Well, look at Moody Blues. About everything they production, used a Mellotron. I also strongly believe Alan Parsons was a great influencer for synthesizing in his audio engineering techniques. You can find his name credited to the production of many Albums working with record labels like Mercury, Fox, Arista, Legacy and others. Credited on some Beatles “ Abbey Road “ and Pink Floyd DSM album.
1980's abused the heck out of single artists with electronic setups to do movie soundtracks. Cheaper than hiring a band. When we think synthwave and vaporwave it's based a lot on the forgettable synth movie and tv sound tracks we heard. You go "i remember hearing stuff like this, but it wasn't on the radio". It was background music to peoples lives in movies.
the crazy thing is that the generations overlapped just enough for Skrillex to do a collab with them, and sampled this interview specifically. It's a wonderful track, even for that era of Skrillex noises.
Not to mention Stockhausen, Terry Riley, LaMonte Young, Alvin Lucier, John Cage and many more. Morrison was just paying attention, not predicting that much, imo.
synth stuff, Miles Davis bans on In A Silent Way even before Bitches Brew
Also beach boys Pet Sounds or whatever. Beatles tomorrow never knows.
Morrison’s own keyboardist already using synths prominently long before 1969.
It’s a description of current changes at the time and of potential that anyone recognized if they knew anything. Ignorant people see that and say: “magical supernatural prediction OMG”
The first synth had been around since 1947, used for Telstar in 1962, and the Moog was invented in '64 so he was extrapolating rather than going full sci-fi.
yeah, and people like Jimi Hendrix were doing analog distortions and manipulations to make out of this world sounds. It blew everyone's mind at the time.
What would have been REALLY impressive is if he foresaw DIGITAL music synthesis. The idea that you can make music based on directly generating arbitrary waveforms and frequency spectra would have been alien to the artists of the time, though it wouldn't be particularly surprising to scientists and engineers.
Electronic instruments existed in the 30s before synths in nazi germany. Hitler and the boys saw them as a technological marvel they wanted to use as propaganda but not too much came of it at the time.
This. It drives me nuts whenever anyone says suchandsuch predicted soandso. NO, just that the trajectory of history has been predictable for longer than you think. It also repeats itself.
I mean... The word "predict" doesn't mean "made a guess with no information and happened to be right". An informed guess based on understanding existing information is still a prediction, even if it would be fairly obvious to anyone with the same level of knowledge.
Yeah ignorant people see and post “OMG magical prediction by so and so”, when in fact all that’s happening is 1) a description of current movements and changes at the time and 2) well-known potential recognized by everyone who is looking at it
At the same time, people get off on another related false myth meme fallacy, “NO ONE could have predicted the SUDDEN RISE of [bla bla]”. Actually yeah they could.
I like making predictions of current events by referring and learning from history of people in similar situations. I've amassed like 90% hit ratio and I'm not even a psychic. People on the internet hate me because I don't follow the rules. :'D
thatwoodguy
Jean Michel Jarrè is producing a book on electronic music
Unfortunate500
He was predicting bands like Boston here, not AI.
1957PapaKen
Well, look at Moody Blues. About everything they production, used a Mellotron.
I also strongly believe Alan Parsons was a great influencer for synthesizing in his audio engineering techniques. You can find his name credited to the production of many Albums working with record labels like Mercury, Fox, Arista, Legacy and others. Credited on some Beatles “ Abbey Road “ and Pink Floyd DSM album.
YippeeKayakOB
Me and my weird future music relying heavily on tape:
Ivalicenyan
ELO
sadurdaynight
1980's abused the heck out of single artists with electronic setups to do movie soundtracks. Cheaper than hiring a band. When we think synthwave and vaporwave it's based a lot on the forgettable synth movie and tv sound tracks we heard. You go "i remember hearing stuff like this, but it wasn't on the radio". It was background music to peoples lives in movies.
plortho
Vangelis and Tangerine Dream have entered the chat..
TehGambit
They put a click on the 24 track, which then was synched to the moog modular.
BoogiesOogie
Does this help the lunar wain shaft prevent side-fumbling?
BlueCubeheaD
InternetAnonymityplz
My name is Giovanni Giorgio, but everybody calls me Giorgio.
robertdoobies
And that person was Nash the Slash. rip
SomeGeek75ygh
It's '60s ffs.
StormBurnX
the crazy thing is that the generations overlapped just enough for Skrillex to do a collab with them, and sampled this interview specifically. It's a wonderful track, even for that era of Skrillex noises.
kaboomdeactivated
Skrillex sampled this interview in his song "Breakin' a Sweat", which features the (at that time) remaining living Doors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUA8OzQxGxE
MattFierce
Was just coming to see if anyone had commented this!
Grapeape2000
He saw it in a vision
angpanange365
He predicted Moby
OddlyPacific
He “predicted” I Hear A New World by Joe Meek (1960).
shardix
WoodORama
If Jim Morrison were still alive he'd be running a karaoke revue at the Holiday Inn Express by the airport.
