What are you listening to?

[garbon]

No Doubt - Ex-Girlfriend

[The Brain]

No Doubt - Ex-Girlfriend

Dammit. I should have thought of that.

[garbon]

No Doubt - Ex-Girlfriend

Dammit. I should have thought of that.

[Eddie Teach]

No Doubt - Ex-Girlfriend

Dammit. I should have thought of that.

That's what garbon is here for. 

[garbon]

No Doubt - Ex-Girlfriend

Dammit. I should have thought of that.

That's what garbon is here for. 

This is what you came for

[Eddie Teach]

And I enjoyed your song suggestion. 

[Savonarola]

On the subject of Indian music on western instruments:

Hariprasad Chaurasia, Brij Bhushan Kabra, and Shivkumar Sharma - Call of the Valley (1967)

This is an instrumental suite going through the day in the life of a shepherd in Kashmir.  (Leonard Bernstein in his Children's Concert series has a great talk on this.  He introduces Telemann's Don Quixote Suite by telling the children that it could just as easily be about Superman and Jimmy Olsen.  So if you don't hear the hours of the day or a shepherd or Kashmir in this one; don't fret.)  The suite is a series of ragas, but not strictly traditional.  Sharma was both famous and infamous for his innovation in Indian music; and using the Kabra's guitar on this was really stretching boundaries (and blurred the lines between Indian pop and traditional Indian music.)  While the influence of Indian music on the west is obvious in this era; it's interesting that the west was also an influence on Indian music at the time as well.

[Eddie Teach]

Seems a trend for hard rock bands these days to do lots of covers. In less than half an hour I heard Careless Whisper, Blank Space and Land of Confusion. Also been hearing Sound of Silence, Gone Away and Zombie fairly frequently.

[Eddie Teach]

Since last post, I've heard Simple Man and Wicked Game. 

[The Minsky Moment]

Jaco Pastorious - Truth Liberty and Soul (1982/2017)

1982 concert originally broadcast by NPR - the masters were lost for decades, then rediscovered and remastered by the original recording engineer.  Released by Resonance Records, who specializes in these sorts of lost-and-found projects.

Pastorius suffered from bipolar disorder, which not surprisingly seriously disrupted his career and eventually led to his horrific death (beaten to death by a club bouncer).  He famously touted himself as the greatest bass player in the world, and was just about good enough to make the claim credible, at least as to the electric version of the instrument.  This concert was a big band format under his leadership, and it shows off not only his extraordinary virtuosity on the instrument, but his not inconsiderable skill as a bandleader and arranger.  Impressive lineup including Randy Brecker, John Faddis, Toots Thieleman, Lou Marini (of SNL and Blues Brothers fame), many other notable names.

Not currently available for streaming, but it can be purchased on CD and/or MP3 format.  The CD comes with a large booklet with lots of pictures and interviews.  Decent deal under $20 for 2 full CDs worth of music, if this sort of thing is your bag.  For those interested but not familiar with Jaco - try streaming Jaco Pastorius (1976) which presents his music in a small group format.

[Savonarola]

The Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967)

Even weirder than I remembered.  The album is overflowing with wild rhythms, weird arrangements and psychedelic experimentation.  This works out really well on some songs (especially 2000 Light Years from Home; but Gomper, She's a Rainbow, Citadel and In Another Land are all great as well.)  Even the less than spectacular songs (Sing This All Together and its reprise) are still fascinating.  I think the big problem with the album is best summed up in listening to the Stones chant "Ooh-la-la, Ooh-la-la-la-la" in "She's a Rainbow"; it's a good song, but it's not The Rolling Stones.  It's too bad they'd never take this many chances again; but they really did need to return to the blues.

[jimmy olsen]

Really enjoying this cover of House of the Rising Sun by Sandi Thom

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dm-nk9ROfDU

[Josephus]

Yes. Fragile

[Malthus]

Yes. Fragile

I was listening to that the other day - it's a great album. I particularly enjoy South Side of the Sky - I mean, how could any Canadian not enjoy a song about dying of hypothermia? 

[Josephus]

Yes. Fragile

I was listening to that the other day - it's a great album. I particularly enjoy South Side of the Sky - I mean, how could any Canadian not enjoy a song about dying of hypothermia? 

indeed