Lol! I honestly don't know why I hate EPs. No good reason. I just don't like short releases. Nowadays I have so many friends who release EPs because it's less intimidating and easier; i.e. lazier. Take a risk and making a fucking album. Like I do. Anyways. I also dislike over-long albums; 40 minutes is ideal; 45 is the max (as a rule)...I'm also an asshat...
I don't know Ride; sounds good. And I never listen to what people post here...
For me it ultimately has to do with the music genre. I've definitely unlearnt to consider "full-length" releases as the default or proper length format - if anything, as a criterion it has more to do with market practices than with art itself. When I first got heavily into Heavy Metal though, I was considering 40' as the lowest minimum length of a worthy to buy album. But then again, this was my criterion for the then new releases, since many of my favorite classic rock or metal albums were below that mark. I learnt to love EPs because many Metal bands I like were releasing some excellent material as EPs (demos or not). Having said that, as far as standard pop/rock/metal songwriting is concerned, I agree that 40'-45' is an ideal length for an album.
Hmmm, I think with popular music, I haven't unlearned the album length as "full-length" yet. This is actually a fascinating topic, because I've been working on a new 40 minute album for the past 3 years, and the past year has seen me wringing my hands about how exactly to finish the album, and which tracks to place within a certain space on the album. But, in contrast, when it comes to classical as a whole, possibly my favorite piece of classical music is Ravel's Gaspard de le Nuit, which is a little less than 1/2 an hour. EP length, essentially. So, idk. It's a very weird psychological thing. This is the definitive recording of the piece, btw:
(I'm too tired to figure out how to get the copy/paste link to start at 0; do it yourself.)
hen, about a decade ago, I got into punk and hardcore punk and anything that was above 30' was usually a no-no. On the contrary, something like the following was ideal; 10 songs - 19' and it really feels satisfactory:
Punk might be my new frontier. I never liked it growing up, and I think now I'm just angry enough to appreciate it.
I like "Unsaid". Sounds a bit different than your other material, more striped down. Length wise, I feel that it could be more developed, both the acoustic part and the noisy at the end (I'm a sucker for those). Anyway, I still haven't devoted enough time to your music but the general impression is good. I especially like the flowing, ever-building feel some of your pieces give me. "Align" is a good example of this.
Hey, thanks for the unsolicited compliments and feedback! Been in a rough patch creatively, and received some harsh criticism recently as well, so it's nice to read these words. That EP is more stripped down, yes. I'm kind of ambivalent about it now adays, but I like Unsaid. I like the guitar and voice. Hmmm, I like the length of the noisy bits (cheers to my friend Charls who let me use her vocals to create that weird vocal loop. edit, and cheers to my friend cody on trumpet). Glad you like Align. If you like the "flowing, ever-building" vibe, you will definitely like the new album I'm finishing up. Will keep ya posted. Do you make music at all, or just a fan?
All in all, I'm totally talentless when it comes to music making
Sometimes I think I'm talentless when it comes to philosophy, so don't beat yourself up...
Thanks for that list, I recognize many of those bands as bands I need to be familiar with. I'm about to hit the hay, but this is great; I'll revisit this tomorrow, as I'm at work for 9 hours, and I'm forced to listen to music, whether I want to or not...this looks like a good starting point, provided none of it is too extreme.
Sounds of laughter shades of life are ringing
Through my open ears inciting and inviting me
Limitless undying love which shines around me like a million suns
And calls me on and on across the universe
ArguingWAristotleTiffApril 15, 2018 at 15:49#1721800 likes
Reply to Hanover
I have only told NicK about this and shared it on the "Last Word" thread but this song is what I put on when I find myself frustrated/hurt/disappointed in my Dad not wanting to pursue any life saving measures. Stubborn bastard but somehow Frank makes it easier to understand. :hearts:
@Lone Wolf - Ok girl, I went crazy with this. You need you to embrace your lone... wolfyness! Strip down to your knickers (those extra-large, parachute style ones you wear at home :rofl: ) and sing this song with handbrush as your microphone as you dance around your place! POWER TO WOMEN!!!
ArguingWAristotleTiffMay 02, 2018 at 16:05#1754550 likes
Reply to darthbarracuda I will be in your lovely state a week from today. Dilion I believe. We are our states sales representative for a company based in CO. They have always held the event in Long Beach, CA but that is right next door to us, so I am really excited about it. :starstruck: I haven't been to CO since 2004
Mayor of SimpletonMay 10, 2018 at 09:05#1771850 likes
Sort of reminds me of Peter Gabriel, David Bowie, Gang of Four, Talking Heads, General Public, Jane's Addiction and a few others from the 80's without tripping into pastiche mode.
The Departed: 7/10, going off my memory of when I watched it. An exciting thriller with an interesting twist at the end. The soundtrack is very enjoyable to listen to on its own.
God, why is this song so perfect? I recently finally figured out what it is after hearing it now and again for years. It's too good. Utter pop perfection. Why??? Ughh
A friend of mine is probably the closest artist I know to channeling some Nick Drake currently. This isn't his Drake-est song, but really needed to listen to this tune, and didn't even realize it:
Roy Orbison's "Crying" from David Lynch's Mulholland Drive.
There is a very raw feeling though out this song with emphasis on ending which goes off the chain.
Something about the nipponification of western culture just feels right.
That would be amazing. We definitely need more social cohesion.
VagabondSpectreJune 07, 2018 at 00:38#1861510 likes
Reply to Posty McPostface We definitely do. Appreciating the novel and the other can be quite difficult for some; it often takes wise eyes.
Good music is hard to scoff at though. Something about it transcends language.
And what we are listening to right now is a curious and reversely influential reflection of us. Nationalism is tied up in anthems, social, ethnic, and regional identity tied up in pop music. Even corporations have their own theme music. It can divide us or bring us together, depending on the content and the environment and the individual. On the whole though music seems to unite more commonly than divide, so more of it is probably a good thing (even if we have to sift through the mud and muck of the Bieber's and Cyrus's to locate the good stuff!).
VagabondSpectreJune 07, 2018 at 00:46#1861520 likes
Song's closer to my metaphysics than anything else I've read, I think.
[lyrics]
Time passed hard
And the task was the hardest thing she'd ever do
But she forgot
The moment she saw you
So it would seem to be true
When cruel birth debases, we forget
When cruel death debases
We believe it erases all the rest
that precedes
But stand brave, life-liver
Bleeding out your days
In the river of time
Stand brave
Time moves both ways
In the nullifying, defeating, negating, repeating
Joy of life
The nullifying, defeating, negating, repeating
Joy of life
The moment of your greatest joy sustains
Not axe nor hammer
Tumor, tremor
Can take it away, and it remains
It remains
And it pains me to say, I was wrong
Love is not a symptom of time
Time is just a symptom of love
(And the nullifying, defeating, negating, repeating
Joy of life
The nullifying, defeating, negating, repeating
Joy of life)
Hardly seen, hardly felt
Deep down where your fight is waiting
Down 'till the light in your eyes is fading
Joy of life
Where I know that you can yield, when it comes down to it
Bow like the field when the combs through it
Joy of life
And every little gust that chances through
Will dance in the dust of me and you
With joy of life
And in our perfect secret-keeping
One ear of corn
In silent, reaping
Joy of life
Joy
Again, around–a pause, a sound–a song
A way a lone a last a loved a long
A cave, a grave, a day: arise, ascend
(Areion, Rharian, go free and graze
Amen)
A shore, a tide, unmoored–a sight, abroad
A dawn, unmarked, undone, undarked (a god)
No time, no flock, no chime, no clock, no end
White star, white ship nightjar, transmit, transcend
White star, white ship–nightjar, transmit, transcend
White star, white ship–nightjar, transmit, transcend
White star, white ship–nightjar, transmit, trans
I'm no longer 'here'June 18, 2018 at 04:25#1889200 likes
Reply to Posty McPostface
Ahh, very nice! In the Synthwave or Tech Noir style, i think it’s called. I’ve listened to some of it. Very broodingly atmospheric and inspirational. Mostly, it inspires me to listen to music that influenced it. (And also to engage in nostalgia and pointless minutiae. :yum: )
The original score (as opposed to soundtrack, more about that below) from The Terminator (1984) by Brad Fiedel:
Some might be listening to the above video thinking “where are the other songs? Like the one in the Tech Noir scene? Or the song with the ironic lyrics: “it’s a machine... ya ya ya ya...” Well, AFAIK those would be on the soundtrack, as opposed to the score. Anyway the video below has two of the songs from the Tech Noir scene. Songs by Tahnee Cain and Tryanglz. One song is at beginning of video. The song Burnin in the Third Degree is the last song (about 32:35). Enjoy! And remember... if a naked man from the future asks for your clothes, do not argue with him! :snicker:
The analog warmth is so yummy and comforting. But I can't help but think that this style of music is just a charicature; an attempt to capture something that never actually existed in the 80's. It's super calming though; if that's the point, then, success. Good zone out jams.
Damn, I need to comb back through my notes from the New Amsterdam Records Composers Lab I did last summer, and find the vaporwave section. There was so much immediate philosophical content at that point. Now I'm rusty. This particular Droid Bishop track sounds a little more family friendly.
ArguingWAristotleTiffAugust 26, 2018 at 12:45#2080800 likes
Reply to Maw Thank you, Maw ~ I do enjoy some country when dealing with my feelings. :heart: Thank you for knowing there is a side to me that is soft and loving ~ It's hard to feel like I am but I will rise...in time.. to be a better me. :pray:
ArguingWAristotleTiffAugust 26, 2018 at 23:35#2082380 likes
Well now everything dies, baby that's a fact,
But maybe everything that dies, someday comes back
Put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty
And meet me tonight in Atlantic City
All sightSeptember 29, 2018 at 20:36#2165140 likes
People tend to always speak of originality, and novelty when speaking of art, and creation, but that is from the perspective of the consumer. The artist worries about truth and beauty, and all good art is ultimately about precisely the same things, in my view.
In the darkest corners of the mind
There is a mirror to reflect lost time But if you look into the depths of your soul You may just discover a light that is whole
And to feast on such a ravenous force
Is to become one with your primal self
But if the colors of one don't ring true
The veracity of your passion is see-through
A view from the bottom of a pit of despair
The feeling of loss and the absence of hope
Breathing life into such radiant light
Devour it all in the darkness of night
Sustaining the hunger of the luminous blaze
Never again will we live in grey haze
I really liked the juxtaposition of Till getting hanged in an extermination camp, as if being strangled by their own past. As always, Rammstein stirring the pot in Germany.
I honestly never made it that far till now. Interesting. I need more listens. The first listen feels weird because it doesn't feel as existential and spiritually disturbed as the Messiaen I'm familiar with.
Yes, very ornamental, like Scriabin. I find this guy less indulgent than Scriabin though. I literally stumbled upon this guy on youtube; he apparently died at 23. If anything, I'm so curious how he could potentially have been connected with the French and Russian schools at this time, and at such a young age. Considering that ideas didn't exactly move at an internet pace at the time. But the harmonic structure feels related.
Huh, another from the Scriabin/Medtner school, and also new to me. Very nice.
A friend of mine introduced me to Stanchinsky a few months ago, but I didn't love what he suggested. This piece, on the other hand, scratched the itch for me, and once again, I stumbled upon it on youtube randomly...
Btw, word to the wise, the Medtnaculus user on youtube has a great collection of solo piano music from this era; idk if you were familiar with the legendary Hexameron youtube page a few years ago, but Medtnaculus is sort of the heir apparent (the same person, maybe?).
SophistiCatJanuary 18, 2020 at 09:17#3728280 likes
I honestly never made it that far till now. Interesting. I need more listens. The first listen feels weird because it doesn't feel as existential and spiritually disturbed as the Messiaen I'm familiar with.
It's almost a throwback to The Rite of Spring, isn't it? Messiaen was an original. I am not familiar with a lot of his work, but even from what I have heard it seems that like Stravinsky, he went his own way and did not give a crap about anyone's expectations - or such petty things as "taste" and "style." He can throw in some banality straight out of a Hollywood score - and it just works!
Yes, very ornamental, like Scriabin. I find this guy less indulgent than Scriabin though. I literally stumbled upon this guy on youtube; he apparently died at 23. If anything, I'm so curious how he could potentially have been connected with the French and Russian schools at this time, and at such a young age. Considering that ideas didn't exactly move at an internet pace at the time. But the harmonic structure feels related.
It probably helped that Scriabin spent a lot of time in Europe, which was not unusual for a metropolitan Russian musician. He was very influential at that time, particularly back in Russia, which may not be obvious now, since he seems to have considerably diminished in stature. If Beethoven's shadow lay over the entire century, reaching all the way to Brahms and Dvorak, in the 20th century styles and influences began to fragment and succeed each other much more rapidly.
I am not such a big fan of Scriabin - I often find his music too busy for my taste. Indeed, it was more the harmonics that made me think of him.
Btw, word to the wise, the Medtnaculus user on youtube has a great collection of solo piano music from this era; idk if you were familiar with the legendary Hexameron youtube page a few years ago, but Medtnaculus is sort of the heir apparent (the same person, maybe?).
Thanks, I am not yet used to listening to music on Youtube, but I'll check him out.
Frank ApisaJanuary 19, 2020 at 12:18#3731330 likes
Not listening to it right at the moment, but there is a television theme that has haunted me from the very first time I heard it. Just gonna recommend it.
he went his own way and did not give a crap about anyone's expectations
I might have mentioned this, but I've slowly been studying his Modes of Limited Transposition. The name itself is so poetic, and what's at play theoretically is pretty incredible but hard to get a grasp on. I've written music by ear my entire life, but with a basic working theory knowledge; trying to delve into this has been exciting.
If Beethoven's shadow lay over the entire century, reaching all the way to Brahms and Dvorak, in the 20th century styles and influences began to fragment and succeed each other much more rapidly.
True, but in my mind Scriabin is a case of the "one hit wonder", in the sense that he was a star during his lifetime, and then forgotten, while the French school at the time (Debussy, Ravel, and Satie, who is especially appreciated more and more outside of the classical scene) do live on. But it is true that, with the evolution of tech, musical styles evolve much more quickly. But there are those composers who have stood out through the change.
One who hasn't, unfortunately, is Rautavaara. Maybe my Finnish blood feels the pull of the homeland, but this piece was probably the best new piece of music I discovered in 2019:
I've been repeatedly listening to this short recording I made while having a beer in a cafe in a ski resort at the foot of Mount Elbrus in the mainly Muslim Russian Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria in the Caucasus mountains. I'm trying to work out what the music is. Shazam and other apps are giving me no results, and I'm not even sure what the language is. Arabic? Azerbaijani? Turkish? Karachay-Balkar or some other North Caucasian language?
Yeah, I used to be way into all his projects; I first got into it in high school, but nowadays the only stuff that's aged well for me is Bass Communion and some No-Man, particularly Together We're Stranger. I do still love Insurgentes though, that album messed me up freshman year of college.
Reply to Hanover I remember when I first heard that song on Obscured by Clouds, thinking, ah, it's nice to get a bit of light relief; a jaunty whimsical reflection on life. By the end of the song, I was disabused:
[i]You shuffle in gloom in the sickroom
And talk to yourself till you die[/i]
When it comes to more traditionally to type classical music I have found I more frequently prefer things done more in the lower registers with perhaps lighter highlights. I enjoy the resonance I think whereas I often find interpretation of the lighter range jarring.
This is really funny. I’m listening to the birds, the sounds of nature. Who does that?
There was a blackbird who used to sing right outside my window some time ago (I spotted him a few times). That was very cool. Birds are quieter now, but still present.
Speaking of which, I've recently been listening to all things avian in Messiaen, who loved birds.
I can't get into his bird song stuff. I don't know if it's because I'm a bird lover myself, and I'd rather listen to birds themselves, maybe? But here's a bird-y piece I love; stirs my Finnish blood:
Too too many to say - I'd have to name a hundred or so to do justice. :sweat:
Anyway, here's six "classics" on rotation lately:
Bitches Brew - Miles Davis In A Silent Way - Miles Davis Free For All - Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers Headhunters - Herbie Hancock Monk's Dream - Thelonius Monk Theolonius Monk With John Coltrane - Thelonius Monk
Reply to 180 Proof I'm also pretty partial to Miles Davis: A Kind of Blue, Bitches Brew, and In A Silent Way. And Coltrane's A Love Supreme, and Mingus' The Black Saint and Sinner Lady.
Recently I've been listening to a lot of 50s/60s R&B, The Supremes, The Ronettes, The Marvelettes, Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, etc.
I had my own month-long(?) "Mingusfest" at the start of the quarantine. It ended with Joni Mitchell's homage album Mingus.
Btw, besides Charles Mingus, my ?bass pantheon? consists of Reggie Workman, Paul Chambers, Ron Carter, Eddie Gomez, Jaco Pastorius, Stanley Clarke, Charlie Haden (... off the top, plus a few others, not in jazz, like James Jamerson, Paul McCartney, Bootsy Collins, Tony Levin, John-Paul Jones et al ... for various technique-to-feel, compositional & melodic aspects to each one's playing).
Nice. You should basically disregard everything I just said. None of this shit matters. I'm just indulging in the nihilistic viewpoint that is easy and makes immediate sense.
Nice. You should basically disregard everything I just said. None of this shit matters. I'm just indulging in the nihilistic viewpoint that is easy and makes immediate sense.
I listen to music mainly for their emotional impact.
@Wheatley I should elaborate. I get a sinister kick out of the (what I would call) nihilistic humor of schmoyoho et all. But I don't actually endorse it. It's a sick pleasure, but I'm not on board overall.
I can really relate to this track in the sense that this type of emotionally-focused music was very personal to me 10 or so years ago. The emotional earnestness is refreshing, even if I wouldn't choose the production choices that were made on the track.
I have no fucking idea why it made me think of this track, but this popped into my head:
The emotional earnestness is refreshing, even if I wouldn't choose the production choices that were made on the track.
I tend to listen to a lot of popular music, and I get the feeling that a lot of music is churned out of the music industry who's main focus is to make money. It's like factory food (processed food). Am I making any sense?
I mean it's the lounge, so I dunno how in depth it's necessary to get, but I will say that as a songwriter ( and this feels substantial enough for a thread or so), writing a good quality pop song is pretty fucking hard. So no, there's a shit ton of effort that goes into a good pop song; and that's a good pop song we're talking about, not a mediocre one (which is very easy to write).
writing a good quality pop song is pretty fucking hard. So no, there's a shit ton of effort that goes into a good pop song; and that's a good pop song we're talking about, not a mediocre one (which is very easy to write).
It's interesting you should mention pop songs. When I think of pop music, I automatically think of Madonna. I have no idea in how much effort went into her making her songs. All I know is her songs were heavily commercialized, and a lot of people are fans of her. (There's also a lot of people who hate her.)
[Refrain]
Do you like me or do you just like your old picture of me?
Don't say it, because otherwise it will definitely break my young heart
Do I like you or do I just like my old picture of you?
Don't say it, because otherwise it will definitely break my young heart
Mayor of SimpletonSeptember 21, 2020 at 16:26#4544700 likes
Hello, darling, I love you.
You're the only one for me.
It think the others are all dumb.
That's why I'm courting you.
You're so different, totally special.
I always notice such a thing quickly.
Now undress and lie down.
Soon it'll be dark, soon it'll be nighttime.
A word of warning is advisable:
Men are pigs,
Don't trust them, my child,
They all want just one thing,
'Cuz that's just how men are.
A man doesn't feel like a man until
he can take care of you.
He lies like a trooper,
just to get you in bed.
And then in the morning,
he has no idea what your name is.
Reckless and uninhibited,
Feelings are alien to him,
For him, love is the same as a loss of semen.
Girl, that's why you need to be aware:
Men are pigs,
Don't ask for sunlight,
Sadly, there are no exceptions.
There's a pig hidden in every man.
Men are sows,
don't belief a single word they say.
They swear they will always be true,
Then are gone the next morning [yeah, yeah, yeah]
And, in case you make a mistake,
And catch a husband,
your noble suitor mutates
into an animal right after the wedding.
He then shows you his true self,
completely unshaven and rank,
drinks beer, watches TV and quickly becomes fat.
And burps and farts in the marriage bed.
Then you've got King Kong as your husband.
That's why I'm telling you, please always think about:
Men are pigs,
Don't trust them, my child,
They all want just one thing,
They are blind to true love.
Men are rats,
Approach them only with cunning,
They want to copulate with everything.
That with three it's not in the trees.
Men are pigs,
Don't ask for sunlight,
Sadly, there are no exceptions.
There's a pig hidden in every man.
Men are cars,
Only without a spare tire.
Gus LamarchSeptember 21, 2020 at 19:58#4545500 likes
[i]"Soaking in the sweetest summer rain
Denial, you win again
And I'll happily lose to you"[/i]
You're too warm, I'm too cold
You're too young, i'm too old
You're too poor, I'm too rich
You're too hard, I'm too soft
you're too high, I'm too down.
You're too serious, I'm a clown.
I'll take you down, you take me up
I won't go on but you won't give up
All rubble and ashes.
All smoke and dust.
Everything trick and
scam Everything withered leaves.
Ahaaaaa ...
I'm tired.
You think ahead, I think back.
I'm picking up bad luck, you're just lucky.
You're the greatest, I'm bankrupt
I'm a devil, you're a god.
You bring in the money, I'll throw it out.
You go through the fire, I'm going home.
All rubble and ashes.
All smoke and dust.
Everything trick and
scam Everything withered leaves.
Ahaaaaa ...
I'm tired.
You know the truth, I don't even know you.
You are love, I only love me.
I'm tense, you're so free
You come 2:30 p.m., I'll be at half past two.
All rubble and ashes.
All smoke and dust.
All trick and scam
All smoke and dust.
Ahaaaaa ...
I'm tired.
