The Album Club: "Da Pacem" by Arvo Pärt

Trollheart · 10-09-2017, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Mord

We don't sing the Salve Regina and the Magnificat during a normal Mass.

You forget, I'm a filthy apostate. Apparently.

~~MicShazam~~ · 10-09-2017, 10:49 AM

The Album Club: "Da Pacem" by Arvo Pärt
It's pretty, of course, but I can't help but feel pretty bored here. Some of the songs interest me more than most of them do, but it honestly feels like the same choral dynamic repeated across a whole album with very little variation. Religious music like this was never really intended to be actively involving anyway as such. I guess it's supposed to inspire feelings of connection with God or something. It's very pretty, it really is, but it also bores me. Too much of the same thing and I didn't find most of the psalms to be all that memorable.
The most melodically active and therefore most interesting psalm was Psalm 117. Of course just my personal reaction.

5/10 - fine, I guess, but I won't return to it.

EDIT: It's also a cultural thing, probably. If you grew up with this, you're going to have more of a connection with these psalms than I do. I prefer Danish psalms, since I grew up with them and feel that they are part of my cultural background in some way that matters, even though I'm an atheist.

Trollheart · 10-09-2017, 11:17 AM

Once again MicShazam ruins the vote!

~~MicShazam~~ · 10-09-2017, 01:04 PM

Everyone else here seems to be more into stoned church music than I expected. I feel bad pissing all over something so old and culturally important, but if I'm not feeling engaged by it, that's how it is. Sorry to commit blasphemy on every nearly unanimously liked album. I swear I'm not being a contrarian on purpose.

OccultHawk · 10-09-2017, 01:08 PM

You're good. Just keep doing you.

Trollheart · 10-09-2017, 01:11 PM

Yeah. The last thing we want is

Zhanteimi · 10-09-2017, 04:26 PM

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Trollheart · 10-09-2017, 06:22 PM

I prefer Son of Psalm personally.

Neapolitan · 10-09-2017, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

I prefer Son of Psalm personally.

Psalm people have can't resist a pun.

Zhanteimi · 10-09-2017, 06:36 PM

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10-09-2017, 04:26 PM	#37 (permalink)
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10-09-2017, 10:49 AM	#32 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,634	The Album Club: "Da Pacem" by Arvo Pärt It's pretty, of course, but I can't help but feel pretty bored here. Some of the songs interest me more than most of them do, but it honestly feels like the same choral dynamic repeated across a whole album with very little variation. Religious music like this was never really intended to be actively involving anyway as such. I guess it's supposed to inspire feelings of connection with God or something. It's very pretty, it really is, but it also bores me. Too much of the same thing and I didn't find most of the psalms to be all that memorable. The most melodically active and therefore most interesting psalm was Psalm 117. Of course just my personal reaction. 5/10 - fine, I guess, but I won't return to it. EDIT: It's also a cultural thing, probably. If you grew up with this, you're going to have more of a connection with these psalms than I do. I prefer Danish psalms, since I grew up with them and feel that they are part of my cultural background in some way that matters, even though I'm an atheist.

10-09-2017, 01:04 PM	#34 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,634	Everyone else here seems to be more into stoned church music than I expected. I feel bad pissing all over something so old and culturally important, but if I'm not feeling engaged by it, that's how it is. Sorry to commit blasphemy on every nearly unanimously liked album. I swear I'm not being a contrarian on purpose.

10-09-2017, 06:22 PM	#38 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	I prefer Son of Psalm personally. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

10-09-2017, 06:36 PM	#40 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,873	. __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic Last edited by Zhanteimi; 11-28-2017 at 05:49 PM.