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Post by erik on Jan 17, 2014 21:48:39 GMT -5
Quote by robertaxel:
And a good precursor to rap, which Dylan would take to the bank with "Subterranean Homesick Blues" in 1965. Other examples of pre-Run DMC rap would be Elvis' "U.S, Male", and even Johnny Cash's "A Boy Named Sue" and "One Piece At A Time."
Of course, not everything Chuck Berry ever did was completely perfect. It says a lot about either some of Berry's tastes in what he covers or the public's slight lapses of it (or both) that the biggest hit he ever had, and his only #1 hit, was the infamous (and borderline X-rated) "My Ding-A-Ling."
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Post by jhar26 on Jan 18, 2014 10:18:52 GMT -5
My Ding-A-Ling is sorta hilarious the first time you hear it, although it's hardly a career highlight.
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Post by erik on Jan 18, 2014 12:30:44 GMT -5
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True. I think it had a lot to do with the fact that he recorded it at a live show. Fortunately, in the years to come, he got more of his songs covered--the two best, in my opinion, being Linda's version of "Back In The USA" (in 1978), and Elvis' old-school take on "Promised Land" (in 1974).
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Post by erik on Jan 23, 2014 18:57:58 GMT -5
With its companion piece being a recording by the legendary Emil Gilels of the composer's Sonata No. 2, this is a recording of Shostakovich's fifteenth and final symphony that is among the best of any 20th century symphony available, made in October 1972 by Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra. Ormandy, like Leopold Stokowski before him, was a great champion of Shostakovich on this side of the Iron Curtain.
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Post by Andrew on Jan 24, 2014 21:21:26 GMT -5
I heard the first two lines of this while watching Misfits season 5 episode 5 and had to pause and go listen to the whole thing again. Here's what I wrote about it on facebook just now: Ridiculous lyrics. But one of the best melodies I've ever heard. There's complexity here. Sadness. Some of their best vocals. It seems like it should be a song of loneliness, loss, the end of all that is good, but it's just a stupid drag race song. Still, one of my favorites by them.
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Post by Andrew on Jan 25, 2014 0:40:06 GMT -5
I recently listened to all three of the original Big Star albums in order, having watched the recent (excellent) documentary, having not much exposure to them. Loved all three. Then I listened to Chris Bell's solo album, I Am the Cosmos, and found it almost unlistenable. Given as I've been under the weather, body mind and even spirit in some ways, for the past several weeks, Mr. Bell deserves another chance when I'm feeling better.
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Post by jhar26 on Jan 26, 2014 2:15:09 GMT -5
You would think that you are listening to a soul album from the late 60's or early 70's, but this is very much a 2014 album. And it's good! Songs are decent, singing is terrific and it all sounds very authentic. If you don't know Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings and you are partial to REAL soul music, please check this one out. They already have three or four other albums out there as well.
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Post by egoodstein on Jan 26, 2014 12:35:20 GMT -5
I like Sharon Jones & Dap-Kings. Real fun 'real' soul sounding stuff . Nice to know they've new one. Here're a few new ones I've been listening to when time the past few weeks: Classical: George Szell conducting at Lucerne Festival, 1962/69 Dvorak's 8th Symph. and Brahms No. 1. Not Cleveland Orch., but Czech Philharm. in 1st one and Swiss Festival Orch 2nd. Somewhat 'warmer' in feel than Cleveland Orch. studio recordings, & a little live analog sound 'tunnel sound' issues but exciting and cool. www.amazon.com/Dvo-%C3%A1k-Symphony-Festival-Performances/dp/B00EGSLXV2/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1390756201&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=George+Szell+lucerne+festiva%3BAlso, Very interesting recording of complete works in 1613 collection 'Parthenia' by 17th century English composers Bull, Gibbons and Byrd of virginal/spinet and harpsichord music played by fine virtuoso Caterina Vincens. Akin to Sophie Yates and other specialists. Real fun if you like this stuff, which I do at times. www.amazon.com/Parthenia-Byrd/dp/B00CLFYWNI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1390756266&sr=8-1&keywords=parthenia
Jazz: Two really impressive new albums: John Taylor's In Two Minds. Solo f. vet, but some tracks have him overdubbed on two pianos. A few old works in new arrangements, a few new. Great so far on a just a couple listens all through. www.camjazz.com/home/8052405141163-in-two-minds-cd.htmlSarah Manning, Harmonious Creature. New quartet f. yg. saxophonist I dig a lot. A little more bop/post-bop than her last one, at times a return to sounds on her debut, recorded in SF (tho now she lives in NYC), but greater range of sounds. Even a jazz version of Gillian Welch's I Dream a Highway, which is unusual & pretty cool. Nice mix of guitar and viola in. www.amazon.com/Harmonious-Creature-Sarah-Manning/dp/B00H90KN1U/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1390756997&sr=8-2&keywords=sarah+manning . Also, just got yesterday the new Norma Winstone album, Dance Without Answer-- but haven't listened yet. Hopefully today!! Pop: A new album not in gen. release quite yet of Suzy Bogguss singing Merle Haggard songs, 'Lucky.' Laid back & nice straight-ahead singing (she still has nice voice IMO). & a few surprisingly strong like 'I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink' & bonus track live 'Somewhere Between.' Here long time band, so nice interaction (esp. guitarist good). No substitute for MH himself of course, but interesting hearing a gal sing. www.amazon.com/Lucky-Suzy-Bogguss/dp/B00HHH76P6/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1390757403&sr=8-2&keywords=suzy+bogguss+lucky& I finally got around to getting the Norma/Lal Waterson duo album f. 1977 ('True Hearted Girl'). Rough n'ready Yorkshire-accented Britfolk. I'm enjoying. Also, early performances by Eliza Carthy and Maria Knight (N& L's daughters). www.amazon.com/True-Hearted-Girl-Lal-Waterson/dp/B00001NFGF/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1390757605&sr=8-1&keywords=Lal+and+Norma+Waterson
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Post by erik on Jan 26, 2014 14:21:26 GMT -5
One of the great recordings of this interstellar orchestral war horse that actually celebrates its centennial this year. This one is from 1971.
