Interactive Polls #18: Free-For-All
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Topic: Interactive Polls #18: Free-For-All
Posted By: TCat
Subject: Interactive Polls #18: Free-For-All
Date Posted: August 24 2020 at 10:09
Welcome to the 18th Interactive Poll. It's been a while since we've done a non-thematic poll, so on this one, just pick up to 3 (or whatever  ) tracks to post in your response. Make it 3 of your favorites that you want to share with the group. Do not use bands that are listed on PA, however, this time around, you will be allowed to use bands from the Prog Related and Proto-prog categories (these categories seem to get ignored a lot since they typically are not considered progressive), but any other progressive categories are still off limits since this is a general music poll. If you want to post tracks that are part of your own "mini-theme", go right ahead. We will start the vote on our finalists on Friday or Saturday, so please have your choice for your single finalist by Thursday night. It's a Free-For-All. We should probably end up with an interesting variety this time around. Have fun!
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Posted By: TCat
Date Posted: August 24 2020 at 10:14
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Here are my first entries. FC/Kahuna - "Hayling" I love this one. It was on a various artist sampler that I got several years ago and has become one that I go to when things get overly stressful. It's perfect for the world right now, a dose of mental medication "Don't think about all those things you fear/Just be glad to be here". The Scorpions - "Drifting Sun" This is an old Scorpions tune from the "Fly to the Rainbow" album. It is long before the band became "polished" and this is the style of heavy metal that I love, unpolished and raw. The middle section is amazing and loud, noisy and wonderful. It pretty much does not sound like The Scorpions at all. Mercury Rev - "Nite and Fog" Another favorite from this amazing band. This comes from their best and almost perfect album "All is Dream" which is definitely one of my top 100 albums of all time. Grandaddy - "So You'll Aim Toward the Sky" This one is extremely melancholic and emotional. You may need a box of tissue near by. Simply beautiful. Yes I know it's four entries, but I couldn't narrow it down to less. Let me know what you think and what your favorites are. It might be a good idea, if you have time, to list your personal favorites so everyone can have help deciding what their finalist entry will be. ------------- https://ibb.co/8x0xjR0" rel="nofollow"> |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: August 24 2020 at 10:27
I'm gonna think of my nomination first and then post more songs. 
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: August 24 2020 at 10:52
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hah.. and when in doubt I whip it out.. good change of pace Mike. The only thing better than sex without strings is music without themes. I'll think up a few and toss them off later... ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: August 24 2020 at 10:52
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As Proto and Related are allowed, my first two selections are by Italian musicians who are both listed as PR. First is Angelo Branduardi with a song based on a poem by Russian poet Sergei Yesenin (who was married for a time to Isadora Duncan): My second selection is by the late, great Lucio Battisti - a song I've loved ever since it was released, back in 1972: And here are the lyrics of both songs, translated into English: https://lyricstranslate.com/en/confessioni-di-un-malandrino-confessions-rascal.html" rel="nofollow - https://lyricstranslate.com/en/confessioni-di-un-malandrino-confessions-rascal.html https://lyricstranslate.com/en/il-nostro-caro-angelo-our-dear-angel.html" rel="nofollow - https://lyricstranslate.com/en/il-nostro-caro-angelo-our-dear-angel.html |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: August 24 2020 at 10:54
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Oh help! Given our recent habit to post all kinds of things that fit the bill, this is something of an invitation to post whatever we can imagine to post in any future poll. I'll therefore try to be very disciplined... three possibilities for nomination at the very most, maybe just one... not excluding the possibility to post some stuff in response to others. Anyway, good to have a free poll again! These are needed from time to time. Here is what comes into my mind first today (I have just bought something new of these guys). The story here is that I was in the room when they did this fabulous live video. I think even my head can be seen at one point. It also has one of these motifs that seem to be in my head all the time. |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: August 24 2020 at 11:09
17=18, 3=4?
