I didn't see a music thread, so I figured I'd start one.
Current song on the radio: People are Strange
I've had Matthew West's "Quarantine Life" running through my head for days.
Fibber McGee and Molly.
My lockdown has been spent with the Sirius Radio Classics channel, when the CNN feed becomes too much.
(I also love Jack Benny and Edgar Bergen, and I've become a big fan of Phil Harris and Alice Faye.)
More "What's my Line?" reruns (with all the folks you've mentioned, ALH, as mystery guests) and a film noir series...some fairly 《noir-profund》; others more 《gris-legere》...
And, contrapuntally, going over now to listen to the 11 AM online church service.
M.
There was a "Crazy Rhythms" thread and another for classical music awhile back. I found both on page 3 of this forum section.
This: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Web007rzSOI
Just because it was there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er1xUCElhMI
It was nice enough. It just didn't seem to go anywhere.
If I hadn't put it on to wind down and go to sleep with, I'd have to listen to at least three more to figure out if that's how it should be played or if the interpretation was off. The player was good, the small orchestra was fine, so I'm thinking it's the composer, but I don't like to decide that without checking things out further.
'Nother day, 'nother task.
'night...
M.
'Strong Man' written by Oscar Jackson and sung by Abbey Lincoln. This was 1957. How far have we come?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWNxmxBdngw
My household loves "What's My Line?", and we're also big fans of "I've Got A Secret." There are some incredible people on there, including a man who as a child was present at Lincoln's assassination.
As for what music I'm listening to — Georgian polyphony.
Oooh---do you mean like this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rg8xrdbnH8E
I was about to ask if you had mis-spellled "Gregorian" then thought the better of it and looked it up.
Thanks for this lovely addition to my playlist!
M.
I just discovered the band Aephanemer, and they're fantastic (if melodic death metal is your jam). So they've been on hard rotation.
Quote from: mamselle on July 02, 2020, 09:52:52 AM
Oooh---do you mean like this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rg8xrdbnH8E
I was about to ask if you had mis-spellled "Gregorian" then thought the better of it and looked it up.
Thanks for this lovely addition to my playlist!
M.
And this longer-playing (45 min.) one (by the Basiani Ensemble) is good for listening to as I work....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhzoDhePPNU
M.
This playlist, starting with Lido Pimienta's "Nada," which I'm currently obsessed with: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSBy608ONmQ&list=RDEM-k-3nCp7SdPYJwRPkFTF0Q&start_radio=1
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on July 02, 2020, 10:01:59 AM
I just discovered the band Aephanemer, and they're fantastic (if melodic death metal is your jam). So they've been on hard rotation.
I had never heard of this band and think of myself as more of a thrash fan (though I guess one could debate where the line is drawn in some cases), but I listened to a couple songs and really like the music. I just looked for top-rated songs (Unstoppable, Memento Mori, and Bloodline, according to one site), so if you have any particular recommendations, I'd like to check them out.
Mamselle (and all), that Georgian selection is a bit lukewarm. Check out these two that may knock your socks off:
The incomparable "Tsinskaro": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-q6DUbuAY3A
And the absorbing lockdown version of "Heyamoli": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrUtE9GMeAI
Georgians sit around after meals and sing ("table music"), with the most mind-blowing harmonies. YouTube has lots of informal videos of them doing this. New videos go up often, so from time to time I just cruise YouTube and see what's been put up recently. E.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRcg_jwup5s&list=PL-YSOZcVi8oUUADoE2sCVnNhFeaVKIiPS
Or okay, one more table song, "Chela": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiJFOeh0Ovc
Georgian polyphony was one of the pieces of music sent out to the far reaches of the galaxy on the Voyager.
Wow.
Thank you.
M.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZInRE-KryGA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZInRE-KryGA)
Quote from: mamselle on July 02, 2020, 03:52:52 PM
Wow.
Thank you.
M.
So, then I found this one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRf4pNhEJQk
Trouble is, with the cool yodeling and other instruments being used, I have to stop what I'm working on and flip the screen up to watch them.
It's hard to use as background music to work to, when that happens....
;--}
M.
Enjoyed the latest episode of Scran, a podcast by the Scotsman Food & Drink staff. An intro to Scottish rum:
https://foodanddrink.scotsman.com/drink/scran-season-2-the-experts-guide-to-scottish-rum-with-matugga-rum-and-ninefold-distillery/ (https://foodanddrink.scotsman.com/drink/scran-season-2-the-experts-guide-to-scottish-rum-with-matugga-rum-and-ninefold-distillery/)
I listen on Apple Podcasts desktop.
Quote from: ab_grp on July 02, 2020, 02:37:24 PM
I had never heard of this band and think of myself as more of a thrash fan (though I guess one could debate where the line is drawn in some cases), but I listened to a couple songs and really like the music. I just looked for top-rated songs (Unstoppable, Memento Mori, and Bloodline, according to one site), so if you have any particular recommendations, I'd like to check them out.