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Post by jhar26 on Jan 28, 2014 11:06:12 GMT -5
I like Sharon Jones & Dap-Kings. Real fun 'real' soul sounding stuff . Nice to know they've new one. Yeah, from what I've heard Sharon is doing battle with or has overcome cancer as well. Meanwhile.... If I always considered Stills and Young the heavyweights of the CSN&Y supergroup I also considered Nash and Crosby sorta the lightweights, although in the case of Crosby a lightweight with a few heavyweight moments. But this new solo album of his is much better than I had expected it would be. It's all very laidback of course and singer/songwriter-ish, but although the music is as dreamy, introspective and melancholic as you would expect it never gets corny. Musically it's within the limits of it's genre pretty adventurous too with it's often jazzy chords that are somewhat Joni Mitchell-ish. It's a good album, really. My only minor criticism is that almost 50 minutes of this without any uptempo material is perhaps a bit too much of a good thing. Still, my appreciation for him has definitely gone up after this one.
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Post by robertaxel on Jan 28, 2014 14:51:24 GMT -5
Interesting choice, Gaston... I saw Crosby give a free solo concert a number of years ago (accompanied by one very good electric guitarist).. It was a surprisingly good show and even my kids enjoyed it (no mean feat)... I think his contributions to the Byrds for example, were often overlooked and underrated...
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Post by erik on Jan 28, 2014 21:57:07 GMT -5
Revisiting this 2-CD collection of the great Mass settings (nos. 5 & 6) of Franz Schubert, recorded in June 1971 with an all-star cast of soloists (including Theo Adam and Peter Schreier), the Leipzig Radio Choir, and the Dresden State Orchestra, all under Wolfgang Sawallisch. This recording went a long way to getting Schubert's choral music a greater footing in the concert halls of the world in the early 1970s (IMHO).
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Post by Andrew on Feb 1, 2014 14:29:33 GMT -5
In spite of all the new treasures I found today at the flea market, I'm playing old 80s new-wavey pop hits on youtube right now. Lazy, I am.
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Post by Andrew on Feb 2, 2014 10:21:16 GMT -5
Good morning. Sunday morning chill music.
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Post by erik on Feb 2, 2014 12:47:25 GMT -5
Mr. Dylan's score to director Sam Peckinpah's tragic 1973 Western classic PAT GARRETT AND BILLY THE KID, in which he also portrays the enigmatic drifter Alias. It includes the iconic "Knockin' On Heaven's Door", played over one of the most wrenching death scenes in cinematic history (IMHO).
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Post by egoodstein on Feb 2, 2014 14:02:56 GMT -5
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Post by Andrew on Feb 9, 2014 12:02:58 GMT -5
Some 70s/80s Japanese pop fun.
Sandii
Hajime Tachibana
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Post by egoodstein on Feb 10, 2014 10:26:37 GMT -5
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Post by Andrew on Feb 17, 2014 11:06:50 GMT -5
Coming out on 2/25 is the new Neneh Cherry album, Blank Project. You can listen here: NPR First ListenI'm REALLY enjoying it. Article at the NPR page: Many will describe Blank Project as Neneh Cherry's comeback album — and, to be fair, it is her first solo work in 18 years. In that time, though, Cherry has released two collaborative LPs, contributed to numerous artists' projects, started a band with her husband and daughter, toured the world and lived in several different countries, just to name the relevant accomplishments. So, while Blank Project might seem perfectly timed for a '90s-revivalist, Coachella-baiting cash-out, it's actually the culmination of a fascinating career arc. On her first three albums, Cherry was the epitome of cool pop rebellion, an example for a generation (or three) of how a woman of color and principle can make innovative, appealing music for a broad audience. Raw Like Sushi, Homebrew and Man convincingly blended her native Swedish ear for hooks with de rigeur underground trip-hop, hip-hop and dance from her adopted New York and London. Her lyrics, always phrased in a captivating purr, never swayed in their intelligence and strength. She had her hits, most notably 1988's timeless "Buffalo Stance," but her impact on youth culture, fashion and music was greater than could be charted. Blank Project still contains those familiar pieces of her youth — the beats, the attitude, the knowledge — but they've been stripped of all inessentials, the mark of a wise and transient mind. Its 10 tracks were recorded in five days, with assistance from Four Tet and previous collaborator Rocketnumbernine. The productions are stark and urgent, almost entirely percussive. Her lyrics are less rebel treatises than koans or ruminations. And her old purr now shares time with unnerving whispers or ominous howls. By the time Cherry's final line ("If everything is everything, good things comes to those who wait, they say") trails off at the end of "Everything," it's easy to wonder whether she's lost the resilient hope of youth. Maybe, if she ever had it — but what she's gained in the meantime is way more interesting.