Gus LamarchSeptember 24, 2020 at 16:20#4555340 likes
I think positive
Because I am alive because I am alive
I think positive
Because I am alive and as long as I am alive
Nothing and no one in the world
Will be able to stop me from thinking
Nothing and no one in the world
Will be able to stop, stop, stop, stop
This wave that goes
This wave that goes it comes and goes
This wave that goes
This wave that comes and goes
I think positive
But it doesn't mean that I don't see it
I think positive because I believe
I do n't believe in uniforms
Nor in sacred clothes
That more than once
They were ready to bless massacres
I don't believe in fraternal hugs
That are confused with chains
I believe only
that between evil and good Good
is stronger
Good, good, good, good
I think positive
Because I am alive, because I am alive
I think positive
Because I am alive and as long as I am alive
And nothing and no one in the world
Will be able to stop me from thinking
Nothing and no one in the world
Will be able to stop, stop, stop, stop
This wave that goes
This wave that comes and goes
This wave that goes
This wave that comes and goes
Positive
Leaving the square meter
Where everything seems to have to
Look inside things
There is an unknown reality
That asks only for one way
To come out to see the stars
And live the experiences
On my skin, on my skin
I think positive
Because I am alive, because I am alive
I think positive
Because I am alive and as long as I am alive
Nothing and no one in the world
Will be able to stop me from thinking
Nothing and no one in the world
Will be able to stop, stop, stop, stop
This wave that goes
This wave that comes and goes
This wave that goes
This wave that comes and goes
This wave that goes
This wave that comes and goes
This wave that goes
This wave that comes and goes
Positive
History, mathematics
Italian, geometry
Music, music
Fantasy
I believe that in this world there is
only one great church
That goes from Che Guevara
And reaches Mother Teresa
Passing through Malcolm X
Through Gandhi and San Patrignano
Comes from a priest in the suburbs
That goes on despite the Vatican
I think positive
Because I am alive, because I am alive
I think positive
Because I am alive and as long as I am alive
Nothing and no one in the world
Will be able to stop me from thinking
Nothing and no one in the world
Will be able to stop, stop, stop, stop
This wave that goes
This wave that comes and goes
This wave that goes
This wave that comes and goes
This wave that goes
This wave that comes and goes
This wave that goes
This wave that comes and goes
This wave that goes
This wave that comes and goes
This wave that goes
This wave that comes and goes
This wave that goes
This wave that comes and goes
This wave that goes
This wave
History, mathematics
Italian, geometry
Music, music
Fantasy
History, mathematics
Italian, geometry
Music, music
Fantasy
Mayor of SimpletonSeptember 25, 2020 at 10:22#4558660 likes
180 ProofSeptember 26, 2020 at 02:29#4561350 likes
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7JBHyE18L3o
“[ ... ] I was born here, and I'll die here
Against my will
I know it looks like I'm moving
But I'm standing still
Every nerve in my body
Is so vacant and numb
I can't even remember what it was
I came here to get away from
Don't even hear a murmur of a prayer
It's not dark yet
But it's getting there.”
"It's Not Dark Yet" - 6:29 Time Out of Mind (1997)
Bob Dylan
Mayor of SimpletonSeptember 30, 2020 at 09:36#4575830 likes
[quote=Driven to Tears][i]How can you say that you're not responsible?
What does it have to do with me?
What is my reaction,
what should it be?
Confronted by this latest atrocity
...
Hide my face in my hands,
shame wells in my throat
My comfortable existence is reduced to a shallow meaningless party
Seems that when some innocent die
All we can offer them is a page in a some magazine
Too many cameras and not enough food
'Cause this is what we've seen
...
Protest is futile,
nothing seems to get through
What's to become of our world,
who knows what to do[/i][/quote]
*
[quote=De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da][i]Don't think me unkind
Words are hard to find
The only cheques I've left unsigned
From the banks of chaos in my mind
And when their eloquence escapes me
Their logic ties me up and rapes me
...
Poets, priests and politicians
Have words to thank for their positions
Words that scream for your submission
And no one's jamming their transmission
'Cos when their eloquence escapes you
Their logic ties you up and rapes you ...[/i][/quote]
*
[quote=Shadows in the Rain][i]I woke up in my clothes again this morning
I don't know exactly where I am
And I should heed my doctor's warning
He does the best with me he can
He claims I suffer from delusion
But I'm so confident I'm sane
It can't be an optical illusion
So how can you explain
...
And if you see us on the corner
We're just dancing in the rain
I tell my friends there when I see them
Outside my window pane ...[/i][/quote]
Zenyatta Mondatta (38:16)
The Police released October 3, 1980
(fall, senior year, high school :sweat: )
Mayor of SimpletonOctober 05, 2020 at 10:36#4589740 likes
This is about as close to a 'religious experience' as I get.
Add in a bit of Peter Hook/Joy Division and The Cure and you got me.
Mayor of SimpletonOctober 07, 2020 at 10:40#4594720 likes
With the 'pending' collapse of 'Merica... (like that didn't start over 40 years ago, but whatever...), this is basically my personal funeral march for the 'Merican Dream...
Oh, fuck it
I'm gonna have a party
Oh, fuck it
I'm gonna have a party
I had the blankest year
I saw life turn into a T.V. show
It was totally weird
The person I knew I didn't really know
Time don't move
We're the only ones who do
Bending reason
Cause its all we hold on to
I had the blankest year
I saw life turn into a T.V. show
It was totally weird
The person I knew I didn't really know
And I was lonely
Thank god the band's doing well
But you don't own me
I'd like to return this spell
Cause it's not my size
And your lies are so much bigger than my lies
And your ties are made of things that shouldn't make ties
Oh, fuck it (fuck it)
I'm gonna have a party
Oh, fuck it (fuck it)
I'm gonna have a party
Oh, fuck it (fuck it)
I'm gonna have a party
Mayor of SimpletonOctober 07, 2020 at 11:36#4594750 likes
Bob hasn't screamed this much in decades...
... cool!
OTD 80 years ago John Lennon was born in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK.
More than missing him (his lively presence on this dying planet - I didn't know him personally even though we both lived in NYC), like many others have I've occasionally wondered what more JL might have done and given and found in the last four decades had he not been murdered.
Today I remember him by "singing" along with some of his music. Here are 9, mostly confessional, songs queued up so far this morning:
There's nothing wrong with the capitalism
There's nothing wrong with free enterprise
Don't try to make me feel guilty
I'm so tired of hearing you cry
There's nothing wrong with making some profit
If you ask me, I'll say it's just fine
There's nothing wrong with wanting to live nice
I'm so tired of hearing you whine
About the revolution
Or bringin' down the rich
When was the last time you dug a ditch, baby?!
If it ain't one thing
Then it's the other
Any cause that crosses your path
Your heart bleeds for anyone's brother
I've got to tell you you're a pain in the ass
You criticize with plenty of vigor
You rationalize everything that you do
With catchy phrases and heavy quotations
And everybody is crazy but you
You're just a middle class, socialist brat
From a suburban family and you never really had to work
And you tell me that you've got to get back
To the struggling masses (whoever they are)
You talk, talk, talk about the suffering and pain
Your mouth is bigger than your entire brain
What the hell do you know about suffering and pain, you dumb fuck?
Gus LamarchOctober 18, 2020 at 17:41#4623000 likes
[i]You got a death wish, child
Four cans of pesticide to drink
4:30 Western Time
The boy's been arrested, why do you think?[/i]
Jack CumminsOctober 21, 2020 at 19:52#4635770 likes
I don't use Spotify but my current recommendations are a compilation by the goth band, Bauhaus, a bit of indie from the latest Lemon Twigs album , with a bit of prog steampunk prog from the band Gandalf's Fist.
Mayor of SimpletonOctober 21, 2020 at 21:26#4636180 likes
At 2:38... probably one of the best laughs I've heard.
SMOOTH... best with the company of la fée verte (in spite of it coming from the Austrian Alps), but keep both ears for the stereo sound. ;)
Jack CumminsOctober 25, 2020 at 14:41#4647840 likes
Reply to Gus Lamarch
BONO, THE BIGGEST EGO
I am a fan of physical music, especially music shops which are in steady decline. Believe it or not, I am the CD king, as I believe they are the most durable form of music. The important thing is not CDS, vinyl, but having good speakers.
Anyway, for my recommendation, which unfortunately offers no link( but you can find one easily) I think that U2 are my favourite band of all time.I am album fan, as the album creates the spectrum for a full piece of work and War, The Unforgettable Fire, The Joshua Tree, Achtung Baby, and many other works offer such inspiration, if you are not put off by the great ego of Bono.
I even met someone who said that she had met him and found his egocentricity as abominable. But I find his music, as well as inspiring.
I even find Prince a great example, a big ego even though he was probably about the same size as me.
But, as the CD king I recommend U2, Prince, The Doors, The Psychedelic Furs, Mercury Rev, Biffy Clyro, The The, , My Chemical Romance, Bright Eyes, The Flaming Lips, and so far my favourite album of 2020 is These Times by The Dream Syndicate.
I also like the crossover between genres, metal, goth, indie, dance etc. But the only problem would be that there is so much wonderful music to indulge in rather than the real pursuit of philosophy.
Joni Mitchell, best popular music artist of the now geezer generation. She did everything, and did it all so well, and has such a strong body of work. No 'one hit wonder' that Joni.
"I Heard It Through The Grapevine" ACAPPELLA (3:13) written by N. Whitfield & B. Strong, 1966 In The Groove, 1968 performed by Marvin Gaye
Mayor of SimpletonNovember 10, 2020 at 12:42#4704170 likes
I feel I'm in a bit of an ethical quandary.
Where the line between 'sounds like' and 'copy-write violation'?
Probably one of my favorite recently released songs from DIIV "Under the Sun" (a marriage between Joy Division and The Cure) always sounded a bit more than vaguely familiar.
Today going thru some of my unusual CDs I found this and I had a 'that's it' moment.
Fair enough. I just love that bassline and how Don sounds like he's being run through Frippertronics or something.
Jack CumminsNovember 21, 2020 at 15:22#4733270 likes
Reply to StreetlightX
I see you like Leftover Crack. I really like them and saw them live. I recommend the new album by Strike Anywhere, 'Nightmares of the West'. I have it on CD, so I can't link it to you, but you can probably find it on You tube.
I still prefer physical music to music on my phone, and I prefer to listen to a whole album rather than tracks because I see completel albums as pieces of art, rather than just reducing them to tracks.
Noble DustNovember 22, 2020 at 06:31#4734940 likes
It's rare these days for an album new to me to really get under my skin, but this one keeps giving. (less whispering here @jamalrob)
A high school senior on December 8, 1980 hanging out with friends late on a Monday night in NYC, my best friend J-P sped off and then suddenly squealed his tires in a frantic u-turn and pulled up yelling "JOHN LENNON IS DEAD" over and over again until the shock sunk in. I don't remember anything else from that night or the days, weeks, that followed, except for ... "I read the news today, oh boy / About a lucky man who made the grade" ...
"Johnny B. Goode" (3:48) live, 1986 Hail! Hail! Rock'n'Roll Soundtrack, 1987 written by Chuck Berry, 1958 performed by Chuck Berry & Julian Lennon produced by Keith Richards, et al
"(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue" (5:33) Live in Berlin performed by Louis Armstrong & his All-Stars, 1965 written by Fats Waller, Harry Brooks & Andy Razaf, 1929
"Do Nothin' Til You Hear From Me" (2:39) The Great Summit, 1961 performed by Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington & his Orchestra written by Duke Ellington and Bob Russell, 1940
Noble DustDecember 11, 2020 at 04:17#4789140 likes
Haha. Sadly no, Kimbra is not essential...I like her music, and that's my favorite track of hers, but it's atypical for her. But as far as vaguely neo-soul-inflected pop goes, she's pretty solid.
NiN on the other hand...essential, no matter your taste. But at the same time, it's not for everyone...
Noble DustDecember 13, 2020 at 04:10#4795660 likes
Jack CumminsDecember 18, 2020 at 14:08#4810610 likes
I just recommend the Waterboys song, The Whole of the Moon, to the Madfool as an ultimate philosophy song, and I would also recommend The Alarm's, Absolute Reality.
You can probably find them on You Tube, but I don't use this. There are hardly any music shops left, which I think is sad because they are quite a subculture, but I do find some amazing albums through surfing the shelves in charity shops. I have found all sorts of wonders, ranging from The Toilet Boys, The Inspiral Carpets, Spiritualised, The Pixies and The Sex Gang Children.
One album which I found recently in this way, and think is wonderful is, Word Gets Around, by Stereophonics.I believe it is the first one theyy made, but I prefer it to later ones, especially the track, Check My Eyelids For Holes.
SophistiCatDecember 19, 2020 at 16:37#4813920 likes
A bona fide philosophical piece: Steve Reich gives an appropriately minimalistic treatment to a quote from Wittgenstein: "How small a thought it takes to fill a whole life!"
Reply to Noble Dust I love this song so much, I'm so devastated by this loss
[i]Today is the preview of tomorrow but for me
Only for a better and happier point of view
My point of view is the thought of a better or try
Reality, is today is eternity
The eternity of yesterday is dead
Yesterday is as one
The eternity of one is the eternity of the past
The past is once upon a time
Once upon a time is past
The past is yesterday
The past is yesterday
While we're searching for tomorrow[/i]
In Rainbows - Live From the Basement. So glad this is back on the web, and from the band themselves, no less. Just as vibrant as the first time I watched it.
I don't know why "agreement" is important to you, but this is pretty bland. All of the typical pressure points are pressed, with nothing new or engaging.
ChangelingFebruary 04, 2021 at 05:12#4966660 likes
Jack CumminsFebruary 04, 2021 at 20:38#4969070 likes
Reply to The Opposite
I really like your music taste and it is quite an interesting contrast. I love the Waterboys for when I am up(This is the Sea' album) and The Jesus and Mary Chain for when I am down(esp Darklands album) I recommend a Waterboys side project, featuring Karl Wallinger, The World Party. You may well have come across them, but I think that 'Private Revolution' and 'Goodbye Jumbo' are terrific.
UglydeliciousFebruary 04, 2021 at 22:14#4969480 likes
If there is any interest in a subjective music sharing game, I know a fun one called Walrus. Not sure if games are allowed on this forum but it might be something people here would enjoy.
ChangelingFebruary 05, 2021 at 00:12#4969860 likes
Reply to Jack Cummins thanks for the recommendation :up: hadn't heard of World Party
Noble DustFebruary 05, 2021 at 03:58#4970350 likes
If there is any interest in a subjective music sharing game, I know a fun one called Walrus. Not sure if games are allowed on this forum but it might be something people here would enjoy.
Sounds fun. How do you play?
UglydeliciousFebruary 09, 2021 at 01:17#4980900 likes
Reply to Pinprick There are a few variations. I prefer the grab bag variation:
Each participant submits a music category in the thread, if there are five players there are five unique categories. Examples: “early 2000s pop music” or “songs to move your body to” or anything you want.
Each participant submits a song for each category via pm to the mod.
The mod distributes the submissions to each player according to their category. Participants then rank their category subjectively (can be on fit, enjoyment, novelty etc), revealing publicly in the thread with a short response about each song placement. Since this is a philosophy forum it might be nice to try to connect it back to philosophy in the write ups.
First place earns 1 point. The objective is to have fun and hear new music— the “winner” is whoever has the least points.
At the end we tally up everybody’s scores and reveal who submitted what.
Hmmm... a bit more complex than what I was imagining. I was thinking something like this. Since it’s called “walrus” I thought maybe the goal would have been to find artists and songs that both began with each letter in the word “walrus.” So, to start we would try to first find an artist that starts with “W” and also one of their songs that start with “W” as well.
Anyway, I’m not sure how a mod would feel about their inbox getting blown up with songs that they have to keep track of distributing, but you could always tag one and see. If they agreed. I’d suggest making the game it’s own thread.
UglydeliciousFebruary 09, 2021 at 19:09#4982480 likes
Reply to Pinprick yeah when I say mod I meant, whoever is moderating the game.
Your game sounds fun too
UglydeliciousFebruary 10, 2021 at 00:34#4983030 likes
I can’t stop listening to this song. The personification of the Mississippi River reminds me of ethical subjectivity and the indifference of the universe, paired with the beautiful vocals of an inspirational figure this is one moving tune.
One version, from the original 1936 movie Showboat, has the lyric “get a little drunk and you lands in jail”. Another version on Spotify has the changed lyric that Robeson would sing to workers, including a famous impromptu performance to the workers building the Sydney Opera House, has the lyric as “show a little grit and you land in jail” which I strongly prefer.
ChangelingFebruary 10, 2021 at 06:10#4983570 likes
All of their music was good, but then most of the music made in that era was. I played some of their tracks a couple of years ago for my students, they were fascinated with them.
So little originality nowadays that does not rely on the use of electronic synthesizers. These guys had none of that stuff to work with.
ChangelingFebruary 22, 2021 at 03:33#5019930 likes
Reply to Noble Dust A lot of this music gets ruined when the remove the squeaks and bumps by digitizing it. It can never sound like the jukebox down at the pub.
But even that cannot remove the greatness of it.
Noble DustFebruary 23, 2021 at 05:01#5022990 likes
Climate Of Hunter was released in 1983; off the top of my head there's a small chance it could've been recorded digitally, but highly unlikely. I just meant Scott went from the Walker Brothers to his weird stuff.
Noble DustFebruary 23, 2021 at 05:04#5023000 likes
Climate Of Hunter was released in 1983; off the top of my head there's a small chance it could've been recorded digitally, but highly unlikely. I just meant Scott went from the Walker Brothers to his weird stuff.
Look at the title of the video,
Remastered 2006 :wink:
Noble DustFebruary 24, 2021 at 03:29#5025840 likes
Sure, but you're still listening to digitized music if you're posting youtube clips (obviously). I agree remasters aren't always necessary, but a lot of the time what they're after is better EQ settings, or or a more modern, musical use of the stereo field. In theory a remaster can bring out musical information that was buried in the original mix; this is especially true of old prog rock records, for instance, where the mixing technology of the time couldn't keep up with all of the musical information a band was trying to cram into the mix.
Reply to Noble Dust
Have you every listened to vinyl records? I still do. Even the best of them played on a really good stereo had some quirky imperfections. I personal think that was better.
Not many of the old groups and singers made very complicated music back then, so there was not that much information to cram into the mix. That was the beauty of the old stuff, they did wonderful things simply.
There are some Jimi Hendrix live concerts that came out on 33 albums, the noise of the crowds was part of the magic. One one of them you could hear him dancing across the stage as the music went from one speaker to the other and back again. I heard a remastered version of it and I can honestly say it was crap. they had down toned the background sounds and it sounded more like a studio recording than a live one.
Noble DustFebruary 25, 2021 at 03:52#5028560 likes
Reply to Noble Dust Like everything else, they have there place in the world. :wink:
I heard some really old tapes from a club in New Orleans a few years ago, and they were hard to listen to. Someone did a recover/remaster of them and the sound was great after that, the guy was promoting his digitizing business, but the effect was fantastic.
Noble DustFebruary 26, 2021 at 03:37#5031910 likes
Yes exactly; there's a time and place for every artistic/technical decision. And I understand the desire to not have your favorite music recordings messed with. Even as a younger person, there are certain imperfections about my favorite records from bands from the early 00's that I wouldn't want to see altered by a remaster. I get it.
If anything, as someone who didn't grow up with classic 60-80's records, I'm maybe just more curious than anything else to hear that music through a new lens. Rubber Soul is my favorite Beatles record, but hard-panned drums and bass drive me crazy.
On the other hand, I'm slowly but surely doing an entire re-mix of the record I made my freshman year in college and it's a wild experience. I know so much more about mixing now than I did then. It's still the same music, and there are a lot of inherent flaws in the recording that I can't magically fix, but the music has so much more breathing room now. Of course, it's a totally self-indulgent project. But there's something to be learned through the process.
If anything, as someone who didn't grow up with classic 60-80's records,
Most of the time I listen to 50- 70's stuff, but not very much in the pop charts caught my interest after maybe 75.
There are some modern things I like, country is more or less timeless, reggae and calypso are almost eternal, and there are still some rock groups that produce interesting stuff.
But honestly, I would rather listen to the older the older music and songs. I still play Led Zeppelin, Cream, Black Sabbath and Johnny Cash at high volume, lucky I don't have neighbors.
Dare I say it I am listening to BTS. Despite liking alternative music I have a soft spot for boybands ranging from Take That to One Direction. I even have some albums from early boybands of the seventies, including Slik, who was the band Midge Ure was in before Ultravox, and I even listen to the Osmonds, as well as The Jackson Five. I also like a bit of Blur and Oasis.
Miguel HernándezMarch 01, 2021 at 17:21#5043990 likes
Reply to Jack Cummins :up:
The only "boy bands" for me ever were/are still The Beatles (early) and The Jackson Five.
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I've been mad for fucking years, absolutely years ... I've always been mad, I know I've been mad, like the most of us have. Very hard to explain why you're mad, even if you're not mad.
https://youtu.be/Qs63dcPh3Mw
The Dark Side of the Moon (43:09) lyrics by Roger Waters, 1973 produced & performed by Pink Floyd guest vocalist Clare Torry engineer Alan Parsons mix supervisor Chris Thomas
recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London, UK
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https://youtu.be/Fs1Aa383BCI :cool:
"Blues Ain't Nothing but a Woman" (9:46)
Helen Humes and Her All Star Band, 1962
For all of my posturing as a music dude, sometimes I listen to this crappy muzak station if I need to zone out with some completely harmless, impotent noise.
Reply to Ying we used to listen to this song driving to Switzerland and Italy with my parents and brothers. In a time without internet and mobile phones, can you imagine? thanks for sharing
we used to listen to this song driving to Switzerland and Italy with my parents and brothers. In a time without internet and mobile phones, can you imagine? thanks for sharing
Piano Concerto No. 3 in E major, Sz 119 (24:49)
Béla Bartók (composer), 1945
András Schiff (piano)
Hallé Orchestra
Sir Mark Elder (conductor) live performance, 2011
Got any Bartok recs? I always have trouble getting into him; his music feels very rigid to me. Granted Ravel is possibly my favorite classical composer, so I know it's just a different aesthetic.
Now, who's the real thugs, killers and gangsters?
Set the revolution, let the things bust and thank us
When the smoke clear, you can see the sky again
There will be the chopped off heads of Leviathan
My friend, they call 'em strangers
Anybody talk to him end up in some danger
"[i]They'll never change...
They stay...
