This piece has some great ambient sound, but not enough of the actual subway sounds! Where is the ring of the doors opening? Where is the conductor saying 'stand clear of the doors'?
This trip on the A train is very recognizable to me, a New Yorker who lives on the A line, but I wonder if someone who has never taken the train, or the NYC subway, would recognize the characters that we encounter. And as such, I would have liked to hear more from them--more from the conductor who was interviewed, more from the woman preaching, more from the boys doing flips on the train.
In general I enjoyed listening to this piece, and I could see it fit as an audio poscard from New york somewhere on a national show.
Review of Take the 'A' Train
Sarah Elzas
Posted on October 11, 2004 at 01:35 PM
This piece has some great ambient sound, but not enough of the actual subway sounds! Where is the ring of the doors opening? Where is the conductor saying 'stand clear of the doors'?
This trip on the A train is very recognizable to me, a New Yorker who lives on the A line, but I wonder if someone who has never taken the train, or the NYC subway, would recognize the characters that we encounter. And as such, I would have liked to hear more from them--more from the conductor who was interviewed, more from the woman preaching, more from the boys doing flips on the train.
In general I enjoyed listening to this piece, and I could see it fit as an audio poscard from New york somewhere on a national show.