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Started by The Brain, March 10, 2009, 12:32:23 PM

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Eddie Teach

Lil Nas X- Rodeo. Same style as Old Town Road. Video gives off Thriller vibes.
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

The Minsky Moment

Bach, Passacaglia in C minor, Helmut Wacha (o), solid baseline - first half has incredible variations, runs a bit out of steam, then finishes strong.
The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists.
--Joan Robinson

Savonarola

I saw a performance of Seraph Brass; an all women brass quintet.  One of the women in the group had arranged Vittorio Monti's "Csárdás" with tuba (rather than violin) as the solo instrument... :unsure:...  there's a fine line between genius and crackpottery, and I'm really not sure which side she's on.
In Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace—and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock

PDH

What makes art wonderful is that you can have a foot in both camps at the same time.
I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.
-Umberto Eco

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"I'm pretty sure my level of depression has nothing to do with how much of a fucking asshole you are."

-CdM

The Minsky Moment

Hank Mobley - Reach Out! (1968)

Wes Montgomery was one of the greatest guitar players the world has seen, but he spent the last couple years of his short life playing crap versions of popular tunes like "California Dreaming".  Wes didn't play on this record (George Benson did), but this was a similarly ill-advised release from Hank Mobley, trying to stay commercially relevant with covers like the title track and a pretty dire version of Goin' Out of My Head (also covered by Wes a year earlier). The three Mobley originals are pretty good, though, with Benson putting forth some pretty solid work on Looking East and Good Pickings, and Woody Shaw, the finest trumpeter of the era, taking charge throughout. Still there is no shortage of Mobley albums from this and other periods, so call this one a miss.
The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists.
--Joan Robinson

Savonarola

Otis Redding - The Dock of the Bay (1968)

Otis wasn't even qualified to join The 27 Club; he was 26 when he died, but what a legacy he left behind.  Like Tupac he continued to release albums long after he died (a total of 5 studio albums and 10 live albums.)  This is the first; it consists of mostly singles and b-sides that weren't on any of his studio albums.  The title track was unfinished at the time he died (the whistling at the end was just a place holder, he was actually planning to write more lyrics.)  It doesn't really flow together very well; but it does have a number of my favorite Otis Redding songs (Tramp, Huckle-Buck, Ole Man Trouble, Glory of Love as well as Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay.)
In Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace—and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock

The Minsky Moment

The pride of Stax; they never really recovered from his death.
The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists.
--Joan Robinson

Savonarola

Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra - Nancy & Lee

Some of the of the songs aren't very good ideas (especially their cover of "You've Lost That Loving Feeling"); but Hazlewood's own compositions are all solid (I think both "Summer Wine" and "Some Velvet Morning" are brilliant).  He was influenced by both psychedelia and cowboy music; and the result is somewhere between "Forever Changes" and the soundtrack to the "Dollars" trilogy.  Their voices, though worlds apart, work together well on his songs at least.

While not on this album Nancy Sinatra's biggest hit, "These Boots are Made for Walkin'" is a Hazlewood composition.  He had wanted to sing it himself; but she talked him out of it.
In Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace—and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock

Savonarola

Quote from: The Minsky Moment on February 10, 2020, 11:05:10 AM
The pride of Stax; they never really recovered from his death.

The year he died was also the year Stax and Atlantic parted ways; it's a wonder Stax continued at all.
In Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace—and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock

Eddie Teach

To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

Savonarola

On the subject of somewhere between genius and crackpottery:

Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention - We're only in it for the Money (1968)

Sarcastic pop songs that skewer both the bourgeois and the counter culture in equal measures followed by portraits of outsiders and freaks interspersed with musique concrete experiments filled with all sorts of tape effects and with a cover (and title) which mocks The Beatles; this album has it all.  It's a breathtaking experience from beginning to end; it's not going to be for everyone, but I think this is Frank Zappa's best.
In Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace—and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock

Savonarola

The United States of America - The United States of America (1968)

Quite possibly the only art/noise/electronica rock band ever influenced by jug band music; this album is all over the place.  Some songs are brilliant (especially Hard Come Loving); some are a product of their times (notably the trippy "Cloud Song" or the Kinks-like "Stranded in Time,") and some are... different, such as the Burt Bacharach sounding "Love Song for the Dead Che" (once again HUAC let us down  :(.)

The album is far ahead of its time in terms of electronic music and noise effects; even Kraftwerk wouldn't be formed until 1970.  It's also notable for not using guitars; to the best of my knowledge a first for a rock and roll band.  The album was a critical success, but a commercial flop and the band split up soon after its release.

In Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace—and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock

Savonarola

Laura Nyro - Eli and the Thirteenth Confession (1968)

Sort of like "Tapestry" in that Nyro is better known as a songwriter than a singer (and she does sound a little like Carole King); but it's also sort of a fusion R&B/Jazz/Rock album as well, sort of like Blood Sweat and Tears (in fact the BS&T hit "When I Die" is one of her compositions.)  This album has the original versions of "Eli's Comin'" and "Stoned Soul Picnic."  (It's too bad her neologism "Surry" never caught on.)

Strangely, for such a great songwriter, he own biggest hit was a cover of King and Goffin's "Up on the Roof." 
In Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace—and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock

Duque de Bragança

Bernard Minet - Metal Band

Metal covers by the original singer of many, not all, of cartoons/animes French intro themes.

Ça pourrait évoquer des souvenirs à Viper si Goldorak (nombreux génériques cela dit), les Chevaliers du Zodiaque, Capitaine Flam (pas la meilleure reprise cela dit), Ken le Survivant, Denver le dernier dinosaure lui parlent. ;)
Pas sûr que Bioman(sentait pas anime) ait atteint le Canada à l'époque en revanche.

[spoiler]Le tempo moyen/mid-tempo pour les Samouraïs de l'Éternel est pas mal du tout[/spoiler], surtout en concert.
[spoiler]La haie d'honneur de la mort/Wall of death en concert avant[/spoiler] Ken le Survivant (Hokuto no Ken/Fist of the North Star) [spoiler]annoncé par Bernard Minet si on m'avait dit ça à l'époque...[/spoiler]

mongers

Quote from: Duque de Bragança on February 15, 2020, 09:40:01 AM
Bernard Minet - Metal Band

Metal covers by the original singer of many, not all, of cartoons/animes French intro themes.

Ça pourrait évoquer des souvenirs à Viper si Goldorak (nombreux génériques cela dit), les Chevaliers du Zodiaque, Capitaine Flam (pas la meilleure reprise cela dit), Ken le Survivant, Denver le dernier dinosaure lui parlent. ;)
Pas sûr que Bioman(sentait pas anime) ait atteint le Canada à l'époque en revanche.

[spoiler]Le tempo moyen/mid-tempo pour les Samouraïs de l'Éternel est pas mal du tout[/spoiler], surtout en concert.
[spoiler]La haie d'honneur de la mort/Wall of death en concert avant[/spoiler] Ken le Survivant (Hokuto no Ken/Fist of the North Star) [spoiler]annoncé par Bernard Minet si on m'avait dit ça à l'époque...[/spoiler]
:cool:

What an excellent idea. Daque I shall have to check that out.
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