Strange ways...[/i]"
Can't reform 'em
Ditto ... and the next one and the next ... :angry:
[quote=Know Your Enemy (RatM)][i]Something must be done
About vengeance,
a badge
and a gun[/i]
[ ... ]
[i]Mind of a revolutionary,
so clear the lane
The finger to the land of the chains
WHAT?!
The "land of the free?"
Whoever told you that is your enemy!
Now something must be done
About vengeance,
a badge
and a gun
Now action must be taken
We don't need the key,
we'll BREAK IN!!![/i]
[ ... ]
[i]Yes, I know my enemies!
They're the teachers who taught me to fight me![/i][/quote]
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JukTvlrh-Wk
Heard it a few hours ago - being performed outside a nursing care home...for someone's birthday party.
The sun was shining and all felt right with the world...for at least a couple of minutes...
'The Wonder of You' - Elvis Presley ( with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIDyNfJzLd8
The Wonder of You
Elvis Presley
Oh oh oh
When no one else can understand me
When everything I do is wrong
You give me hope and consolation
You give me strength to carry on
And you're always there
To lend a hand in everything I do
That's the wonder
The wonder of you
(Wonder of you)
And when you smile, the world is brighter
You touch my hand, and I'm a king
Your kiss to me is worth a fortune
Your love for me is everything
I guess I'll never know
The reason why
You love me as you do
That's the wonder
The wonder of you
Oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh
I guess I'll never know the reason why
You love me as you do
That's the wonder
The wonder of you
Songwriters: Knight Baker
For non-commercial use only.
Data from: Musixmatch
Reply to Ying
Beautiful. And also with the Berliner Philharmoniker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnpMmAEUNCQ
Lyrics:
Wind of Change
Scorpions
I follow the Moskva
Down to Gorky Park
Listening to the wind of change
An August summer night
Soldiers passing by
Listening to the wind of change
The world is closing in
Did you ever think
That we could be so close, like brothers?
The future's in the air
Can feel it everywhere
I'm blowing with the wind of change
Take me to the magic of the moment
On a glory night
Where the children of tomorrow dream away (dream away)
In the wind of change
Walking down the street
Distant memories
Are buried in the past forever
I follow the Moskva
Down to Gorky Park
Listening to the wind of change
Take me to the magic of the moment
On a glory night (a glory night)
Where the children of tomorrow dream away (dream away)
In the wind of change (the wind of change)
The wind of change blows straight
Into the face of time
Like a storm wind that will ring
The freedom bell for peace of mind
Let your balalaika sing
What my guitar wants to say
Take me to the magic of the moment
On a glory night (a glory night)
Where the children of tomorrow dream away (dream away)
In the wind of change (the wind of change)
Songwriters: Klaus Meine
In German:
Ich folge der Moskva
Runter zum Gorky Park
Dem Wind der Veränderung lauschend
Eine Sommernacht im August
Soldaten marschieren vorbei
Dem Wind der Veränderung lauschend
Die Welt wird kleiner
Und hast du je gedacht
Dass wir so nahe sein könnten, wie Brüder?
Die Zukunft liegt in der Luft
Ich kann sie fühlen, überall
Sie weht mit dem Wind der Veränderung
Bring mich zu der Magie des Moments
In einer glorreichen Nacht
Wo die Kinder von Morgen vor sich hinträumen
Im Wind der Veränderung
Laufe die Straße hinunter
Und ferne Erinnerungen
Sind für immer in der Vergangenheit begraben
Ich folge der Moskva
Runter zum Gorky Park
Dem Wind der Veränderung lauschend
Bring mich zu der Magie des Moments
In einer glorreichen Nacht
Wo die Kinder von Morgen ihre Träume teilen
Mit dir und mir
Bring mich zu der Magie des Moments
In einer glorreichen Nacht
Wo die Kinder von Morgen vor sich hinträumen
Im Wind der Veränderung
Der Wind der Veränderung bläst geradewegs
Ins Gesicht der Zeit
Wie ein Sturm, der
Die Freiheitsglocke für den Frieden der Gedanken läuten wird
Lass deine Balalaika singen
Was meine Gitarre sagen will.
Bring mich zu der Magie des Moments
In einer glorreichen Nacht
Wo die Kinder von Morgen ihre Träume teilen
Mit dir und mir
Bring mich zu der Magie des Moments
In einer glorreichen Nacht
Wo die Kinder von Morgen vor sich hinträumen
Im Wind der Veränderung
Writer(s): Klaus Meine Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.co
It's the witching hour here in Hotlanta, breaking out of my lockdown/quarantine tonight and rollin' up to da club on a deep cut like it's still 2019 :cool:
Break break shake away, break breakaway
Now I'm free to do what I want to do
Time will not wait for me, time is my destiny
Why change the part of me that has to be free
The love that passed me by, I found no reason why
But now each day is filled with the love, that very same love
That passed me by and that is why
I can breakaway from that lonely life
And I can do what I want to do
And breakaway from that empty life and my world is new
When I laid down on my bed I heard voices in my head
Telling me now hey it's only a dream
The more I thought of it I had been out of it
And here's the answer I found instead
(Baby baby) found out it was in my head (baby baby)
(Baby baby) found out it was my head (baby baby)
(Baby baby) found out it was in my head (baby baby)…
Love is in the air
Everywhere I look around
Love is in the air
Every sight and every sound
And I don't know if I'm being foolish
Don't know if I'm being wise
But it's something that I must believe in
And it's there when I look in your eyes
Love is in the air
In the whisper of the trees
Love is in the air
In the thunder of the sea
And I don't know if I'm just dreaming
Don't know if I feel sane
But it's something that I must believe in
And it's there when you call out my name
(Chorus)
Love is in the air
Love is in the air
Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh
Love is in the air
In the rising of the sun
Love is in the air
When the day is nearly done
And I don't know if you're an illusion
Don't know if I see it true
But you're something that I must believe in
And you're there when I reach out for you
Love is in the air
Every sight and every sound
And I don't know if I'm being foolish
Don't know if I'm being wise
But it's something that I must believe in
And it's there when I look in your eyes
Sorry, more 60's pop nostalgia coming up...
Can't believe these guys were only 15 to 17yrs old. Ah *
'Everlasting Love' - Love Affair
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JaYTNsS_m2w
'Rainbow Valley' - Love Affair
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=k5UiDzY1UUU
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Controversy ensued when the group admitted they had not played on the record, but that all the work was done by session musicians, although such a practice had long since been common.[2]
Their first recording of the song, produced by Muff Winwood, had featured them playing all the instruments.[3] But the record label rejected this version in favour of one produced by Mike Smith, recorded with a recording studio rhythm section, strings, brass, flutes and backing vocalists, arranged by Keith Mansfield[3] – and [b]Ellis as the only member of the group to be heard.[4]
The backing vocals were provided by four female singers who became well known in their own right: Kiki Dee, Madeline Bell, Lesley Duncan and Kay Garner (as one of the Ladybirds)[/b]. The bass part was played by Russ Stableford and Clem Cattini played drums.
I'm probably "young" for TPF, but the older I get, the harder it is for me to find music that astounds me. This record makes the cut. I'm also a big Pharoah fan.
I'm probably "young" for TPF, but the older I get, the harder it is for me to find music that astounds me. This record makes the cut. I'm also a big Pharoah fan.
Young, medium and older; we can all do our thing on here, no ?
I don't really look for 'music that astounds me' - I don't even have that much of a high standard.
Having said that, Pinky and Perky wouldn't make it to my Desert Island Discs.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5qhJd1byxhTBYbSCFmw580y/desert-island-discs-podcasts
The archives start in 1942 !
I love listening to the stories behind the choices made. Not so keen on just seeing 'lists' of songs or books read. Although they can reveal something about the chooser...probably why I was initially wary of sharing...standing alone, they don't tell the full story. Nothing ever does...but a glimpse and a gleaning.
I have started wondering just how much our brain or behaviour patterns are formed by what we listen to when very young. The religious music, the Christmas carols...the pop and rock...the jangly bits that drive us...the soothing tones that calm us.
Music through the ages for all ages...teens, twenties...30s,40s,50s,60s,70s...2020s, the ancient.
There is a time for everything. Pages to turn...threads to get tangled up in :cool:
https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/526058
'Turn, Turn, Turn' - the Byrds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4ga_M5Zdn4
The 2 cassettes I listened to. Over and over. Because that's all I could afford :smile:
'Tapestry' - Carole King (1971)
'Moods' - Neil Diamond (1972)
... gettin' happy hour started a little early today :up:
Humpty Hump (Gregory Jacobs)
1963-2021
Brutha (& his crew) came on the scene "strong but stooopid" back in the day like Sly Stone, Rick James or George Clinton on crack ... Good times in the club. :lol: :fire:
Had never heard of Billie Eilish until this morning.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/apr/29/billie-eilish-your-power-review-chilling-ballad-seeps-under-your-skin
Her 'Your Power' song is embedded in article but appears to be cut off at end...
'No Time To Die' - Billie Eilish ( theme to 25th James Bond film)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BboMpayJomw
I should have known
I'd leave alone
Just goes to show
That the blood you bleed
Is just the blood you owe
We were a pair
But I saw you there
Too much to bear
You were my life, but life is far away from fair
Was I stupid to love you?
Was I reckless to help?
Was it obvious to everybody else?
That I'd fallen for a lie
You were never on my side
Fool me once, fool me twice
Are you death or paradise?
Now you'll never see me cry
There's just no time to die
I let it burn
You're no longer my concern
Faces from my past return
Another lesson yet to learn
That I'd fallen for a lie
You were never on my side
Fool me once, fool me twice
Are you death or paradise?
Now you'll never see me cry
There's just no time to die
No time to die, mmm
No time to die, ooh
Fool me once, fool me twice
Are you death or paradise?
Now you'll never see me cry
There's just no time to die
Songwriters: Oconnell Finneas Baird, O'connell Billie Eilish
For non-commercial use only.
Data from: Musixmatch
Less calming.
'Amazonia' - Gojira
Embedded in:
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/apr/30/nature-is-hurting-gojira-the-metal-band-confronting-the-climate-crisis
Interview
‘Nature is hurting’: Gojira, the metal band confronting the climate crisis
Matt Mills
Gojira,
With stirring songwriting that considers grief, philosophy and ecological collapse, the French quartet have become one of the world’s greatest heavy bands. They discuss their journey so far.
"Under African Skies" Live (3:57) The African Concert, 1987 written by Paul Simon, 1986 performed by Paul Simon & Miriam Makeba
[i]This is the story of how we begin to remember
This is the powerful pulsing of love in the vein
After the dream of falling and calling your name out
These are the roots of rhythm
And the roots of rhythm remain[/i]
"Evil" (2:55) Howlin' in the Moonlight, 1959 performed by Howlin' Wolf, 1954 written by Willie Dixon, 1954(?)
*
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oqrfPnGy1tM
"Leave My Girl Alone" (4:15) In Step, 1989 written by Buddy Guy, 1965 performed by Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
*
https://youtu.be/RvNIivHdy0Q
"Layla" Live (11:59) Play the Blues: Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center, 2011 written by Eric Clapton & Jim Gordon, 1970 performed by Eric Clapton, Wynton Marsalis & the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
Sometimes
I feel the fear of
Uncertainty stinging clear
And I, can't help but ask myself how much I'll let the fear
Take the wheel and steer
It's driven me before and seems to have a vague
Haunting mass appeal
But lately I'm beginning to find that I
Should be the one behind the wheel
Whatever tomorrow brings I'll be there
With open arms and open eyes yeah
Whatever tomorrow brings
I'll be there, I'll be there
So, if I
Decide to waiver my
Chance to be one of
The hive
Will I choose water over wine
And hold my own and drive?
It's driven me before and it seems to be the way
That everyone else gets around
But lately I'm beginning to find that when
I drive myself my light is found
Whatever tomorrow brings I'll be there
With open arms and open eyes yeah
Whatever tomorrow brings
I'll be there I'll be there
Would you choose water over wine?
Hold the wheel and drive
Whatever tomorrow brings I'll be there
With open arms and open eyes yeah
Whatever tomorrow brings
I'll be there I'll be there
Reply to Manuel
I like this. Thanks for sharing.
Interesting lyrics and video of self-drawing then the scrunching up of the pages, the physical images of the self being erased...
'I'm beginning to find that when
I drive myself my light is found'
When all the selves are scattered at the end of the video, it seems as if the driver is in reverse.
Perhaps circling back to feeling
'... the fear of
Uncertainty stinging clear
And I, can't help but ask myself how much I'll let the fear
Take the wheel and steer'
However, ends up with a certainty that:
'Whatever tomorrow brings I'll be there
With open arms and open eyes'.
Really :cool:
Not to mention - the guy is fit :100:
From Ted B -
[i]A selection of favorite Justin Hayward compositions, 2 with the Moody Blues and 2 solo (with John Lodge) from "Blue Jays".
Songs
1) The Land of Make Believe (Seventh Sojourn 1972)
A wonderful song, my favorite from the Moody Blues.
2) This Morning (Blue Jays 1975)
Another top song, not far behind 1)
3) Nights Winters Years (Blue Jays 1975)
A lovely song. To my mind, one of few successful pop songs with full orchestral backing.
4) Nights in White Satin (Days of future passed 1967)
A classic for all time, well deserved.[/i]
Got this song stuck in my head like a sound-worm. :cheer:
You can holler, you can wail
You can swing, you can flail
You can fuck like a broken sail
But I'll never give you up
If I ever give you up my heart will surely fail
And after all God can keep my soul
England to have my bones
But don't ever give me up
I could never get back up when the future starts so slow
No longing for the moonlight
No longing for the sun
No longer will I curse the bad I've done
If there's a time when the feelings gone, I wanna feel it
You can holler, you can wail
You can blow what's left of my right mind
You can swing, you can flail
You can blow what's left of my right mind
(I don't mind)
There's a time for the second best
And there's a time when the feeling's gone
But it's hard to be hard I guess
When you're shaking like a dog
You can holler, you can wail
You can blow what's left of my right mind
You can swing, you can flail
You can blow what's left of my right mind
You can holler, you can wail
You can blow what's left of my right mind
You can swing, you can flail
You can blow what's left of my right mind
(I don't mind)
You can blow what's left of my right mind
You can blow what's left of my right mind
You can holler, you can wail
You can blow what's left of my right mind
There's this: 'Dancing in The Dark' - Bruce Springsteen (3:58)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=129kuDCQtHs
With focus on his body...I mean...just look at even the cover of 'Born in the USA' :cool:
Dancing with Courteney Cox.
and then, there's this:
'Dancing in The Dark' - Bruce Springsteen (7:41)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7lfzARGXGw
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band performing "Dancing In The Dark" at the Hard Rock Calling festival in London, 2013.
Recreating the video, this time he pulls in his Mum, later his 'baby sis' playing guitar with him...
"While My Guitar Gently Weeps" Live (6:22)
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2004 written by George Harrison, 1968 performed by Dhani Harrison, Jeff Lynn, Tom Petty, Steve Winwood & Prince
Can't speak for George Son of Hari :pray: :flower:, but I can't help smiling whenever I see & hear this Bad Lil Mofo blaaaaze that solo :fire:
You know what. I have always loved that song but this performance is...words fail me...
And to see Dhani, George's son, start off quite serious and tentative and then bursting into smiles with the amazement of the whole experience...
Thanks @180 Proof - you have made my day, month, year...
:fire: :heart: :sparkle:
'This Song' - George Harrison (3:53)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=T0i9rjTxhpY
'Harrison wrote the song as a response to the copyright infringement suit launched against him over his early 1970s hit "My Sweet Lord". The lyrics use terminology associated with the court case and mention other song titles as a satirical comment on the notion of plagiarism in popular music.[2]'
'My Sweet Lord' - George Harrison (4:41)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SP9wms6oEMo
'It Don't Come Easy' - Ringo Starr (2:54)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvEexTomE1I
At the 'Concert for Bangladesh':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zez0-vxyKuE
It don't come easy,
You know it don't come easy.
It don't come easy,
You know it don't come easy.
Got to pay your dues if you wanna sing the blues,
And you know it don't come easy.
You don't have to shout or leap about,
You can even play them easy.
Forget about the past and all your sorrows,
The future won't last,
It will soon be over tomorrow.
I don't ask for much, i only want your trust,
And you know it don't come easy.
And this love of mine keeps growing all the time,
And you know it just ain't easy.
Open up your heart, let's come together,
Use a little love
And we will make it work out better.
(ah -)
(ah -)
(ooh-ooh)
(ah-ooh-ooh)
Got to pay your dues if you wanna sing the blues,
And you know it don't come easy.
You don't have to shout or leap about,
You can even play them easy.
Peace, remember peace is how we make it,
Here within your reach
If you're big enough to take it.
I don't ask for much, i only want your trust,
And you know it don't come easy.
And this love of mine keeps growing all the time,
And you know it don't come easy.
"Traveling Riverside Blues" Live (5:11) Led Zeppelin BBC Sessions, 1969 written by R. Johnson, 1937 (+ R. Plant & J. Page, 1969) performed by Led Zeppelin
Cliched but true – like it was just yesterday (though a lifetime ago) – first I'd lost John Lennon, then again, almost exactly six months to the day, and without warning, came the news that Bob Marley had left the building. Years later that sting still stung "You're on Earth. There's no cure for that" (again in '89). I couldn't go on, I suppose, without so many ghosts carved into my heart like him ... a natural mystic who never grew old ... like so many other voices that still linger ...
Reply to Manuel
It was more of a meta-commentary upon a certain set of music fans' style of reviews and kind of an in-joke about a mistaken identity. The obvious entendre and allusion to music criticism aside, I was saying something like, "I just don't know why you have confused Roy Harper with Michael Randle." Only I get any of this, though, and, so, why wouldn't you ask? I see too much in everything and wouldn't wonder too much about it all.
Reply to Manuel
I thought that you were making meta-commentary about my play of that New Order song and, so, in turn, responded with some meta-commentary, but you probably just like The Eagles. It's all good, I guess.
Reply to Manuel
As before, it's all good. I just mistook your appreciation for The Eagles as a hipster remark, which, given what limited encounters we have had, there was no reason for me to. I've just been around too many hipsters. Milling about in certain dancehalls will do that to you. Feel free to carry on, I guess.
Reply to Manuel
I just took your playing of "Hotel California" as a dig against New Order. I had thought that you were suggesting that I had chosen a mainstream independent Electronic track, typical of novice music critics who often confuse running drugs with any form of veritable left-wing ethos. Because I think that New Order was a great band, I felt the need to clarify that I don't either pretend to or harbor any delusions about running drugs and actually consider for myself to have a gift for counter-intelligence, a partial entendre of which is of a certain irony to my general life situation. You'd have to know a lot about my life and mind to really get what I was on about, aside from being well-versed in hipster discourse, and, as even engaging in conversation, if you will, as such was merely motivated by a mistake on my part, what I am suggesting is that there isn't too much of a reason for anyone to put too much thought into the above statement. I was just making kind of a lot of in-jokes because I thought that you were making an in-joke.
Anyways, my mistake. You are right to suggest that this thread should continue as normal.
Damn man, I think statements such as those should be put in a novel, it's terrific. To be clear I'm laughing at what you are saying, not at you, I like the attitude.
I haven't heard nor know anything about New Order, but I'll be sure to check them out. I personally like a healthy range of musical genre's. Certain parts of rap, reggaetón and a good portion of modern pop music aren't to my tastes. But different strokes...
Criticizing art is problematic. You can certainly get highfalutin people thinking that anything after Mozart is crap. And sure, Mozart is very likely much more sophisticated than what I like, but a lot of it puts me to sleep. But then there's certain music that to me is like nails on a chalkboard.
Reply to Manuel
The Stone Roses, especially their self-titled debut, is great!
Though kind of a hipster, myself, I've always had kind of an aversion to put people down because of their musical taste and tendency to be overly critical and denigrating of music in general. People often fail to uncover what potential kind of a lot of bands have by that account or acknowledge that just about everything sounds good in context. Medicine's Once More", for instance, could easily be characterized by its excessive use of the phaser pedal, typical of Space Rock, and not a kind of Shoegaze that is of aesthetic quality by that account. In my opinion, though, it sounds awesome.
Reply to Manuel
Well, to tell the truth, that Medicine song is the sort of thing that sounds really good while exceptionally stoned. What I was moreso getting at is that the music community would be better off were people willing to admit that they do occasionally listen to music because it is enjoyable to do so and agree to that it ought to be kind of fun.
To use a more well-known example, The Who's "Baba O'Riley" is just a great song. As much as it can be kind of bothersome for a person to not have put more thought into the music that they listen to than to just simply believe that it sounds better when you play it louder, kicking back, cracking open an imported beer, turning up the volume, and letting it reign is just a good fucking time.
I'm actually not terribly into Electrionic music and so couldn't say either way with the song you have shared.
"Tales of Brave Ulysses" Live (3:56) written by E. Clapton & M. Sharp, 1967 performed by Cream, 1968
https://vimeo.com/154990893
"Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)" Live 6:55 Jimi Hendrix at Atlanta Pop Festival, 1970 written by Jimi Hendrix, 1968 performed by J. Hendrix, B. Cox & M. Mitchell
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=b90ezOeulyc
"Dazed and Confused" Live (7:34) performed by Led Zeppelin, 1969 written by, J. Page, 1967-68
Reply to Pinprick
This is a pretty good dig, but I kind of harbor a theory about online discourse that the general lack of improvement in the social ecology of internet forums is resultant of that almost no one ever just uses music threads such as this to just simply share good tunes that they like.
I tend to use them to a point of excess in order to convince everyone else to by that account. There's nothing that you can really do about it, though.
Reply to thewonder
Yes, I like Carseat Headrest. We seem to like some of the same music, especially some fairly obscure bands. I played 'Infected' by The The last night, and I have been listening to a band which formed in the 1980s, The Alarm.
Nah, it’s just in jest. I’m not trying to take a swipe at the AN folk. Maybe I’m just odd, but I sometimes try to think of songs that I could associate with PF members. Usually just as a joke. I find most everyone here endearing in some respect. I’ve been mulling over whether or not to keep doing this sort of thing. We’ll see what happens…
Oh, and I’m totally game with others doing the same towards me. I think it would be interesting to see how I’m viewed by my anonymous (usually) peers, and also to see if others view other members in a similar light as myself.
