... is a synonym for modernity. We are made to rush from moment to moment - and if ever we stop to look around, to reflect, or simply to catch our breath? Instantly someone, everyone, will urge us on to the next thrill, the next high, the next feat to be accomplished this very minute. Indeed, for many of us, the suggestion to stand still has come to feel like an ill-defined yet severe threat. Don't linger. Don't delay. Don't ever pause!
Here's a piece of music which captures some of this chronic, low-level frenzy, and it does so, moreover, with Italian elegance. You can visualize the tapping of restless fingers, the nervous looks, the pacing up and down as Antonio Farraó describes what happens when for any reason you're stuck, and every fiber in your body, every cell in your brain are straining to get you moving again ...
This is "I'm Waiting", from Antonio Faraó's 2002 album Next Stories (Enja Records ENJ - 9430 2).
Antonio Faraó - piano
Edward Howard - bass
Gene Jackson - drums
Pibo Marquez - percussion