When Einstein developed the Theory of General Relativity the equations seemed to point out that the universe is expanding, so he introduced a so-called "cosmological constant" that changed the equations. When it was discovered that far away galaxies had their spectra shifted towards the red (red shift) which suggested that these galaxies move away from us he took out this cosmological constant again. In his latter years Einstein called the introduction of this cosmological constant his biggest blunder. "Red Shift" functions as a metaphor in this song. Just like the galaxies move away from us the people move away from the protagonist of the song.
The Doppler Effect was know as a dilatation/contraction of the sound waves depending of this velocity according an observer, at that time, and the cientists constated that the same effect are observed on the light waves too.
The cool hook for me in this song has always been the way he sings the words "red shift" in a literal analogy (so to speak) of the scientific term. His voice is like the train whistle that dopplers down to a lower note when it passes us. Brilliant.
Love how the rhythm is basically just jazz drumming. Peter Hamill definitely had a different set of sensibilities for his VDGG output as opposed to his more personal solo output. Although, this song could easily fit in with VDGG because of how proggy it is. Top-tier stuff.
Good groove. it Needed a Chorus so that I could hang my escapist urgencies on it at the first attempt. It's jazz Cap'n, but not as we know it.. base bass and snare .Did it have Enossification n Frippisms? If not they deserve a medal. It Grew and yeah I loved it. Diolch Look UP boyos lookout chaps
Some serious spacey noodlings (both musically and lyrically), from PH here. Good track on a great album. Red, and blue shift relate to changes in the frequency of light. Objects moving away effectively stretch out the frequency so the object appears red. Blue shift is the reverse, the object moving towards us at speed compresses the frequency making the object appear blue.
One of Hammill's best. Intelligent lyrics married to a great melody and the usual busy, unusual, technically interesting instrumentation. He had a string of a dozen or so solo albums at this time, all of which were excellent.
Scientists used to believe that on a grand cosmic scale, the Universe was more or less eternal and unchanging. The discovery of redshift was rather shocking: it turns out that the galaxies are all flying away from each other, zooming off into the void. I believe Hammill is plumbing the existential dread to be found in the idea that the long-term fate of the cosmos may be for everything you can see in the sky to gradually grow redder and darker and more distant and finally disappear.
Just love the surreal atmosphere in this song and the lyrics and vocals just make it better and better. Another winner by the man with "the brain the size of a planet."🙂🎷🎹✌️ Keep up the good work Justin!
Hi Mark! JP should have done a twofer here since he's already done 'Louse.' Or maybe he'll do Rubicon/Louse twofer next reaction. He can't just end on Rubicon - or can he? I guess he can but it seems rather misleading to end the album that way. Thinking more - JP should have combined Red Shift with Rubicon. It is long song Saturday.
@@vdggmouse9512 His long song Saturday song was Triumvirat IOADD. JP seems to be branching out more and more. Too much punk lately for me🙃 He seems to be back on a regular schedule with PH. Just so many albums solo and VdGG. Lots of reaction and ranking channels suggested to me by UA-cam getting the word out to more and more people. People of all ages are ranking VdGG/PH in the top 10 or 20 at least. People sick of the mainstream don't have to know someone at a record store now. They can go on UA-cam and that is a great thing for keeping our music history alive!
@@markmaxwell1013 OK - and I saw that young Electric Brain guy - as did you - smart young fellow with all those Hammill decade breakdowns. Well I guess we've done our job, Mark - the torch has been passed down to the younger generation. 50 years from now will VdGG/PH be the then big thing?
@@vdggmouse9512 The next "big thing" would mean a drastic change in pop culture but we can hope. Electric Brain Electric Shadow, Hans is his name and you are right he is extremely bright and well-spoken but maybe a little little easy going for a "hit" channel. I respect that he isn't fake like some reaction channels. He is also a gifted composer. Reminds me of some of my buddies from back in the day. I'm glad you mentioned him. I just checked and he has several thousand views for his PH decades. Add to that the tens of thousands from JP and that is only two channels. I'm very confident in the future since the torch has been passed to many different ages and personality types!