Anyhow, here’s a local band that’s sadly defunct now…
A Symposium on Popular Songs is a special cartoon featurette made by Walt Disney Productions in 1962. It features songs that were written by the Sherman Brothers, with music arrangements by Tutti Camarata.
Ludwig Von Drake lectures on the state of popular music punctuated by a number of stop-motion musical numbers.
"The Rutabaga Rag"
"Charleston Charlie"
"Although I Dropped $100,000 (I Found a Million Dollars in your Smile)"
"I'm Blue for You (Boo-Boo-Boo-Boo-Boo)"
"The Boogie Woogie Bakery Man"
"Puppy Love is Here to Stay"
"Rock, Rumble, and Roar"
Holding Back the Years - Simply Red - Live in Holland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7GnVHmTiI8
Simply Red played three very special shows at Amsterdam’s Ziggo Dome accompanied by a 40-piece orchestra. The set list beautifully showcased their remarkable career including the classic hits ‘Holding Back The Years’, ‘Stars’, ‘Fairground’ and ‘If You Don’t Know Me By Now’.
Driving down an endless road
Taking friends or moving alone
Pleasure at the fairground on the way
It's always friends that feel so good
Let's make amends like all good men should
Pleasure at the fairground on the way
Walk around, be free and roam
There's always someone leaving alone
Pleasure at the fairground on the way
And I love the thought of coming home to you
Even if I know we can't make it
Yes, I love the thought of giving hope to you
Just a little ray of light shining through
Love can bend and breathe alone
Until the end it finds you a home
Don't care what the people may say
It's always friends that feel so good
Let's make amends like all good men should
Pleasure at the fairground on the way
And I love the thought of coming home to you
Even if I know we can't make it
Yes, I love the thought of giving hope to you
Just a little ray of light shining through
And I love the thought of coming home to you
Even if I know we can't make it
Yes, I love the thought of giving hope to you
Just a little ray of light shining through
Pleasure at the fairground on the way
And I love the thought of coming home to you
Even if I know we can't make it
Yes, I love the thought of giving hope to you
Just a little ray of light shining through
And I love the thought of coming home to you
Even if I know we can't make it
Yes, I love the thought of giving hope to you
Just a little ray of light shining through
Love the thought
Even if I know we can't make it
Love the thought
"Shhh / Peaceful" (18:16) In A Silent Way, 1969
Miles Davis - tr, composer
Wayne Shorter - s. sax
John McLaughlin - e.guitar
Chick Corea – e. piano
Herbie Hancock – e. piano
Joe Zawinul – e. piano, organ
Dave Holland – d. bass
Tony Williams – drums
"Dig It"
"Run For Your Life"
"You Like Me Too Much"
"Yes It Is"
"Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"
"Not A Second Time"
"Honey Pie"
"Wild Honey Pie"
"The Ballad of John and Yoko"
"Revolution 9"
NB: I'd buy this compilation album Rubber Dung ...
:cool:
I think we should hear them all !
I remember this well...even if was the 60s...
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da - as sung by Marmalade ( with lyrics)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdkXxVl6PKs
Hey, happy ever after in the market place
Molly lets the children lend a hand Desmond stays at home and does his pretty face
And in the evening, she's a singer with the band
I swore that I'd become a better man for you and I tried
Tried to change my ways and walk the line you follow
I bore a flame that burned a thousand suns for you but it died
Told you I could never love somebody else but I lied
Mmm, I lied
Mmm, I lied
I told you I'd be coming back again for you but I'm not
Going way out where the world will never find me
I made a claim that I would dance until we're bones with my bride
Told you I would never leave you all alone but I lied
I read your letter in the morning by the lake and I cried
They were tears of joy, my chains are finally broken
I made a vow to stand beside you 'til the day that I die
Told you I could never live without your love but I lied
Mmm, I lied
Mmm, I lied
Mmm, I lied
Mmm, I lied
Mmm, I lied
Mmm, I lied
ArguingWAristotleTiffJune 02, 2021 at 13:15#5457580 likes
https://youtu.be/-RWEseP-ouk
Have a little faith in me
John Hiatt
"When your back's against the wall
Just turn around and you will see
I'll be there, I'll be there to catch your fall
So have a little faith in me.."
Swingrowers - Via Con Me (It's Wonderful) - (Official Music Video) Rome in the 50s
'The video features a young Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck in the superb romantic comedy ROMAN HOLIDAY (1953) which features this memorable scene of an out of control Vespa in the streets of Rome.'
La Vie Parisienne: French Chansons From the 1930s & 40s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUKC5RAjUdg
Various Artists - La vie Parisienne. Released 2006-05-29 on Past Perfect
1. 00:00:00 Edith Piaf La Vie En Rose
2. 00:03:12 Charles Trenet Boum!
3. 00:05:49 Yves Montand Clopin-Clopant
4. 00:09:10 Josephine Baker Si J'etais Blanche
5. 00:11:57 Jean Sablon Rendez-Vous Sous La Pluie
6. 00:14:37 Maurice Chevalier Toi Et Moi
7. 00:17:36 QHCF Ultrafox
8. 00:20:59 Edith Piaf Monsieur Lenoble
9. 00:24:29 Tino Rossi J'attendrai
10. 00:27:27 Jean Sablon La Derniere Bergere
11. 00:30:33 Georges Ulmer Pigalle
12. 00:33:34 Yves Montand Les Feuilles Mortes (Autumn Leaves)
13. 00:37:05 Charles Trenet Les Retours Des Saisons
14. 00:40:19 Edith Piaf Les Amants De Paris
15. 00:43:35 Jean Sablon Un Baiser
16. 00:46:59 Tino Rossi Poème
17. 00:50:10 Charles Trenet Vous Etes Jolie
18. 00:52:30 Lucienne Boyer Parlez-Moi D'amour
19. 00:55:33 Reinhardt & Grappelli My Sweet
20. 00:58:34 Charles Trenet La Mer
21. 01:01:50 Yves Montand C'est Si Bon
Btw, I woke up from hearing old "Slow Hand" in a
dream :point:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bFExOxCpOjY
"Sunshine of Your Love" acoustic live (2:21) performed by Eric Clapton??? written by Jack Bruce, Pete Brown & Eric Clapton, 1967
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pKwQlm-wldA
"Layla" acoustic live (6:29) performed by Eric Clapton & band, 2014 written by Eric Clapton & Jim Gordon, 1970
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VY2Uid1XYp0
"Isn't It a Pity" Live (7:10) Live at Crossroads Guitar Festival, 2007 written by George Harrison, 1966 performed by E. Clapton, D. Trucks, D. Bramhall & co
Reply to 180 Proof Still the greatest unadorned album ever recorded. The only of my favourites which I knew upon first listen, at age 15, that I would be listening to it for the rest of my life.
Reply to Wheatley
Cheers :party:
That is how I remember Neil Diamond. Way back. Listening to his album 'Moods',1972.
Doesn't time fly.
Compare this performance: Sweet Caroline (Live At The Greek Theatre / 2012)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty1dwBCR6D0
The excitement and sheer exuberance of the audience. Pre-Covid. Will we ever see the likes again ?
'Hands touching hands...reaching out...touching me, touching you...
....good times never seemed so good. So good. So good...'
So sad, so sad. Now I need something to cheer me up...
'Canta Libre' - Neil Diamond
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t69AfvF6N7E
Canta libre, Canta vida, (Sing freely, sing of life)
De mi madre y mi padre (Of my mother and my father)
Canta mi corazon (My heart sings)
Para los niños y sus niños, canta libre (For the children and their children, sing freely)
And I got music running in my head,
Makes me feel like the young bird flying.
Across my mind and laying on my bed,
Keeps me away from the thought of dying.
Canta libre (Sing freely)
Canta vida (Sing of life)
De mi madre y mi padre (Of my mother and my father)
And I got music running in my brain,
Every song with it's own kind of meaning.
Cleanse my soul and wash away the pain,
Baptized by the song that you're singing.
Canta libre (Sing freely)
Canta vida (Sing of life)
Siempre conmigo (Always with me)
Canta libre (Sing freely)
Canta libre (Sing freely)
Para los niños y sus niños, canta libre (For the children and their children, sing freely)
De mi madre y mi padre (Of my mother and my father)
Canta libre, y siempre conmigo (Sing freely, and always with me)
Canta libre, canta libre (Sing freely, sing freely)
Against a lot of today's music it is almost a chapel song.
They did not even have drums, fancy sound systems nor computer editing. This song played more than any other that whole summer.
Reply to Wheatley Macca's stand-in for Ringo was actually pretty good. "Come and keep your comrade warm!" :up: (Great – though not a fan – Beach Boys send-up.)
From the Top100 Hits of 1972:
https://musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1972.htm#:~:text=Top%20100%20Hits%20of%201972%2FTop%20100%20Songs%20of,So%20Fast%20-%20Wayne%20Newton%20More%20items...%20
At no.52 - 'Everything I Own' - Bread
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2i43aAn2rq8
YouTube carried on with this: ( 1:08:35) - listening to it now...chilling out...
Dan Fogelberg, Bread, James Taylor, Neil Young, Don McLean [and more]
- Classic Folk Rock Greatest Hits 60s, 70s, 80s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UieafzVd6zc
'Bennie and the Jets' - Elton John
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wo1OwRTRKRk
Nothing like mishearing lyrics - I thought it was 'electric boobs' :smirk:
Hey kids, shake it loose together
The spotlight's hitting something
That's been known to change the weather
We'll kill the fatted calf tonight, so stick around
You're gonna hear electric music solid walls of sound
Say, Candy and Ronnie, have you seen them yet?
Ooh, but they're so spaced out
B-B-B-Bennie and the Jets
Oh, but they're weird and they're wonderful
Oh, Bennie she's really keen
She's got electric boots, a mohair suit
You know I read it in a magazine, ohh-oh
B-B-B-Bennie and the Jets
Hey kids, plug into the faithless
Maybe they're blinded
But Bennie makes them ageless
We shall survive, let us take ourselves along
Where we fight our parents out in the streets
To find who's right and who's wrong
Oh, Candy and Ronnie, have you seen them yet?
Oh, but they're so spaced out
B-B-B-Bennie and the Jets
Oh, they're so weird and they're wonderful
Oh, Bennie she's really keen
She's got electric boots, a mohair suit
You know I read it in a magazine, ohh-oh
B-B-B-Bennie and the Jets
Oh, Candy and Ronnie, have you seen them yet?
Oh, but they're so spaced out
B-B-B-Bennie and the Jets
Oh, but they're weird and they're wonderful
Oh, Bennie she's really keen
She's got electric boots, a mohair suit
You know I read it in a magazine, ohh-oh
B-B-B-Bennie and the Jets
Bennie, Bennie and the Jets
Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie and the Jets
Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie and the Jets
Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie and the Jets
Bennie, Bennie, Bennie
Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie and the Jets, Jets, Jets
Bennie, Bennie, Bennie
Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie and the Jets
Songwriters: Elton John, Bernie Taupin
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Nothing like mishearing lyrics - I thought it was 'electric boobs' :smirk:
Back in the day, this song always reminded me of an even lyrically weirder piece of pop, a Bruce Springteen tune brilliantly covered (reinterpreted ) by Manfred Mann's Earth Band "Blinded By the Light" (which I still prefer to the original). Everybody use to get the lyric "wrapped up like deuce" (a kind of hot rod) wrong and sing along either "revved up like a douche" (me & my Italian homie J-P) or "wrapped up like a douche" (our friends) ... :sweat:
'The Air That I Breathe' - The Hollies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7duPNQCp-w4
[i]Sometimes, all I need is the air that I breathe
And to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe
Yes, to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe[/i]
'Sometimes' - but usually a little bit more is required for a sense of...well...you know what...
Blue sky, sunshine, gentle breeze, listening to the radio playing the Hollies while reading a book.
Currently, 'The Pigeon Tunnel - Stories from My Life' - John Le Carré.
Then coming here to share - just a little. As and when...
:sparkle:
“Mellow Yellow” is Donovan’s second of five top 10 singles in the US, peaking at #2 in late 1966. It was also certified Gold. The song was also a top 10 hit in the UK and Australia. Beatle Paul McCartney’s voice can be heard in the background.
In an interview in the June 18, 2011 edition of the NME, Donovan was asked what the song was actually about? He replied:
Quite a few things. Being mellow, laid-back, chilled out. ‘They call me Mellow Yellow, I’m the guy who can calm you down.’ [John] Lennon and I used to look in the back of newspapers and pull out funny things and they’d end up in songs. So it’s about being cool, laid-back, and also the electrical bananas that were appearing on the scene – which were ladies vibrators.
'Hush' - Deep Purple
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4QBhC1uCP4
A rare surreal film clip of early Deep Purple Mark I playing their 1968 top 5 (US) smash hit 'Hush', song written by Joe South. This bizarre mimed performance is believed to be from German TV, where the band were asked to act as prehistoric cave men!
It turns out there's a handy playlist on Spotify called "Georgian restaurant playlist". I guess it's mostly pop music but because it's a different kind of pop that sounds like it's closely tied to traditional music, it's not boring. And you get a flavour of the their famous vocal polyphony.
'Here Comes The Sun' - the video, at about 8secs, shows the page George scribbled the lyrics on. Not included above the title is a quote in English, then another language I can't make out. This is on p145 of George's book 'I - Me - Mine'.
I'll look again tomorrow...
(The previous page tells the story behind the writing of the song).
Lo, you have come as a boon to me, showering your rain without a stop;
Behold! rain - thirsting lover - birds sip of your draught, drop after drop -
Though frightened of your thunder-bursts,, lovers at large rejoice below,
Romantic welcome awaits you, at every footfall as you go!
It's clear in my hardcover version, although I did have to use a magnifying glass.
Reply to Amity I'm struggling with playing the bridge. The chords are straight forward, but my dang fangers won't do it. 4/4 to 2/4 to 3/8 to 5/8, twice...
If I can offer a little advice, the best way to navigate weird times and changes between them is to subdivide as much as possible; think in eighth notes rather than quarters. Edit: also listen to the melody as you play, rather than focusing on your own part.
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Timely and relevant version of a groovy and powerful song. U2 stole the hook from Ted Nugent’s “Stranglehold”, and gave it a bath and a heart. :wink:
Lol! I honestly don't know why I hate EPs. No good reason. I just don't like short releases. Nowadays I have so many friends who release EPs because it's less intimidating and easier; i.e. lazier. Take a risk and making a fucking album. Like I do. Anyways. I also dislike over-long albums; 40 minutes is ideal; 45 is the max (as a rule)...I'm also an asshat...
I don't know Ride; sounds good. And I never listen to what people post here...
Here's a song from one of my own EPs, LOL
https://sparrow.bandcamp.com/track/unsaid
Hmmm, I think with popular music, I haven't unlearned the album length as "full-length" yet. This is actually a fascinating topic, because I've been working on a new 40 minute album for the past 3 years, and the past year has seen me wringing my hands about how exactly to finish the album, and which tracks to place within a certain space on the album. But, in contrast, when it comes to classical as a whole, possibly my favorite piece of classical music is Ravel's Gaspard de le Nuit, which is a little less than 1/2 an hour. EP length, essentially. So, idk. It's a very weird psychological thing. This is the definitive recording of the piece, btw:
(I'm too tired to figure out how to get the copy/paste link to start at 0; do it yourself.)
Also, if you read music, it's 100% more engrossing if you follow along.
Quoting ?????????????
Punk might be my new frontier. I never liked it growing up, and I think now I'm just angry enough to appreciate it.
Quoting ?????????????
Hey, thanks for the unsolicited compliments and feedback! Been in a rough patch creatively, and received some harsh criticism recently as well, so it's nice to read these words. That EP is more stripped down, yes. I'm kind of ambivalent about it now adays, but I like Unsaid. I like the guitar and voice. Hmmm, I like the length of the noisy bits (cheers to my friend Charls who let me use her vocals to create that weird vocal loop. edit, and cheers to my friend cody on trumpet). Glad you like Align. If you like the "flowing, ever-building" vibe, you will definitely like the new album I'm finishing up. Will keep ya posted. Do you make music at all, or just a fan?
:victory:
So amazing.
No problem!
Quoting ?????????????
Sometimes I think I'm talentless when it comes to philosophy, so don't beat yourself up...
Thanks for that list, I recognize many of those bands as bands I need to be familiar with. I'm about to hit the hay, but this is great; I'll revisit this tomorrow, as I'm at work for 9 hours, and I'm forced to listen to music, whether I want to or not...this looks like a good starting point, provided none of it is too extreme.
Alright. :grin:
Haha! Great version on that song. Dang, there are over 100 songs on the Postmodern Jukebox YT channel. Good stuff! :up:
See your Moondog & Elington and raise you Two Cellos!
Intense that!
You need a hero, look in the mirror, there go your hero
Who on the front lines at ground zero? (Hero)
Sounds of laughter shades of life are ringing
Through my open ears inciting and inviting me
Limitless undying love which shines around me like a million suns
And calls me on and on across the universe
It's really a great track. Kendrick always destroys. I love hearing him doing is own voice as a character.
I also have soft spot for this:
Meow!
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I have only told NicK about this and shared it on the "Last Word" thread but this song is what I put on when I find myself frustrated/hurt/disappointed in my Dad not wanting to pursue any life saving measures. Stubborn bastard but somehow Frank makes it easier to understand. :hearts:
She is the shit.
In Color
So sad we lost this genius
Thank fuck none of you know me personally, so I can admit to loving this album.
(There's a good solo around 3:13 that's worth waiting for).
Some days this is my fav BLR song. Sometimes it’s “Seagulls”. Other days “Not the Future”... :nerd:
Cool...
Meow!
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Which sucks, because I really liked this one song by them:
Some scenes might be NSFW (mild nudity).
Good lord I posted my whole playlist (just edited that out). I feel naked now...
... jus' tryin' to get da funk outta me.
Meow!
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^ changed my life, Toto is love :heart:
Penny for your thoughts... :sweat: The wise and somewhat kooky advice of Yoda inspires all.
:cool: Just discovered him recently thanks to @Noble Dust.
Possibly my fav Nick Drake recording:
Those are some gnarly chords, and in 5/4 time.
A friend of mine is probably the closest artist I know to channeling some Nick Drake currently. This isn't his Drake-est song, but really needed to listen to this tune, and didn't even realize it:
There is a very raw feeling though out this song with emphasis on ending which goes off the chain.
Something about the nipponification of western culture just feels right.
That would be amazing. We definitely need more social cohesion.
Good music is hard to scoff at though. Something about it transcends language.
And what we are listening to right now is a curious and reversely influential reflection of us. Nationalism is tied up in anthems, social, ethnic, and regional identity tied up in pop music. Even corporations have their own theme music. It can divide us or bring us together, depending on the content and the environment and the individual. On the whole though music seems to unite more commonly than divide, so more of it is probably a good thing (even if we have to sift through the mud and muck of the Bieber's and Cyrus's to locate the good stuff!).
I was sold three strums in.
I've got a thang for them blues, and boy them blues got him.
Quite old, but good nonetheless.
Killer beat also:
https://evexi.bandcamp.com/track/parallel
Song's closer to my metaphysics than anything else I've read, I think.
[lyrics]
Time passed hard
And the task was the hardest thing she'd ever do
But she forgot
The moment she saw you
So it would seem to be true
When cruel birth debases, we forget
When cruel death debases
We believe it erases all the rest
that precedes
But stand brave, life-liver
Bleeding out your days
In the river of time
Stand brave
Time moves both ways
In the nullifying, defeating, negating, repeating
Joy of life
The nullifying, defeating, negating, repeating
Joy of life
The moment of your greatest joy sustains
Not axe nor hammer
Tumor, tremor
Can take it away, and it remains
It remains
And it pains me to say, I was wrong
Love is not a symptom of time
Time is just a symptom of love
(And the nullifying, defeating, negating, repeating
Joy of life
The nullifying, defeating, negating, repeating
Joy of life)
Hardly seen, hardly felt
Deep down where your fight is waiting
Down 'till the light in your eyes is fading
Joy of life
Where I know that you can yield, when it comes down to it
Bow like the field when the combs through it
Joy of life
And every little gust that chances through
Will dance in the dust of me and you
With joy of life
And in our perfect secret-keeping
One ear of corn
In silent, reaping
Joy of life
Joy
Again, around–a pause, a sound–a song
A way a lone a last a loved a long
A cave, a grave, a day: arise, ascend
(Areion, Rharian, go free and graze
Amen)
A shore, a tide, unmoored–a sight, abroad
A dawn, unmarked, undone, undarked (a god)
No time, no flock, no chime, no clock, no end
White star, white ship nightjar, transmit, transcend
White star, white ship–nightjar, transmit, transcend
White star, white ship–nightjar, transmit, transcend
White star, white ship–nightjar, transmit, trans
Really loving this album
Ahh, very nice! In the Synthwave or Tech Noir style, i think it’s called. I’ve listened to some of it. Very broodingly atmospheric and inspirational. Mostly, it inspires me to listen to music that influenced it. (And also to engage in nostalgia and pointless minutiae. :yum: )
The original score (as opposed to soundtrack, more about that below) from The Terminator (1984) by Brad Fiedel:
Some might be listening to the above video thinking “where are the other songs? Like the one in the Tech Noir scene? Or the song with the ironic lyrics: “it’s a machine... ya ya ya ya...” Well, AFAIK those would be on the soundtrack, as opposed to the score. Anyway the video below has two of the songs from the Tech Noir scene. Songs by Tahnee Cain and Tryanglz. One song is at beginning of video. The song Burnin in the Third Degree is the last song (about 32:35). Enjoy! And remember... if a naked man from the future asks for your clothes, do not argue with him! :snicker:
When music was great.
my solid ground(1971)
The analog warmth is so yummy and comforting. But I can't help but think that this style of music is just a charicature; an attempt to capture something that never actually existed in the 80's. It's super calming though; if that's the point, then, success. Good zone out jams.
Yeah, it's called vaporwave for a reason (in this case synthwave I think or maybe even dreamwave). You hit the nail on the head though.
Vaporwave is wild. Deserving of it's own TPF thread, I would say.
Indeed. You should start one if you want.
I don't know what the jargon for this song is called but it's like a breath of fresh air every time I listen to it:
Yeah, it's just synthwave. Haha.