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TCat wrote:Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: August 24 2020 at 11:14
A +1 kind of day it seems. I'll think of 1 or 2 or 3 or ... for later today. |
Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: August 24 2020 at 11:28
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For my three tracks, I'll stay within the Prog Related and Proto-prog categories. My first choice is perhaps my favourite track from the Prog Related category: Blue Öyster Cult - The Subhuman (from On Your Feet Or On Your Knees) ------------- No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man. |
Posted By: Snicolette
Date Posted: August 24 2020 at 12:13
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Mike, your Scorpions video wouldn't work for me. Here is another, if anyone else has the same problem. It is from the same recording, so I am hoping it's the same one you posted. Do feel free to delete if it's different: ------------- "Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: August 24 2020 at 12:27
I'm starting to think no theme polls are more difficult than the themed ones.  I can think of at least a dozen songs I could choose here.
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: August 24 2020 at 12:50
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just make your own theme... I did.. I just picked one absolute stone cold favs from each decade that isn't on the site.. now good luck to me for actually choosing one of them hahah but true to Micky form.. I'll worry about that later.. the 90's 80's 70's 60's and last.. but not so least..  50's ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: August 24 2020 at 13:12
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I think that I am probably done with these threads, as I am just not feeling it, but I leave you with this. ------------- 
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: August 24 2020 at 13:17
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and why not.. was about to toss this off back in the covers thread following up the Jordan best ever cover. ie covers so good.. they make an artist.. not just 'make' an artist..help propel them to being household names. Remember hearing this before most did.. definitely before this album and single hit the stratosphere.. and man she hooked me. so going with a 6th one here.. the oughts.. and the album that for me symbolized a very bad place in my life and man oh man did I tie one on many a time to this one... ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: TCat
Date Posted: August 24 2020 at 13:28
What? I didn't know it was a requirement to understand numbers! ------------- https://ibb.co/8x0xjR0" rel="nofollow"> |
Posted By: TCat
Date Posted: August 24 2020 at 13:30
How convenient you would leave off the "(or whatever )" part of my quote! ------------- https://ibb.co/8x0xjR0" rel="nofollow"> |
Posted By: TCat
Date Posted: August 24 2020 at 13:31
Yes Nicki, it is the same recording, I just posted the other because the audio was a little bit better. Feel free to use that one everybody, if mine doesn't work. ------------- https://ibb.co/8x0xjR0" rel="nofollow"> |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: August 24 2020 at 13:33
| I was considering a Scorpions song as well, one of my favorites - Yellow Raven. |
Posted By: TCat
Date Posted: August 24 2020 at 13:34
Two of my favorite Italian artists, but there is a chance I haven't heard these yet. I'll let you know once I listen to them. ------------- https://ibb.co/8x0xjR0" rel="nofollow"> |
Posted By: TCat
Date Posted: August 24 2020 at 13:35
It's okay if someone already posts a certain artist that you want to post. Feel free to do so if you want. ------------- https://ibb.co/8x0xjR0" rel="nofollow"> |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: August 24 2020 at 13:37
"I was considering", as in past tense. Just saying. I am undecided. Too many options.
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Posted By: TCat
Date Posted: August 24 2020 at 13:42
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Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: August 24 2020 at 14:29
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Referring back to the Prog/Not Prog discussions in a separate part of the forum, here are 3 not progs that definitely sounded proggish.... The usual fall-back prog reference for Alice Cooper is the song "Halo of Flies", but the song "Killer" from the same album is just as proggy: They call the Allman Brothers extended groove "The Mountain Song" because it is literally mountainous. In a nod to to brevity, I'm offering the "short version" of the composition, because many of the live online offerings run up to 45 minutes in length. Not blues, not jazz, not country -- it's not even necessarily rock in places: I'm done complaining about Rodrigo y Gabriela not being included in PA. Whatever. F*ck it. I'll just keep pushing their music. Here is a guitar duet of Pink Floyd's "Echoes": ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: August 24 2020 at 16:29
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I'm going with pick my theme. My theme will be Ginger Baker. Shouldn't he be listed here as prog-related? I see Baker-Gurvitz Army is as heavy prog, but that it? No Cream? First up, Ginger Baker's Air Force (Graham Bond!): Jump 20 years later, from the album Middle Passage: [Edit to add link to full album if the above does not play in your county. It's the first track. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66MjKyHMOEQ" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66MjKyHMOEQ ] And then from the only band I got to see him perform live, w/ the Masters of Reality: |
Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: August 24 2020 at 16:46
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Starting the "all" playlist. I think this one won't get as big as the last one, though Day 1 with 21 videos. Not bad for a Monday. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-zzvl_w6Fx6M4mt_sCVVS-JsaivGe3Ug" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-zzvl_w6Fx6M4mt_sCVVS-JsaivGe3Ug Though we are over 2 1/2 hours courtesy of the Allman Brothers and Rodrigo y Gabriela taking an hour.