Recommendations band-wise, or song-wise? (Sorry for the late response; I only just checked back.)
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on July 10, 2020, 02:18:39 PM
Quote from: ab_grp on July 02, 2020, 02:37:24 PM
I had never heard of this band and think of myself as more of a thrash fan (though I guess one could debate where the line is drawn in some cases), but I listened to a couple songs and really like the music. I just looked for top-rated songs (Unstoppable, Memento Mori, and Bloodline, according to one site), so if you have any particular recommendations, I'd like to check them out.
Recommendations band-wise, or song-wise? (Sorry for the late response; I only just checked back.)
No worries! I was thinking song-wise for that band aside from the ones I mentioned, but if you have band recommendations too, fantastic.
Quote from: ab_grp on July 10, 2020, 02:56:23 PM
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on July 10, 2020, 02:18:39 PM
Quote from: ab_grp on July 02, 2020, 02:37:24 PM
I had never heard of this band and think of myself as more of a thrash fan (though I guess one could debate where the line is drawn in some cases), but I listened to a couple songs and really like the music. I just looked for top-rated songs (Unstoppable, Memento Mori, and Bloodline, according to one site), so if you have any particular recommendations, I'd like to check them out.
Recommendations band-wise, or song-wise? (Sorry for the late response; I only just checked back.)
No worries! I was thinking song-wise for that band aside from the ones I mentioned, but if you have band recommendations too, fantastic.
I quite like
Crows,
Ghosts, and
The Sovereign, in addition to the ones you mention.
Alas, I don't much care for thrash (although I haven't explored the genre in a couple decades, so maybe things have changed?). But if you want to explore more melodeath, you should try Amon Amarth, Finntroll, and Dark Tranquillity for a start. Arch Enemy is pretty similar to Aephanemer, especially the more recent stuff, so that might also be of interest. And then there's Nekrogoblikon, who are a lot of fun.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on July 23, 2020, 03:08:02 PM
I quite like Crows, Ghosts, and The Sovereign, in addition to the ones you mention.
Alas, I don't much care for thrash (although I haven't explored the genre in a couple decades, so maybe things have changed?). But if you want to explore more melodeath, you should try Amon Amarth, Finntroll, and Dark Tranquillity for a start. Arch Enemy is pretty similar to Aephanemer, especially the more recent stuff, so that might also be of interest. And then there's Nekrogoblikon, who are a lot of fun.
Thanks! I just listened to the other three Aephanemer songs you listed. I like the music a lot, and
Crows and the music from
The Sovereign remind me so much of a song I love that I can't think of! I will try to come up with it in case it's one you would be interested in (and, also, I really want to listen to it now). Argh. I will check out the other bands as well!
What kind of fool am I, written by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley, performed by Sammy Davis, Jr. (Live version).
One of my students used data about the Grammy Award for Song of the Year winners in an assignment recently. That was an unusual data choice for my course, so I needed to verify some of it. I'm now building a playlist of winners and nominees, as I listen to how U.S. popular music has changed since 1959.
Fat White Family
"The Celts" (1992) by Enya
I found out that the Galavant TV series soundtrack was on iTunes and quickly downloaded that and am enjoying it so much.
ETA: I loved the soundtrack while watching the show, and that makes a lot more sense now. Apparently Alan Menken (listed as having credits that include Little Shop of Horrors, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Newsies, Aladdin, Pocahontas, Hercules, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Home on the Range, Enchanted and Tangled) composed the songs!
The latest episode of Booklist's "Shelf Care Interview" series and podcast--an interview with Nancy Pearl
I saw Ms. Pearl as she moderated an author's panel during ALA Annual Chicago one year. I forget what it was about however it was neat to see her.
Classical music on local NPR affiliate. Kinda foreboding for the moment. Ooolh, harp!
Quote from: hmaria1609 on July 27, 2020, 06:34:25 PM
"The Celts" (1992) by Enya
Haven't listened to it lately, but I love it. Some of my favorite Enya music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeMvMNpvB5M (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeMvMNpvB5M)
a) The Theme from Jeeves and Wooster, most recently, because I included it on an ear training slide for a music student(one wants to lead them into useful hobbies, if surreptitiously, at times...)
b) Whale sounds, same slide (especially the one where the whale gives this big, heaving groan-like sound before diving, it sounds like, "Oh, get me out of here....")
c) The Polyphonic Choir referred to earlier on this thread, I've used it several times now as an example of vocal music for students who know Western stuff well enough, just to tickle their ears and get them to hear new musics...thanks, Hegemony!!)
M.
Anti-Flag's new album.
