Harold Budd & 'Cedars of Lebanon'

[MikeyJB]

Okay, today did an audio-double take as I was listening to some ambient music on Spotify whilst doing some mind-numbing research work, as you do...

Anyway, I got listening to an album called 'The Pearl' by Harold Budd, in collaboration with Brian Eno. It got to a track called 'Against the Sky' and it struck me immediately as being 'Cedars of Lebanon'!! Have a listen, its quite obviously a complete sample, albeit unacknowledged as far as I'm aware.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xz_frhM2B74

 

[BVS]

It was acknowledged in the liner notes.

 

[MikeyJB]

(Goes to look) Oh yes so it does. And there was me getting excited thinking I'd come across some obscure plaigarism.

I should have known really, pinching other's music is such a Coldplay thing to do

 

[david]

Don't forget Daniel Lanois, he also worked on that album.

Great ambient album btw.

 

[Tinwal]

Good album. I really appreciate Eno's work. I love that U2's music has opened me up to his music. Lanois, Eno and Eno's Brother collaborated on "Apollo" about the moon landings. It's really good.

Cedars is one of my favorite tracks. It's got the feel of some of the Joshua Tree b sides with a bit of Zooropa thrown in.

 

[MikeyJB]

Inadvertedly finding out about songs like this really makes you appreciate just how much of an impact Eno had and continues to have on the overall sound of U2, much more than we could possibly realise.

 

[An Cat Gav]

It's possibly the best ambient album ever, certainly my favourite.

 

[MikeyJB]

It's possibly the best ambient album ever, certainly my favourite.

Don't know if I like it more than Apollo: Atmosphere & Soundtracks yet, but its certainly an excellent piece of work.

 

[An Cat Gav]

Don't know if I like it more than Apollo: Atmosphere & Soundtracks yet, but its certainly an excellent piece of work.

Very true, I shall go away and listen to these fine pieces of music later today!