http://slepi.net/archives/blog/music Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:47:10 -0600 RSS feed for entry type Blog under category Music on Slepi.NET Copyrights 2008 Wiras Adi http://www.slepi.net/images/slepinet-rss.png http://www.slepi.net http://slepi.net/entry/stupefication_the_mythical_slipped-tongue_improvisation_in_rick_wakeman_journey <p>Three or four months ago, <a href="http://katrurka.multiply.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onkeypress="window.open(this.href);return false;" title="Alexandre Costa" rel="nofollow external">a friend of mine</a> pointed out to me about a mistake in one of the most monumental music concerts ever performed, the inspiring Journey to the Centre of the Earth by <a href="http://www.rwcc.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onkeypress="window.open(this.href);return false;" title="Rick Wakeman" rel="nofollow external">Rick Wakeman</a> in January 1974 at London's Royal Festival Hall. A strange word <strong>&quot;stupefication&quot;</strong> was <em>invented and introduced</em> (un)intentionally to public by (the late) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hemmings" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onkeypress="window.open(this.href);return false;" title="David Hemmings" rel="nofollow external">David Hemmings</a>, the one who read the narratives. (The whole performance was a combination of modern rock music, a full classical orchestra and choir, and a lengthy narration adapted from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journey_to_the_Center_of_the_Earth" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onkeypress="window.open(this.href);return false;" title="Jules Verne's famous novel Journey to the Centre of the Earth" rel="nofollow external">Jules Verne's famous 19^th century novel Journey to the Centre of the Earth</a>). This unique and rare mistake somehow has created its own story; no one knows for sure whether David Hemmings did it intentionally or not.</p> Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:04:47 -0600 http://slepi.net/entry/stupefication_the_mythical_slipped-tongue_improvisation_in_rick_wakeman_journey wiras@slepi.net (Wiras Adi)