The latest episode of "Scran" podcast on the history malt riots in Glasgow and whisky:
https://foodanddrink.scotsman.com/drink/scan-season-2-how-the-malt-riots-led-to-the-birth-of-whisky/ (https://foodanddrink.scotsman.com/drink/scan-season-2-how-the-malt-riots-led-to-the-birth-of-whisky/)
Enjoy! This podcast is my weekly dose of Scotland though its cuisine. :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wsije1KetVw&fbclid=IwAR0W7ZBQxVOUvlbl5KYbcjgk29lF9SvOJu3oQ2a53l4-8ZrWn9Fy9lwIwg8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wsije1KetVw&fbclid=IwAR0W7ZBQxVOUvlbl5KYbcjgk29lF9SvOJu3oQ2a53l4-8ZrWn9Fy9lwIwg8)
Bach's D Major Fugue, the postlude for today's service.
Glorious architecture.
M.
Berenboeim's 2010 Warsaw Chopin concert...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PpuZCrsaEc
Mmmm....
Right now, some Liszt piano music, but the big news is that I'm getting into Fairport Convention.
Early Convention (Richard Thompson, Sandy Denny) or later (Dave Pegg,et al.)?
I think I like some of all of their incarnations, but especially Full House album and earlier.
The early stuff, since it started with me getting back into Richard Thompson. But I am ready to get into their more recent releases. I didn't even realize that they are still going.
Chopin....one Nocturne and one Waltz, which two different students are playing (and getting kind of decent at, it's fun hearing them "get" the nuances and shadings required).
M.
First five Fairport Convention albums are classics, all different, and all worth it in my book. Along with that, the live album from the end of that period, "House Full" is good.
Of their later period, Gladys' Leap has some good material. I recall at one time listening to The Five Seasons album, but I couldn't swear to it being great. If they still tour, they are worth seeing live.
Richard Thompson solo (and with Linda Thompson) is just whole other "thing", but I more or less like (almost) all of it
New Order "The Beach" Extended Remix. Upbeat but (largely) vocal-less, so it's good while editing slides.
Just submitted final grades for a "1st session" class. There's only one song I can play for that: https://youtu.be/QoQZ0qmf-mk (https://youtu.be/QoQZ0qmf-mk).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho7796-au8U (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho7796-au8U)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDlSI_-z8Tc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDlSI_-z8Tc)
And now I've discovered Iris DeMent.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_QtO0Rhp0w (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_QtO0Rhp0w)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScaPlYMgwTU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScaPlYMgwTU)
Last night, Jeremy Brett in "The Merry Widow," a bit fuzzy visually, but spot-on vocally.
M.
Handel's Messiah. Because it's the right time of year for it. I think I get something new from it every year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FzCWLOHUes (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FzCWLOHUes)
Charlie Pride on Amazon Music. I'm discovering many of his good but no longer popular songs.
Quote from: apl68 on December 21, 2020, 07:10:09 AM
Handel's Messiah. Because it's the right time of year for it. I think I get something new from it every year.
This is what I'm listening to now on the classical music radio station. I was planning to listen to it later tonight, but serendipity seems to be at work.
While home for Christmas I got to hear my mother play the piano. She was a very accomplished pianist when she was younger. In my lifetime she has mostly played piano for the small churches that Dad has pastored (The pastor's wife is often the default church pianist in small congregations). Living a busy life as a mother and teacher has kept Mom from keeping her piano skills as sharp as they might otherwise be. But she has always been a very good church pianist. Although she does put in little flourishes, she has always been careful to play arrangements that are very singable by the congregation at large. Years ago one church member paid her the compliment of saying that when she played a hymn you could almost hear the piano singing the lyrics.
She's still playing for the church at age 77. For years she was one of the town's go-to wedding and funeral pianists. When Mom was 13 she was already their church's pianist and had to play for her own baptismal service. She's been known to joke that she'll probably end up having to play for her own funeral.
Quote from: apl68 on January 04, 2021, 07:47:50 AM
While home for Christmas I got to hear my mother play the piano. She was a very accomplished pianist when she was younger. In my lifetime she has mostly played piano for the small churches that Dad has pastored (The pastor's wife is often the default church pianist in small congregations). Living a busy life as a mother and teacher has kept Mom from keeping her piano skills as sharp as they might otherwise be. But she has always been a very good church pianist. Although she does put in little flourishes, she has always been careful to play arrangements that are very singable by the congregation at large. Years ago one church member paid her the compliment of saying that when she played a hymn you could almost hear the piano singing the lyrics.
She's still playing for the church at age 77. For years she was one of the town's go-to wedding and funeral pianists. When Mom was 13 she was already their church's pianist and had to play for her own baptismal service. She's been known to joke that she'll probably end up having to play for her own funeral.
Yea, keyboards!! Go, mom!!!
My piano teacher was in her late 80s when I started with her. I could never verify it, except stylistically, but she said she'd been one of Schnabel's last pupils. I'm still working from and teaching what she taught me.
Me, myself, right now...I would love to be listening to one of my long-looped chant tapes, or some Barenboim, or something, but I have to finish this transcription and you can't listen to music while you...
But afterwards..
M.