It has to do with the expanding universe, as stars pull away from us the spectrum of light from them turns red, and blue shift means the object is moving towards us.
Please react to the German 70s band, still in activity to this day, Faust! ✌ Their first and fourth album are their absolute achievements and I think you may be pleasantly amazed by them. Have a good day and, again, happy birthday!
You do the best physical reactions, when the thing is actually playing, of all the reactors; there's one who pulls more interesting faces, but your hand movements are the best.
Evening Justin. Dave from That There London. Your description of an astronaut floating helplessly into space (stuff of nightmares!) sounds like Major Tom in Bowie's Space Oddity (Your Circuit's Dead, There's Something Wrong, Can You Hear Me Major Tom?). Good jazzy track, btw.
Jerry Harrison and a beautiful lady I assumed was his wife along with some other passengers today. I ran out of steam by the end of my shift and went home to crash. Mr Harrison was very nice. Maybe not Tom Powers of CBC radio nice but who is?
VdGG organ player Hugh Banton usually provides the bass using bass pedals - which is what I think he's doing here. He does however play bass guitar on other tracks.
@@vdggmouse9512 I have heard, read or said Banton so many times I didn't even notice it personally. Anyway, here's a clip from a top 10 prog albums list. I think you will agree with his statement on the songwriting skill of Peter Hammill. Still no news on PH's recovery from his health issue but if I find something more out I will post it. 🎷🎹👍 ua-cam.com/users/clipUgkxLkXK8ghSJHxupXoMdO4nOx8t0pXlXBpJ
When Einstein developed the Theory of General Relativity the equations seemed to point out that the universe is expanding, so he introduced a so-called "cosmological constant" that changed the equations. When it was discovered that far away galaxies had their spectra shifted towards the red (red shift) which suggested that these galaxies move away from us he took out this cosmological constant again. In his latter years Einstein called the introduction of this cosmological constant his biggest blunder.
"Red Shift" functions as a metaphor in this song. Just like the galaxies move away from us the people move away from the protagonist of the song.
The Doppler Effect was know as a dilatation/contraction of the sound waves depending of this velocity according an observer, at that time, and the cientists constated that the same effect are observed on the light waves too.
Perfect! Ty ty :)
The cool hook for me in this song has always been the way he sings the words "red shift" in a literal analogy (so to speak) of the scientific term. His voice is like the train whistle that dopplers down to a lower note when it passes us. Brilliant.
I'd never thought of that, thanks.
Imo this song is an underrated psychedelic powerhouse
Awesome track, Randy California on guitar.
Totally brilliant album.
Love how the rhythm is basically just jazz drumming. Peter Hamill definitely had a different set of sensibilities for his VDGG output as opposed to his more personal solo output. Although, this song could easily fit in with VDGG because of how proggy it is. Top-tier stuff.
Good groove. it Needed a Chorus so that I could hang my escapist urgencies on it at the first attempt. It's jazz Cap'n, but not as we know it.. base bass and snare .Did it have Enossification n Frippisms? If not they deserve a medal. It Grew and yeah I loved it. Diolch
Look UP boyos lookout chaps
Some serious spacey noodlings (both musically and lyrically), from PH here. Good track on a great album.
Red, and blue shift relate to changes in the frequency of light. Objects moving away effectively stretch out the frequency so the object appears red. Blue shift is the reverse, the object moving towards us at speed compresses the frequency making the object appear blue.
For once, I totally agree with you! 😉
In short, yes.
One of Hammill's best. Intelligent lyrics married to a great melody and the usual busy, unusual, technically interesting instrumentation. He had a string of a dozen or so solo albums at this time, all of which were excellent.
The fantasy writer Alan Garner published a novel called Red Shift in 1973. I wonder if that might have inspired this song.
Scientists used to believe that on a grand cosmic scale, the Universe was more or less eternal and unchanging. The discovery of redshift was rather shocking: it turns out that the galaxies are all flying away from each other, zooming off into the void.
