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"Music for 18 Musicians" by Steve Reich was the first piece of minimalist music I heard in the 80s, thanks to a friend who introduced me to it. It was a real revolution for me! I still consider it one of the greatest masterpieces of this musical genre. When you listen to minimalist pieces, you have the feeling that nothing is happening. In reality, the changes happen very slowly, like orbits that overlap with cosmic precision, making the change almost imperceptible. At first listen it may seem boring and repetitive, but it is not! You have to listen to it with someone who explains to you what is happening in its structure. That's how we learn things: there must be someone more prepared than us. Every small change creates a new sound universe: the instruments are added little by little, like in a puzzle, weaving an increasingly complex sound pattern and causing a hypnotic, infinitely engaging effect. Listening to it is like floating in a dimension without borders, where everything finds its place with a disarming calm, almost a cosmic breath. It is one of the songs that I listen to and re-listen to endlessly, a true masterpiece.

No matter which perormance I find, part six brings layughter into tears every time. Note the looks on the faces of the performers!

One of my favourite pieces of music. Thank you for posting this.

I was fortunate enough to hear this piece live with Steve Reich's ensemble in the spring of 1979, at the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati.

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That's Ed King in the black shirt with the red stratocaster. He was the original lead guitarist for Strawberry Alarm Clock. He later went on to join Lynyrd Skynyrd, and wrote the opening guitar riff for Sweet Home Alabama. Everything's connected in the music world, folks!

This is a very good performance

for me, this is the holy grail of teamwork.

I was there!! Excellent concert!

Ed King was my best friend at Toll Jr. High and Hoover High in Glendale, Ca in the late 60's. He wouldn't cut his hair and wasn't allowed at Hoover for his senior year (1966-67). Miss my old buddy. R.I.P.

Lynyrd Skynyrd wasn't the only group with a three guitar attack!

The Everly brothers father said " always be the voice". And Greg Mumford still has it.

They all are waiting for 34.45

OH THIS LOOKS GREAT!😂😂😂

This piece has the rather unusual 5/4 time signature

So-so rendition..hang it up while you were on top, Robert at 67.

I love that they double-mic'd each singer - the stereo "fly-by" sounds so cool!!

I always feel like dancing like nobody's watching, like a lonely lead dancer in center stage listening to this kind of music 🤪

A very cool bit of music. I love the stereo use of the voices and the many flavours and textures presented. Awesome. I also want to acknowledge the wonders of modern computers... that allow "cut and paste"! This would have saved the composer hundreds of hours.

Always loved this song.

Supposedly this is a reunion with Greg Munford(?). Can anyone tell which one he is?

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Thank You. Andy from Vienna

Sublime interprétation. JM

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Original band had the DRUMMER singing lead.

The sound guy needs to get fired

Weak..........

Still Steve Reich's masterpiece in my mind and this is a great performance, not to mention the fantastic location. Love me some Bass Clarinet. :)

Who needs Woodstock and the mud. This work and performance kills! One hour of pure sonic nirvana.

Sounds Amazing, STILL ❤️

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The original lead singer for this song was the drummer, Randy Seol.

It's very early in the morning, here in the middle of France, in the middle of spring. This music makes the sun rise in the nicest way. The best for all, !! the sun shines.

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I bet it's quite frustrating, having this piece not click for you at all, and wondering why it's been lauded for so many years and given such great venues. But I assure the confused skeptics out there that this piece "gets" a lot of people on aesthetic and spiritual levels. It has a grooving rhythmic flow and deep harmonic beauty that we can interact with in our heads as it loops, layers, and phases. Each section has a meditative, emotional progression, and each transition is wonderfully cathartic, facilitated by the build-ups and flows of energy. I personally consider this a masterpiece, not only because there wasn't much like it before Steve dreamed it up, but more importantly because I enjoy listening and dancing along with it immensely, and this appreciation never wanes no matter how many times I've listened to it.

I remember buying the 45 as a teenager in the late 60s. I love the song but my favorite of theirs is one titled "Tomorrow".

Greg is doing well retired but teaching at Georgetown U

Beautiful

4 guitars wasn't enough so they needed a 5th?

RIP Ed King

My wife and I were actually at this concert at Millennium Park. The weather was perfect augmented by the fantastic performance that night Took me back BRAVO!!!!

i love it when some of the musicians look like they're about to laugh, lol

I love this piece so much

Godamn. There's a reason this won reich the pulitzer prize for music. I can feel this shit in my bones. I love it

this is hilarious

Well I'm at 40 minutes and it doesn't look like actual music is going to start. This is the most boring piece of sound I've heard in a long time. Could be performed by 2 artists with a looper.

Why do they need 50 guitars? More doesn't make it better!!!