Lir - Wim Mertens

[@alangeo4]

In 1991 my brother went through a tough divorce. When he visited us in New York, I had a cassette with Wim Merten's song 'Lir' on it, I think it was recorded from the National Public Radio show, 'Hearts of Space', although we didn't actually know the title/name of the song: we were on a beach in Long Island and he kept replaying the song again and again, he said it helped him get through that difficult time. I think I made a copy of the cassette and twe knew it was Wim Mertens, we didn't know the song title. Over the years the cassette disappeared though the lingering memory of that song remained in our consciousnesses: I went on I-tunes today and although Wim Mertens has a lot of albums, I went through them one by one, looking for that song. Today I found it! It took almost 30 years to find it, though I am glad it came back to me. Today I bought the album 'Maximizing The Audience' by Wim Mertens and I can again, after so much time, enjoy this amazing, soothing song and the album it came from. I just sent a link to this You Tube link of the track "Lir" to my brother overseas to see if he can remember how it helped him get through a difficult time (I am sure he will!). He is remarried and doing well.......Thank you Wim Mertens!

[@jonathanbekaert3698]

And how was his reply?

[@alangeo4]

@@jonathanbekaert3698 He remembers the song and was very happy to revisit it again.

[@josemariapedraz3550]

💐

[@MrLuisgggg]

I've listened to this song since I was a child, and I'm still amazed how 18 minutes pass so quick. Maybe because it takes me to a place where there's no worries and time doesn't exist, it's just me with myself

[@ZohrehSAL]

Thank you. I love Wim MERTENS ' s work. It is just beautiful.

[@fortunapapijazz8484]

bonito tema, encantado de compartir estos gustos musicales.

[@thomassamaras9493]

Einfach Amazing

[@grashiano1]

Tremendo, a dos pianos, sería enorme poder escuchar la versión íntegra en directo este año!

[@yhurebrito]

O historiador é o rei, Freud a rainha

[@Nuovo-lw2zt]

"Nós que aqui estamos, por vós esperamos"

[@JoseEchoes378]

???

[@lost-m2z]

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[@gregoriosanchezsanchez2361]

Hay un gili q ha valorado negativamente este pedazo de arte vivo Será q ha vuelto el Fari de la tumba o q Paquirrín ha aprendido a escribir (con respeto a los muertos) Ahí lo dejo...

[@franciscosanchezmontero8730]

Gregorio Sanchez Sanchez ....

[@jesusandiano3573]

hay que saber respetar.

[@ignatiusreilly2998]

Es relativo, todo es relativo, asi como tu desprecias esas variantes de la música popular con aires de superioridad, lamento comentarte que para muchos seguidores y representantes de la música académica contemporánea más radical esta obra sería una verdadera cagada; yo no estaría de acuerdo con ellos lógicamente y contigo tampoco por los mismos motivos.

[@gregoriosanchezsanchez2361]

@@ignatiusreilly2998 Lo de los aires es cosa tuya y de tu percepción de lo que los demás dicen.. Yo no me siento superior ni en disposición de dar lecciones a nadie, académicas o de calle. Eso sí, para despreciar a Paquirrín no necesito que nadie me dé su permiso. Respecto a las cagadas que tú mencionas, sigue siendo una cuestión de apreciación y sólo coincido contigo en que es totalmente relativo y arbitrario. No creo que haya cometido pecado alguno por hacer una broma sobre la cultura popular

[@joseantonioalonso9904]

Pues yo sí creo que al Fary l gustaría Mertens, a su lado, Quien es ese Paquirrín? Por otra parte, algo que le criticaban a Mertens era su enfoque demasiado melódico y popular de la música contemporánea, precisamente,para la ortodoxia crítica de la música moderna y atonal Mertens era un populachero melindroso,no es que todo sea relativo , es una cuestión de criterio y apreciación.Lir no e enteramente de Mertens,y la versión a dos pianod de maximizing the audience sigue siendo original e impecable.Siemprw habrá gente que no sepa valorar.

[@hoedanook8181]

Jammie .....

[@RaulRojasMusico]

Aqui comparto mi versión que acabo de subir a youtube... ¡espero que os guste! kzbin.info/www/bejne/qaTVg2Z3j9yhocU

RAUL ROJAS Excelente tu versión, felicidades y gracias por compartir!

[@RaulRojasMusico]

muchas gracias! un abrazooo!