MarkoffChaney
And then came Kraftwerk.
RacecarIsRacecarBackwards
https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1YjdiYjViNnIxZ213MzI1M29nYWk0ZmU4M2hsbzg3ZnZ1aWVxcHBrNSZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/OxxcW11fbGQ80/200w.webp
FelonyRaptor
And Cluster and Harmonia and NEU! etc.
MadnerKami
And YMO
countbassy
Eins, zwei, drei , vier
couchcaster
Steve Reich was already doing what Jim was describing
FelonyRaptor
Not to mention Stockhausen, Terry Riley, LaMonte Young, Alvin Lucier, John Cage and many more. Morrison was just paying attention, not predicting that much, imo.
circlebreaker
John Cage? The actor who punches people in the dick?
tavinjer
Yes. He lived a double life
FrolickingFrolicking
“Tape” stuff = dub music, long before
synth stuff, Miles Davis bans on In A Silent Way even before Bitches Brew
Also beach boys Pet Sounds or whatever. Beatles tomorrow never knows.
Morrison’s own keyboardist already using synths prominently long before 1969.
It’s a description of current changes at the time and of potential that anyone recognized if they knew anything. Ignorant people see that and say: “magical supernatural prediction OMG”
DrSharkbite
Nuds
https://youtu.be/uS5VqnjzpLo?si=m_JCGnbpTb8ung0_
lpooptoomuch
anyone notice him in the new season of "your friends and neighbors"?
SleepyKitten
I'm impressed with his recovery after that long note he holds.
TheCunningLinguists
Is this the reincarnation of Jim Morrison?
TokyoSandblaster101
https://media3.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1dWVmNDFkem80Z2JzMW5ram56cHgwaHJhN2Q5c3MwYTB2bmMxYTJzcyZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/11FiDF2fuOujPG/200w.webp
Nuds
In the longer cut you see him build to this point. You can see in his eyes when you know he is ready to unleash this.
SleepyKitten
And then he takes a weird turn when talking to Siri, but it's still entertaining.
MrStealYourGiF
The first synth had been around since 1947, used for Telstar in 1962, and the Moog was invented in '64 so he was extrapolating rather than going full sci-fi.
yamsonyamsonyams
Jim Morrison was not w genius snd his music sucks. Just another arrogant tool that thinks the sun shines out of his ass
SauceySandwich
I'm here for this response
senatorbirdbrain
Guys like Georgio Moroder were releasing hits on the one-guy-with-a-room-full-of-synthesizers model only a few years after this
eetsumkaus
yeah, and people like Jimi Hendrix were doing analog distortions and manipulations to make out of this world sounds. It blew everyone's mind at the time.
What would have been REALLY impressive is if he foresaw DIGITAL music synthesis. The idea that you can make music based on directly generating arbitrary waveforms and frequency spectra would have been alien to the artists of the time, though it wouldn't be particularly surprising to scientists and engineers.
rbudrick
Electronic instruments existed in the 30s before synths in nazi germany. Hitler and the boys saw them as a technological marvel they wanted to use as propaganda but not too much came of it at the time.
FrolickingFrolicking
Yes also, “tape” stuff was already well-attested by dub musicians well before that
Herbie Hancock and Joe Zawinul were doing wall of synth stuff on Miles Davis In A Silent Way even before Bitches Brew
Morrison is also well-aware that his own keys player was using electronic synth long before 1969
Beatles tomorrow never knows 1966
And so on. The OP is a description of current movements at the time, and a description of well-known potential, not some Nostradamus prediction
Relictivity
The Doors used a Moog on Strange Days 1967.
jeejeejerrycotton
Not to mention that he absolutely wasn't talking about synthesizers.
TvoroyrarButtFella
'Machines'
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GrandmaSlappy
This. It drives me nuts whenever anyone says suchandsuch predicted soandso. NO, just that the trajectory of history has been predictable for longer than you think. It also repeats itself.
magictouch
So he didn’t predict anything it was just predictable. Got it.
Badprenup
I mean... The word "predict" doesn't mean "made a guess with no information and happened to be right". An informed guess based on understanding existing information is still a prediction, even if it would be fairly obvious to anyone with the same level of knowledge.
FrolickingFrolicking
Yeah ignorant people see and post “OMG magical prediction by so and so”, when in fact all that’s happening is 1) a description of current movements and changes at the time and 2) well-known potential recognized by everyone who is looking at it
At the same time, people get off on another related false myth meme fallacy, “NO ONE could have predicted the SUDDEN RISE of [bla bla]”. Actually yeah they could.
Pyllymysli
I like making predictions of current events by referring and learning from history of people in similar situations. I've amassed like 90% hit ratio and I'm not even a psychic. People on the internet hate me because I don't follow the rules. :'D