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Posted By: jamesbaldwin
Date Posted: August 24 2020 at 17:20
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Dear friends, after "A Filetta", for the second time I suggest to you a folk group of the French Island of Corsica (Corse) The structure of these two songs is similar to the medieval polyphonyc singings of the middle of Italy. The language is native corse, an Italian very strange dialect. The arrangements are sober: acoustic guitars, bass, drums. The beauty lays in the unique way of singing, in the use of the voices. Hope you will enjoy. 1) Fiure de Palestina (Flower of Palestine) http://youtu.be/sbFFyO60KNk" rel="nofollow - https://youtu.be/sbFFyO60KNk 2) Mi Ne Vogu (I go), live https://youtu.be/QoEEl7ArBD4" rel="nofollow - https://youtu.be/QoEEl7ArBD4 I am not able to post the videos. Please Mike, if you can, post these two videos. ------------- Amos Goldberg (professor of Genocide Studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem): Yes, it's genocide. It's so difficult and painful to admit it, but we can no longer avoid this conclusion. |
Posted By: TCat
Date Posted: August 24 2020 at 17:34
Here are Lorenzo's posts: Fiure de Palestina: Mi Ne Vogu: ------------- https://ibb.co/8x0xjR0" rel="nofollow"> |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: August 24 2020 at 17:36
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Lorenzo, there seems to be a problem with posting the videos. The links you posted work, but I was unable to post the full YouTube screen. |
Posted By: TCat
Date Posted: August 24 2020 at 17:46
I reposted them, just view them through my repost. Unfortunately, I couldn't get his first one to work (Fiure de Palestina), so I used a different one, hopefully it's the same track.
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Posted By: Snicolette
Date Posted: August 24 2020 at 18:01
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Have already started taking notes, but wanted to put up my three selections. These are three that are a bit melancholy, ominous, and sort of in their own kind of vein (at least to my ear). I like the haunting feeling of all three of these. Mark-Almond's "Tramp and the Young Girl," from 1971 Hank Dog's "18 Dogs," from 1999 Iron & Wine's "House By the Sea" from 2007
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Posted By: jamesbaldwin
Date Posted: August 24 2020 at 18:23
Fiure di Palestina : It's the sanw trsck but not the same version. It is shorter, it lacks the instrumental intro. I have found another link. Does this link work? https://youtu.be/o9GcgK51nVA EDIT: I am wrong. It's the same version. Thank you, Mike. My two ufficial nominations are the videos posted by Mike: 1) Vitalba: Mi ne vogu 2) Vitalba: Fiure di Palestina ------------- Amos Goldberg (professor of Genocide Studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem): Yes, it's genocide. It's so difficult and painful to admit it, but we can no longer avoid this conclusion. |
Posted By: Snicolette
Date Posted: August 24 2020 at 18:29
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Notes so far today, to the end of Page One: Mike: FC/Kahuna “Hayling” I didn’t know I’d heard this somewhere before until it started. Definitely one of those things that is very laid back, yet also distinctive and makes you listen. I like the lysergic-y tinges in it. The Scorpions “Drifting Suns” Never heard this one, either. Has a much more experimental and less-formulaic feel (at least to my ear) than The Scorpions later adopted. Mercury Rev “Nite and Fog” I like the indie rock feel of this, never heard it, even though working with a lot of indie bands at this time. Makes me curious to hear more from them. I like the examining of a relationship lyrics as well. Grandaddy “So You’ll Aim Toward the Sky” I found this one very moving. I’m glad you included it, it’s my favourite of your 4 (and it’s YOUR poll this time, so you get leeway, even with your own rules. 