Monsieur René Magritte(1978)

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Monsieur René Magritte(1978)

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"Monsieur Rene Magritte", 1978, soundtrack by Roger Waters and Bela Bartok. Directed by Adrian Maben - (Live at Pompeii.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YN1RiQwRXJE

How Waters was able to work on this project when he was busy writing The Wall and The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking?
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space triangle wrote: Mon Aug 31, 2020 6:33 pmHow Waters was able to work on this project when he was busy writing The Wall and The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking?
His contribution is just about two and a half minutes of Pompeii-esque VCS3 drone and bass, which is probably exactly what Maben asked for. It starts around 9:35:

https://youtu.be/YN1RiQwRXJE?t=576
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Just reading Mark Blakes new book and he mentions Storm was very inspired by Rene. I can see the similarities in the abstract art...

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Re: Monsieur René Magritte(1978)

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I hadn't heard this, and the YouTube links above no longer work.

This is *claimed* to be some highlights of Roger's contributions.

https://youtu.be/tWwIQkgR8do

Here is a page of album covers using Magritte's wprk, and the relationship to Hipgnosis work is visible, IMHO.

http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton ... um-covers/
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Thanks for the link. I really like abstract and surrealism. Something other worldly about it.