The Stories We Say

by **cocare2001** » Sat May 12, 2007 3:33 am

I would really like a recording of Vienna's new version of Gravity. I heard it when she played in Northampton and it really struck a chord with me. It was fantastic.

Has anyone gotten a recording of it?

by **CandaceC** » Sat May 12, 2007 4:06 am

a) Of course we're groupies!

b) There's a wonderful recording of the new version of Gravity floating around somewhere on Archive.org. Mine is from the Easton, MD show, there might be a better one though.

I just noticed my usage of "floating" next to "Gravity" and giggled, because I am a loser.

by **tanthalas** » Sat May 12, 2007 8:06 am

chris jones posted a wonderful recording of the two shows at Joe's Pub, NY which you can find here:
http://viennateng.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2122

I will also be working to get the SF show recording up very soon... sometime by the end of next week if everything goes as planned.

by **Portland-first-3** » Thu May 17, 2007 12:14 am

This may turn out to be a physics problem. :wink:

Hmmm...

How about the "Fig Newtonian" version? :lol:

More seriously:
there's a phenom in the universe called a "gravity wave" - that's where if something dramatic happens in the universe, like a star explosion or something, a gravity wave can result and flow outward just like ripples in a pond when you throw a rock in it.

Or something like that. Go google it for a better description than I can give.

Soooo... we get the "Gravity Wave" version perhaps?

Or... we can honor a great physicist who was known for also playing drums and bongos: Richard Feynman.

The version of Gravity I saw featured percussion.

Sooooo... just call it The Feynman Version - that would be quite an honor to add to an already great song.

by **tanthalas** » Thu May 17, 2007 1:42 am

I like Gravity Wave.

Stays with the theme, sorta.

by **rtu** » Thu May 17, 2007 2:27 am

but waves are a saltwater thing....whitewater or rapids would fit better with the freshwater theme.

by **tanthalas** » Thu May 17, 2007 3:27 am

But whitewater or rapids just don't roll off the tongue as nicely as "wave". In fact, you don't even need to use your tongue at all to say "wave"!

by **CandaceC** » Thu May 17, 2007 3:35 am

How about Ripple?

That combines things.

by **Portland-first-3** » Thu May 17, 2007 4:45 am

rtu wrote:but waves are a saltwater thing....

Waves are a saltwater thing, a freshwater thing, a sound thing (sound waves, of course), a light thing (light wave), a way to greet someone at a distance (I wave at you), an influence thing ("the new approach spread like a wave across the nation")... AND it's a gravity thing too.

It's a little word containing some very big concepts.

by **Reileen** » Thu May 17, 2007 7:24 am

I like "Wave" version as a name for this hybrid/new version of Gravity. It just sounds cool!

by **arcsol** » Thu May 17, 2007 7:53 am

you know the first things that came into my out-of-whack mind when i heard this version?

1) what you see in the sink/bathtub when you pull the drain plug. slowly, building energy rushing in a whirlpool then settling down slowly.
2) what you see when you flush a toilet. same description as above. and no, no manure included
3) (i'd rather not add this one, it's a tad err.. raunchy? lol)

by **tanthalas** » Thu May 17, 2007 2:37 pm

The Gravity Sink version!?!

by **Reileen** » Thu May 17, 2007 4:53 pm

tanthalas wrote:The Gravity Sink version!?!

*SNORT*

Oh, just what my keyboard needed - a nice shower of Mountain Dew. XD

by **CandaceC** » Thu May 17, 2007 9:24 pm

Because "Gravity" is TOTALLY bathroom related...

by **tanthalas** » Thu May 17, 2007 9:55 pm

Actually I was thinking of... gravity and black holes, which are sinks. Yeah, I'm nerdy. :roll:

But bathroom related works too.

The Stories We Say

What should the short name of the new version of Gravity be?

Hmmm... maybe if we involve physics...

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