This thread reminds me of my favorite Charlie Brown joke, where he, Lucy, and Linus are looking up at the clouds, and Lucy asks what kinds of pictures Linus sees in the sky. Linus sees groups of clouds that resemble the Honduras, the sculptor Thomas Eakins, and the Stoning of Stephen. Lucy notes that was very good, and asks Charlie Brown what he sees.
"Well, I was going to say I saw a ducky and a horsie, but I changed my mind."
Oh, and I'm listening to the Clash, "Police on My Back."
Quote from: little bongo on January 04, 2021, 09:57:47 AM
This thread reminds me of my favorite Charlie Brown joke, where he, Lucy, and Linus are looking up at the clouds, and Lucy asks what kinds of pictures Linus sees in the sky. Linus sees groups of clouds that resemble the Honduras, the sculptor Thomas Eakins, and the Stoning of Stephen. Lucy notes that was very good, and asks Charlie Brown what he sees.
"Well, I was going to say I saw a ducky and a horsie, but I changed my mind."
Oh, and I'm listening to the Clash, "Police on My Back."
Learn something new every day.
I was about to rush in to type that Eakins was a painter, not a sculptor, but thought I'd better look him up to be sure.
I see he did 3-D works as well, which makes sense in a way, his painted bodies are very plastic, but I hadn't known of his other work.
Thanks!!
M.
'Classic Rock.'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvOPucs7dC0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvOPucs7dC0)
"Rough Guide to Scottish Folk" CD:
https://worldmusic.net/collections/rough-guides/products/the-rough-guide-to-scottish-folk-1 (https://worldmusic.net/collections/rough-guides/products/the-rough-guide-to-scottish-folk-1)
A Very Strange Medley by Barry Manilow.
Asked Alexa to play "strange", wanting audiobook "strange" something. Should have asked her to read, but instead I got this odd compilation of commercial jingles from childhood. Partner and I both joined in on "get a bucket of chicken finger licking good." Nephew is now playing it repeatedly, laughing.
Be'lakor - The Smoke of Many Fires
Solid melodeath, newly discovered. From what I can tell, pretty much all the songs are pretty long (like, 7-10 minutes), with a fair few changes of tempo (which is a feature I've always loved in a song).
Rob Zombie - Hellbilly Deluxe.
Fits the mental state of the last weekday before a semester starts.
Quote from: FishProf on January 29, 2021, 09:10:49 AM
Rob Zombie - Hellbilly Deluxe.
Fits the mental state of the last weekday before a semester starts.
Haha, I love that album! But is your mental state Superbeast or Living Dead Girl?
(I saw him live at a festival about ten years ago, but I'm afraid it wasn't a very good performance at all. He was followed by Finntroll, who tore it up.)
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on January 29, 2021, 09:51:15 AM
Quote from: FishProf on January 29, 2021, 09:10:49 AM
Rob Zombie - Hellbilly Deluxe.
Fits the mental state of the last weekday before a semester starts.
Haha, I love that album! But is your mental state Superbeast or Living Dead Girl?
(I saw him live at a festival about ten years ago, but I'm afraid it wasn't a very good performance at all. He was followed by Finntroll, who tore it up.)
More Human than Human, actually
I have three students doing Hanon exercise no. 17 this week, and I just realized that's what I'm hearing in my head as I wind down from the week's teaching...!
M.
Just created a Bjork station on Pandora... love that woman, such a creative person who is not afraid to express herself.
Coltrane, A Love Supreme
That damn Trulicity ad, again.
My furnace running and running — it's O degrees (Fahrenheit) outside!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH6I31ev1GM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH6I31ev1GM)
A Chopin mazurka I discussed in Theory class on Friday.
There's a weird, wild, wonderful jump of an augmented 5th downward that just won't leave my brain alone..!
M.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsZiKQ9CEck (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsZiKQ9CEck)
The Kingston Trio. They were mentioned in the book I'm reading, with characters debating whether they should be applauded for making folk music popular in the early 1960s or derided for commercializing folk songs with inauthentic arrangements. I wouldn't call them folk singers, because at least half of what I've heard isn't folk song.
I recently discovered Masters of Chant. They use features of Gregorian Chant but perform songs like Stairway to Heaven. Weird and wonderful.
The Bach violin concerti to which Paul Taylor's "Esplanade" was set,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZimXHcy_tFQ
Mozart's "Ave Verum Corpus" (Vienna Boy Choir)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXjn6srhAlY
and (also Mozart) Laudate Dominum:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S43CKjIGVg
And Allegri's Miserere Mei:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX1zicNRLmY
And a bunch of videos on the history of the piano for my music theory class in...um...an hour...
Ppts just about done, so it's all good.
M
I've got the Classic Rewind channel cranked up on my satellite radio in an attempt to unwind after a particularly annoying, poorly run meeting.
A really excellent Sonny Rollins playlist on Apple Music.
"Kings and Queens" by Ava Max
Dance party song! :)
Philip Glass string quartets. #4 right now.
Sting " The Dream of the Blue Turtles"
Quote from: downer on April 23, 2021, 06:07:18 AM
Philip Glass string quartets. #4 right now.
