Chapter 8: Solace
The sky at war — Rehabilitation — Consolations — The Fender Rhodes — Fusion — A dog — Vintage instruments — Frankenstein repairs — Cassettes — “Roads” — Earth-shattering vibration — A working man’s club band and the London Philharmonic Orchestra — The right syllables — Communication — Mannequins and dummies — Public assembly — Post-apocalyptic drought — Grief — The sensation of evil — Fireworks
In this chapter:
- The Fender Rhodes
- Music as consolation
- Vintage instruments
- Cassette tape; the sound of recording technology
- "Roads"
- Dummy's lyrics
- The Peddlers' Suite London
- Film: Tank Girl (1995)
- Dummy, depression, and consolation
George Duke on the Fender Rhodes
The Peddlers, "This Strange Affair" from Suite London Suite recorded with the London Philharmonic Orchestra (1972)
Scene from Tank Girl, dir. Rachal Talalay, 1995
Portishead, "Roads", performed at Roseland, New York (from the DVD release of Roseland New York, iTunes), 1997