"Rainbow in Curved Air" by Terry Riley 1967

In the late sixties Terry Riley pioneered the minimalist movement in music as one of the first composers to compose for computer generated music.

His second album entitled Rainbow I Curved Air had this passage , written by Riley, as a liner note

"And then all wars ended. Arms of every kind were outlawed and the masses gladly contributed them to giant foundries in which they were melted down and the metal poured back into the earth. The Pentagon was turned on its side and painted purple, yellow and green. All boundaries were dissolved. The slaughter of animals was forbidden. The whole of Lower Manhattan became a meadow in which unfortunates from the Bowery were allowed to live out their fantasies in the sunshine and were cured. People swam in the sparkling rivers under blue skies streaked only with incense pouring from the new factories. The energy from dismantled nuclear weapons provided free heat and light. World health was restored. An abundance of organic vegetables, fruits and grains was growing wild along the discarded highways. National flags were sewn together into brightly coloured circus tents under which politicians were allowed to perform harmless theatrical games. The concept of work was forgotten."

I first heard this in 1971 and the rest is history.

You can find this on utube under Terry Riley. Give a listen

Kinda plain...

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werd



hope this is the one

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I can totally see it,... or there might be something other than fluoride in my water....

Empty posts are so open to interpretation how can one not be intrigued?

Sorry guys I seem to post before I write. Hey can either of you embed this link to u tube for me?

dood ....is that it ....the acid trip vid

did i get get it right ...?