😊 ) I look to the sky a lot thinking of those who are on the other side. Raff: Angelo Branduardi “Confessioni di un malandrino” Utterly gorgeous. In particular, I find this one very contemplative and the spare production suits the feel of the poet revisiting his rustic past. Lucio Battisti “il nostro caro angelo” Another enjoyable one for me, I get a sense of hope despite the sad sound of the music and the imagery of the angel having to feed upon the roots and sleep in the dark. Lewian: Hidden Orchestra “Flight” This is just splendid. Love the slowly building atomosphere and the subtle textures. It is very understated and cinematic. I prophesy disaster: BOC “The Subhuman” Familiar with this one. Great song and of course, well-done. Love the chord progression. Haven’t heard it in a long time. Micky: Kristin Hersh “Your Ghost” OK, this one just might be a #1 for me, Micky. Goosebumps. Gotta find out more about this artist. Just LOVE this. (Added bonus, Michael Stipe in it, big big REM fan from the first EP). But this got me even before he showed up. Jane’s Addiction “Ted, Just Admit It.” Great selection. Worked many tours with these guys. Manassas “The Love Gangster” You know what I think of Mr Stills already, and I do know this one, too. Great, great song. Ace of Cups “Life In Your Hands/ Thelina. The oft-overlooked all woman band from the Haight. In the instrumental break, you hear some pretty psychedelic riffing, here, with some vocal harmonizing at the end of the first part of the medley, blending the harder side of psych with some poppy icing on the cake. Then sort of pastoral Dead-ish vocalizing in the Thelina portion. Billie Holiday “April In Paris” Pure class. Nothing else to add to that. Norah Jones “Cold, Cold Heart” More class and such a great voice and delivery of this evergreen song. Love the way you chose great representations for each decade. Scott: Ted Nugent “Free-For-All” I did actually think of using the word “free” as a prompt, ya beat me to it! I do have a personal problem with Ted, but he is good at this sort of straight ahead rock. ------------- "Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: August 25 2020 at 03:47
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Lorenzo got me first time already with La Filetta, how nice to have some more (that is not on the album that I already bought). Love these! You and Raff really do a lot to make me appreciate the musical richness of the country I choose to live in! (I also made a comment on Mark Almond before even listening to that track - now that I do I realise it's another Mark Almond or rather Mark-Almond, so comment removed.
I like that one though.) |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: August 25 2020 at 06:22
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Here's a second one - to not make it too easy for the Hidden Orchestra to get into the final list... Actually this is arguably fairly similar in style and the two of them may define my personal theme, of which I may well find a third one to post. Well - posting our favourite music is what we all love anyway, isn't it? I hope you can all watch the video - chances are other videos of the track can be found if not, but this fan video is just wonderful! Nils Frahm and Anne Müller - Journey for a Traveller. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: August 25 2020 at 06:52
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my third attempt to post here, I've already deleted a post, I don't know why it's so hard to come up with a nomination first, in the early interactive polls, we were doing the nomination first and posted more songs later. Oh well... So I'm posting several songs I've been thinking about and in a couple of days or so I'm gonna choose one. |
Posted By: jamesbaldwin
Date Posted: August 25 2020 at 07:06
Happy to read your words, Christian. I'll send you a private message with my favorite songs and albums by Guccini. A Filetta has done an interesting experiment: they have tried to mix their polyphonic folk songs in their native idiom with free jazz, helped by trumpet player Paolo Fresu and bandoneon player Daniele Bonaventura. And the result is wonderful. Paolo Fresu is a very estimated jazz musician, and he worked with Manu Katche, drummer of Peter Gabriel. He said he is a fan of Peter Gabriel. ------------- Amos Goldberg (professor of Genocide Studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem): Yes, it's genocide. It's so difficult and painful to admit it, but we can no longer avoid this conclusion. |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: August 25 2020 at 07:20
This is what you had in the earlier poll, isn't it?