Damn, I need to comb back through my notes from the New Amsterdam Records Composers Lab I did last summer, and find the vaporwave section. There was so much immediate philosophical content at that point. Now I'm rusty. This particular Droid Bishop track sounds a little more family friendly.
*looks for bow-down-in-worship emoji; can't find it*
That's one of my all time fav songs of BOC, The Campfire Headphase, whoo...
God, you had to pick a low-key masterpiece BOC track, right? I haven't listened to this in awhile. The feels.
Not gonna lie, Dayvan Cowboy is low-key genius. Not over-rated.
I hope you realize my responses were in good fun...I know we had a run in or two... :heart:
*intensifies*
Solstafir - chill rock music from Iceland
This duck is an inspirational hero to low-level trolls everywhere... Got any grapes? :yum:
Well now everything dies, baby that's a fact,
But maybe everything that dies, someday comes back
Put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty
And meet me tonight in Atlantic City
Try this for size:
They talk about the Rapper in Harvard. He's just that good.
:cheer:
:eyes:
"And in your waiting hands I will land, and roll out of my skin." The level of that observation is extremely impressive.
In the darkest corners of the mind
There is a mirror to reflect lost time
But if you look into the depths of your soul
You may just discover a light that is whole
And to feast on such a ravenous force
Is to become one with your primal self
But if the colors of one don't ring true
The veracity of your passion is see-through
A view from the bottom of a pit of despair
The feeling of loss and the absence of hope
Breathing life into such radiant light
Devour it all in the darkness of night
Sustaining the hunger of the luminous blaze
Never again will we live in grey haze
Some grow young, some grow cold. But I promise, you don't know what it's like.
Hopefully I'll be able to listen to this one and it will be true! Soon... someday...
Quite Stoical message.
DRUMS
That Yorke is always trying to cross the same river.
Is that how people get rich today? Shit man where did i see my pajamas?
New album is dope
I really liked the juxtaposition of Till getting hanged in an extermination camp, as if being strangled by their own past. As always, Rammstein stirring the pot in Germany.
See you that and raise you this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RT4XtffirjE
Negatory-Catharsis in a video.
This song is so fucking good
I didn't know she was still around tbf
Trash! Sounds like it was written by Max Martin? If not, his mark has been made.
:cool:
:100:
written by Willie Dixon & sung by Little Walter
(Coincidence - on shuffleplay - or wishful thinking? ... as Iranian bombs drop on U.S. troops in Iraq tonight.)
update:
Little Red Rooster (1961)
written by Willie Dixon & sung by Howlin' Wolf
... and for President Bonespurs
Weak Brain, Narrow Mind (1964)
written & performed by Willie Dixon
@Noble Dust
:death: Brutal.
Just discovered this early modern guy yesterday:
The finale is a riot of excess!
Quoting Noble Dust
Interesting, never heard of him. Reminds me of Scriabin. Thanks!
Quoting Noble Dust
Huh, another from the Scriabin/Medtner school, and also new to me. Very nice.
"21/16! Because why the fuck not?"
I honestly never made it that far till now. Interesting. I need more listens. The first listen feels weird because it doesn't feel as existential and spiritually disturbed as the Messiaen I'm familiar with.
Quoting SophistiCat
Yes, very ornamental, like Scriabin. I find this guy less indulgent than Scriabin though. I literally stumbled upon this guy on youtube; he apparently died at 23. If anything, I'm so curious how he could potentially have been connected with the French and Russian schools at this time, and at such a young age. Considering that ideas didn't exactly move at an internet pace at the time. But the harmonic structure feels related.
Quoting SophistiCat
A friend of mine introduced me to Stanchinsky a few months ago, but I didn't love what he suggested. This piece, on the other hand, scratched the itch for me, and once again, I stumbled upon it on youtube randomly...
Btw, word to the wise, the Medtnaculus user on youtube has a great collection of solo piano music from this era; idk if you were familiar with the legendary Hexameron youtube page a few years ago, but Medtnaculus is sort of the heir apparent (the same person, maybe?).
It's almost a throwback to The Rite of Spring, isn't it? Messiaen was an original. I am not familiar with a lot of his work, but even from what I have heard it seems that like Stravinsky, he went his own way and did not give a crap about anyone's expectations - or such petty things as "taste" and "style." He can throw in some banality straight out of a Hollywood score - and it just works!
Quoting Noble Dust
It probably helped that Scriabin spent a lot of time in Europe, which was not unusual for a metropolitan Russian musician. He was very influential at that time, particularly back in Russia, which may not be obvious now, since he seems to have considerably diminished in stature. If Beethoven's shadow lay over the entire century, reaching all the way to Brahms and Dvorak, in the 20th century styles and influences began to fragment and succeed each other much more rapidly.
I am not such a big fan of Scriabin - I often find his music too busy for my taste. Indeed, it was more the harmonics that made me think of him.
Quoting Noble Dust
Thanks, I am not yet used to listening to music on Youtube, but I'll check him out.
I might have mentioned this, but I've slowly been studying his Modes of Limited Transposition. The name itself is so poetic, and what's at play theoretically is pretty incredible but hard to get a grasp on. I've written music by ear my entire life, but with a basic working theory knowledge; trying to delve into this has been exciting.
Quoting SophistiCat
True, but in my mind Scriabin is a case of the "one hit wonder", in the sense that he was a star during his lifetime, and then forgotten, while the French school at the time (Debussy, Ravel, and Satie, who is especially appreciated more and more outside of the classical scene) do live on. But it is true that, with the evolution of tech, musical styles evolve much more quickly. But there are those composers who have stood out through the change.
One who hasn't, unfortunately, is Rautavaara. Maybe my Finnish blood feels the pull of the homeland, but this piece was probably the best new piece of music I discovered in 2019:
*Fixed it
Please help.
Why'd they turn the song off?
Turns out it's sung in Russian in an Armenian style, and it's a hugely popular song around the Caucasus.
Woah are you a Steven Wilson guy or something?
Dark and fucked up.
Yeah, I used to be way into all his projects; I first got into it in high school, but nowadays the only stuff that's aged well for me is Bass Communion and some No-Man, particularly Together We're Stranger. I do still love Insurgentes though, that album messed me up freshman year of college.
Mr Coltrane does not wish to be embedded.
Arvo Pärt: Spiegel im Spiegel
... righteous.
Am I a closet totalitarian?
[i]You shuffle in gloom in the sickroom
And talk to yourself till you die[/i]
Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time) @Noble Dust
EDIT: this is the best performance and recording I've seen of it online. Thanks.
Thanks. :cheer: I did listen to this piece around the start of everything. It's a work that needs no words said about it.
https://foveahex.bandcamp.com/track/we-sleep-you-bloom
THE Vai'ves!
Bartok's influence, of course, but also very Bach-inspired. Somehow reminds me of
Ysaÿe violin sonatas.
I do, even here in the centre of a big city.
There was a blackbird who used to sing right outside my window some time ago (I spotted him a few times). That was very cool. Birds are quieter now, but still present.
Speaking of which, I've recently been listening to all things avian in Messiaen, who loved birds.
I can't get into his bird song stuff. I don't know if it's because I'm a bird lover myself, and I'd rather listen to birds themselves, maybe? But here's a bird-y piece I love; stirs my Finnish blood:
I've been listening to a lot of J.S. Bach recently and works by other German organists. The music really speaks to me
https://youtu.be/GCAFYpsoJbo
Never saw the video before. :100:
Soo goooooood.
Solid. Reminds me of good old ND.
[quote=Vera (1979)]Does anybody else in here
feel the way I do?[/quote]
https://youtu.be/MummZBgO3Ek
:scream:
[quote=Southampton Dock (1983)]Gathered at the cenotaph
All agreed with the hand on heart
To sheath the sacrificial Knifes.[/quote]
https://youtu.be/Ah1zEK68HFE
:death:
[quote=What God Wants, Pt. 1 (1992)]... Don't look so surprised,
It's only dogma!
The alien prophet cried[/quote]
https://youtu.be/wtq1_peTXbw
:fire:
https://youtu.be/qN5lrj01DoE
:death: solitaire et ...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=nljvdRWsfG4
:flower: solidaire
https://youtu.be/UbkqE4fpvdI
:fire:
Too too many to say - I'd have to name a hundred or so to do justice. :sweat:
Anyway, here's six "classics" on rotation lately:
Bitches Brew - Miles Davis
In A Silent Way - Miles Davis
Free For All - Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers
Headhunters - Herbie Hancock
Monk's Dream - Thelonius Monk
Theolonius Monk With John Coltrane - Thelonius Monk
What are you listening to?
Recently I've been listening to a lot of 50s/60s R&B, The Supremes, The Ronettes, The Marvelettes, Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, etc.
(pretty certain that's Tony Randall introducing them)
I had my own month-long(?) "Mingusfest" at the start of the quarantine. It ended with Joni Mitchell's homage album Mingus.
Btw, besides Charles Mingus, my ?bass pantheon? consists of Reggie Workman, Paul Chambers, Ron Carter, Eddie Gomez, Jaco Pastorius, Stanley Clarke, Charlie Haden (... off the top, plus a few others, not in jazz, like James Jamerson, Paul McCartney, Bootsy Collins, Tony Levin, John-Paul Jones et al ... for various technique-to-feel, compositional & melodic aspects to each one's playing).
Give me something new but not too atonal. Something slightly fucked up but beautiful.
NVM @SophistiCat I'm good
I'm also sad none of these are from
https://www.youtube.com/user/schmoyoho
My favorite from schmoyoho:
I'm convinced it has philosophical implications.
It's shit, there's no hook. This the top track, get real:
They're all shit, imo. I watch them for their comedic value.
My musician brain delineates the better schmoyoho hooks from the worse schmoyoho hooks.
That's an awesome ability!
Medium-mediocre grade hook. Not great.
That's nice but it's not that great. Seek out the Daym Drops remix; another top track...
I know that one.
You ever heard of Epic Rap Battles of History?
Nice. You should basically disregard everything I just said. None of this shit matters. I'm just indulging in the nihilistic viewpoint that is easy and makes immediate sense.
I have; those videos suck.
I listen to music mainly for their emotional impact.
I have no idea if this is good in any technical sense.
I think I understand.
I can really relate to this track in the sense that this type of emotionally-focused music was very personal to me 10 or so years ago. The emotional earnestness is refreshing, even if I wouldn't choose the production choices that were made on the track.
I have no fucking idea why it made me think of this track, but this popped into my head:
I tend to listen to a lot of popular music, and I get the feeling that a lot of music is churned out of the music industry who's main focus is to make money. It's like factory food (processed food). Am I making any sense?
Not only making sense; you're completely right.
Yay!
I think what makes many popular songs shitty is that it's designed to be easy for everyone to listen to. (More people listening = more money)
There's barely any effort required. As a result you get a whole lot of very similar music. (I'm not sure about this part).
I say all this not really knowing anything about music. :lol:
I mean it's the lounge, so I dunno how in depth it's necessary to get, but I will say that as a songwriter ( and this feels substantial enough for a thread or so), writing a good quality pop song is pretty fucking hard. So no, there's a shit ton of effort that goes into a good pop song; and that's a good pop song we're talking about, not a mediocre one (which is very easy to write).
It's interesting you should mention pop songs. When I think of pop music, I automatically think of Madonna. I have no idea in how much effort went into her making her songs. All I know is her songs were heavily commercialized, and a lot of people are fans of her. (There's also a lot of people who hate her.)
Monday, July 13th - for the homies who ain't here ...
https://youtu.be/wVyvrAhRx1Y
:death: :flower:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL_4tI1HgJsQU-knBuua8jvzh-wOk9Uy5
[i]She said, "Hello, HEY JOE,
You wanna give it a go?"[/i]
https://youtu.be/ku7W0BZcxdw :fire: :hearts:
Roomful of Teeth perform Caroline Shaw's 'Partita for 8 Voices'
Roomful Of Teeth: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
"Mississippi Goddam" (4:45)
Nina Simone in Concert,1964
*
"Jelly 292" (6:25) - Jimi Hendrix, 1969
Blues (compilation), 1994
*
"Down Rodeo" (5:20)
Evil Empire, 1996
Rage Against the Machine
[b]"[i]These people ain't seen a brown skin man
Since their grandparents bought one[/i]!"[/b]
:up:
Seems poetically correct. I do love Stereolab.
:victory: :shade:
"Unknown Soldier" (3:22)
Waiting For The Sun, The Doors (1968)
lyrics by Jim Morrison^
^(son of Rear-Admiral George Morrison, commander of US Naval operations in the Gulf of Tonkin during most of the Vietnam War until the fall of Saigon)
UPDATE (honorable mentions):
Definitely, an Ode to DJT (& his neofascist, chickenhawk, flag-waving, ilk) ...
"Fortunate Son" (2:21)
Willy and the Poor Boys, 1969
Creedence Clearwater Revival
... same old same old.
... same old same old.
[Refrain]
Do you like me or do you just like your old picture of me?
Don't say it, because otherwise it will definitely break my young heart
Do I like you or do I just like my old picture of you?
Don't say it, because otherwise it will definitely break my young heart
Men are Pigs
Hello, darling, I love you.
You're the only one for me.
It think the others are all dumb.
That's why I'm courting you.
You're so different, totally special.
I always notice such a thing quickly.
Now undress and lie down.
Soon it'll be dark, soon it'll be nighttime.
A word of warning is advisable:
Men are pigs,
Don't trust them, my child,
They all want just one thing,
'Cuz that's just how men are.
A man doesn't feel like a man until
he can take care of you.
He lies like a trooper,
just to get you in bed.
And then in the morning,
he has no idea what your name is.
Reckless and uninhibited,
Feelings are alien to him,
For him, love is the same as a loss of semen.
Girl, that's why you need to be aware:
Men are pigs,
Don't ask for sunlight,
Sadly, there are no exceptions.
There's a pig hidden in every man.
Men are sows,
don't belief a single word they say.
They swear they will always be true,
Then are gone the next morning [yeah, yeah, yeah]
And, in case you make a mistake,
And catch a husband,
your noble suitor mutates
into an animal right after the wedding.
He then shows you his true self,
completely unshaven and rank,
drinks beer, watches TV and quickly becomes fat.
And burps and farts in the marriage bed.
Then you've got King Kong as your husband.
That's why I'm telling you, please always think about:
Men are pigs,
Don't trust them, my child,
They all want just one thing,
They are blind to true love.
Men are rats,
Approach them only with cunning,
They want to copulate with everything.
That with three it's not in the trees.
Men are pigs,
Don't ask for sunlight,
Sadly, there are no exceptions.
There's a pig hidden in every man.
Men are cars,
Only without a spare tire.
Denial, you win again
And I'll happily lose to you"[/i]
You're too warm, I'm too cold
You're too young, i'm too old
You're too poor, I'm too rich
You're too hard, I'm too soft
you're too high, I'm too down.
You're too serious, I'm a clown.
I'll take you down, you take me up
I won't go on but you won't give up
All rubble and ashes.
All smoke and dust.
Everything trick and
scam Everything withered leaves.
Ahaaaaa ...
I'm tired.
You think ahead, I think back.
I'm picking up bad luck, you're just lucky.
You're the greatest, I'm bankrupt
I'm a devil, you're a god.
You bring in the money, I'll throw it out.
You go through the fire, I'm going home.
All rubble and ashes.
All smoke and dust.
Everything trick and
scam Everything withered leaves.
Ahaaaaa ...
I'm tired.
You know the truth, I don't even know you.
You are love, I only love me.
I'm tense, you're so free
You come 2:30 p.m., I'll be at half past two.
All rubble and ashes.
All smoke and dust.
All trick and scam
All smoke and dust.
Ahaaaaa ...
I'm tired.
I think positive
Because I am alive because I am alive
I think positive
Because I am alive and as long as I am alive
Nothing and no one in the world
Will be able to stop me from thinking
Nothing and no one in the world
Will be able to stop, stop, stop, stop
This wave that goes
This wave that goes it comes and goes
This wave that goes
This wave that comes and goes
I think positive
But it doesn't mean that I don't see it
I think positive because I believe
I do n't believe in uniforms
Nor in sacred clothes
That more than once
They were ready to bless massacres
I don't believe in fraternal hugs
That are confused with chains
I believe only
that between evil and good Good
is stronger
Good, good, good, good
I think positive
Because I am alive, because I am alive
I think positive
Because I am alive and as long as I am alive
And nothing and no one in the world
Will be able to stop me from thinking
Nothing and no one in the world
Will be able to stop, stop, stop, stop
This wave that goes
This wave that comes and goes
This wave that goes
This wave that comes and goes
Positive
Leaving the square meter
Where everything seems to have to
Look inside things
There is an unknown reality
That asks only for one way
To come out to see the stars
And live the experiences
On my skin, on my skin
I think positive
Because I am alive, because I am alive
I think positive
Because I am alive and as long as I am alive
Nothing and no one in the world
Will be able to stop me from thinking
Nothing and no one in the world
Will be able to stop, stop, stop, stop
This wave that goes
This wave that comes and goes
This wave that goes
This wave that comes and goes
This wave that goes
This wave that comes and goes
This wave that goes
This wave that comes and goes
Positive
History, mathematics
Italian, geometry
Music, music
Fantasy
I believe that in this world there is
only one great church
That goes from Che Guevara
And reaches Mother Teresa
Passing through Malcolm X
Through Gandhi and San Patrignano
Comes from a priest in the suburbs
That goes on despite the Vatican
I think positive
Because I am alive, because I am alive
I think positive
Because I am alive and as long as I am alive
Nothing and no one in the world
Will be able to stop me from thinking
Nothing and no one in the world
Will be able to stop, stop, stop, stop
This wave that goes
This wave that comes and goes
This wave that goes
This wave that comes and goes
This wave that goes
This wave that comes and goes
This wave that goes
This wave that comes and goes
This wave that goes
This wave that comes and goes
This wave that goes
This wave that comes and goes
This wave that goes
This wave that comes and goes
This wave that goes
This wave
History, mathematics
Italian, geometry
Music, music
Fantasy
History, mathematics
Italian, geometry
Music, music
Fantasy
“[ ... ] I was born here, and I'll die here
Against my will
I know it looks like I'm moving
But I'm standing still
Every nerve in my body
Is so vacant and numb
I can't even remember what it was
I came here to get away from
Don't even hear a murmur of a prayer
It's not dark yet
But it's getting there.”
"It's Not Dark Yet" - 6:29
Time Out of Mind (1997)
Bob Dylan
I have no words for this piece by Messiaen, I am overwhelmed with intensity when I listen to it.
It doesn't have the same power as the version in the Quartet for the End of Time, but it's quite amazing: ethereal and pleasingly strange.
To listen with headphones infront of the ocean would be wonderful, ethereal describes it very well.
"Got To Get You Into My Life" - 4:03
written by Lennon-McCartney (1966)
performed by Earth Wind & Fire (1978)
Glad to see Messiaen appreciation.
Much great stuff here.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrpyDacBCh7CtSVA-XbsiLbMK6KU9zhCI
[quote=Driven to Tears][i]How can you say that you're not responsible?
What does it have to do with me?
What is my reaction,
what should it be?
Confronted by this latest atrocity
...
Hide my face in my hands,
shame wells in my throat
My comfortable existence is reduced to a shallow meaningless party
Seems that when some innocent die
All we can offer them is a page in a some magazine
Too many cameras and not enough food
'Cause this is what we've seen
...
Protest is futile,
nothing seems to get through
What's to become of our world,
who knows what to do[/i][/quote]
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[quote=De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da][i]Don't think me unkind
Words are hard to find
The only cheques I've left unsigned
From the banks of chaos in my mind
And when their eloquence escapes me
Their logic ties me up and rapes me
...
Poets, priests and politicians
Have words to thank for their positions
Words that scream for your submission
And no one's jamming their transmission
'Cos when their eloquence escapes you
Their logic ties you up and rapes you ...[/i][/quote]
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[quote=Shadows in the Rain][i]I woke up in my clothes again this morning
I don't know exactly where I am
And I should heed my doctor's warning
He does the best with me he can
He claims I suffer from delusion
But I'm so confident I'm sane
It can't be an optical illusion
So how can you explain
...
And if you see us on the corner
We're just dancing in the rain
I tell my friends there when I see them
Outside my window pane ...[/i][/quote]
Zenyatta Mondatta (38:16)
The Police
released October 3, 1980
(fall, senior year, high school :sweat: )
Add in a bit of Peter Hook/Joy Division and The Cure and you got me.
https://youtu.be/sI7XiJgt0vY (just a sample)
Oh, fuck it
I'm gonna have a party
Oh, fuck it
I'm gonna have a party
I had the blankest year
I saw life turn into a T.V. show
It was totally weird
The person I knew I didn't really know
Time don't move
We're the only ones who do
Bending reason
Cause its all we hold on to
I had the blankest year
I saw life turn into a T.V. show
It was totally weird
The person I knew I didn't really know
And I was lonely
Thank god the band's doing well
But you don't own me
I'd like to return this spell
Cause it's not my size
And your lies are so much bigger than my lies
And your ties are made of things that shouldn't make ties
Oh, fuck it (fuck it)
I'm gonna have a party
Oh, fuck it (fuck it)
I'm gonna have a party
Oh, fuck it (fuck it)
I'm gonna have a party
... cool!
just enough for the memory to feel right"[/i]
More than missing him (his lively presence on this dying planet - I didn't know him personally even though we both lived in NYC), like many others have I've occasionally wondered what more JL might have done and given and found in the last four decades had he not been murdered.
Today I remember him by "singing" along with some of his music. Here are 9, mostly confessional, songs queued up so far this morning:
9.
"Mother" (5:34)
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, 1970
John Lennon
8.
"God" (4:09)
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, 1970
John Lennon
7. "Because" (2:45)
Abbey Road 1969
The Beatles
6.
"I Want You (She's So Heavy)" (7:47)
Abbey Road 1969
The Beatles
5.
"Julia" (2:54)
The Beatles, 1968
The Beatles
4.
"A Day In The Life" (5:35)
Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, 1967
The Beatles
3.
"In My Life" (2:28)
Rubber Soul, 1965
The Beatles
2.
"Girl" (2:32)
Rubber Soul, 1965
The Beatles
1.
