i'm so glad somebody else pointed out the Berlioz connection. I first heard this song at a Gap, immediatly after a semester spent studying the Symphonie Fantastique. I was at first I was angry that it had been ripped - but then...
as ohpioneer points out, the storm idea does connect, and it's nice that way. Except the entire movement of the Berlioz isn't about a storm, necessarily, it's about lonliness. The oboe is absent at the end, the melody at some points in the middle drops out entirely, it's far from a love song, it's a lost song. Plus, the entire symphony is more about dark obsession than pretty lovey-dovey. So I freaked out - Stars had missed the point entirely. But I re-evaluated. The call itself, the only part that's used in Look Up, is a love call. It's just never answered. But that small little 6 note pattern is the essence of love. And in that Stars did Berlioz justice.
I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE WHO LIKES THIS SONG TO LISTEN TO BERLIOZ'S SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE (No. 1) MOVEMENT 3: SCENE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE! :)
i'm so glad somebody else pointed out the Berlioz connection. I first heard this song at a Gap, immediatly after a semester spent studying the Symphonie Fantastique. I was at first I was angry that it had been ripped - but then...
as ohpioneer points out, the storm idea does connect, and it's nice that way. Except the entire movement of the Berlioz isn't about a storm, necessarily, it's about lonliness. The oboe is absent at the end, the melody at some points in the middle drops out entirely, it's far from a love song, it's a lost song. Plus, the entire symphony is more about dark obsession than pretty lovey-dovey. So I freaked out - Stars had missed the point entirely. But I re-evaluated. The call itself, the only part that's used in Look Up, is a love call. It's just never answered. But that small little 6 note pattern is the essence of love. And in that Stars did Berlioz justice.
I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE WHO LIKES THIS SONG TO LISTEN TO BERLIOZ'S SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE (No. 1) MOVEMENT 3: SCENE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE! :)