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Music about Mathematics and Psychoanalysis

Posted on June 10th 2009  

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Rock band Tool may very well be the most complex and deep band in lyrical content with subject matter ranging from mathematics to psychoanalysis. It can be argued when you see a great painting whether the artist really meant to portray everything that the critic gives them credit for. Did Picasso really think about emphasis, line, movement, pattern,  and tone when painting Guernica? Or did he simply rely upon a vision and gut feeling on what felt right?  Here are two clips of the rock band Tool with some very interesting observations.

The 1st clip if about the Fibonacci sequence in the song Lateralus.

Not inspired by the Fibonacci sequence? Look here.

The 2nd clip if of the song 46+2. Here the subject changes to psychoanalysis with reference to “the shadow.”

This is what I call poetry:

From the song Schism - “Finding beauty in the dissonance”


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1 Comment Received

danf
June 10th, 2009 @7:29 am  

Certainly refreshing to see lyrics with a bit more perspective behind them…

Considering the connections between mathematics and music reminds me of Neal Stephenson’s book Anathem, for which David Stutz actually composed and released an accompanying album… http://www.podcomplex.com/blog/music-for-monks/

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