tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37936507.post4507301709138823212..comments2023-08-08T10:25:47.529+01:00Comments on McCabism: Is The Kop a metaphysical idea?Gordon McCabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09151162643523937086noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37936507.post-76988415464683379192007-04-03T17:43:00.000+01:002007-04-03T17:43:00.000+01:00I think it's enchanting that at Anfield you can st...I think it's enchanting that at Anfield you can still buy a pie and a pint from a little shop which basically occupies a concrete recess in the grandstand. There won't be any of that in the new stadium.<BR/><BR/>If The Kop is a metaphysical idea, then maybe it will indeed be able to supervene on a different physical substrate, and maybe it will still house the ghost of Shankly. Time (if time exists) will tell.Gordon McCabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09151162643523937086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37936507.post-21609093028626425372007-04-03T17:10:00.000+01:002007-04-03T17:10:00.000+01:00Great post. I think it IS a metaphysical idea. I d...Great post. I think it IS a metaphysical idea. I do think they will take acoustics into account at the new Anfield. I also think the atmosphere will suffer anyway.<BR/><BR/>Mind you, you could argue that the Kop ceased to be the Kop when they put the seats in.<BR/><BR/>My father took me to stand in the Kop a couple of times. The intensity of being in that swaying crowd was remarkable.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37936507.post-30715919262749857492007-04-03T16:05:00.000+01:002007-04-03T16:05:00.000+01:00Yeah, it's full of lots of great stuff. Much recom...Yeah, it's full of lots of great stuff. Much recommended.Gordon McCabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09151162643523937086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37936507.post-7716313712332450162007-04-03T15:59:00.000+01:002007-04-03T15:59:00.000+01:00I actually have had that Barrow book for years wit...I actually have had that Barrow book for years without as yet giving it much of a look. You're impressed presumably?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37936507.post-39715328060229234042007-04-03T15:45:00.000+01:002007-04-03T15:45:00.000+01:00Barrow says "Much choral and organ music exemplifi...Barrow says "Much choral and organ music exemplifies the slow majestic sound that is best heard in buildings like vast cathedrals, with long reverberation times." Music of the baroque period, in contrast, was performed in smaller halls, theatres and churches, with reverberation times at or below 1.5 seconds.Gordon McCabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09151162643523937086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37936507.post-74895066429828887432007-04-03T14:47:00.000+01:002007-04-03T14:47:00.000+01:00I wonder to what extent the long reverberation tim...I wonder to what extent the long reverberation times of cathedrals is a kind of guarantee for choral types of music such as Gregorian chanting where sustained notes heavily echoed are produced. Ambient type music in general typically big on echo, and then the related issue of why cetain areas of the mind broadly described as meditative or spiritual resonate with this kind of aural phenomena.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com