Nice.
I've discovered that I like grading with bossa nova in the background so I'm listening to the best of João Gilberto (https://youtu.be/vMKlGFCGTJQ). I suspect my students will be happier with their grades if I listen to this as I work.
I'm putting a list together as I listen to wind down from the last class of the week....French, mostly.
Thought I'd share.
Aznavour:
"Hier Encore:: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHokx2L1wi4
"La Boheme": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVfnEyLOkrM
"Les Comediens" (with Minelli): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7G8mev1t3E
"Mon Emouvant Amour" (likewise): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZwfInylSrM
"Emmenez-moi": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieYQKS9-Is0
(and I hadn't seen this, but his casket left Les Invalides to the same tune: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stJ7wwTci_8 )
Brel:
"Ne me quitte pas": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vz6r0TP4FBI
"Ai, Marieke: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vz6r0TP4FBI
"Quand on n'a que l'amour": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNMwYZiBFV0
Piaf:
"L'Accordeonist": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vhu-0IBZm5s
"La Vie En Rose": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzeLynj1GYM
"Sous le ciel de Paris": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SC06NyI6KKU
Dassin:
"Mon Village du Bout du Monde": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7vdXeVpS9Y
"Et Si Tu n'Existait Pas": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0alCInZook
"L'ete Indien": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cN-OCHlfRTU
C. Francois:
"Comme d'Habitude" (original): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz2JgEeQZ1o
"Belle, Belle, Belle": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfhu5GJq5BQ
"Oui, C'est Comme Ca": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfhu5GJq5BQ
OK, stopping for now, but there are more, of course.....
M.
The Dead Celebrities podcast, also known as Celebrity Estates: Wills of the Rich and Famous. It's aimed at financial planners, with the celebrities being the hook to get you interested in the estate planning issue discussed during most of the podcast. I'm finding the discussions of trusts, bringing up children so they're motivated to strive for some goal as adults, and planning for taxes interesting.
Quote from: Vkw10 on May 28, 2021, 06:10:14 PM
The Dead Celebrities podcast, also known as Celebrity Estates: Wills of the Rich and Famous. It's aimed at financial planners, with the celebrities being the hook to get you interested in the estate planning issue discussed during most of the podcast. I'm finding the discussions of trusts, bringing up children so they're motivated to strive for some goal as adults, and planning for taxes interesting.
This sounds pretty useful and interesting. Thanks for mentioning it, because I have never heard of it, nor would I ever have thought of listening to it if I had.
Quote from: ab_grp on May 28, 2021, 07:09:49 PM
Quote from: Vkw10 on May 28, 2021, 06:10:14 PM
The Dead Celebrities podcast, also known as Celebrity Estates: Wills of the Rich and Famous. It's aimed at financial planners, with the celebrities being the hook to get you interested in the estate planning issue discussed during most of the podcast. I'm finding the discussions of trusts, bringing up children so they're motivated to strive for some goal as adults, and planning for taxes interesting.
This sounds pretty useful and interesting. Thanks for mentioning it, because I have never heard of it, nor would I ever have thought of listening to it if I had.
I stumbled across it through a link in a student bibliography. They cited it in a paper on the Chicago Cubs, which led me to the episode on the Wrigley family. The podcast's goals are focused on advisor education and how advisors can grow their businesses, but they're right that the problems of high net worth clients also occur in ordinary families at a much lower volume.
Captain Diane Carlson Evans, a nurse serving in the Vietnam War, talking about holding the hand of a soldier as he lay in bed and died. Then a nice rendition of 'You've Got a Friend' and then Colin Powell paying tribute to women in the armed forces. With 'You'll Never Walk Alone' playing in the background. (It never fails to amaze me how many different ways Richard Rodgers could write a song). Now Gary Sinise is talking about President Truman. What a show! I am overwhelmed. 'Memorial Day Concert' on PBS.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHQqqM5sr7g (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHQqqM5sr7g)
"If you want to destroy my sweater..."
Norah Jones playing a version of "Black Hole Sun" at the Fox Theater in Detroit (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbQ08Ixczvo), five days after what became Soundgarden's last show ever - and five days after Chris Cornell's suicide.
It's jazzy and reharmonized but not self-consciously so. She took the power of the original and put it somewhere different - trading the anguish in the lyrics for the dissonant overtones and climbing arpeggios at the end, as though she were setting the ghost of him free. It's lovely, sad and elegiac.
Wow, that's amazing. I hadn't heard about Norah Jones since her one hit, and association with Ravi Shankar. This is a nice way to re-visit her art.
Quote from: Bbmaj7b5 on July 28, 2021, 04:37:27 PM
Norah Jones playing a version of "Black Hole Sun" at the Fox Theater in Detroit (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbQ08Ixczvo), five days after what became Soundgarden's last show ever - and five days after Chris Cornell's suicide.
