Fingals_Cave_Podcast | Ep.7 - Ron Geesin on ATOM HEART MOTHER: „Does it mean anything?' No, it's just me having fun!" @Fingals_Cave_Podcast | Uploaded September 2023 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
In this episode, we are very pleased to be joined by composer and author Ron Geesin. Known to Pink Floyd fans for his collaboration on Atom Heart Mother and Music from the Body, Ron has an extensive discography, a massive collection of adjustable spanners, and nearly eight decades' worth of stories, aphorisms, insights, and witticisms. In a wide-ranging conversation with Phil Salathé and Nils Zehnpfennig, Ron discusses the past and future of Atom Heart Mother, his work for film and television, and the role of the subconscious and humor in art. Along the way Ron speaks of his love for Coleman Hawkins and Edgard Varèse, and recounts how "unintentional brinksmanship" had him facing the wrath of two thousand Scots.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro and welcome Ron!
02:51 Scottish heritage
06:10 "I am not a musician (and more of a painter)"
09:42 It's all fun if you get away with it
10:21 Kurt Schwitters Ursonate
13:27 Is there humor in Atom heart Mother ?!
15:04 On a personal matter...
20:30 KPM Music "Electrosounds 1-3"
25:02 Nick Mason's involvement in the Book (Foreword)
29:29 If Atom Heart Mother is the gateway drug, what's the next step?
34:40 Opening the Genesis Tour
39:10 About the Brass section and more performances
43:34 Is Atom Heart Mother Pink Floyd's piece, or yours?
49:27 Thank you for reminding me...(Atom heart Mother getting butchered)
55:10 Working on THE BODY with Roger Waters
01:00:53 Rogers imitates a Scotsman...
01:09:22 Would you like to do the score of a Sci-fi movie?
01:14:50 We all agree, laugh and say 'good-bye'!
Edited audio version here: youtube.com/watch?v=sgb0rsKjKFs
In this episode, we are very pleased to be joined by composer and author Ron Geesin. Known to Pink Floyd fans for his collaboration on Atom Heart Mother and Music from the Body, Ron has an extensive discography, a massive collection of adjustable spanners, and nearly eight decades' worth of stories, aphorisms, insights, and witticisms. In a wide-ranging conversation with Phil Salathé and Nils Zehnpfennig, Ron discusses the past and future of Atom Heart Mother, his work for film and television, and the role of the subconscious and humor in art. Along the way Ron speaks of his love for Coleman Hawkins and Edgard Varèse, and recounts how "unintentional brinksmanship" had him facing the wrath of two thousand Scots.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro and welcome Ron!
02:51 Scottish heritage
06:10 "I am not a musician (and more of a painter)"
09:42 It's all fun if you get away with it
10:21 Kurt Schwitters Ursonate
13:27 Is there humor in Atom heart Mother ?!
15:04 On a personal matter...
20:30 KPM Music "Electrosounds 1-3"
25:02 Nick Mason's involvement in the Book (Foreword)
29:29 If Atom Heart Mother is the gateway drug, what's the next step?
34:40 Opening the Genesis Tour
39:10 About the Brass section and more performances
43:34 Is Atom Heart Mother Pink Floyd's piece, or yours?
49:27 Thank you for reminding me...(Atom heart Mother getting butchered)
55:10 Working on THE BODY with Roger Waters
01:00:53 Rogers imitates a Scotsman...
01:09:22 Would you like to do the score of a Sci-fi movie?
01:14:50 We all agree, laugh and say 'good-bye'!
Edited audio version here: youtube.com/watch?v=sgb0rsKjKFs
