LYRICS *【I】 America - Before the War* From Chicago to New York One of the fastest trains Crack train from New York From New York to Los Angeles Different trains everyday From Chicago to New York In 1939 1939 1940 1941 1941 I guess it must've been *【II】 Europe - During the War* 1940 On my birthday The Germans walked Walked into Holland Germans invaded Hungary I was in second grade I had a teacher A very tall man, his head was completely plastered smooth He said, "Black Crows" "Black Crows invaded our country, many years ago" And he pointed right at me No more school You must go away And she said, "Quick, go!" And he said, "Don't breathe" Into the cattle wagons And for four days and four nights And then they went through these strange sounding names Polish-Polish names Lots of cattle wagons there They were loaded with people They shaved us They tattooed a number on our arm Flames going up in the sky It was smokey *【III】 After the War* Then the war was over Are you sure? The war is over Going to America To Los Angeles To New York From New York to Los Angeles One of the fastest trains But today, they're all gone There was one girl who had a beautiful voice And they loved to listen to the singing The Germans And when she stopped singing, they said, "More! More!" and they applauded
God bless you. I'm so glad they got out and I hope their life only got better and better after. You are their legacy. ❤ May there be Peace on Earth for all of us.
This is truly one of those songs I have to hear fully all the way through with my undivided attention, there is no other way. This is a true masterpiece of this era, to me.
This is one of my favourite pieces too, I remember hearing it on the radio when I was 14 and I'd just never heard music like it before. I immediately loved the way the speech and the music linked together, it changed my mind forever
My favorite part of this masterpiece is at the very end: There was this girl who had a beautiful voice And they loved to listen to the singing... And when she stopped singing, they said, "More, more" and they applauded. Even in the midst of so much hate and brutality, a common bond that binds us all. A girl with a beautiful voice singing. This is my favorite of all of Reich's works. So rich in humanity.
Ed, were they playing along with an additional string quartet recording? Perhaps the Kronos recording? Was the train part of an additional electronic element or part of the other string recording?I feel like they were playing along with the Kronos recording. Occasionally the violinists delay entrance for a measure or two to hear the new tempo/groove so I’m curious. I also wonder if the headsets had a clock track or the other quartet recording playing.
It's written for (live) string quartet and pre-recorded performance tape, which includes three separate string quartets, and voice and train recordings. I don't know which quartet played on the tape, but I imagine it may have been the Kronos, as they gave the premiere.
@@justDave3453 Thank you for this information. Already had the idea that something was playing along with them, but did not know what it could be. Didn't mind though: the performance of the life musicians, with the tape and the train video images made this to a total experience, which I enjoyed very much.
This is really beautiful. I'm grateful there's this live concert with accompanying film. It gives the piece so much more dimensionality. And wow! Papa Reich comes out at the end?!! Happy 80th (4+ yrs ago)!
Yeah this was really interesting when I listened to this. This piece was written in 1988, so a lot of Holocaust survivors would still be alive. Only decades later would it truly gain its double meaning.
God, it's so damn good! Have never seen it live - just have every recording available - but seeing it "live' (relative term I know when part of it is tape) blows recorded version out of the water. I LOVE that dancing violinist on the right!
I am glad to have watched this. Some of the sounds I thought were computer and not a string. I only recently became aware of the second two parts. So sorrowful. Humans are such a complex species. The horror of the camps, bombing of civilians, genocide. Yet a few of us can create something as amazing as this piece. I hope I get to see this live.
🍀Je suis toujours fasciné par les musiques de ce compositeur tellement génial et ce morceau particulièrement parce que je m'y sens littéralement embarqué, merci.
You can find the composer's detailed notes about how everything should be configured technologically online, just search 'different trains steve reich score'
Where is the credits? Who are the musicians? Please! The names! No piece of music is complete without credits to the performing musicians. We want more respect, please!
It's not really about the Holocaust. It's about the very different feelings evoked by trains. By those who livet The Holocaust, they're an understandingly haunting memory. But for Reich himself, they represented something completely different. Hence the name "Different trains", as in very different journeys. For some, it meant being moved against your will from your home to a concentration camp. For others, it means a thrilling experience that represents meeting new people and discovering new places. That's what makes this album an absolute masterpiece, because it moves the mood from bitter to thrilling in a beat. It moves the tempo as if it was no biggie and you don't mind, because your heart gets it.
