Comments on: Scott Walker, some links http://www.eleventhvolume.com/miscellany/2006/09/02/scott-walker-some-links/ Music and culture, mostly. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:22:52 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: 11V http://www.eleventhvolume.com/miscellany/2006/09/02/scott-walker-some-links/comment-page-1/#comment-34398 11V Mon, 16 Jul 2007 21:58:39 +0000 http://www.eleventhvolume.com/miscellany/2006/09/02/scott-walker-some-links/#comment-34398 Hello Alan, thanks for commenting and glad to hear from a fellow fan. According to my iTunes playcount I've managed to listen to The Drift between 12 and 15 times, depending on which track is in question. Interesting idea to wait until the right season to listen again. My personal feeling is that Tilt is the summit, The Drift is the blasted heath, the endsong after hope. His jettisoning of melody and a sense of contrast leaves relatively little to engage with, at least for this listener. Having said that, I intend to keep trying just in case I can find a way in. If you find autumn is your key, please do let me know! Hello Alan, thanks for commenting and glad to hear from a fellow fan. According to my iTunes playcount I’ve managed to listen to The Drift between 12 and 15 times, depending on which track is in question. Interesting idea to wait until the right season to listen again. My personal feeling is that Tilt is the summit, The Drift is the blasted heath, the endsong after hope. His jettisoning of melody and a sense of contrast leaves relatively little to engage with, at least for this listener. Having said that, I intend to keep trying just in case I can find a way in. If you find autumn is your key, please do let me know!

]]> By: Alan Dennen http://www.eleventhvolume.com/miscellany/2006/09/02/scott-walker-some-links/comment-page-1/#comment-34332 Alan Dennen Sun, 15 Jul 2007 19:52:21 +0000 http://www.eleventhvolume.com/miscellany/2006/09/02/scott-walker-some-links/#comment-34332 I've been a fan of Scott Walker's since 1965, and when I heard him sing lead with the Walker Bros., "Make It Easy On Yourself". I've followed his progress, and in some cases, reinventions, over more than 40 years. He is obviously not the "crooner" of the 1960s, 1970s, nor even the more melody oriented, alternative voice of the 1980s, a la, "Climate of Hunter" or the angst ridden voice of "Tilt" from the 1990s. His latest CD, "The Drift" is the most outwardly difficult to give a listen. It seems to almost continue in some sense from "Tilt" but then "drifts" (bad pun) in the psychic and/or psychological, cerebral sense into another Walker-realm of distorted form or fancy. Not sure which, but I admit, I've not listened to it enough. I think someone who is perhaps now more loner than his make-up, Scott Walker seemingly reflects more on the insecurities of life than those that seem more firm or accepting. God knows. Summer warmth, and sunshine, so much the season, I think perhaps for me to wait again to listen in the autumn, when the leaves fall, the rain begins, and I can listen to Scott Walker with that sense of intimacy, and that itself lends to a better understanding of this artist's art. Best wishes. I’ve been a fan of Scott Walker’s since 1965, and when I heard him sing lead with the Walker Bros., “Make It Easy On Yourself”. I’ve followed his progress, and in some cases, reinventions, over more than 40 years. He is obviously not the “crooner” of the 1960s, 1970s, nor even the more melody oriented, alternative voice of the 1980s, a la, “Climate of Hunter” or the angst ridden voice of “Tilt” from the 1990s. His latest CD, “The Drift” is the most outwardly difficult to give a listen. It seems to almost continue in some sense from “Tilt” but then “drifts” (bad pun) in the psychic and/or psychological, cerebral sense into another Walker-realm of distorted form or fancy. Not sure which, but I admit, I’ve not listened to it enough. I think someone who is perhaps now more loner than his make-up, Scott Walker seemingly reflects more on the insecurities of life than those that seem more firm or accepting. God knows.

Summer warmth, and sunshine, so much the season, I think perhaps for me to wait again to listen in the autumn, when the leaves fall, the rain begins, and I can listen to Scott Walker with that sense of intimacy, and that itself lends to a better understanding of this artist’s art.

Best wishes.

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