"Rock and Roll Music" (2:30)
Beatles For Sale, 1964
performed by The Beatles
written by Chuck Berry, 1957
Live as you like
Everybody dies
Pray if you must
But try to love the ones who loved us
No lies
No blood
We've worried long enough
No lies
No ghosts
The dirt will call us home
x2
Live as you like
It's hard to know what's right
Pray if you want
But try to love the ones who don't
There's nothing wrong with the capitalism
There's nothing wrong with free enterprise
Don't try to make me feel guilty
I'm so tired of hearing you cry
There's nothing wrong with making some profit
If you ask me, I'll say it's just fine
There's nothing wrong with wanting to live nice
I'm so tired of hearing you whine
About the revolution
Or bringin' down the rich
When was the last time you dug a ditch, baby?!
If it ain't one thing
Then it's the other
Any cause that crosses your path
Your heart bleeds for anyone's brother
I've got to tell you you're a pain in the ass
You criticize with plenty of vigor
You rationalize everything that you do
With catchy phrases and heavy quotations
And everybody is crazy but you
You're just a middle class, socialist brat
From a suburban family and you never really had to work
And you tell me that you've got to get back
To the struggling masses (whoever they are)
You talk, talk, talk about the suffering and pain
Your mouth is bigger than your entire brain
What the hell do you know about suffering and pain, you dumb fuck?
Four cans of pesticide to drink
4:30 Western Time
The boy's been arrested, why do you think?[/i]
... how to be brilliant and stupid that the same time, but I simply love this song:
SMOOTH... best with the company of la fée verte (in spite of it coming from the Austrian Alps), but keep both ears for the stereo sound. ;)
We would be silent and old
We would be wisdom
We would be left in the cold"[/i]
BONO, THE BIGGEST EGO
I am a fan of physical music, especially music shops which are in steady decline. Believe it or not, I am the CD king, as I believe they are the most durable form of music. The important thing is not CDS, vinyl, but having good speakers.
Anyway, for my recommendation, which unfortunately offers no link( but you can find one easily) I think that U2 are my favourite band of all time.I am album fan, as the album creates the spectrum for a full piece of work and War, The Unforgettable Fire, The Joshua Tree, Achtung Baby, and many other works offer such inspiration, if you are not put off by the great ego of Bono.
I even met someone who said that she had met him and found his egocentricity as abominable. But I find his music, as well as inspiring.
I even find Prince a great example, a big ego even though he was probably about the same size as me.
But, as the CD king I recommend U2, Prince, The Doors, The Psychedelic Furs, Mercury Rev, Biffy Clyro, The The, , My Chemical Romance, Bright Eyes, The Flaming Lips, and so far my favourite album of 2020 is These Times by The Dream Syndicate.
I also like the crossover between genres, metal, goth, indie, dance etc. But the only problem would be that there is so much wonderful music to indulge in rather than the real pursuit of philosophy.
:clap: Lyrics almost don't matter with a voice like Marvin's:
"I Heard It Through The Grapevine" ACAPPELLA (3:13)
written by N. Whitfield & B. Strong, 1966
In The Groove, 1968
performed by Marvin Gaye
Where the line between 'sounds like' and 'copy-write violation'?
Probably one of my favorite recently released songs from DIIV "Under the Sun" (a marriage between Joy Division and The Cure) always sounded a bit more than vaguely familiar.
Today going thru some of my unusual CDs I found this and I had a 'that's it' moment.
Now I'm not too sure what to think.
Anyway...
This is DIIV (2015):
and this is Servotron (1998):
I could care less
This shit sucks
Exactly. :ok:
In the memory of Alec Baillie :sad:
Fair enough. I just love that bassline and how Don sounds like he's being run through Frippertronics or something.
I see you like Leftover Crack. I really like them and saw them live. I recommend the new album by Strike Anywhere, 'Nightmares of the West'. I have it on CD, so I can't link it to you, but you can probably find it on You tube.
I still prefer physical music to music on my phone, and I prefer to listen to a whole album rather than tracks because I see completel albums as pieces of art, rather than just reducing them to tracks.
ahhm, Haven't listened to UNKLE in aggess.
CL:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_MgIEKfG0LE
"Rudie Can't Fail" (3:26)
London Calling, 1979
The Clash
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"All Those Years Ago" (3:42)
Somewhere in England, 1981
George Harrison
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[quote=NPR interview with Paul, 2017] https://youtu.be/i5ePNy8NylI [/quote]
"Here Today" (2:27)
Tug of War, 1982
Paul McCartney
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"Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)" (5:05)
Jump Up! 1982
Elton John
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"Johnny B. Goode" (3:48) live, 1986
Hail! Hail! Rock'n'Roll Soundtrack, 1987
written by Chuck Berry, 1958
performed by Chuck Berry & Julian Lennon
produced by Keith Richards, et al
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"Real Love" (3:54)
The Beatles Anthology 2, 1996
written by John Lennon, 1979-80
performed by The Beatles
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"Early Days" (4:07)
New, 2013
Paul McCartney
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"Long, Long, Long" (3:04)
The Beatles, 1968
written by George Harrison, 1968
performed by The Beatles
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"Yeah," (man, you passed that fuckin' audition) :death: :flower:
https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/john-lennon-dead-tribute-scott-spencer-1100268/
Yeah, well, I'm forced to listen to your Christmas music.
"Mack The Knife" (3:26) Live in London, UK
performed by Louis Armstrong & co, 1956
written by Kurt Weill & Bertrolt Brecht, 1928
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"(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue" (5:33) Live in Berlin
performed by Louis Armstrong & his All-Stars, 1965
written by Fats Waller, Harry Brooks & Andy Razaf, 1929
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"Do Nothin' Til You Hear From Me" (2:39)
The Great Summit, 1961
performed by Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington & his Orchestra
written by Duke Ellington and Bob Russell, 1940
Essential regardless of your music taste, in my view.
I do. :joke:
Haha. Sadly no, Kimbra is not essential...I like her music, and that's my favorite track of hers, but it's atypical for her. But as far as vaguely neo-soul-inflected pop goes, she's pretty solid.
NiN on the other hand...essential, no matter your taste. But at the same time, it's not for everyone...
You can probably find them on You Tube, but I don't use this. There are hardly any music shops left, which I think is sad because they are quite a subculture, but I do find some amazing albums through surfing the shelves in charity shops. I have found all sorts of wonders, ranging from The Toilet Boys, The Inspiral Carpets, Spiritualised, The Pixies and The Sex Gang Children.
One album which I found recently in this way, and think is wonderful is, Word Gets Around, by Stereophonics.I believe it is the first one theyy made, but I prefer it to later ones, especially the track, Check My Eyelids For Holes.
Somewhat less typical in style, but one of his most beautiful pieces IMO.
Heavy Weather (37:39)
side one
1. "Birdland"
2. "A Remark You Made"
3. "Teen Town"
4. "Harlequin"
side two
1. "Rumba Mamá"
2. "Palladium"
3. "The Juggler"
4. "Havona"
performed by Weather Report, 1977
Moanin' (40:16)
side one
1."Moanin'"
2."Are You Real"
3."Along Came Betty"
side two
1."The Drum Thunder Suite"
2."Blues March"
3."Come Rain or Come Shine"
performed by Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers, 1959
Empyrean Isles (35:20)
side one
1."One Finger Snap"
2."Oliloqui Valley"
side two
3."Cantaloupe Island"
4."The Egg"
performed by Herbie Hancock, Freddie Hubbard, Ron Carter & Tony Williams, 1964
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Blue Train (42:50)
side one
1."Blue Train"
2."Moment's Notice"
side two
1."Locomotion"
2."I'm Old Fashioned"
3."Lazy Bird"
performed by John Coltrane, Lee Morgan, Curtis Fuller, Kenny Drew, Paul Chambers, & Philly Joe Jones, 1958
Thelonius Monk with John Coltrane (37:37)
side one
“Ruby, My Dear”
“Trinkle, Tinkle”
“Off Minor [take 4]”
side two
“Nutty”
“Epistrophy”
“Functional [take 1]”
performed by Monk, Coltrane & co., 1957, 1961
Soulville (48:45)
Ben Webster
performed by Ben Webster, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis, Stan Levey & Oscar Petterson, 1957
Thanks, I need to revisit that Reich era. Certainly not my go-to, but I'll revisit. Here's some recent Reich that I love. Those opening lines!
From Metal Gear Solid...
Reich was new for me. I've been listening to his music for the past ten days or so.
My favorites so far (+ Proverb):
[hide="Reveal"]
[/hide]
Very cool. The Four Sections is one of my favorite pieces of music of all time.
:broken: :flower:
[i]Today is the preview of tomorrow but for me
Only for a better and happier point of view
My point of view is the thought of a better or try
Reality, is today is eternity
The eternity of yesterday is dead
Yesterday is as one
The eternity of one is the eternity of the past
The past is once upon a time
Once upon a time is past
The past is yesterday
The past is yesterday
While we're searching for tomorrow[/i]
[i]I've got a feeling twenty-one
Is going to be a good year
Especially if you and me
See it in together
I had no reason
To be over optimistic
But somehow when you smiled
I can brave bad weather[/i]
Love it too.
https://www.radiohead.com/library/#ir/in-rainbows-from-the-basement/5:45
"How Can You Mend A Broken Heart" live (6:18)
performed by Al Green, 1972
written by Barry Gibb and Robin Gibb, 1970
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"Lean On Me" live (4:30)
performed by Bill Withers, 1974
Still Bill, 1972
Bill Withers
(substitute – live, 1973)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EP9_kUEHWjY
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"What's Going On" A Capella (3:53)
What's Going On, 1971
Marvin Gaye
"Winter Kills" (4:05)
Upstairs at Eric's, 1982
Yaz
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"For No One" (2:32)
It's Like This, 2000
written by Lennon-McCartney, 1966
performed by Rickie Lee Jones
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"Nobody's Fault But Mine" (2:59)
Nina Simone and Piano, 1969
first recorded by Blind Willie Johnson, 1927
performed by Nina Simone
Whoa. Another Ash Ra Tempel fan. Crazy!
They've always been on my radar but I only recently took a proper dive. Cool stuff.
Today's listening:
I feel the images
And much more
Because ?"[/i]
And fight the fall
But you're hanging
On a lie"[/i]
@Noble Dust agree?
@Noble Dust agree?
It says the video is unavailable.
That one should work
I don't know why "agreement" is important to you, but this is pretty bland. All of the typical pressure points are pressed, with nothing new or engaging.
Agree?
Agree?
As a layman pianist, I would hazard that it's probably harder to play than it looks, absolutely. But that's now why I like it.
(Jazz elitists: I don't care I like it)
I really like your music taste and it is quite an interesting contrast. I love the Waterboys for when I am up(This is the Sea' album) and The Jesus and Mary Chain for when I am down(esp Darklands album) I recommend a Waterboys side project, featuring Karl Wallinger, The World Party. You may well have come across them, but I think that 'Private Revolution' and 'Goodbye Jumbo' are terrific.
If there is any interest in a subjective music sharing game, I know a fun one called Walrus. Not sure if games are allowed on this forum but it might be something people here would enjoy.
Have you heard Makaya McCraven's reimagining of that record? Pretty cool
:up:
(Bjork's first band)
I need to refresh my memory on them.
Somehow ended up here tonight, but I'm not complaining
Sounds more like early Porcupine Tree to me
Sounds fun. How do you play?
Each participant submits a music category in the thread, if there are five players there are five unique categories. Examples: “early 2000s pop music” or “songs to move your body to” or anything you want.
Each participant submits a song for each category via pm to the mod.
The mod distributes the submissions to each player according to their category. Participants then rank their category subjectively (can be on fit, enjoyment, novelty etc), revealing publicly in the thread with a short response about each song placement. Since this is a philosophy forum it might be nice to try to connect it back to philosophy in the write ups.
First place earns 1 point. The objective is to have fun and hear new music— the “winner” is whoever has the least points.
At the end we tally up everybody’s scores and reveal who submitted what.
Hmmm... a bit more complex than what I was imagining. I was thinking something like this. Since it’s called “walrus” I thought maybe the goal would have been to find artists and songs that both began with each letter in the word “walrus.” So, to start we would try to first find an artist that starts with “W” and also one of their songs that start with “W” as well.
Anyway, I’m not sure how a mod would feel about their inbox getting blown up with songs that they have to keep track of distributing, but you could always tag one and see. If they agreed. I’d suggest making the game it’s own thread.
Your game sounds fun too
I can’t stop listening to this song. The personification of the Mississippi River reminds me of ethical subjectivity and the indifference of the universe, paired with the beautiful vocals of an inspirational figure this is one moving tune.
One version, from the original 1936 movie Showboat, has the lyric “get a little drunk and you lands in jail”. Another version on Spotify has the changed lyric that Robeson would sing to workers, including a famous impromptu performance to the workers building the Sydney Opera House, has the lyric as “show a little grit and you land in jail” which I strongly prefer.
https://youtu.be/FrxoxDt_QPI
Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy (42:41)
Return to Forever, 1973
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https://youtu.be/iGHmj8r9GrQ part 1
https://youtu.be/4dPS8Ay7lKA part 2
Live at the Fillmore East March 7, 1970: It's About that Time (90:13)
Miles Davis Band
:pray:
From a record by bandleader/drummer Pete La Roca Sims which was later re-issued as a Chick record, incurring a lawsuit:
"My Funny Valentine" Live (12:02)
Miles Davis Quintet
Miles Davis - trumpet
Wayne Shorter - tenor sax
Herbie Hancock - piano
Ron Carter - bass
Tony Williams - drums
[i]Teatro dell'Arte, Milan, Italy
October 11 1964[/i]
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"Wish You Were Here" Live (3:42)
Wish You Were Here, 1975
Pink Floyd
performed by Roger Waters, Eric Clapton & singers, 2005
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"Drinking Again" (3:29)
Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington, 1964
written by Johnny Mercer & Doris Tauber, 1962
performed by Aretha Franklin
No
Feeling old today, remembering young loves while listening to old songs.
@Noble Dust agree?
Listening to another version. Pretty good. Looks like they were big in Japan (not in the pejorative sense)
All of their music was good, but then most of the music made in that era was. I played some of their tracks a couple of years ago for my students, they were fascinated with them.
So little originality nowadays that does not rely on the use of electronic synthesizers. These guys had none of that stuff to work with.
Yes and the use of actual instruments makes the music sound more 'raw' - in a good way.
And then this happened:
But even that cannot remove the greatness of it.
Climate Of Hunter was released in 1983; off the top of my head there's a small chance it could've been recorded digitally, but highly unlikely. I just meant Scott went from the Walker Brothers to his weird stuff.
Look at the title of the video,
Remastered 2006 :wink:
Sure, but you're still listening to digitized music if you're posting youtube clips (obviously). I agree remasters aren't always necessary, but a lot of the time what they're after is better EQ settings, or or a more modern, musical use of the stereo field. In theory a remaster can bring out musical information that was buried in the original mix; this is especially true of old prog rock records, for instance, where the mixing technology of the time couldn't keep up with all of the musical information a band was trying to cram into the mix.
Have you every listened to vinyl records? I still do. Even the best of them played on a really good stereo had some quirky imperfections. I personal think that was better.
Not many of the old groups and singers made very complicated music back then, so there was not that much information to cram into the mix. That was the beauty of the old stuff, they did wonderful things simply.
There are some Jimi Hendrix live concerts that came out on 33 albums, the noise of the crowds was part of the magic. One one of them you could hear him dancing across the stage as the music went from one speaker to the other and back again. I heard a remastered version of it and I can honestly say it was crap. they had down toned the background sounds and it sounded more like a studio recording than a live one.
Yeah of course. I don't disagree, I'm just saying sometimes a remaster can be legitimate.
I heard some really old tapes from a club in New Orleans a few years ago, and they were hard to listen to. Someone did a recover/remaster of them and the sound was great after that, the guy was promoting his digitizing business, but the effect was fantastic.
Yes exactly; there's a time and place for every artistic/technical decision. And I understand the desire to not have your favorite music recordings messed with. Even as a younger person, there are certain imperfections about my favorite records from bands from the early 00's that I wouldn't want to see altered by a remaster. I get it.
If anything, as someone who didn't grow up with classic 60-80's records, I'm maybe just more curious than anything else to hear that music through a new lens. Rubber Soul is my favorite Beatles record, but hard-panned drums and bass drive me crazy.
On the other hand, I'm slowly but surely doing an entire re-mix of the record I made my freshman year in college and it's a wild experience. I know so much more about mixing now than I did then. It's still the same music, and there are a lot of inherent flaws in the recording that I can't magically fix, but the music has so much more breathing room now. Of course, it's a totally self-indulgent project. But there's something to be learned through the process.
Most of the time I listen to 50- 70's stuff, but not very much in the pop charts caught my interest after maybe 75.
There are some modern things I like, country is more or less timeless, reggae and calypso are almost eternal, and there are still some rock groups that produce interesting stuff.
But honestly, I would rather listen to the older the older music and songs. I still play Led Zeppelin, Cream, Black Sabbath and Johnny Cash at high volume, lucky I don't have neighbors.
:clap:
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:up:
The only "boy bands" for me ever were/are still The Beatles (early) and The Jackson Five.
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https://youtu.be/Qs63dcPh3Mw
The Dark Side of the Moon (43:09)
lyrics by Roger Waters, 1973
produced & performed by Pink Floyd
guest vocalist Clare Torry
engineer Alan Parsons
mix supervisor Chris Thomas
recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London, UK
*
https://youtu.be/Fs1Aa383BCI :cool:
"Blues Ain't Nothing but a Woman" (9:46)
Helen Humes and Her All Star Band, 1962
@Noble Dust @Jack Cummins agree?
with what?
Is the track asking a question?
Do you AGREE with h0w go0d this is?????? AGREE?? DISAGREE??? I KNEED 2 NOW
Graceland (43:18)
Paul Simon, 1986
With their heads in the cloud screaming
Must catch the bandit
Reckless abandon
Rundown and stranded"[/i]
"Mack The Knife" (3:22)
performed by Louis Armstrong & His All Stars, 1955
written by Kurt Weill & Bertrolt Brecht, 1928
"Take it, Satch" ... :cool:
*
"Moritat" (10:05)
Saxophone Colossus, 1956
performed by Sonny Rollins et al
written by Kurt Weill & Bertrolt Brecht, 1928
(Max. M.F. Roach.)
*
"Mack The Knife" (3:04)
performed by Bobby Darin, 1959
written by Kurt Weill & Bertrolt Brecht, 1928
(baaaad ass key changes!)
https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/515987
:up:
Violin Concerto no. 2, Sz 112 (37:57)
Béla Bartók (composer), 1938
Yehuda Menuhin (violin)
Fürtwangler Philharmonia Orchestra
Wilhelm Fürtwangler (conductor)
recorded, 1957
*
https://youtu.be/l7J7L53b8U0
Piano Concerto No. 3 in E major, Sz 119 (24:49)
Béla Bartók (composer), 1945
András Schiff (piano)
Hallé Orchestra
Sir Mark Elder (conductor)
live performance, 2011
Got any Bartok recs? I always have trouble getting into him; his music feels very rigid to me. Granted Ravel is possibly my favorite classical composer, so I know it's just a different aesthetic.
Early Bartók, before the mid-1920s, more romantic (not my favorite of his).
Check out this article for a pretty good survey of his works (I'm by no means an expert on this Maestro ...)
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2007/aug/07/buildingaclassicalmusiclib3
Hope that helps. And share your pick/s.
Lol, no problem. :grin:
Not bad:
Still not bowled over yet though.
I will persist! I have friends who I respect who love Bartok.
Now, who's the real thugs, killers and gangsters?
Set the revolution, let the things bust and thank us
When the smoke clear, you can see the sky again
There will be the chopped off heads of Leviathan
My friend, they call 'em strangers
Anybody talk to him end up in some danger
"[i]They'll never change...
They stay...
Strange ways...[/i]"
Can't reform 'em
Ditto ... and the next one and the next ... :angry:
[quote=Know Your Enemy (RatM)][i]Something must be done
About vengeance,
a badge
and a gun[/i]
[ ... ]
[i]Mind of a revolutionary,
so clear the lane
The finger to the land of the chains
WHAT?!
The "land of the free?"
Whoever told you that is your enemy!
Now something must be done
About vengeance,
a badge
and a gun
Now action must be taken
We don't need the key,
we'll BREAK IN!!![/i]
[ ... ]
[i]Yes, I know my enemies!
They're the teachers who taught me to fight me![/i][/quote]
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JukTvlrh-Wk
The sun was shining and all felt right with the world...for at least a couple of minutes...
'The Wonder of You' - Elvis Presley ( with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIDyNfJzLd8
The Wonder of You
Elvis Presley
Oh oh oh
When no one else can understand me
When everything I do is wrong
You give me hope and consolation
You give me strength to carry on
And you're always there
To lend a hand in everything I do
That's the wonder
The wonder of you
(Wonder of you)
And when you smile, the world is brighter
You touch my hand, and I'm a king
Your kiss to me is worth a fortune
Your love for me is everything
I guess I'll never know
The reason why
You love me as you do
That's the wonder
The wonder of you
Oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh
I guess I'll never know the reason why
You love me as you do
That's the wonder
The wonder of you
Songwriters: Knight Baker
For non-commercial use only.
Data from: Musixmatch
Beautiful. And also with the Berliner Philharmoniker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnpMmAEUNCQ
Lyrics:
Wind of Change
Scorpions
I follow the Moskva
Down to Gorky Park
Listening to the wind of change
An August summer night
Soldiers passing by
Listening to the wind of change
The world is closing in
Did you ever think
That we could be so close, like brothers?