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: August 25 2020 at 07:33
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Yesterday, when thinking about possible nominations, I forgot I had these two songs lined up for a future poll. They both emphasize male voices, and would fit a world-music-themed poll very well. First off, our old friends Inti Illimani with a live-in-the-studio rendition of one of Violeta Parra's most iconic songs. Incidentally, this song is also present on the PA database in a lushly arranged (and very reminiscent of Ravel's "Bolero") version by Chilean folk-proggers Los Jaivas: Next, a song by Irish-Icelandic male choir M'anam - an offshoot of Irish choral ensemble Anúna, which some of you might be familiar with (if not, highly recommended): https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=bttWVyAbkb0" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=bttWVyAbkb0 Sorry, video won't post, but link will open in a new page.
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Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: August 25 2020 at 07:57
Hi, You gotta be kidding me ... and not bother with the title cut? FTTR is, likely, a satire on AD2's Apocaliptyc Bore (Vive La Trance album) ... complete with the duet in the end, this time 2 guitars ... whereas AD2's was a violin and a guitar ... in a phenomenal duet for the ages! I always thought that AD2's song was about the goodbye to the old days of a good time ... and Scorpions take was ... party time!!!! Get ripped! Which of course became what Scorpions was about for a long time! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: TCat
Date Posted: August 25 2020 at 08:19
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Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: August 25 2020 at 08:22
Those damnable non-prog bands and their endless noodling!------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: jamesbaldwin
Date Posted: August 25 2020 at 08:49
Yes, I'm talking about the Lp you have bought, Danse Memoire Danse, which includes I vostri sguardi, the first song of the record, that I have posted here in an interactive poll. ------------- Amos Goldberg (professor of Genocide Studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem): Yes, it's genocide. It's so difficult and painful to admit it, but we can no longer avoid this conclusion. |
Posted By: jamesbaldwin
Date Posted: August 25 2020 at 08:51
Yes, I'm talking about the Lp you have bought, Danse Memoire Danse, which includes I vostri sguardi, the first song of the record, that I have posted here in an interactive poll. ------------- Amos Goldberg (professor of Genocide Studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem): Yes, it's genocide. It's so difficult and painful to admit it, but we can no longer avoid this conclusion. |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: August 25 2020 at 09:09
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Posted By: TCat
Date Posted: August 25 2020 at 12:34
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Here are my own personal favorites from what has been posted so far: Raff - Angelo Branduardi & Lucio Battisti are both excellent Italian performers. I haven't heard these songs before. I was in Italy in the early 80's and pretty much bought what was new from both performers at the time like "Cogli la Prima Mela" and "Donna Per Amico" (and a few others), so it's always great to hear music from either one of them for me. I haven't heard your most recent posting yet. Lewian - My favorite from your postings so far is that excellent Nils Frahm & Anne Miller "Journey for a Traveller". Love the music and the video made by a fan is perfect. The Hidden Orchestra track was great also, but doesn't stand out to me as much. I Prophesy Disaster - I'm already extremely familiar with BOC's live version of "The Subhuman", so it won't qualify for my vote, but it's an excellent track from one of my favorite bands. Micky - So, I am already closely familiar with Kristen Hersh's "Your Ghost", which is a track that I love. Along with this one, I'm also familiar with the Jane's Addiction track, Manasses and Norah Jones, I own all of the albums already, and that unfortunately puts them out of running for me, but they are all excellent choices. I hadn't heard The Ace of Cups before and I really like that track a lot. Rushfan4 - Already know this track quite well. Used to be a Nugent fan back in the 70's, but I'm not now. Jamesbaldwin - Both of your entries are quite excellent! I enjoy them both so either one would be a great nomination. The Dark Elf - I would have to go with Alice Cooper's "Killer" as I am not that familiar with that album and would be the only one that would qualify for me from your postings. Mathman - I have never followed Ginger Baker that close after Cream, but that Masters of Reality "John Bown" track is a real winner! Loved it! Unfortunately, I couldn't get the 2nd video to work (blocked in Canada apparently) Nicky - I find the Hank Dogs "18 Dogs" track to be wonderful! I'm already familiar with the Iron & Wine track, so it doesn't qualify for me. I made the same mistake as Lewian and thought it was the artist Mark Almond until I heard it and knew that it wasn't. Not a bad track, but didn't really grab me as the Hank Dogs track did. Cristi - I haven't heard all of your entries yet and will comment on the others later. My favorite so far is The Jelly Jams "Care" track, but I also liked Flowing Tears to some extent and would like to hear it a few more times. I haven't heard your last four yet. That's as far as I've got so far. Will add more later. ------------- https://ibb.co/8x0xjR0" rel="nofollow"> |
