Bill Nelson; more Cocteau fanzine drivel

[hsut@ed.purdue.edu (Bill Hsu)]

(I'm typing this while listening to All the Love, one of my all-time favorite
Kate songs, so this may get somewhat incoherent...)

(BTW, it was hilarious to read one of Doug's postings to lovehounds show up
in mod.music, you know the one where he predicted confusion about a certain
F-word...)

Finally picked up a copy of Bill Nelson's The Love that Whirls (I also saw
a stack of rarer Bill Nelson stuff at Rose in Chicago, but they're way out
of my budget range). Neat to find out that a lot of the artists whom I
admire also like each other's work --- Bill Nelson seems to be really
into Cocteau (again!) and the Hungarian Gyorgy Ligeti, one of the most
interesting avant garde composers in the early '60s. Ligeti wrote neat
pieces for organ which are literally dense blocks of sounds and colors,
and interesting choral and orchestral pieces. One of his pieces is heard
in the movie 2001. If you're into Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast (was it
Shelli?) be sure to pick up Bill Nelson's soundtrack. It was written for
a stage production based on the movie, and Nelson acknowledges the
influence of the original soundtrack. I've seen lots of stills from the
movie, but have not had the chance to see the actual movie.


Bill Hsu