It's jazzy and reharmonized but not self-consciously so. She took the power of the original and put it somewhere different - trading the anguish in the lyrics for the dissonant overtones and climbing arpeggios at the end, as though she were setting the ghost of him free. It's lovely, sad and elegiac.
Sarah Brand
Red Dress
https://youtu.be/5sN7kgEw954
There's something to discuss from many vantage points. My big question is whether this is an intentional attempt to subvert the norms of contemporary popular music. Most people that sing out of tune will fade in and out of being in tune. This artist, however, never once sings a single note in tune, as far as I can tell. That actually takes some skill--to sing EVERY note out of tune.
Some people are saying that this is a social science experiment, because the artist is a grad student in the social sciences.
Others are saying this a marketing gimmick, whose true aims will be revealed later after we've all been had, and the producers have made their $.
Others are calling it "outsider" music.
I'm going to throw out that this might simply be a COVID-19 lockdown project for some bored performance art, timed art, and music students.
I'm also going to throw out that this could well be a study in how society will give an attractive artist the benefit of the doubt.
Autechre: gr4 (https://youtu.be/4X2gje_SH6I) from SIGN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdz5kCaCRFM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdz5kCaCRFM)
"Because the hooooook brings you back..."
The news.
Between the overwhelmed ICUs, heat waves, and storm forecasts, it's difficult to find uplifting stories.
I keep waiting for the plagues of locusts.
Oh, wait. We had those too, earlier this summer, in the Midwest.
Quote from: downer on July 29, 2021, 01:38:51 PM
Autechre: gr4 (https://youtu.be/4X2gje_SH6I) from SIGN
This would be a good password.
For total inanity:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ttrq4bb7jy4
Several more like them after that.
M.
"Every which way but loose" is drifting over from the neighbor's patio.
Now: Two construction crews flipping houses in my block.
In an hour: My great, sweet, ADHD music student who couldn't do his lesson last night because he'd been off his meds all day (necessarily). I'm hoping he'll be ok.
M.
"Islands" from Putumayo Music
Featuring music from various tropical islands around the world. This CD album has been discontinued from Putumayo; I bought it when they had a wider range of CDs available.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyPFQKpRnd0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyPFQKpRnd0)
"Pronoun trouble."
This, with a cool young man playing and singing the prelude and offertory, and a message about negative drift in the North Pole that just made perfect sense in the present context.
https://www.trinitychurchboston.org/live-worship
If churchly things don't appeal to you, that's fine, but if they do, this outdoor service has been glorious the past few weeks.
M.
A really loud katydid. REALLY loud. Sure hope it finds a friend soon!
"Dark Sky Island" deluxe edition by Enya
Released in 2015. She hasn't released a new album since then.
'the meat in you mouth as you savour the flavour of murder'
oh morrissey, your righteousness used to be inspirational.
Bumping this. Jazz folks might like the NPR playlist featured today.
https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2021/12/23/1066898601/in-memoriam-jazz-night-in-america-remembers-the-icons-we-lost-in-2021
Quote from: jimbogumbo on December 26, 2021, 07:50:38 AM
Bumping this. Jazz folks might like the NPR playlist featured today.
https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2021/12/23/1066898601/in-memoriam-jazz-night-in-america-remembers-the-icons-we-lost-in-2021
In addition to these notables we also lost pianist Mike Renzi in 2021. https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/michael-renzi-sesame-street-musical-director-dies-80395930
An online gathering of churchly folk doing a coffee hour/service for St. Stephen's Day.
M.
Amon Amarth - The Way of Vikings
It's what my shuffler threw up, and it fits just fine.
Sarah Brand strikes again.
American Gap Rap
https://youtu.be/cITvIxVNAN0
Gershwin. American in Paris.
The Amazing Devil's new album, Ruin
(if you're into The Witcher, this is Joey Batey's other thing.)
"And Winter Came" by Enya (2008)
One of my favorite Christmas CDs
The winter winds, themselves!
I transitioned from System of a Down to this!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRcPA7Fzebw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRcPA7Fzebw)
Listening to the house creak and The Guess Who. I was listening to The Cult, Queen, John Lennon and Men at Work.
Lunachicks cover of "Heart of Glass."
X "Johnny Hit and Run"
America "Horse With No Name"
Fear "Let's Have a War," "New York's Alright," "I Love Living In the City"
The Bags "Babylonian Gorgon"
Earlier indulged in a little Led Zeppelin and the Star Wars Orchestral Suite
Hearing Luke tell Grogu he has to choose and wishing for a 3rd alternative...
M.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOvVwdP71CI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOvVwdP71CI)
"I want to fly like an eagle
To the sea
Fly like an eagle
Let my spirit carry me
I want to fly like an eagle
Till I'm free
Oh, Lord, through the revolution"
A live recording of Joni Mitchell from 1972.
I only heard Blue the first time in 1982, and then 1972 seemed a long time ago.
Listening to her live now, it's still amazing how great she was.
The Clash Combat Rock.