There's a bit more to it. During the second world war Reich travelled a lot between New York and L A as in both cities his divorced parents lived. Being Jewish if he had lived in Europe he would have been probably on quite a different train.
@@voiceover2191 Well quite, My wife and I visited Auschwitz-Birkenau when on Holiday to Poland a couple of years ago. Sobering is the most minor word I can apply to this place, it is difficult to understand how people worked here, engaging in mass murder every day. And every day more trains would roll up...
Liscense to Rock 442, you can’t when you have no other choice when you have to listen to it in “Music Appreciation.” Like I said, take out the interview samples and the music is incredible, which is what they did for the Reich Remixed album.
LYRICS
*【I】 America - Before the War*
From Chicago to New York
One of the fastest trains
Crack train from New York
From New York to Los Angeles
Different trains everyday
From Chicago to New York
In 1939
1939
1940
1941
1941 I guess it must've been
*【II】 Europe - During the War*
1940
On my birthday
The Germans walked
Walked into Holland
Germans invaded Hungary
I was in second grade
I had a teacher
A very tall man, his head was completely plastered smooth
He said, "Black Crows"
"Black Crows invaded our country, many years ago"
And he pointed right at me
No more school
You must go away
And she said, "Quick, go!"
And he said, "Don't breathe"
Into the cattle wagons
And for four days and four nights
And then they went through these strange sounding names
Polish-Polish names
Lots of cattle wagons there
They were loaded with people
They shaved us
They tattooed a number on our arm
Flames going up in the sky
It was smokey
*【III】 After the War*
Then the war was over
Are you sure?
The war is over
Going to America
To Los Angeles
To New York
From New York to Los Angeles
One of the fastest trains
But today, they're all gone
There was one girl who had a beautiful voice
And they loved to listen to the singing
The Germans
And when she stopped singing, they said, "More! More!" and they applauded
Thank you for posting the lyrics. So very helpful.
I appreciate it. This helped me a lot to understand the piece. thank you so much.
"Track Train from New York" Thank you very much for posting these
@@brandonobrien7239 crack... antiqued term for "best or fastest"
Thank you for posting.. I have an assignment on this for my class and it has helped me alot to interpret the piece
My parents were on those trains, survived two death camps. R.I.P. Mother and Father.🙏🏻
God bless you. I'm so glad they got out and I hope their life only got better and better after. You are their legacy. ❤ May there be Peace on Earth for all of us.
so glad boiler room featured steve reich
these are phenomenal in quality
This is truly one of those songs I have to hear fully all the way through with my undivided attention, there is no other way. This is a true masterpiece of this era, to me.
This masterpiece is so important to me, and this is a lovely performance. One of the early masters. Happy birthday, Steve Reich!!!
@Florian 2 If you think this is "trash" go ahead and compose something better than this. I'll wait.
@Florian 2 I feel sorry for you, just in general. You sound sad.
This is one of my favourite pieces too, I remember hearing it on the radio when I was 14 and I'd just never heard music like it before. I immediately loved the way the speech and the music linked together, it changed my mind forever
@Jonathan Look for the latest installment of the podcast 'Sound Exploder'. Great to learn how the composer created this great piece.
The section at 18:52-19:47 is just so beautiful
yes it is! ❤
Same here. I really found it beautiful
The power of the paradiddle!
So glad this is still up!
I saw this live forever ago, and at the time, didn't realize the power of this piece.
I would die to see this live
00:00 America Before the War
9:23 Europe During the War
16:51 After the War
Stunning and fascinating with the voices of the Holocaust survivors.
00:18 : America - Before the war
09:20 : Europe - During the War
16:47 : America - After the War
My favorite part of this masterpiece is at the very end:
There was this girl who had a beautiful voice
And they loved to listen to the singing...
And when she stopped singing, they said, "More, more" and they applauded.
Even in the midst of so much hate and brutality, a common bond that binds us all. A girl with a beautiful voice singing.