The future's in the air
Can feel it everywhere
I'm blowing with the wind of change
Take me to the magic of the moment
On a glory night
Where the children of tomorrow dream away (dream away)
In the wind of change
Walking down the street
Distant memories
Are buried in the past forever
I follow the Moskva
Down to Gorky Park
Listening to the wind of change
Take me to the magic of the moment
On a glory night (a glory night)
Where the children of tomorrow dream away (dream away)
In the wind of change (the wind of change)
The wind of change blows straight
Into the face of time
Like a storm wind that will ring
The freedom bell for peace of mind
Let your balalaika sing
What my guitar wants to say
Take me to the magic of the moment
On a glory night (a glory night)
Where the children of tomorrow dream away (dream away)
In the wind of change (the wind of change)
Songwriters: Klaus Meine
In German:
Ich folge der Moskva
Runter zum Gorky Park
Dem Wind der Veränderung lauschend
Eine Sommernacht im August
Soldaten marschieren vorbei
Dem Wind der Veränderung lauschend
Die Welt wird kleiner
Und hast du je gedacht
Dass wir so nahe sein könnten, wie Brüder?
Die Zukunft liegt in der Luft
Ich kann sie fühlen, überall
Sie weht mit dem Wind der Veränderung
Bring mich zu der Magie des Moments
In einer glorreichen Nacht
Wo die Kinder von Morgen vor sich hinträumen
Im Wind der Veränderung
Laufe die Straße hinunter
Und ferne Erinnerungen
Sind für immer in der Vergangenheit begraben
Ich folge der Moskva
Runter zum Gorky Park
Dem Wind der Veränderung lauschend
Bring mich zu der Magie des Moments
In einer glorreichen Nacht
Wo die Kinder von Morgen ihre Träume teilen
Mit dir und mir
Bring mich zu der Magie des Moments
In einer glorreichen Nacht
Wo die Kinder von Morgen vor sich hinträumen
Im Wind der Veränderung
Der Wind der Veränderung bläst geradewegs
Ins Gesicht der Zeit
Wie ein Sturm, der
Die Freiheitsglocke für den Frieden der Gedanken läuten wird
Lass deine Balalaika singen
Was meine Gitarre sagen will.
Bring mich zu der Magie des Moments
In einer glorreichen Nacht
Wo die Kinder von Morgen ihre Träume teilen
Mit dir und mir
Bring mich zu der Magie des Moments
In einer glorreichen Nacht
Wo die Kinder von Morgen vor sich hinträumen
Im Wind der Veränderung
Writer(s): Klaus Meine Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.co
Eff 'em! :fire:
https://youtu.be/MN9YLLQl7gE :strong:
"Easy Sleazy" (3:46)
Mick Jagger (77 wtf?!) & Dave Grohl
April 13, 2021
(Almost as good as Sir Mick's "Livin' In A Ghost Town" last year. Keep on rockin', Gramps! :sweat:)
String Quartets no. 1-6 (151:26)
Béla Bartók (composer), 1909-1939
It's the witching hour here in Hotlanta, breaking out of my lockdown/quarantine tonight and rollin' up to da club on a deep cut like it's still 2019 :cool:
"Ballerina" (4:13)
Belly, 2016
:victory:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iYATuYflXfQ
Break break shake away, break breakaway
Now I'm free to do what I want to do
Time will not wait for me, time is my destiny
Why change the part of me that has to be free
The love that passed me by, I found no reason why
But now each day is filled with the love, that very same love
That passed me by and that is why
I can breakaway from that lonely life
And I can do what I want to do
And breakaway from that empty life and my world is new
When I laid down on my bed I heard voices in my head
Telling me now hey it's only a dream
The more I thought of it I had been out of it
And here's the answer I found instead
(Baby baby) found out it was in my head (baby baby)
(Baby baby) found out it was my head (baby baby)
(Baby baby) found out it was in my head (baby baby)…
Source: LyricFind
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NNC0kIzM1Fo
Love is in the air
Everywhere I look around
Love is in the air
Every sight and every sound
And I don't know if I'm being foolish
Don't know if I'm being wise
But it's something that I must believe in
And it's there when I look in your eyes
Love is in the air
In the whisper of the trees
Love is in the air
In the thunder of the sea
And I don't know if I'm just dreaming
Don't know if I feel sane
But it's something that I must believe in
And it's there when you call out my name
(Chorus)
Love is in the air
Love is in the air
Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh
Love is in the air
In the rising of the sun
Love is in the air
When the day is nearly done
And I don't know if you're an illusion
Don't know if I see it true
But you're something that I must believe in
And you're there when I reach out for you
Love is in the air
Every sight and every sound
And I don't know if I'm being foolish
Don't know if I'm being wise
But it's something that I must believe in
And it's there when I look in your eyes
Beautiful :sparkle:
Can't believe these guys were only 15 to 17yrs old. Ah *
'Everlasting Love' - Love Affair
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JaYTNsS_m2w
'Rainbow Valley' - Love Affair
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=k5UiDzY1UUU
*
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Affair_(band)
Great female backing singers....
I'm probably "young" for TPF, but the older I get, the harder it is for me to find music that astounds me. This record makes the cut. I'm also a big Pharoah fan.
Young, medium and older; we can all do our thing on here, no ?
I don't really look for 'music that astounds me' - I don't even have that much of a high standard.
Having said that, Pinky and Perky wouldn't make it to my Desert Island Discs.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5qhJd1byxhTBYbSCFmw580y/desert-island-discs-podcasts
The archives start in 1942 !
I love listening to the stories behind the choices made. Not so keen on just seeing 'lists' of songs or books read. Although they can reveal something about the chooser...probably why I was initially wary of sharing...standing alone, they don't tell the full story. Nothing ever does...but a glimpse and a gleaning.
I have started wondering just how much our brain or behaviour patterns are formed by what we listen to when very young. The religious music, the Christmas carols...the pop and rock...the jangly bits that drive us...the soothing tones that calm us.
Music through the ages for all ages...teens, twenties...30s,40s,50s,60s,70s...2020s, the ancient.
There is a time for everything. Pages to turn...threads to get tangled up in :cool:
https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/526058
'Turn, Turn, Turn' - the Byrds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4ga_M5Zdn4
The 2 cassettes I listened to. Over and over. Because that's all I could afford :smile:
'Tapestry' - Carole King (1971)
'Moods' - Neil Diamond (1972)
Humpty Hump (Gregory Jacobs)
1963-2021
Brutha (& his crew) came on the scene "strong but stooopid" back in the day like Sly Stone, Rick James or George Clinton on crack ... Good times in the club. :lol: :fire:
"The Humpty Dance" (5:03)
Digital Underground, 1990
*
"Doowutchyalike" (5:03)
Digital Underground, 1989
*
"The Same Song" (3:58)
Digital Underground (w/ Tupac Shakur), 1991
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rOiW_xY-kc
'Losing My Religion' - R.E.M.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwtdhWltSIg
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QmMjY6tXaEo
"Hey Joe" (3:30)
written by Billy Roberts et al?, 1962
performed by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, 1966
*
"Down By The River" (9:13)
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, 1969
Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse
*
"Somebody to Love" (4:56)
A Day At The Races, 1976
Queen
*
"Got To Give It Up" (4:13)
Marvin Gaye, 1977
*
"Every Man Has A Woman Who Loves Him" (4:02)
Double Fantasy, 1980
Yoko Ono
*
[i][url=https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/463934]"Strung out
in heaven's high
Hitting an
all-
-time
Low"[/url][/i]
(encore) :clap:
mysterious
union[/i][/quote]
:flower: :death:
"Hungry For You (J'aurais toujours faim de toi)" (2:52)
Ghost in the Machine, 1981
The Police
*
"Ne me quitte pas" (3:45)
Sung by Nina Simone, 1965
Lyrics by Jacques Brel, 1959
:death: :flower:
https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/529241 :clap:
Featuring artist: Alberto Lupo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7ejZaAgx88
Lyrics translated to English:
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/parole-words.html
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/apr/29/billie-eilish-your-power-review-chilling-ballad-seeps-under-your-skin
Her 'Your Power' song is embedded in article but appears to be cut off at end...
'No Time To Die' - Billie Eilish ( theme to 25th James Bond film)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BboMpayJomw
I should have known
I'd leave alone
Just goes to show
That the blood you bleed
Is just the blood you owe
We were a pair
But I saw you there
Too much to bear
You were my life, but life is far away from fair
Was I stupid to love you?
Was I reckless to help?
Was it obvious to everybody else?
That I'd fallen for a lie
You were never on my side
Fool me once, fool me twice
Are you death or paradise?
Now you'll never see me cry
There's just no time to die
I let it burn
You're no longer my concern
Faces from my past return
Another lesson yet to learn
That I'd fallen for a lie
You were never on my side
Fool me once, fool me twice
Are you death or paradise?
Now you'll never see me cry
There's just no time to die
No time to die, mmm
No time to die, ooh
Fool me once, fool me twice
Are you death or paradise?
Now you'll never see me cry
There's just no time to die
Songwriters: Oconnell Finneas Baird, O'connell Billie Eilish
For non-commercial use only.
Data from: Musixmatch
Lovely and calming :sparkle:
I even managed to follow the score as I watched the pianist's fingers...made it look easy...
'Amazonia' - Gojira
Embedded in:
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/apr/30/nature-is-hurting-gojira-the-metal-band-confronting-the-climate-crisis
Interview
Like all Ravel, it's not as easy as it looks/sounds.
"Love Me or Leave Me" (3:18)
performed by Billie Holiday, Teddy Wilson &
His Orchestra, 1941
written by W. Donaldson & G. Kahn, 1928
*
"Company" (4:40)
Rickie Lee Jones, 1979
written by Rickie Lee Jones & Alfred Johnson
performed by Rickie Lee Jones
*
"Under African Skies" Live (3:57)
The African Concert, 1987
written by Paul Simon, 1986
performed by Paul Simon & Miriam Makeba
"Evil" (2:55)
Howlin' in the Moonlight, 1959
performed by Howlin' Wolf, 1954
written by Willie Dixon, 1954(?)
*
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oqrfPnGy1tM
"Leave My Girl Alone" (4:15)
In Step, 1989
written by Buddy Guy, 1965
performed by Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
*
https://youtu.be/RvNIivHdy0Q
"Layla" Live (11:59)
Play the Blues: Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center, 2011
written by Eric Clapton & Jim Gordon, 1970
performed by Eric Clapton, Wynton Marsalis & the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgT9zGkiLig
Sometimes
I feel the fear of
Uncertainty stinging clear
And I, can't help but ask myself how much I'll let the fear
Take the wheel and steer
It's driven me before and seems to have a vague
Haunting mass appeal
But lately I'm beginning to find that I
Should be the one behind the wheel
Whatever tomorrow brings I'll be there
With open arms and open eyes yeah
Whatever tomorrow brings
I'll be there, I'll be there
So, if I
Decide to waiver my
Chance to be one of
The hive
Will I choose water over wine
And hold my own and drive?
It's driven me before and it seems to be the way
That everyone else gets around
But lately I'm beginning to find that when
I drive myself my light is found
Whatever tomorrow brings I'll be there
With open arms and open eyes yeah
Whatever tomorrow brings
I'll be there I'll be there
Would you choose water over wine?
Hold the wheel and drive
Whatever tomorrow brings I'll be there
With open arms and open eyes yeah
Whatever tomorrow brings
I'll be there I'll be there
I like this. Thanks for sharing.
Interesting lyrics and video of self-drawing then the scrunching up of the pages, the physical images of the self being erased...
'I'm beginning to find that when
I drive myself my light is found'
When all the selves are scattered at the end of the video, it seems as if the driver is in reverse.
Perhaps circling back to feeling
'... the fear of
Uncertainty stinging clear
And I, can't help but ask myself how much I'll let the fear
Take the wheel and steer'
However, ends up with a certainty that:
'Whatever tomorrow brings I'll be there
With open arms and open eyes'.
Really :cool:
Not to mention - the guy is fit :100:
:up:
That's an in-depth analysis. I just liked the song, but what you say is correct.
Yeah, I know. I need to go lie down now...
I blame the video, it kinda grabbed my attention - should just have listened :wink:
:snicker:
It was a good analysis. :)
Excellent :heart: :cool: :sparkle:
I had only ever heard this sung by Doris Day. Enough said...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6qkMD6-7Qk&t=0s
From Ted B -
[i]A selection of favorite Justin Hayward compositions, 2 with the Moody Blues and 2 solo (with John Lodge) from "Blue Jays".
Songs
1) The Land of Make Believe (Seventh Sojourn 1972)
A wonderful song, my favorite from the Moody Blues.
2) This Morning (Blue Jays 1975)
Another top song, not far behind 1)
3) Nights Winters Years (Blue Jays 1975)
A lovely song. To my mind, one of few successful pop songs with full orchestral backing.
4) Nights in White Satin (Days of future passed 1967)
A classic for all time, well deserved.[/i]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwudqTCkBis
Got this song stuck in my head like a sound-worm. :cheer:
You can holler, you can wail
You can swing, you can flail
You can fuck like a broken sail
But I'll never give you up
If I ever give you up my heart will surely fail
And after all God can keep my soul
England to have my bones
But don't ever give me up
I could never get back up when the future starts so slow
No longing for the moonlight
No longing for the sun
No longer will I curse the bad I've done
If there's a time when the feelings gone, I wanna feel it
You can holler, you can wail
You can blow what's left of my right mind
You can swing, you can flail
You can blow what's left of my right mind
(I don't mind)
There's a time for the second best
And there's a time when the feeling's gone
But it's hard to be hard I guess
When you're shaking like a dog
You can holler, you can wail
You can blow what's left of my right mind
You can swing, you can flail
You can blow what's left of my right mind
You can holler, you can wail
You can blow what's left of my right mind
You can swing, you can flail
You can blow what's left of my right mind
(I don't mind)
You can blow what's left of my right mind
You can blow what's left of my right mind
You can holler, you can wail
You can blow what's left of my right mind
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=129kuDCQtHs
With focus on his body...I mean...just look at even the cover of 'Born in the USA' :cool:
Dancing with Courteney Cox.
and then, there's this:
'Dancing in The Dark' - Bruce Springsteen (7:41)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7lfzARGXGw
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band performing "Dancing In The Dark" at the Hard Rock Calling festival in London, 2013.
Recreating the video, this time he pulls in his Mum, later his 'baby sis' playing guitar with him...
Damn that's :fire:
I'll take that and I'll raise my stakes to:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-Ds-FXGGQg
You have good taste in music. :smile:
Wow. That was pure joy and real musicians having a blast :fire:
Lyrics, what lyrics ?
' It was a teenage wedding, and the old folks wished them well
You could see that Pierre did truly love the mademoiselle...
...Seven hundred little records, all rock, rhythm and jazz
But when the sun went down, the rapid tempo of the music fell
"C'est la vie",…
Source: LyricFind
"While My Guitar Gently Weeps" Live (6:22)
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2004
written by George Harrison, 1968
performed by Dhani Harrison, Jeff Lynn, Tom Petty, Steve Winwood & Prince
You know what. I have always loved that song but this performance is...words fail me...
And to see Dhani, George's son, start off quite serious and tentative and then bursting into smiles with the amazement of the whole experience...
Thanks @180 Proof - you have made my day, month, year...
:fire: :heart: :sparkle:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=u4I4KvFu9_I
:flower:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ac34Khe-fc
Some Pythonesque fun with gnomes at home :love:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crackerbox_Palace
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=T0i9rjTxhpY
'Harrison wrote the song as a response to the copyright infringement suit launched against him over his early 1970s hit "My Sweet Lord". The lyrics use terminology associated with the court case and mention other song titles as a satirical comment on the notion of plagiarism in popular music.[2]'
'My Sweet Lord' - George Harrison (4:41)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SP9wms6oEMo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZs54pOJjB0
a shout-out "Happy Mother's Day" to my mom :flower: :hearts: and all the mothers on TPF:
https://youtu.be/rinz9Avvq6A
"He's So Fine" (1:53)
performed by The Chiffons, 1963
written by Ronnie Mack, 1962
*
update:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=P3OFzIYpjwg
"Blues for Mama" (4:00)
Nina Simone Sings the Blues, 1967
written by Nina Simone & Abbey Lincoln
performed by Nina Simone
:smile: I was waiting for it - and you didn't disappoint.
He's So Fine, My Sweet Lord George :cool:
Both songs are just fine by me.
The UK already celebrated Mother's Day but hey, in the USA and anywhere else, Love and Hugs :flower: :heart: :sparkle:
Don't Look Back in Anger - Oasis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmpRLQZkTb8
Sooooo Sally can wait...
:cool:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvEexTomE1I
At the 'Concert for Bangladesh':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zez0-vxyKuE
It don't come easy,
You know it don't come easy.
It don't come easy,
You know it don't come easy.
Got to pay your dues if you wanna sing the blues,
And you know it don't come easy.
You don't have to shout or leap about,
You can even play them easy.
Forget about the past and all your sorrows,
The future won't last,
It will soon be over tomorrow.
I don't ask for much, i only want your trust,
And you know it don't come easy.
And this love of mine keeps growing all the time,
And you know it just ain't easy.
Open up your heart, let's come together,
Use a little love
And we will make it work out better.
(ah -)
(ah -)
(ooh-ooh)
(ah-ooh-ooh)
Got to pay your dues if you wanna sing the blues,
And you know it don't come easy.
You don't have to shout or leap about,
You can even play them easy.
Peace, remember peace is how we make it,
Here within your reach
If you're big enough to take it.
I don't ask for much, i only want your trust,
And you know it don't come easy.
And this love of mine keeps growing all the time,
And you know it don't come easy.
I got c. 14 mins of this:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hHp77_NfJag&feature=youtu.be
I think enough already, don't you ?
"Stormy Monday Blues" (2:53)
Stormy Monday Blues, 1968
T-Bone Walker, 1947
*
"Traveling Riverside Blues" Live (5:11)
Led Zeppelin BBC Sessions, 1969
written by R. Johnson, 1937 (+ R. Plant & J. Page, 1969)
performed by Led Zeppelin
*
"The Healer" (5:36)
The Healer, 1989
performed by John Lee Hooker & Carlos Santana
written by J. Hooker, C. Santana et al
John Lee Hooker
Cliched but true – like it was just yesterday (though a lifetime ago) – first I'd lost John Lennon, then again, almost exactly six months to the day, and without warning, came the news that Bob Marley had left the building. Years later that sting still stung "You're on Earth. There's no cure for that" (again in '89). I couldn't go on, I suppose, without so many ghosts carved into my heart like him ... a natural mystic who never grew old ... like so many other voices that still linger ...
Robert Nester Marley :fire:
1945-1981
Catch A Fire (37:51)
Bob Marley & The Wailers, 1973
all songs by Bob Marley (except "400 Years" & "Stop That Train" by Peter Tosh)
Natty Dread (38:59)
Bob Marley & the Wailers, 1974
Exodus (37:24)
Bob Marley & the Wailers, 1977
*
also OTD 40 years ago
"All Those Years Ago" (3:42)
Somewhere in England, 1981
written & performed by George Harrison
drums Ringo Starr
backing vocals Paul & Linda McCartney
update: Got 'em first. :up:
The best version of this song by far. :wink:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1mbI74lV68
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Israeli_black_metal_musical_groups
I don't get it. What about these bands?
It was more of a meta-commentary upon a certain set of music fans' style of reviews and kind of an in-joke about a mistaken identity. The obvious entendre and allusion to music criticism aside, I was saying something like, "I just don't know why you have confused Roy Harper with Michael Randle." Only I get any of this, though, and, so, why wouldn't you ask? I see too much in everything and wouldn't wonder too much about it all.
I thought that you were making meta-commentary about my play of that New Order song and, so, in turn, responded with some meta-commentary, but you probably just like The Eagles. It's all good, I guess.
I had no clue. :sweat:
As before, it's all good. I just mistook your appreciation for The Eagles as a hipster remark, which, given what limited encounters we have had, there was no reason for me to. I've just been around too many hipsters. Milling about in certain dancehalls will do that to you. Feel free to carry on, I guess.
Sure. Perhaps someone reading these posts might get it, so it's always worth a shot.
Anyway, carrying on:
Satisfy My Soul - Bob Marley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8GCc8OhTz8
I just took your playing of "Hotel California" as a dig against New Order. I had thought that you were suggesting that I had chosen a mainstream independent Electronic track, typical of novice music critics who often confuse running drugs with any form of veritable left-wing ethos. Because I think that New Order was a great band, I felt the need to clarify that I don't either pretend to or harbor any delusions about running drugs and actually consider for myself to have a gift for counter-intelligence, a partial entendre of which is of a certain irony to my general life situation. You'd have to know a lot about my life and mind to really get what I was on about, aside from being well-versed in hipster discourse, and, as even engaging in conversation, if you will, as such was merely motivated by a mistake on my part, what I am suggesting is that there isn't too much of a reason for anyone to put too much thought into the above statement. I was just making kind of a lot of in-jokes because I thought that you were making an in-joke.
Anyways, my mistake. You are right to suggest that this thread should continue as normal.
Here's one by Jimmy Cliff.
:lol:
Damn man, I think statements such as those should be put in a novel, it's terrific. To be clear I'm laughing at what you are saying, not at you, I like the attitude.
I haven't heard nor know anything about New Order, but I'll be sure to check them out. I personally like a healthy range of musical genre's. Certain parts of rap, reggaetón and a good portion of modern pop music aren't to my tastes. But different strokes...
Criticizing art is problematic. You can certainly get highfalutin people thinking that anything after Mozart is crap. And sure, Mozart is very likely much more sophisticated than what I like, but a lot of it puts me to sleep. But then there's certain music that to me is like nails on a chalkboard.
Here's another, maybe you've heard of them:
Waterfall by Stones Roses:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuGuPZnqqlI
The Stone Roses, especially their self-titled debut, is great!
Though kind of a hipster, myself, I've always had kind of an aversion to put people down because of their musical taste and tendency to be overly critical and denigrating of music in general. People often fail to uncover what potential kind of a lot of bands have by that account or acknowledge that just about everything sounds good in context. Medicine's Once More", for instance, could easily be characterized by its excessive use of the phaser pedal, typical of Space Rock, and not a kind of Shoegaze that is of aesthetic quality by that account. In my opinion, though, it sounds awesome.
Hmmm. Interesting. The song is strange to me, but it has a certain feeling which is familiar...
How about this:
The End of it All - John Tejada
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J72ImA38nE
Well, to tell the truth, that Medicine song is the sort of thing that sounds really good while exceptionally stoned. What I was moreso getting at is that the music community would be better off were people willing to admit that they do occasionally listen to music because it is enjoyable to do so and agree to that it ought to be kind of fun.
