Pink FLOYD – MAZZY STAR SUN MASH SIGNIFICANT 3

Another spooky aspect of Mazzy Star’s Fade Into You song I recently found out is its based upon 3, a very significant number to the greenYgrey/mistYmuse, as described on the genius lyrics website: ‘The musical arrangement as a whole is built around a 3/4 time signature, which essentially creates a rhythm that is based upon the number 3. It is the tambourine counting out the beat triplets while the kick drum and snare take turns marking the beginning of each triplet, creating a subdued and hypnotic rhythm.’

Musical Masterplan to Become One With Sun

Part 1, The launch rocket:

Part 2. The lander and integrator:

When I arrive at the centre of the sun (see part 1), our star, I’ll use letterology to adapt Mazzy Star’s Fade Into You (see last post) to Fade Into U, with u of course the centre of the s-u-n in letterology terms!

mazzy star muse poem

Most beautiful paths,
are all in the mind.
Never to be seen,
for they’re all behind.
Travelled deep n’ high,
from my start of time.
United as a whole,
roundabout dead-end blind.

With mistYmuse 20/21 finishing last week I had no plans to write creatively. I saw this video looping one of my favourite songs (since seeing it on MTV a lot in 1994) and played it:

That inspired me to think I still don’t know the words, and so I set about listening and learning, using genius lyrics. Like a bucket list I didn’t have, it’s the first time I’ve set out to learn a song’s lyrics!

I think one of the reasons I love Hope Sandoval’s voice is that she turns words into music as if letting a bird fly away, or throwing dust in the air, from something known and familiar to ephemeral air flying out of sight, trailing speckles of imagination.

In an interview I just saw as well, she describes this as bending the notes.

After thinking I had something creative flying around, like Hope’s lyrics in the sky; the generator of my mind being wound up, or an old plane’s propeller; the above poem came in to land while watching/listening to the California song:

Guitarist David Roback; as well as Hope’s voice, I particularly love the slide guitar; died a year ago last month. I didn’t know until seeing a list of who’d died in 2020 at the end of the year on the loudersound website. That inspired me to listen to them more again.

Maybe he’s looking down, from where his songs fly around?

Featured image is Nytt Land. Combining it with Mazzy Star; after playing FIY on loop; made me realise how shamanically hypnotic Mazzy Star can be!