Nostalgia and a new appreciation of the less popular tracks.
'Suppertime' written by Irving Berlin from 'As Thousands Cheer'
Here...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKom-lB6d7c
or
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5Zvjjbc-Hk
Streaming fip.fr on Sonos.
Astrud by Biche. Album: La nuit des Perséides (2019)
I'm listening to our death metal washing machine. Good beat.
These early American cooking videos.
They don't exactly stick with period speech, which I find jarring, but the clothes, food, original recipes, and the general ambiance are well-done.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVoekhzoKFA
M.
Quote from: mamselle on February 26, 2022, 04:58:15 PM
These early American cooking videos.
They don't exactly stick with period speech, which I find jarring, but the clothes, food, original recipes, and the general ambiance are well-done.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVoekhzoKFA
M.
The ad leading into it sold red, white and blue Survival Food Packets. That was jarring.
Yes, although my current non-favorite ad is the guy living in his parents' house whose dad invites him for hamburgers....it's everywhere!
M.
Metallica. "Hit the Lights!"
France24's British commentator on Ukraine.
M.
"Downton Abbey: A New Era" soundtrack album:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nA_SFw9wVCC3qux0tCO-9sW5JerV22Tvc (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nA_SFw9wVCC3qux0tCO-9sW5JerV22Tvc)
The album is available in digital format. I downloaded/bought it from Apple Music.
Note: The movie has its UK release; it'll be here stateside later this month.
Quote from: hmaria1609 on May 02, 2022, 07:22:51 PM
"Downton Abbey: A New Era" soundtrack album:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nA_SFw9wVCC3qux0tCO-9sW5JerV22Tvc (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nA_SFw9wVCC3qux0tCO-9sW5JerV22Tvc)
The album is available in digital format. I downloaded/bought it from Apple Music.
Note: The movie has its UK release; it'll be here stateside later this month.
Another one?!
I've found that Immortalized by Disturbed is good grading music. Earlier I was listening to Metallica's S&M.
SO's Mom gave him some items like a stereo and some old vinyl (she's downsizing). We just listened to "Smoke on the Water" on original VINYL (visibly warped vinyl, but it sounded pretty good!).
No, I am not that old. I just listen to a variety of music.
I just finished listening to "Forest Drums" by a student who needs to remember that getting faster doesn't mean getting louder, and slowing down doesn't automatically mean getting softer.
Separating those two impulses out is almost as hard as getting 4th-5th finger independence to work....
;--}
M.
Albinoni
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bt2ohbO3r3U (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bt2ohbO3r3U)
Quote from: dismalist on May 08, 2022, 01:55:23 PM
Albinoni
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bt2ohbO3r3U (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bt2ohbO3r3U)
Ooh, thanks for this!
M.
Random mix.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvOPucs7dC0&list=RDGMEMJQXQAmqrnmK1SEjY_rKBGA&index=1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvOPucs7dC0&list=RDGMEMJQXQAmqrnmK1SEjY_rKBGA&index=1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPrADtoZV4g&list=RDGMEMJQXQAmqrnmK1SEjY_rKBGA&index=4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPrADtoZV4g&list=RDGMEMJQXQAmqrnmK1SEjY_rKBGA&index=4)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85zV1fpSJQ0&list=RDGMEMJQXQAmqrnmK1SEjY_rKBGA&index=7 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85zV1fpSJQ0&list=RDGMEMJQXQAmqrnmK1SEjY_rKBGA&index=7)
Jack Logan, a swimming-pool pump mechanic by day who is a prolific songwriter by night. He's appeared to have hung it up for good, but his 42 song debut album was well reviewed and got him and his band on Conan O'Brien's show. Having rediscovered his second album Mood Elevator, I've gotten a hold of more recent offerings - all of which are great. He's also put various soundboard recordings on his past shows on [i=https://archive.org/details/JackLogan]archive.org.[/i]
Quote from: Bbmaj7b5 on June 30, 2022, 01:49:03 PM
Jack Logan, a swimming-pool pump mechanic by day who is a prolific songwriter by night. He's appeared to have hung it up for good, but his 42 song debut album was well reviewed and got him and his band on Conan O'Brien's show. Having rediscovered his second album Mood Elevator, I've gotten a hold of more recent offerings - all of which are great. He's also put various soundboard recordings on his past shows on [i=https://archive.org/details/JackLogan]archive.org.[/i]
Munged up the hyperlink:
Jack Logan on archive.org (https://archive.org/details/JackLogan)
"Six: the Musical Live on Opening Night" (Broadway cast)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiph73AH9z4wlJg3en6Q7vOC___SWN0y9 (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiph73AH9z4wlJg3en6Q7vOC___SWN0y9)
An awesome award winning musical from the UK and now on Broadway!
A friend posted a link to this person's (well, group's) jazz rendition of Master of Puppets, but I'll just link the whole channel. I've enjoyed their take on everything I've listened to so far. https://www.youtube.com/c/RobynAdeleAndersonOfficial I really like her voice.
