What are you listening to?

[Josquius]

I guess this collaboration was inevitable: Baby Metal x Electric Callboy. 

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Surprised they're still around. That seemed a one off joke

[Syt]

Ever since I saw a stream of Another Crab's Treasure (a cutesy underwater soulslike game), this boss music has been stuck in my head. It's very basic and straightforward - guess that's why it got lodged into my brain curvatures.

[Savonarola]

The Isley Brothers - 3+3 (1973)

The first album to officially list their younger brothers and a son-in-law as part of the band (hence 3+3.)  This is much more rock influenced than their previous albums and includes covers of James Taylor's "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight," The Doobie Brothers' "Listen to the Music" and Seals and Crofts' "Summer Breeze."  (As a fair warning, not even the Isley Brothers can give James Taylor songs soul.)  "That Lady" is the big hit off of this one, but it's solid throughout.  The cover:



was in the spirit of the times.

[The Minsky Moment]

Stevie Wonder - Innervisions (1973)

Would be my choice for best (non-jazz) album of the year.

[Savonarola]

Stevie Wonder - Innervisions (1973)

Would be my choice for best (non-jazz) album of the year.

I have a hard time choosing between Innervisions and Dark Side of the Moon; (and I could see the case for Catch a Fire as well.  That was a really good year for albums.)

[Josquius]

Dr Who recently did a Bridgerton episode. In this I noticed the soundtrack was a lot of modern music played in a regency style. My gf pointed out this was typical of Bridgerton. I can't help but find this quite cool.
This has led me to the Westworld soundtrack which my memory jogged I now remember did the same thing.

[Syt]

I feel you get that a lot. You have the whole "bardcore" genre of music, Bioshock: Infinite did vaudeville and barbershop covers of 80s pop songs ...

[Syt]

I assume most people here are familiar with the 1970s disco version of the Star Wars theme.

Synthwave band Scandroid have delivered a very decent retro-synth version of the Force Theme (with hints of Isao Tomita and some disco):

[Josephus]

Mike Oldfield: Songs of Distant Earth

[Josephus]

Evita.  Original London cast recording

[Syt]

The Bear's Season 2 Episode 1 credits brought back a lost memory of a song.

[Savonarola]

Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (1973)

His first album since 1971's "What's Going On," this album covers decidedly different subject matter.  (I'm surprised "You Sure Love to Ball" was released as a single, that's a little racy.)  Marvin had achieved almost complete creative control over his albums during "What's Going On," and he uses it with a multi-layered funk album (which is all about sex.)

Most of the recording was still done in Detroit either at Motown or Golden Studio, but production was moving almost entirely to Los Angeles and a few tracks were recorded at Hitsville West. 

[Savonarola]

Maria Muldaur - Maria Muldaur (1973)

I found following from Wikipedia about Midnight at the Oasis:

She has acknowledged that people do approach her at her concerts or events and claim that this song has inspired sexual encounters, loss of virginity, and pregnancy.

and thought that was funny after having just heard Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get it On" (both released the same week); her songs are a little more subdued than Marvin's.  Also I will always associate the song with "Waiting for Guffman," it's not the most romantic rendition of the song, even if Fred Willard does have what most men would dream of.

 

In any event this is kind of a 70s soft rock take on folk music.  It works out for the most part.  She assembled quite the band, with no less than Dr. John on the piano.

[The Minsky Moment]

I see both Ray Brown and Dave Holland played bass (different numbers), which seems overkill for this kind of project.  Also, the ubiquitous Ry Cooder appears.

[Savonarola]

Bruce Springsteen - The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle (1973)

In most ways a step in the right direction from "Greeting from Asbury Park, NJ."  The band is really starting to gel and developing the sound that would define Springsteen for some time to come.  He's moved away from the folk inspiration from the previous album to a more old time Rock and Roll and R&B sound.  The problem is that the compositions aren't quite there.  There's no duds like "Mary Queen of Arkansas" or "Does this Bus Stop at 83 street?" but, other than "Rosalita", there's no gems either (unpolished though they were, the previous album had "Growin' Up," and "It's Hard to be a Saint in the City" as well as hits for Manfred Mann "Blinded by the Light" and "Spirits in the Night.")

Interestingly, his lyric role model moved from Bob Dylan, to Van Morrison; and he creates a romantic look back at suburban New Jersey the way Van Morrison did for Belfast.