2 lety

    What can i listen to this on besides youtube?

    • @dbmusicproductions9181
      @dbmusicproductions9181 Před 10 měsíci

      Be thankful it is on CZcams right now and enjoy it while you can. Like other recordings that go out of license, it may or may not ever come back. This is the way--for now.

    • @povertyspec9651
      @povertyspec9651 Před 9 měsíci

      You can find used CD's.

    • @willemvandeursen3105
      @willemvandeursen3105 Před 5 měsíci

      @@dbmusicproductions9181
      So we realise that there isn't anything that hasn't been put on CZcams. It's an endless cornucopia, and one day its seams will go supernova!

  • @justinsemmel4263
    @justinsemmel4263 Před rokem

    ph