This is my favorite of all of Reich's works. So rich in humanity.
An unforgettable event. I feel privileged to have been there, especially as I was with my awesome friend and musician Dave Osborn.
Ed, were they playing along with an additional string quartet recording? Perhaps the Kronos recording? Was the train part of an additional electronic element or part of the other string recording?I feel like they were playing along with the Kronos recording. Occasionally the violinists delay entrance for a measure or two to hear the new tempo/groove so I’m curious. I also wonder if the headsets had a clock track or the other quartet recording playing.
...”click” track
It's written for (live) string quartet and pre-recorded performance tape, which includes three separate string quartets, and voice and train recordings. I don't know which quartet played on the tape, but I imagine it may have been the Kronos, as they gave the premiere.
@@justDave3453 Thank you for this information. Already had the idea that something was playing along with them, but did not know what it could be. Didn't mind though: the performance of the life musicians, with the tape and the train video images made this to a total experience, which I enjoyed very much.
Name dropper.
This is really beautiful. I'm grateful there's this live concert with accompanying film. It gives the piece so much more dimensionality. And wow! Papa Reich comes out at the end?!! Happy 80th (4+ yrs ago)!
I've never heard anything like it!!
"But today, they're all gone" This lyric likely refers to more than simply trains.
i think you're onto something here
Yeah this was really interesting when I listened to this. This piece was written in 1988, so a lot of Holocaust survivors would still be alive. Only decades later would it truly gain its double meaning.
Duh
Am I the only one to feel truly terrified when I listen to this ?
Starting from 9 minutes, but especially from 10 minutes on, absolutely! But at the same time it's really beautiful
it's eerily beautiful
It’s absolutely terrifying, it should be used in a Holocaust movies to show the darkness and true scale of evil it had…
Definitely not, I feel exactly the same. This has to be one of his best works ever.
A mí me da mucha paz
I come back t9 this again and again.
This post should include the names of these performers... truly amazing work..
I hate how i can't listen to this without crying like a child.
It is a sign of being ahuman being, my dear friend :)
Don’t worry about it, it shows your advanced humanity
Tenía esta composición musical en 1991, en cassette. Y la escuchaba con frecuencia. Me encanta. Es una obra maestra del minimalismo. O.M.V
Formidable interprétation, bravo pour l'énergie partagée
Thank you for expressive performance of those horrors we never should forget!
A different Zone of Interest, an equally haunting juxtaposition.
God, it's so damn good! Have never seen it live - just have every recording available - but seeing it "live' (relative term I know when part of it is tape) blows recorded version out of the water. I LOVE that dancing violinist on the right!
This piece is on my bucket list of live performances. If you know of an upcoming performance, let me know. I'd travel anywhere to hear this live.
I am glad to have watched this. Some of the sounds I thought were computer and not a string.
I only recently became aware of the second two parts. So sorrowful. Humans are such a complex species. The horror of the camps, bombing of civilians, genocide. Yet a few of us can create something as amazing as this piece. I hope I get to see this live.
from new york to los angles from new york new york 🔥🔥🔥
🍀Je suis toujours fasciné par les musiques de ce compositeur tellement génial et ce morceau particulièrement parce que je m'y sens littéralement embarqué, merci.
yo, this is pretty unbelievable
Holy F! I saw the Kronos Qt do this and you all were awesome doing this piece!
lovely to see Steve Reich at the end (- does he ever take that cap off?)
no, and if he did he'd be wearing a yarmulke
he's pretty devout i believe
This is amazing.
How can one not shed a tear while listening to the middle part?
the middle parts pretty cool if i do say so myself 😎
The middle part is sad, but incredibly powerful.
flames... going up in the sky
Just amazing
stunning work
Oh...
This is...I can't explain how music this is.
Words fail me, only tears.
Boiler Room got so damn big !
Paradiddle)))
Beautiful sound
Yeah, he looks a healthy young 60. Live your life to the fullest. It's never too late
from Chicagen to New Yark
amazing piece!
Different Trains 1989 (les enregistrements de trains !!!)
Beautiful, simply beautiful.
