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sharplittleteeth) wrote2005-10-11 01:45 pm
sharplittleteeth) wrote2005-10-11 01:45 pm
Diamanda Galas - Songs of Exile
Not as intense as Defixiones. Not as hypnotising. More laid back. Just Dia and a piano and her astonishing voice.
Songs of Exile is a song cycle about artists forced to live in exile. The songs started out Middle-Eastern, wove their way through a crazed cirus waltz, German cabaret, Johnny Cash's "25 Minutes to Go" and and ended with the negro spirituals "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean" and "Let My People Go." THese last songs were the highlights for me, but I'm a sucker for a good spiritual.
Diamanda even spoke to the audience. Twice. The first time was to belittle a gentleman who suggested she should have had surtitles during Defixiones. She made some incoherent joke about instructions that come with Maytag washing machines and how she wasn't here to soak the people of Down Under. Or something.
Her second comment was in Greek, so it made as much sense as the first.
Afterwards, we met up with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
patchworkkid and morgan303 and others for a drink in the Spiegeltent garden, where the conversation revolved mostly around the Cave Clan and squirrels on crack.
Songs of Exile is a song cycle about artists forced to live in exile. The songs started out Middle-Eastern, wove their way through a crazed cirus waltz, German cabaret, Johnny Cash's "25 Minutes to Go" and and ended with the negro spirituals "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean" and "Let My People Go." THese last songs were the highlights for me, but I'm a sucker for a good spiritual.
Diamanda even spoke to the audience. Twice. The first time was to belittle a gentleman who suggested she should have had surtitles during Defixiones. She made some incoherent joke about instructions that come with Maytag washing machines and how she wasn't here to soak the people of Down Under. Or something.
Her second comment was in Greek, so it made as much sense as the first.
Afterwards, we met up with
patchworkkid and morgan303 and others for a drink in the Spiegeltent garden, where the conversation revolved mostly around the Cave Clan and squirrels on crack.