To use a more well-known example, The Who's "Baba O'Riley" is just a great song. As much as it can be kind of bothersome for a person to not have put more thought into the music that they listen to than to just simply believe that it sounds better when you play it louder, kicking back, cracking open an imported beer, turning up the volume, and letting it reign is just a good fucking time.
I'm actually not terribly into Electrionic music and so couldn't say either way with the song you have shared.
Sure, music is better when stoned. Almost everything is. And yes, Baba O'Reilly is great.
Cool. Just testing you out in exchange. It's weird when you first don't "click" with a sound genre, but eventually, somehow, you do. Dunno why.
"Sing Another Song, Boys" by Leonard Cohen
The Mu of Writhing Waves
1. "Marianne" by The Jacks
2. "Dark Eyes" by Takeshi Terauchi & The Bunnys
3. "Freedom!" by Tokyo Kid Brothers
4. "Night of the Assassins" by Les Rallizes Dénudés
5. "Strawberry Fields Forever" by Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Quintet
6. "Listen, the Snow is Falling" by John Lennon and Yoko Ono
7. "Pink Lady Lemonade, Part 2" by Acid Mothers Temple
8. "Baby Love Child" by Pizzicato Five
9. "Mirrorball" by Nisennenmondai
10. "Indian Summer" by The Kettles
11. "?????" by Tokyo Shoegazer
12. "Eureka" by Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Quintet
That's a codified history of peace on Earth right there. ?!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lyu1KKwC74
That's such a great song.
rl to w/e, but not to u
"My Back Pages" by The Byrds
Bahamas- All I've ever known
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPjqWwkAymg
Wonderful song. :)
Fool in the Rain - Led Zeppelin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I57nIP0vc44
I wouldn't let anyone know this, but I am kind of a closet Led Zeppelin fan.
Posting this here for posterity. ??!
"The Final Day" by Galaxie 500
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tRgYfQ48A0
"Tales of Brave Ulysses" Live (3:56)
written by E. Clapton & M. Sharp, 1967
performed by Cream, 1968
https://vimeo.com/154990893
"Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)" Live 6:55
Jimi Hendrix at Atlanta Pop Festival, 1970
written by Jimi Hendrix, 1968
performed by J. Hendrix, B. Cox & M. Mitchell
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=b90ezOeulyc
"Dazed and Confused" Live (7:34)
performed by Led Zeppelin, 1969
written by, J. Page, 1967-68
unrl to u 'gain.
They will only think that this is the incorrect song because they don't know that it was originally on 3.. 6.. 9 Seconds of Light. Here it is:
"Put the Book Back on the Shelf" by Belle and Sebastian
?!
Link doesn't work.
Feel Good Inc. - Gorillaz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyHNuVaZJ-k
It doesn't matter. The third time is a charm.
"God" by John Lennon
?!
"The Ballad of Easy Rider" by Fairport Convention
This is a pretty good dig, but I kind of harbor a theory about online discourse that the general lack of improvement in the social ecology of internet forums is resultant of that almost no one ever just uses music threads such as this to just simply share good tunes that they like.
I tend to use them to a point of excess in order to convince everyone else to by that account. There's nothing that you can really do about it, though.
"If We Come As Soft Rain" by Sarah Webster Fabio.
Yes, I like Carseat Headrest. We seem to like some of the same music, especially some fairly obscure bands. I played 'Infected' by The The last night, and I have been listening to a band which formed in the 1980s, The Alarm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs069dndIYk
*Happy hour starts early on Fridays* :cool:
(w/ lyrics)
"These Arms of Mine" (2:35)
Pain in My Heart, 1964
written by Otis Redding, 1962
Otis Redding
(w/ lyrics)
"So Lonely" (4:50)
Outlandous d'Amour, 1978
written by Gordon Sumner
The Police
(w/ lyrics)
"Got To Give It Up" (4:11)
written & performed by Marvin Gaye, 1977
:party: :cheer: :party:
L.A. Woman - The Doors
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHXjcdNIN-Q
:death: :flower:
:heart:
"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" (2:45)
performed by Aretha Franklin, 1967
written by C. King, G. Goffin & J. Wexler, 1967
Nah, it’s just in jest. I’m not trying to take a swipe at the AN folk. Maybe I’m just odd, but I sometimes try to think of songs that I could associate with PF members. Usually just as a joke. I find most everyone here endearing in some respect. I’ve been mulling over whether or not to keep doing this sort of thing. We’ll see what happens…
Oh, and I’m totally game with others doing the same towards me. I think it would be interesting to see how I’m viewed by my anonymous (usually) peers, and also to see if others view other members in a similar light as myself.
Anyhow, here’s a local band that’s sadly defunct now…
That's quite hard rockish eh? :smile:
Man In The Box - Alice in Chains
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46zC6iR2wsg
...Hound Dog- Elvis
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=URayWTkEPYM
...Heartache - the Flirtations
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rMPzgCLNCHs
"The Rutabaga Rag"
"Charleston Charlie"
"Although I Dropped $100,000 (I Found a Million Dollars in your Smile)"
"I'm Blue for You (Boo-Boo-Boo-Boo-Boo)"
"The Boogie Woogie Bakery Man"
"Puppy Love is Here to Stay"
"Rock, Rumble, and Roar"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7GnVHmTiI8
On Sky Arts now :cool:
Freesat 147
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izOdvBmTDh0
From Live in Holland concert. Spot the difference...
Fantastic.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kL-fJbggkWA
Brilliant - the whole atmosphere :starstruck:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKQtx_I8Kj0
Driving down an endless road
Taking friends or moving alone
Pleasure at the fairground on the way
It's always friends that feel so good
Let's make amends like all good men should
Pleasure at the fairground on the way
Walk around, be free and roam
There's always someone leaving alone
Pleasure at the fairground on the way
And I love the thought of coming home to you
Even if I know we can't make it
Yes, I love the thought of giving hope to you
Just a little ray of light shining through
Love can bend and breathe alone
Until the end it finds you a home
Don't care what the people may say
It's always friends that feel so good
Let's make amends like all good men should
Pleasure at the fairground on the way
And I love the thought of coming home to you
Even if I know we can't make it
Yes, I love the thought of giving hope to you
Just a little ray of light shining through
And I love the thought of coming home to you
Even if I know we can't make it
Yes, I love the thought of giving hope to you
Just a little ray of light shining through
Pleasure at the fairground on the way
And I love the thought of coming home to you
Even if I know we can't make it
Yes, I love the thought of giving hope to you
Just a little ray of light shining through
And I love the thought of coming home to you
Even if I know we can't make it
Yes, I love the thought of giving hope to you
Just a little ray of light shining through
Love the thought
Even if I know we can't make it
Love the thought
Songwriters: M Hucknall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTcu7MCtuTs
Last one.
Yep. Kind of a Pantera meets Lynyrd Skynyrd feel.
"Strawberry Fields Forever" by Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Quintet
??!
:fire:
"Shhh / Peaceful" (18:16)
In A Silent Way, 1969
Miles Davis - tr, composer
Wayne Shorter - s. sax
John McLaughlin - e.guitar
Chick Corea – e. piano
Herbie Hancock – e. piano
Joe Zawinul – e. piano, organ
Dave Holland – d. bass
Tony Williams – drums
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFzViYkZAz4
??!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zzyfcys1aLM
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=St6jyEFe5WM
(Sitting in sunshine. Appreciating blue sky - this came on Radio 2 )
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=N_MqfF0WBsU
(20:32)
"Dig It"
"Run For Your Life"
"You Like Me Too Much"
"Yes It Is"
"Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"
"Not A Second Time"
"Honey Pie"
"Wild Honey Pie"
"The Ballad of John and Yoko"
"Revolution 9"
NB: I'd buy this compilation album Rubber Dung ...
:cool:
I think we should hear them all !
I remember this well...even if was the 60s...
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da - as sung by Marmalade ( with lyrics)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdkXxVl6PKs
Hey, happy ever after in the market place
Molly lets the children lend a hand
Desmond stays at home and does his pretty face
And in the evening, she's a singer with the band
"Stop That Train" (3:54)
Catch A Fire, 1973
written & sung by Peter Tosh
Bob Marley and the Wailers
I swore that I'd become a better man for you and I tried
Tried to change my ways and walk the line you follow
I bore a flame that burned a thousand suns for you but it died
Told you I could never love somebody else but I lied
Mmm, I lied
Mmm, I lied
I told you I'd be coming back again for you but I'm not
Going way out where the world will never find me
I made a claim that I would dance until we're bones with my bride
Told you I would never leave you all alone but I lied
I read your letter in the morning by the lake and I cried
They were tears of joy, my chains are finally broken
I made a vow to stand beside you 'til the day that I die
Told you I could never live without your love but I lied
Mmm, I lied
Mmm, I lied
Mmm, I lied
Mmm, I lied
Mmm, I lied
Mmm, I lied
Have a little faith in me
John Hiatt
"When your back's against the wall
Just turn around and you will see
I'll be there, I'll be there to catch your fall
So have a little faith in me.."
"Rock Steady" (3:15)
Young, Gifted and Black, 1972
Aretha Franklin
*
"Maybe Your Baby" (6:51)
Talking Book, 1972
Stevie Wonder
*
"Silly Love Songs" (5:54)
Wings at the Speed of Sound, 1976
_Macca & Linda_
"Dazz" (5:35)
Good High, 1976
Brick
*
"Birdland" (5:58)
Heavy Weather, 1977
written by Joe Zawinul
Weather Report
*
"I'll Take You There" (4:43)
Be Altitude: Respect Yourself , 1972
written by Al Bell
The Staple Singers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giYvwLM-JEo
"That Girl" (5:13)
Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I, 1981
Stevie Wonder
The Andy Williams Show - with intro chat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0EBs6uRgtw
[s]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOnYY9Mw2Fg[/s]
Ooops, here it is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St6jyEFe5WM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMo6Ju8SJ8o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VlnyB9p4dg
'The video features a young Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck in the superb romantic comedy ROMAN HOLIDAY (1953) which features this memorable scene of an out of control Vespa in the streets of Rome.'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vjU-EqwMSo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUKC5RAjUdg
Various Artists - La vie Parisienne. Released 2006-05-29 on Past Perfect
1. 00:00:00 Edith Piaf La Vie En Rose
2. 00:03:12 Charles Trenet Boum!
3. 00:05:49 Yves Montand Clopin-Clopant
4. 00:09:10 Josephine Baker Si J'etais Blanche
5. 00:11:57 Jean Sablon Rendez-Vous Sous La Pluie
6. 00:14:37 Maurice Chevalier Toi Et Moi
7. 00:17:36 QHCF Ultrafox
8. 00:20:59 Edith Piaf Monsieur Lenoble
9. 00:24:29 Tino Rossi J'attendrai
10. 00:27:27 Jean Sablon La Derniere Bergere
11. 00:30:33 Georges Ulmer Pigalle
12. 00:33:34 Yves Montand Les Feuilles Mortes (Autumn Leaves)
13. 00:37:05 Charles Trenet Les Retours Des Saisons
14. 00:40:19 Edith Piaf Les Amants De Paris
15. 00:43:35 Jean Sablon Un Baiser
16. 00:46:59 Tino Rossi Poème
17. 00:50:10 Charles Trenet Vous Etes Jolie
18. 00:52:30 Lucienne Boyer Parlez-Moi D'amour
19. 00:55:33 Reinhardt & Grappelli My Sweet
20. 00:58:34 Charles Trenet La Mer
21. 01:01:50 Yves Montand C'est Si Bon
Swingrowers ft. Davide Shorty - LIVE electro swing - Healing Dance
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ojHHcBBHdJk
"with a little hot sauce"
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gSkKSviyPKk
"Hurricane Season" Live (4:27)
Trombone Shorty, 2012
Trombone Shorty performs 'St. James Infirmary' at the White House
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSbP6ZhfPs0
One for you:
:rofl: That’s hilarious.
Bruh, the calm is real.
Yes it is. The second track is my favorite.
Btw, I woke up from hearing old "Slow Hand" in a
dream :point:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bFExOxCpOjY
"Sunshine of Your Love" acoustic live (2:21)
performed by Eric Clapton???
written by Jack Bruce, Pete Brown & Eric Clapton, 1967
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pKwQlm-wldA
"Layla" acoustic live (6:29)
performed by Eric Clapton & band, 2014
written by Eric Clapton & Jim Gordon, 1970
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VY2Uid1XYp0
"Isn't It a Pity" Live (7:10)
Live at Crossroads Guitar Festival, 2007
written by George Harrison, 1966
performed by E. Clapton, D. Trucks, D. Bramhall & co
"Shoop" (4:09)
Very Necessary, 1993
Salt 'N' Pepa
*
"Do Something" (4:57)
How Life Is, 1999
Macy Gray
*
"Rehab" (3:34)
Back to Black, 2006
Amy Winehouse
*
"Check On It" (3:30) :fire:
Beyoncé, 2005
(a shout-out to my ex-wives @ tattletale's (ATL) & flashdancers (NYC) ?)
*
"At Last" (2:58)
Cadillac Records: Music from the Motion Picture, 2008
writers M. Gordon, H. Warren, 1942
performed by Beyoncé
*
"Whatta Man" (5:07)
Very Necessary, 1993
writer, D. Crawford, 1968
Salt 'N' Pepa, feat. En' Vogue
And Pretty Eight Machine, but I couldn’t find a video of the full album.
The intro is the voice of Rev. Saul S. Williams (Saul’s father) live at Baptist Temple Church in Newburgh, NY in 1999.
Blue (35:41)
Joni Mitchell, 1971
https://www.cbc.ca/musicinteractives/features/joni-mitchell-blue-turns-50
Thank you :sparkle:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2MtEsrcTTs
https://youtu.be/An2a1_Do_fc
Cheers :party:
That is how I remember Neil Diamond. Way back. Listening to his album 'Moods',1972.
Doesn't time fly.
Compare this performance: Sweet Caroline (Live At The Greek Theatre / 2012)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty1dwBCR6D0
The excitement and sheer exuberance of the audience. Pre-Covid. Will we ever see the likes again ?
'Hands touching hands...reaching out...touching me, touching you...
....good times never seemed so good. So good. So good...'
So sad, so sad. Now I need something to cheer me up...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t69AfvF6N7E
Canta libre, Canta vida, (Sing freely, sing of life)
De mi madre y mi padre (Of my mother and my father)
Canta mi corazon (My heart sings)
Para los niños y sus niños, canta libre (For the children and their children, sing freely)
And I got music running in my head,
Makes me feel like the young bird flying.
Across my mind and laying on my bed,
Keeps me away from the thought of dying.
Canta libre (Sing freely)
Canta vida (Sing of life)
De mi madre y mi padre (Of my mother and my father)
And I got music running in my brain,
Every song with it's own kind of meaning.
Cleanse my soul and wash away the pain,
Baptized by the song that you're singing.
Canta libre (Sing freely)
Canta vida (Sing of life)
Siempre conmigo (Always with me)
Canta libre (Sing freely)
Canta libre (Sing freely)
Para los niños y sus niños, canta libre (For the children and their children, sing freely)
De mi madre y mi padre (Of my mother and my father)
Canta libre, y siempre conmigo (Sing freely, and always with me)
Canta libre, canta libre (Sing freely, sing freely)
Neil Diamond
Album: Moods 1972
:halo: No. I work for God :sparkle:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H6re3PCP3E
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qbAab1hTxN4
Lyrics
https://xkcd.com/1538/
The Troll Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy0Bvu7vy9I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqFLXayD6e8
Petty Impressive :cool:
"Don't Pass Me By" (3:51)
The Beatles, 1968
writer & singer Richard Starkey, (1962) 1968
The Beatles
*
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YuKfiH0Scao
"Ain't No Sunshine" (2:04)
Just As I Am, 1971
Bill Withers
So long ago, like yesterday.
Bad words 0%
Drugs 0%
Naked girls 0%
Beard 73%
Against a lot of today's music it is almost a chapel song.
They did not even have drums, fancy sound systems nor computer editing. This song played more than any other that whole summer.
Cliff Richard & The Shadows Summer Holiday 1963
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am5VNGSDpdI
https://musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1972.htm#:~:text=Top%20100%20Hits%20of%201972%2FTop%20100%20Songs%20of,So%20Fast%20-%20Wayne%20Newton%20More%20items...%20
At no.52 - 'Everything I Own' - Bread
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2i43aAn2rq8
YouTube carried on with this: ( 1:08:35) - listening to it now...chilling out...
Dan Fogelberg, Bread, James Taylor, Neil Young, Don McLean [and more]
- Classic Folk Rock Greatest Hits 60s, 70s, 80s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UieafzVd6zc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wo1OwRTRKRk
Nothing like mishearing lyrics - I thought it was 'electric boobs' :smirk:
Hey kids, shake it loose together
The spotlight's hitting something
That's been known to change the weather
We'll kill the fatted calf tonight, so stick around
You're gonna hear electric music solid walls of sound
Say, Candy and Ronnie, have you seen them yet?
Ooh, but they're so spaced out
B-B-B-Bennie and the Jets
Oh, but they're weird and they're wonderful
Oh, Bennie she's really keen
She's got electric boots, a mohair suit
You know I read it in a magazine, ohh-oh
B-B-B-Bennie and the Jets
Hey kids, plug into the faithless
Maybe they're blinded
But Bennie makes them ageless
We shall survive, let us take ourselves along
Where we fight our parents out in the streets
To find who's right and who's wrong
Oh, Candy and Ronnie, have you seen them yet?
Oh, but they're so spaced out
B-B-B-Bennie and the Jets
Oh, they're so weird and they're wonderful
Oh, Bennie she's really keen
She's got electric boots, a mohair suit
You know I read it in a magazine, ohh-oh
B-B-B-Bennie and the Jets
Oh, Candy and Ronnie, have you seen them yet?
Oh, but they're so spaced out
B-B-B-Bennie and the Jets
Oh, but they're weird and they're wonderful
Oh, Bennie she's really keen
She's got electric boots, a mohair suit
You know I read it in a magazine, ohh-oh
B-B-B-Bennie and the Jets
Bennie, Bennie and the Jets
Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie and the Jets
Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie and the Jets
Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie and the Jets
Bennie, Bennie, Bennie
Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie and the Jets, Jets, Jets
Bennie, Bennie, Bennie
Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie and the Jets
Songwriters: Elton John, Bernie Taupin
For non-commercial use only.
Data from: Musixmatch
Quoting Amity
Back in the day, this song always reminded me of an even lyrically weirder piece of pop, a Bruce Springteen tune brilliantly covered (reinterpreted ) by Manfred Mann's Earth Band "Blinded By the Light" (which I still prefer to the original). Everybody use to get the lyric "wrapped up like deuce" (a kind of hot rod) wrong and sing along either "revved up like a douche" (me & my Italian homie J-P) or "wrapped up like a douche" (our friends) ... :sweat:
"Loves Me Like a Rock" (3:32)
There Goes Rhymin' Simon, 1973
Paul Simon
"Stranded in a Limousine" (3:09)
Greatest Hits Etc, 1977
Paul Simon
"Late in the Evening" (4:02)
One-Trick Pony, 1980
Paul Simon
In a darkened room"[/i]
(d. July 3, 1971, Paris?)
L.A. Woman, 1971 (48:24)
The Doors
"Roadhouse Blues" (5:36)
Stoned Immaculate, 2000
The Doors-John Lee Hooker studio mix
"Riders on the Storm" (6:19)
The Doors-Snoop Dogg, 2004
Woah, serious throwback
Funny that you took notice.
This:
Quoting Noble Dust
is what made me think of SGM. :grin:
Haha nice. I can't even remember how I was introduced to Sleepytime Gorilla Museum.
Body and Soul (20:33) side A
Billie Holiday, 1957
"Rain" (2:59)
B-side single, 1966
writers Lennon-McCartney
The Beatles
"I Feel Fine" (2:25)
A-side single, 1964
writers Lennon-McCartney
The Beatles
"Come Together" (4:19)
Double A-side single, 1969
writers Lennon-McCartney
The Beatles
Oh yeah, thanks for that killer drumming!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2KRpRMSu4g
GEAR! :up:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7duPNQCp-w4
[i]Sometimes, all I need is the air that I breathe
And to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe
Yes, to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe[/i]
'Sometimes' - but usually a little bit more is required for a sense of...well...you know what...
Blue sky, sunshine, gentle breeze, listening to the radio playing the Hollies while reading a book.
Currently, 'The Pigeon Tunnel - Stories from My Life' - John Le Carré.
Then coming here to share - just a little. As and when...
:sparkle:
'Union City Blue' - Blondie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hvqgb1D6Opw
Sounds good. But what's it all about ? Do we even care... :cool:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StC5lwA2snM
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MQfJDQxcjmg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb3WpOJvsug
Quoting About the lyrics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4QBhC1uCP4
As cave-men :down:
Very tame but fun :up:
D.P. still on the go with 'Whoosh!'
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whoosh!
It turns out there's a handy playlist on Spotify called "Georgian restaurant playlist". I guess it's mostly pop music but because it's a different kind of pop that sounds like it's closely tied to traditional music, it's not boring. And you get a flavour of the their famous vocal polyphony.
I'm going to see them play live on Friday. :party:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe93CLbHjxQ
Oh woah, I'm at work but I'll have to check that out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLnZ1NQm2uk
"Red Light" (3:46)
War, 1983
U2
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lIbVWNy7HBk
Brilliant :flower:
Thanks to @Banno for the jump-start with the Covid article.
https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/571316
See what you gone and done... :love:
This is, of course, the greatest song of all time.
:fire: :100: :sparkle:
'Here Comes The Sun' - the video, at about 8secs, shows the page George scribbled the lyrics on. Not included above the title is a quote in English, then another language I can't make out. This is on p145 of George's book 'I - Me - Mine'.
I'll look again tomorrow...
(The previous page tells the story behind the writing of the song).
Thanks :hearts:
It's clear in my hardcover version, although I did have to use a magnifying glass.
Yay :up:
And the other language is apparently Hindi.
More here:
https://shreevatsa.net/post/megh/
If I can offer a little advice, the best way to navigate weird times and changes between them is to subdivide as much as possible; think in eighth notes rather than quarters. Edit: also listen to the melody as you play, rather than focusing on your own part.