Brandi Carlisle, In These Silent Days
A too-loud air conditioner.
M.
Angélique Kidjo, live.
Amon Amarth's new album, The Great Heathen Army.
Today, and today only, I am listening to Olivia Newton John's Xanadu.
R.I.P. O.N.J.
Quote from: lightning on August 09, 2022, 02:33:32 PM
Today, and today only, I am listening to Olivia Newton John's Xanadu.
R.I.P. O.N.J.
Yes. As weird as the film itself was, her singing, and the dancing with Kelly were worth it.
I'm listening to a voice student start to get a decent bass sound on Hatikvah after having worked through a year + on his voice changing.
M.
Just found this lovely little thing....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9srw5FRm5eA
and this to go with it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K36jVnKpC98
M.
Stumbled across this one today:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At6q-3XuYlA&t=72s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At6q-3XuYlA&t=72s)
NSFW.
Corelli. What else?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFaD_w-QBeo&t=2090s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFaD_w-QBeo&t=2090s)
Quote from: dismalist on November 14, 2022, 12:28:52 PM
Corelli. What else?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFaD_w-QBeo&t=2090s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFaD_w-QBeo&t=2090s)
I listened to about half of this video, when it came out. Thanks for posting it here, so I can listen to the rest of it.
This is for you Metal fans only. Rockzilla is a contemporary Heavy Metal band from Spain. They should be as big as Metallica:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeTaalOxfUE&t=1588s
This is for brainy people who like nice, dry, light, witty pop. Bishop Allen deserves a much bigger audience.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxCR6DOgaLg&list=PLwZZpussEtkEvbK-faz39AZUNcL3s-wGL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUUhDoCx8zc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUUhDoCx8zc)
Samples for my Music Theory prep kids.
M.
Pandora - lots of instrumental holiday music to take the edge off of the crappy essays I'm grading. Humbug...
The blissful silence AFTER Music Theory class....(they did well.)
M.
Quote from: evil_physics_witchcraft on December 02, 2022, 11:43:29 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUUhDoCx8zc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUUhDoCx8zc)
An oldy but a goody.
Sad what happened to Sly.
King's Disease III
I recently discovered that Love and Rockets did a cover of this song. Of course I didn't realize it when I heard the L&R's version back in the day ...
L&R
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ALRLZQf42s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ALRLZQf42s)
The Temptations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9poCAuYT-s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9poCAuYT-s)
B-52's
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmbDgfYOJng (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmbDgfYOJng)
My husband and I decided to check out K-pop after hearing a lot about it without ever hearing a K-pop song. Apple has playlists that are regularly updated, so we listened to one of those and have continued to do so. We have also listened to part of the Rolling Stone top 100 playlist on Spotify. There are a couple really catchy songs. I was a little surprised that we haven't really found any BTS or Blackpink songs that we are loving so far, given that those seem to be highly popular bands. Some of the ones I tend to like to listen to are Lip Gloss by The Boyz (https://youtu.be/w1YuAJFlVRs?si=LVdZIk-fttY9_dfH
and shorter "live" performance https://youtu.be/II-9jGwW56g?si=NpxdV_q9C1pgWwwI) and Love Lee by AKMU (https://youtu.be/EIz09kLzN9k?si=V6jrXFmTKRfqmSQP), which has a really cute video. I usually listen to heavier stuff but am kind of appreciating lighter sounds at the moment. There are some really creative videos in this genre.
Streaming on YouTube: "Music of Christmas" by Percy Faith & His Orchestra (1959 release)
Since Thanksgiving has passed, I've started listening to Christmas music.
Albinoni
Albinoni 12 Concertos (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODhNU0hi8CU)
Has anyone else signed up for this 1001 albums generator (https://1001albumsgenerator.com/)? There's a book of 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1001_Albums_You_Must_Hear_Before_You_Die), and this site will generate one for you per day. You can then rate it the following day (and add any listening notes) when the next album is revealed to you. A friend posted about it, and I figured I could use some exposure to new-to-me music (I am not great at branching out). I've done it for a few days and so far my assignments have been groups I've heard of but had not listened to or have heard different music from, and I have been pleasantly surprised. Some I had just not had a particularly good impression of before. I haven't bought any of the albums so far, but I have added a couple songs on Spotify. My husband is also doing this now and is getting different albums, so it's not just giving everyone the same one every day. You can read everyone else's listening notes, too. Not sure if I'm a fan of that because I (you probably know by now if you have read my book or movie reviews) am terrible at describing things. I mostly note whether I like something or not and anything that stood out to me. Sometimes nothing stands out. There may be a setting to change that. You can supposedly form listening groups as well, so we might try that. I don't know if that syncs your album generation up or you just have an easier way to share your opinions with each other or what. Each album I have received has had links to listen to it on several platforms, which makes it easy to port around with me (e.g., Spotify, Amazon music, Apple music, something else). I'm new to this but thought it was a neat idea so figured I'd share it.