Goodbye Elvis

Goodbye Elvis (2008)
Avant garde meets pop culture 1977

Where were you in 1977? There was a punk explosion, Bohemian Rhapsody was written, we discovered the rings of Uranus and Elvis died.

But what was happening to Avant Garde music? Join Brisbane's Clocked Out as they open a musical time capsule. 30 years ago the new music scene was splintering through stylistic change, globalisation and expanding technological advances. In this adventurous concert, travel from the USA to Japan and France, from bent improvisation to experimental music and music theatre.

THE PROGRAM
Iannis Xenakis - Dmaathen
Toru Takemitsu - Waves
Scelsi - Maknongan
Francois/Revaux/Anka arr. Griswold/Stern - My way
Sex Pistols arr. Griswold/Stern - God Save the Queen
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Morton Feldman - Instruments III
Queen / Arr. Garrido de la Rosa - Bohemian Rhapsody
Hermeto Pascoal arr. Griswold - "Chorinho pra ele"
Bruce Connor - Take the 5:10 to dreamland (film with improvisations by Griswold, Stern, Garrido de la Rosa)
Interspersed with 1970s television commercials.

Who: Musicians Bettina Crimmins, Vanessa Tomlinson, Ben Marks, Ysolt Clark, Oscar Garrido de la Rosa, Janet McKay, Joel Stern, Diane Tolmie Photos Sharka Bosakova.
What: Avant garde meets pop culture 1977.
Where & When: 21 June 2008 @ Brisbane Powerhouse.

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Goodbye Elvis (2008) Avant garde meets pop culture 1977 Where were you in 1977? There was a punk explosion, Bohemian Rhapsody was written, we discovered the rings of Uranus and Elvis died. But what was happening to Avant Garde music? Join Brisbane's Clocked Out as they open a musical time capsule. 30 years ago the new music scene was splintering through stylistic change, globalisation and expanding technological advances. In this adventurous concert, travel from the USA to Japan and France, from bent improvisation to experimental music and music theatre. THE PROGRAM Iannis Xenakis - Dmaathen Toru Takemitsu - Waves Scelsi - Maknongan Francois/Revaux/Anka arr. Griswold/Stern - My way Sex Pistols arr. Griswold/Stern - God Save the Queen Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody Morton Feldman - Instruments III Queen / Arr. Garrido de la Rosa - Bohemian Rhapsody Hermeto Pascoal arr. Griswold - "Chorinho pra ele" Bruce Connor - Take the 5:10 to dreamland (film with improvisations by Griswold, Stern, Garrido de la Rosa) Interspersed with 1970s television commercials. Who: Musicians Bettina Crimmins, Vanessa Tomlinson, Ben Marks, Ysolt Clark, Oscar Garrido de la Rosa, Janet McKay, Joel Stern, Diane Tolmie Photos Sharka Bosakova. What: Avant garde meets pop culture 1977. Where & When: 21 June 2008 @ Brisbane Powerhouse.