Jean-Michelle, Vangelis

[jh]

>I have Equinoxe and Magnetic Fields as well.
>
>But I'm really astonished that you can hear this more then once,
>o.k., the sounds where once new, but the compositions are so simplistic,
>not to say idiotic. You know, C-maj, F-maj, G-maj, C-maj.
>It hurts my brain when I listen too long to such elevator music.
>Even if one decides to stay in standard harmony (which is a questionable
>decision, after all that was developed in the last 100 years), one can do 
>very much more interesting things. 
>
>But perhaps, no shure, this simplicity is the major part of Jarre's
>success.

Martin, you are right to some extend. And I was shocked when I saw
the sheet music for Oxygene (or was it Equinoxe) once in a library.
I could not believe that such simple harmonies were behind this music.
Which only leads me to the conclusion that the magic lies in other
ingredients than the chordal progressions - and magic they still have
for me after all these years. But it does explain why I don't like much of
his later work. Musicians change their use of sounds more easily than
their favorite harmonies over the years.

JH.