s/d popol vuh

oh man why did THIS never come through my google alert?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-UkhqvoQPU

that's a cover that i would probably recognize in like 3 notes and embarrass myself by yelling

i love to listen to popol vuh while walking but i also love walking

what are your two personal fav PV records ?

also shouting things that you should feel embarrassed about is standard protocol at union pool iirc

If I had to just go by the ones I choose to listen to the most, it's easy
Letzte Tage – Letzte Nächte
Herz Au Glas/Heart of Glass

Runners up:
Einsjäger und Siebenjäger
Agape-Agape

I haven't met one I didn't like but those are my personal faves

Forgot about Seligpreisung
That one is really good too, second tier

I love Seligpresung! "Selig sind die Sanftmütigen", especially if you play the whole album to build up to it, is one of the most joyous affirmations in song I've ever heard.

yeah and it’s rather nice to hear florian sing

since we're probably all trapped inside, I'll post another entry in my Popol Vuh travelogue from January 2019... listening to Die Nächt der Seele while hiking the Halemau'u Trail in Haleakelā National Park in Maui, and then pausing above the cloud deck over Ke'anae Valley, listening to Morgengruß:

http://fac123.net/pix/hi_trail_800.jpg http://fac123.net/pix/hi_clouds_800.jpg

that's the stuff, thank you

That’s right indeed

If a photo could sing it would sing PV

I think "Wo bist Du, der Du überwunden hast?" from Die Nacht der Seele is the best hiking jam of all time

to think I lived most of my life not knowing that until that day in Land's End

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rhq4tmYC6c

I heard ONE NOTE and said
NO! out loud in a room w my dog 😢

Noooooo not a car commercial!

aahahaha fuck

i always knew this would happen

lol I thought it was gonna be Letzte Tage – Letzte Nächte, so I'm very slightly relieved to have been wrong about that

I hope Fichelscher has been properly compensated

It's Engel der Gegenwart from the Herz aus Glas soundtrack... I wonder if all the actors in the Chevy commercial were hypnotized locals

Lol hope so

wow. about a decade ago i briefly did music searches for an ad agency and every single time would include a popol vuh track but never got a bite.

Man that’s (tied for) my favorite pv jam, too
Does that make me basic

The use of the song in Herz aus Glas (starts at 32:47) shows that Herzog also knows that Popol Vuh make the best hiking soundtrack:

https://youtu.be/G9Zp4zOGHS8?t=1967

I know this might come across as a big ask, but someone might really enjoy it?

(Like, I made a similar request a few years ago for Tangerine Dream, and Elvis Telecom both graciously and enjoyably for both of us, went to town on it!)

Popol Vuh has a huge catalogue of which I'm familiar with only a tiny portion - I could dig through this thread for suggestions of places to dig further, but it is like 800 posts long.

Does any kind krautlover fancy making a Spotify playlist of about, 10-12 songs pointing where to dig further?

I'm not a Popol completist, but here's a Vuh playlist I've put together over the last year or so (19 tracks): https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7lsjsa1cubAUFZFT8ekEst?si=p9iMcFsSQN6MhywBBoz3Vw

A little bit country, a little bit rock n' roll.

https://youtu.be/xZHCxG_XyL8

Ah, excellent! Thank you so much, Chinaski - that's a perfect mix of songs I am familiar with and new (to me) stuff to explore :D

The three "UNREASONABLY SUBJECTIVE GUIDE TO POPOL VUH" posts at the top of the thread are a helpful guide to their albums.

There was a compilation a few years back with 1 cd of original popol vuh stuff and another done by electronica artists

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Revisited-Remixed-1970-99-Popol-Vuh/dp/B004UBB3QU

(few years = 9 years)

Dang that was 9 years ago?? Time flies.
I listened to Agape Agape today and it really hit the spot.

my last vuh listen was cobra verde

(Like, I made a similar request a few years ago for Tangerine Dream, and Elvis Telecom both graciously and enjoyably for both of us, went to town on it!)