I believe Hammill is plumbing the existential dread to be found in the idea that the long-term fate of the cosmos may be for everything you can see in the sky to gradually grow redder and darker and more distant and finally disappear.
Just love the surreal atmosphere in this song and the lyrics and vocals just make it better and better. Another winner by the man with "the brain the size of a planet."🙂🎷🎹✌️
Keep up the good work Justin!
Ty Mark! His mind is definitely of cosmic proportions!
Hi Mark! JP should have done a twofer here since he's already done 'Louse.' Or maybe he'll do Rubicon/Louse twofer next reaction. He can't just end on Rubicon - or can he? I guess he can but it seems rather misleading to end the album that way. Thinking more - JP should have combined Red Shift with Rubicon. It is long song Saturday.
@@vdggmouse9512 His long song Saturday song was Triumvirat IOADD. JP seems to be branching out more and more. Too much punk lately for me🙃 He seems to be back on a regular schedule with PH. Just so many albums solo and VdGG. Lots of reaction and ranking channels suggested to me by UA-cam getting the word out to more and more people. People of all ages are ranking VdGG/PH in the top 10 or 20 at least. People sick of the mainstream don't have to know someone at a record store now. They can go on UA-cam and that is a great thing for keeping our music history alive!
@@markmaxwell1013 OK - and I saw that young Electric Brain guy - as did you - smart young fellow with all those Hammill decade breakdowns. Well I guess we've done our job, Mark - the torch has been passed down to the younger generation. 50 years from now will VdGG/PH be the then big thing?
@@vdggmouse9512 The next "big thing" would mean a drastic change in pop culture but we can hope. Electric Brain Electric Shadow, Hans is his name and you are right he is extremely bright and well-spoken but maybe a little little easy going for a "hit" channel. I respect that he isn't fake like some reaction channels. He is also a gifted composer. Reminds me of some of my buddies from back in the day. I'm glad you mentioned him. I just checked and he has several thousand views for his PH decades. Add to that the tens of thousands from JP and that is only two channels.
I'm very confident in the future since the torch has been passed to many different ages and personality types!
Used to drive my roommates crazy with this album…..and this track in particular loved it
Holy crap I love this!!
Glad you like it! :D
I love the way he used tape echo as an instrument unto itself.
Dope track.
Rather enjoyable.
It has to do with the expanding universe, as stars pull away from us the spectrum of light from them turns red, and blue shift means the object is moving towards us.
The bass line when he sings "Red Shift" is so modern!
And by the way, much close to thesecond last In Camera song...
Please react to the German 70s band, still in activity to this day, Faust! ✌ Their first and fourth album are their absolute achievements and I think you may be pleasantly amazed by them. Have a good day and, again, happy birthday!
You do the best physical reactions, when the thing is actually playing, of all the reactors; there's one who pulls more interesting faces, but your hand movements are the best.
Evening Justin. Dave from That There London. Your description of an astronaut floating helplessly into space (stuff of nightmares!) sounds like Major Tom in Bowie's Space Oddity (Your Circuit's Dead, There's Something Wrong, Can You Hear Me Major Tom?). Good jazzy track, btw.
If space had an album, Bowie's Space Oddity would be the first track, and this would be the second track.
I believe the racing anime of which you're thinking is Redline.
Thats it :)
Just a albun, Klaatu - Hope.
Jerry Harrison and a beautiful lady I assumed was his wife along with some other passengers today. I ran out of steam by the end of my shift and went home to crash. Mr Harrison was very nice. Maybe not Tom Powers of CBC radio nice but who is?
Who is playing the bass?
VdGG organ player Hugh Banton usually provides the bass using bass pedals - which is what I think he's doing here. He does however play bass guitar on other tracks.
@@vdggmouse9512 I have heard, read or said Banton so many times I didn't even notice it personally. Anyway, here's a clip from a top 10 prog albums list. I think you will agree with his statement on the songwriting skill of Peter Hammill. Still no news on PH's recovery from his health issue but if I find something more out I will post it. 🎷🎹👍
ua-cam.com/users/clipUgkxLkXK8ghSJHxupXoMdO4nOx8t0pXlXBpJ