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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Jan 10, 2024 20:41:00 GMT
Now I wanna be your dog! Come on!
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Post by jk on Jan 22, 2024 11:18:39 GMT
"What's Shouted In The Dark (The Dark Shouts Back)":
Alex Rex is Alex Neilson (vocals, drums), Rory Haye (bass, slide guitar, guitar noises, vocals), Georgia Seddon (organ, piano), Paddy Coyle and Alasdair C Mitchell (electric guitars) and Jill O’Sullivan (vocals). This is the Radio Edit -- the full-length version continues (for too long!) the slower tempo introduced during the fadeout.
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Post by jk on Jan 23, 2024 21:41:15 GMT
In stark contrast with the previous discovery (and admittedly less random), I was led to Reynaldo Hahn's opera L'île du rêve by a friend's enthusiasm regarding another, more famous French opera, Leo Delibes' Lakmé. It transpired both were largely inspired by the writings of their fellow countryman Pierre Loti, a name known to me from Henri Rousseau's portrait of him (below) and Alfred Jarry's insults (he seems to have despised Loti). So after enjoying Lakmé I moved on to Hahn's opera, which although less memorable is still worth a listen: L'île du rêveen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reynaldo_Hahn
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Post by jk on Jan 25, 2024 20:41:49 GMT
Found this joyous video while looking for something else not even remotely connected to it. It's just the tonic we need in these dreary times:
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Post by jk on Jan 28, 2024 21:33:02 GMT
Not exactly random but not my choice either, Game Genie Sokolov's "O. P. S 7" was included in last night's selection on Datawave FM ("midfi synthwave radio for retro computer funk"), my go-to online music station. The music of the Montreal-based Sokolov has been described as "oscillating between chiptune, synthwave, synthpop and vaporwave". "O. P. S 7" is the oddly nostalgic-sounding opening track on her 2022 digital release Signal Loss, which Bandcamp calls "an EP of synthwave music, heavily colored by the sound of the Yamaha FM synthesizers and video games". ggsokolov.bandcamp.com/album/signal-loss
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Post by jk on Feb 3, 2024 11:04:19 GMT
Saw this while poking around on YouTube and was reminded of a certain book title!
The Sauter-Finegan Orchestra recorded "Stop! Sit Down! Relax! Think!" in 1952:
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Post by jk on Feb 6, 2024 22:03:46 GMT
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Post by Kapitan on Feb 6, 2024 22:45:53 GMT
I think that, with the change in producers (to Mitchell Froom and Tchad Blake) possibly/probably driving the decision, was the rare Bonnie Raitt album in the past 40 years not to include Ricky Fataar on drums. Instead she used Pete Thomas, most notably of Elvis Costello's bands. (Froom and Costello had worked together in the '90s.)
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Post by jk on Mar 4, 2024 9:00:53 GMT
More a Wikipedia discovery, but still... Rereading the "Louie Louie" wiki, I stumbled across this rendition by The Three Amigos. It samples The Kingsmen's hit version and maybe interpolates an organ line from another of their songs. I should hate it with a vengeance but I actually think it's rather good! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Amigos_(band)
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Apr 16, 2024 23:49:48 GMT
I featured this video recently in another thread, but I thought it deserved another screening here. Whether or not you're a fan of Celine Dion, I think you'll find this a tremendous performance and interpretation of "River Deep, Mountain High". And, as usual, Paul Shaffer and his band do a great job reproducing Phil Spector's Wall Of Sound. Enjoy!
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Post by jk on Apr 18, 2024 10:53:03 GMT
I featured this video recently in another thread, but I thought it deserved another screening here. Whether or not you're a fan of Celine Dion, I think you'll find this a tremendous performance and interpretation of "River Deep, Mountain High". And, as usual, Paul Shaffer and his band do a great job reproducing Phil Spector's Wall Of Sound. Enjoy! "I love you baby, just like Tina loves to sing!" Wow, that's some performance. Thanks for sharing, Sheriff.
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Post by jk on Apr 30, 2024 11:19:00 GMT
Not sure what brought me to this Bull of Heaven track but I certainly wasn't looking for it! To quote another upload with less comments, "Bull Of Heaven are an experimental music group notorious for their extremely long music pieces, some stretching so long it eclipses the known lifespan of the universe. Most of their music is Drone or Power Electronics but they have dabbled in rock on occasion, with the space rock inspired Self-Traitor, I Do Bring the Spider Love generally being regarded as their best release." Bull of Heaven's 2014 opus 310: ΩΣPx0(2^18×5^18)p*k*k*k must surely holds the record for longest piece ever. According to their wiki, it lasts for 3,343,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years!!!!!!!! Their discography is a hoot. bullofheavenfanclub.bandcamp.com/album/essential-bull-of-heaven-2008-2016
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Post by jk on May 3, 2024 21:50:21 GMT
Oooff, this takes me back a bit: Swinging Radio England ("home of the boss jocks"!) with Roger Day spinning platters on 12 October 1966. Great to hear "Good Vibrations" (at 28:55) as it was heard when it was first released: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boss_Radio
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