Sorry, Stevie - it was IIRC pre-Spotify era, and he actually uploaded a bunch of MP3s to his server for me to check out - an activity which has since become quite frowned upon to do openly.

Also, I had pretty bad insomnia last night, and I forgot that I was skimming ILX while half asleep.

But in the early hours of this morning,I *DREAMED* that I had and was listening to this amazing compilation which had one disc of original Popop Vuh tracks, and one disc of electronic artists covering said tracks, and I was delighted to see that The Shamen were one of those acts!

This morning, reading this thread, I am delighted to see that Koogs posted exactly such a thing (which must have worked its way into my dreamstate) :D - and yet gutted that my current Special Interest of Crushing are not on it. :(

Btw Spotify also includes a couple of albums by the Norwegian Popol Vuh/Popol Ace on the same page, in case you’re wondering why Florian Fricke would be writing songs called “Sucklin’ Pig” and “Leavin’ Chicago.”

Bran, no worries, I’ll check w Elvis and see if he still has a list somewhere

I am delighted that most if not all Popol Vuh albums are available on US Spotify, which they were most certainly NOT a few years ago. I saved all of the VERY SUBJECTIVE album recommendations and have gotten through “Einsjäger” and “Brüder des Schattens” so far, both excellent

This is one of those bands that I really love and I’ve listened to most of their albums at least once, but not focused on enough to actually familiarize myself with anything, tho hopefully for not much longer.

Bruder is tied for my favorite PV album along with Herz aus Glas

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

Woodcarver is excellent but the fact that the only protection anyone ever uses is a wooly hat boggles my mind.

I'd once again like to thank Tom D. for his amazing reviews above. I've used them a couple of times now as a guide.

BTW, I own the soundtrack boxset people drooled over upthread. It's not amazing. The music is great of course, but the book is pretty flimsy content-wise and each of the CDs contains exactly the same booklet, which includes some of the content included in the book.

i've had "letzte tage - letzte nächte" and "das hohelied salomos" on repeat for the last few weeks. they sound amazing in the autumn evening.

Dadaismus' reviews upthread are all-time

A couple of weeks ago I listened to all the albums 1971-1977 and then had to listen to them again, and then again ... I think Einsjäger und Siebenjäger is my favorite right now

― Brad C., Friday, September 30, 2011 12:42 PM (nine years ago)bookmarkflaglink

what dadaismus did up top is inspiring. this band deserves that quality of attention

― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, September 30, 2011 1:25 PM (nine years ago)bookmarkflaglink

Yes, those reviews are GREAT and I refer to them a lot!

BTW Dadaismus = Tom D.

― master musicians of jamiroquai (NickB), Friday, September 30, 2011 1:54 PM (nine years ago)

this was helpful for me, maybe it will be helpful for someone ese

this was also helpful for me!

Herz aus Glas (1977)
Throughout this period in Popol Vuh's evolution, Florian Fricke's piano playing recedes further and further into the mix until, with this album, it disappears altogether! Although he's credited as playing piano on this album, I cannot make out a single note of piano - and as the album is all-instrumental this effectively makes this a Daniel Fichelscher solo album. The compositions are still recognisably Fricke's though (one Fichelscher piece aside), the soloing guitars of the last few albums are placed further back WITHIN each track, which makes this album considerable less easy to date precisely. Also worth noting that hardly any of the music on this album actually appears in the Herzog film it’s nominally the soundtrack to – in fact, most of the music on the film is from “Letzte Tage, letzte Nächte”. 9/10

lol, the one popol vuh LP i own barely features his own playing!

listening to the first track of city raga on a whim after wondering what 90s popol vuh sounds like and... it's good!

returned to this thread to thank Tom D for his famous guide above, which I probably think about even more than I actually listen to Popol Vuh! (trying to remedy that on long drives)
but I see others have -recently too- had the same urge so I'm happy to be a part of that wave - thank you Tom D!