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Post by erik on Feb 17, 2014 20:58:56 GMT -5
Being both a performer and a record exec (being the "A" in A&M) is a tough job, and Herb Alpert, the performer, was not in exactly the best shape sales-wise some eleven years after "This Guy's In Love With You." But then came this monstrous hit album in the late summer of 1979, which spawned a #1 instrumental hit in the form of the title track, plus "Rotation" (a #30 hit in January 1980), and this opener, very Olympian as you will hear:
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Post by dawnstar on Feb 19, 2014 14:30:31 GMT -5
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Post by egoodstein on Feb 21, 2014 0:31:06 GMT -5
Extraordinary!! Wonderful. Thanks so much for posting!! My wife loved it too & went immediately to get Alma's album . She works a lot with children when she's well, and this made her feel better than almost anything recently (as you know my wife has had some illness issues). I hope the girl prospers and only look forward to hearing her when she's older with even greater 'wing span' and strength in her hands, and even more ability to play. & I loved her own excerpted works, if yes major nods to Mozart and Schubert (as they said in show), she already has her own remarkable style. Very cool & inspiring really.
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Post by dawnstar on Feb 21, 2014 2:11:37 GMT -5
Wow, rave review! I was impressed how much emotion she was able to put into it. Kids are usually lucky if they get the notes in teh right order. Where does an eight year old get that range? There were links on the show to her page, i didn't follow it, it doesn't take a lot for me to reach my 'classical' limit, but she sounded good to me. Somewhat better on piano i thought but i may be ignorant. Hope her album is good and more, hope your wife gets better soon. Extraordinary!! Wonderful. Thanks so much for posting!! My wife loved it too & went immediately to get Alma's album . She works a lot with children when she's well, and this made her feel better than almost anything recently (as you know my wife has had some illness issues). I hope the girl prospers and only look forward to hearing her when she's older with even greater 'wing span' and strength in her hands, and even more ability to play. & I loved her own excerpted works, if yes major nods to Mozart and Schubert (as they said in show), she already has her own remarkable style. Very cool & inspiring really.
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Post by egoodstein on Feb 21, 2014 3:15:22 GMT -5
Wow, rave review! I was impressed how much emotion she was able to put into it. Kids are usually lucky if they get the notes in teh right order. Where does an eight year old get that range? There were links on the show to her page, i didn't follow it, it doesn't take a lot for me to reach my 'classical' limit, but she sounded good to me. Somewhat better on piano i thought but i may be ignorant. Hope her album is good and more, hope your wife gets better soon. **I too think from this her piano is more assured (& I infer she's been concentrating a bit more on piano lately). But she's very young and 'reach' and power/pressure on the strings, not to mention bowing technique I think are easier for older and more experienced players. Still impressive. There are many fine young players, just the emotion as you say, & compositional and interpretive prowess for her is unusual, and it will be interesting to see where that leads as she gets older. 'Course always the chance she may end up the 'next' Miley Cyrus in 8 or 10 years .
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Post by dawnstar on Feb 22, 2014 12:05:08 GMT -5
You can never tell. Someone sent me a link a couple of yars ago to some American Idol singer doing the Jennifer Holiday song you just voted for really well as a kid. She since fell into singing teen crap. Hopefully Alma does better. Wow, rave review! I was impressed how much emotion she was able to put into it. Kids are usually lucky if they get the notes in teh right order. Where does an eight year old get that range? There were links on the show to her page, i didn't follow it, it doesn't take a lot for me to reach my 'classical' limit, but she sounded good to me. Somewhat better on piano i thought but i may be ignorant. Hope her album is good and more, hope your wife gets better soon. **I too think from this her piano is more assured (& I infer she's been concentrating a bit more on piano lately). But she's very young and 'reach' and power/pressure on the strings, not to mention bowing technique I think are easier for older and more experienced players. Still impressive. There are many fine young players, just the emotion as you say, & compositional and interpretive prowess for her is unusual, and it will be interesting to see where that leads as she gets older. 'Course always the chance she may end up the 'next' Miley Cyrus in 8 or 10 years .
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