Friday, June 24, 2005

Let there be music / 음악 연기해라

Sadly I've taken the bait. As a response to a challenge by Gumbi to name my top 10 albums, I've come up with this.

꾐에 빠졌군. Gumbi에서 내 최고 10대 앨범을 선택할 도전에 부응해서 이건 꺼냈다.

뭧시의 생각후에, 난 들었던 좋고 대단하고 지독한 음악을 생각해 본 후에 결과는 난 앨범보다 그냥
개개의 음악작품을 좋아하는 거다. 그렇지만 다음은 세월이 흐르면서 난 좋아했곤 했던 것들이다.

After hours spent thinking up all the good, great and abysmal music I've heard, I've come to the conclusion I'm more of an individual piece of music person than an album person. However, I'll willingly say that some of the ones I've most consistantly enjoyed over the years have been:

(by chronological order of discovery)
Graceland - Paul Simon
Ten - Pearl Jam
Ferment - Catherine Wheel
Hors Saison - Francis Cabrel
Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
The Best of - Paolo Conte
OK Computer - Radiohead
Swing When You're Winning - Robbie Williams
Rapture - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Way to Blue - Nick Drake

I can't put numbers beside these: they all mean such different things to me.
이것들이 나에게 아주 다른 의미를 하는데 평가하지 절대로 못 한다.

역시 클래식 음악을 아주 좋아한데 베토벤이 앨범 하나도 안 만들었지. 그래서 관심이 있으면
(이번 주의) 내 최고 5대의 클래식 음악 작품이 있다.
Also, classical music's one of my great loves and, for better or worse, Beethoven never 'did' albums. So, here for anyone who's interested, are my top 5 classical pieces (this week!):

Vltava (from Ma Vlast) - Bedrich Smetana
The Preludes - Ferenc Liszt
MGV (Musique à Grande Vitesse) - Michael Nyman
7th Symphony - Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto Number 1 - Béla Bartók

2 comments:

Jiri said...

Well, I'd have to agree on Vltava (no national bias, hehe). It's just so powerful! I always use it for my country presentations.

Jiri said...

Well, I'd have to agree on Vltava (no national bias, hehe). It's just so powerful! I always use it for my country presentations.