Performance contains a "visual element" and yet the videographer (mostly) ignores this and focuses on close-ups of the musicians. Very odd.
Beautiful
Reich's vision of the war... this music talks to everyone...
Amazing performance ! As perfect as the original (by the Kronos Quartet). Congrats !
steve reich's best work. imo
magnificent
9:18 , 9:37 , 10:13 (10:25) , 10:36 , 10:46 , 11:05 , 11:23 , 11:39 , 11:51 , 12:10 , 12:26 / 12:50
legend
Великолепно!
amazing
Bravo ❤️
This is awesome :D
lovely stuff!
such a masterpiece!
18:33 - Nero: Solid Air
YESSSS
16:49 😍😍😍
Powerful!
waow so cool!!!!!!! i liek this song!!!
Perfect
I agree it's beautiful isn't it.
I was there!
Awesome!
I play the violin and would like to play one of the parts on this. First or second violin wouldn’t matter, either one would be fine.
wonderful
Steve Reich is 80 years old here? Man he looks like he's 65 or something.
Works as a fantastic alternative soundtrack to "There will be Blood".
Jonny Greenwood actually performed Reich's Electric Counterpoint and is apparently a big fan
Please activate the Captions button on this video. Thank you
Brazil ama vcs!!
From outer world
Does anyone know what the tech setup is here?
You can find the composer's detailed notes about how everything should be configured technologically online, just search 'different trains steve reich score'
Toujours la chaire de poule quand j'écoute du Steve Reich.
Et tu connais l'histoire de ce morceau? la chair de poule n'en sera que plus réelle!
라이히,
its true the trains are different
Herr Laumann, warum tun sie uns das an?
Wer ist Herr laumann?
cool
🖤
1:20
第１バイオリンが美人すぎる！
😱❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Is there any link i can download the full score ?
Trains d'importation-d'exportation, de migrations choisies ou imposées, de transybériens ou de la nouvelle route de la soie ...
これ大学の授業で聞かされてトラウマになったわ
Me listening to this because I have a hw on it😂😂😂
Suht asjalik meloodia
If you are writing a minimalist piece,
write Train music .
ofelia!!!
Where is the credits? Who are the musicians? Please! The names! No piece of music is complete without credits to the performing musicians. We want more respect, please!
stationtostation.
Is this about the holocaust
It's not really about the Holocaust. It's about the very different feelings evoked by trains. By those who livet The Holocaust, they're an understandingly haunting memory. But for Reich himself, they represented something completely different. Hence the name "Different trains", as in very different journeys. For some, it meant being moved against your will from your home to a concentration camp. For others, it means a thrilling experience that represents meeting new people and discovering new places.
That's what makes this album an absolute masterpiece, because it moves the mood from bitter to thrilling in a beat. It moves the tempo as if it was no biggie and you don't mind, because your heart gets it.
There's a bit more to it. During the second world war Reich travelled a lot between New York and L A as in both cities his divorced parents lived.
Being Jewish if he had lived in Europe he would have been probably on quite a different train.
@@voiceover2191
Well quite, My wife and I visited Auschwitz-Birkenau when on Holiday to Poland a couple of years ago.
Sobering is the most minor word I can apply to this place, it is difficult to understand how people worked here, engaging in mass murder every day. And every day more trains would roll up...
rasoir au possible. Ce n'est pas le steve reich qu'on aime.
Sound like dat train over dere
Jonny Depp plays the viola.
Worst song ive heard in my entire life
Am I the only one who don't hate Steve Reich's music, but also don't like it...
Yes
if there was the equivalent of blue-orange morality but for music, it would be steve reich
Yes, you are the only one
Doof
Stimmt wirklich
@@tobid5583doof und du. Stimmt
The music is great, but that damn repeating of interview samples gets fucking annoying!
The interview samples are the whole point of the piece. It's an aural documentary of Jewish life during WW2.
Do we need to hear the year is 1939 1,939 times?
@@kamdan2011 don't listen to it then
Liscense to Rock 442, you can’t when you have no other choice when you have to listen to it in “Music Appreciation.” Like I said, take out the interview samples and the music is incredible, which is what they did for the Reich Remixed album.
As the kids say, “Woooosh”...