sockit
The Surfer Moon
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Post by sockit on Feb 10, 2022 0:41:58 GMT
One of the strangest videos I've come across on YouTube is a comical cover of "Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Hurra Torpedo:
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Post by jk on Feb 10, 2022 21:24:39 GMT
One of the strangest videos I've come across on YouTube is a comical cover of "Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Hurra Torpedo: That's hilarious!
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Feb 19, 2022 16:54:30 GMT
The Stranglers last gig with Hugh Cornwell. R.I.P. Dave Greenfield. Great band. She's just hanging aroo...(ha ha)
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Feb 23, 2022 21:59:11 GMT
My favorite Carly Simon song. Beautiful performance:
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Post by carllove on Feb 27, 2022 5:58:49 GMT
I had not seen this early Beatles performance before.
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Post by jk on Feb 27, 2022 14:41:47 GMT
I had not seen this early Beatles performance before. Morecambe and Wise -- strewth, that's a while ago! This was 2 December 1963, right? With "Bongo" on drums (at 29:39)!
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Post by carllove on Feb 27, 2022 15:18:25 GMT
I had not seen this early Beatles performance before. Morecambe and Wise -- strewth, that's a while ago! This was 2 December 1963, right? With "Bongo" on drums (at 29:39)! That’s the date YouTube says. I thought the video quality was pretty good given the year and it’s fun to see them interact with the hosts. Back in the day when bands wore suits onstage. Look at those shirt collars though!
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Post by jk on Mar 6, 2022 21:49:06 GMT
Found this while playing a song-title game at the Hoff. "Orchestral Drop" is from Kandarri's 2014 album of that name:
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Post by jk on Mar 31, 2022 20:25:53 GMT
I bumped into this curious outfit while looking for victims for my Soviet synthpop thread down the road: "Джунгли / Jungle were formed in Leningrad in 1983 (1981 according to some sources), initially as a standard hard rock band. By 1984-1985, their sound had evolved into art rock / jazz-rock. According to the band's guitarist, Andrey Otryaskin, they were mostly influenced by Peter Gabriel, Robert Fripp, King Crimson, Oregon, and Krzysztof Penderecki. Sergey Kuryokhin, probably the best known avant-garde musician in the Leningrad rock scene of that time, also had a great influence on them and most likely sparked their interest in free jazz. In late 1987, their style finally shifted away from standard rock music (apart from jazz, they were also interested in medieval music and polyrhythmic folk music at the time). That same year, they had their first chance to perform abroad -- first in Poland, then in Denmark and Finland. Their decision to play purely instrumental music helped them a lot, since there was no language barrier. By 1990, the band's lineup had been reduced to this trio: Andrey Otryaskin (guitar synthesizer and vocals), Igor Tikhomirov (bass guitar, rhythm computer and percussion) and Mark Bomstein (synthesizer and prepared piano) Then in 1992, when Otryaskin realized his band didn't have much future in a country that had just entered a deep crisis, he decided to emigrate. End of Jungle." [Adapted from www.finstergeist.net/2016/03/]
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Post by jk on Apr 10, 2022 7:51:22 GMT
Uploader Dan Fingerman's description says it all (not to forget the close to 400 comments):
Hi peeps. A bit of a different upload today. I found this video on Youtube through a Discord server about Boards of Canada. The original uploader claimed to have found this video on a thrifted VHS tape. People went nuts over the fact this could be unreleased Boards of Canada tracks, but I doubt it. Especially since the tape was found in the USA, according to the original uploader. Some Boards of Canada tracks seem to have been sprinkled in though. I liked the upload so I downloaded it. Turns out the original uploader deleted the entire channel (probably due to hate from people saying it's fake). Never thought I'd be someone to save something from being lost media, but here I am... I doubt it's a lost Boards of Canada release, but it's a really nice collection of music anyway! Hope you enjoy it.
Original description from the now deleted video:
A few or more years ago I used to work at a local Red White & Blue Thrift center and the employees would always get first pick on any of the items that were dropped off. There was a box full of VHS tapes, some of which were horror movies. I grabbed four of the tapes. The tapes have remained on my shelf and never watched any of them until recently over the pandemic when the entire world was in lockdown. I went to go watch The Shining. I took the tape out of it's box and noticed there was no label on the VHS tape. I popped it in and to my surprise this is what was on that tape. I was a little irritated, as I am a big Stephen King fan and was looking to watch the movie. I fast forwarded the tape, but it goes all blank after the music and clouds stop. I figured, some jack-ass decided to over dub cheesy music over some boring video footage of clouds. After all these months, I decided to convert the VHS footage to digital and post it.
No idea who made this tape, whether it's some kind of joke, or what the music is. I tried to use the Shazam music app to see if I could identify, but no luck there. Maybe someone else knows? If I had to make an honest guess, I think possibly the tape is a student experiment for a class and maybe they made a tape compiled of music to throw on top of it and they accidentally put it in the wrong cassette box? Either way, I find it interesting or maybe slightly creepy. I was goin to throw the tape away, but something about the whole ordeal, I find very interesting.
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00: 00:00 01: 00:17 02: 01:30 03: 02:55 04: 03:08 05: 06:14 06: 07:28 07: 09:04 08: 10:07 09: 13:25 10: 14:20 (Boqurant - Boards of Canada) 11: 15:33 12: 18:06 13: 20:05 14: 21:54 15: 22:18 16: 24:40 (Seeya Later - Boards of Canada) 17: 28:42 18: 30:40 19: 32:50 20: 35:44 21: 39:32
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Apr 16, 2022 13:11:51 GMT
If this doesn't move ya...
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Post by jk on Apr 23, 2022 14:23:04 GMT
Not entirely random -- my son-in-law pointed me at this fantastic guitarist. Mdou Moctar hails from Nigeria. His wiki page makes essential reading. From his May 2021 album Afrique Victime, this is the opening track, "Chismiten": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mdou_Moctar
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Apr 24, 2022 16:19:56 GMT
I keep coming across these emotional performances. Here is Frank Sinatra's last song that he performed live, and it's fitting..."My Way". I'm watching it and sitting here, crying like a baby.
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Post by jk on Apr 28, 2022 12:03:01 GMT
Poking around YouTube today I found this entertaining video by The Negro Problem, one of Adam Marsland's favourite bands. (I even had an online conversation with him about TNP years ago). Fronted by the formidable Stew, this is "Birdcage": trouserpress.com/reviews/negro-problem/
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Post by jk on Apr 29, 2022 8:04:56 GMT
Mr Tubey fed me this last night. I wish I knew what the nice lady was saying and then I'd consider giving it a try. Cramming the YT blurb into Google Translate elicited the following: "This is KMTR's extended re-edit of 'Safari', side one, track two of the LP Rhythmic Gymnastics – Aerobic Exercises, performed by the Poo Ensemble [!!!] led by V. Osinsky and released in 1984 by Melodiya. Instructions read by [the actress] Olga Chipovskaya." I love skybison4realz's comment: "I worked out to this song once and now my biceps are 36 inches around and I defeated capitalism".
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