Posted By: Snicolette
Date Posted: August 25 2020 at 13:42
Iron & Wine was pretty big, at least in the Southern States, when I lived there. His kind of sound was really different at the time, you know right away when it's an Iron & Wine song, before the vocals even begin. Very distinctive. Hank Dogs is very English and this LP was produced by Joe Boyd, who probably needs no introduction here. I put them in the middle because of the female voices, bookended by males. They only recorded 2 CDs and have disappeared, but this first one is pretty stellar all round, in my opinion. Those intertwined female voices are just lovely. Mark-Almond, I figured wouldn't be known to too many, unless they are near me in age. I don't know how well that LP did elsewhere, but several tracks were played a lot on the LA Underground radio scene back in it's day. Another collaboration that has a distinctive sound. ------------- "Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp |
Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: August 25 2020 at 13:52
The second track is quite different from the others as it's an instrumental world music influenced track. Try this link to the entire album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66MjKyHMOEQ" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66MjKyHMOEQ It's the first track. Masters of Reality were really good. Their first album didn't have Ginger Baker but that's where the song "John Brown" comes from. Baker was the drummer for their second album. The two albums were released in the late 80's/early 90's sounding well influenced by late 60's/early 70's hard rock and they just didn't fit in with the hair metal at the time, so didn't go anywhere. Both are great. Chris Goss, the guitarist/singer, went on as a producer, notably working with Kyuss and Queens of the Stone Age. Kyuss (then known as Sons of Kyuss) opened for the Masters of Reality when I saw them.
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Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: August 25 2020 at 14:11
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I am thinking maybe I should just embed the entire album because it is the same length as Mountain Jam (actually, it's 10 seconds shorter). |
Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: August 25 2020 at 15:04
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Ow Freedom, Freedom! Wonderful! And difficult... I was away for a day and see the new poll up and already three pages of suggestions! Great. Haven't had time yet to listen to them, but I saw already some that I know and like very much: Confessioni di un malandrino by Branduardi; I only have a compilation album by Branduardi but this is my favourite song on it. It's very beautiful. I love the Alice Cooper Killer album, imo the best he ever did! And when this poll theme was discussed I was thinking of suggesting something by Nils Frahm but see that Lewian already has. Wonderful! This is a very interesting musician, especially in his collaborations... So, coming to my suggestions, I could annoy you again with De Staat, but let's do something different. In the Covers poll I suggested a Kraftwerk rendition by Kat Onoma (Radioactivity). So I thought to make you acquainted with some of their own material. Difficult to chose one song, because they have quite a variety of songs on which the guitar of Rodolphe Burger is often what makes it recognisable as Kat Onoma. Therefore I propose you two songs of one and the same album, the selftitled Kat Onoma (which is not their first album, but their last, in 2001). The music goes from blues-rock to industrial with some other detours... The lyrics for this album are taken from the poetry of Jack Spicer (some of them translated in French, others sung in English with a French accent). First, a more subdued on, in order not to scare you off, Magic: The second one has a more industrial tinge, Scie électrique (Electric Saw): A second French band, but rather different: it is more Ozric Tentacles go arabic, or something like that. Orange Blossom is proposing a kind of electro-world-trip hop-arab-rock. As example, Cheft El Khof (I've Seen Fear): And now for something completely different (as the Monty Python would say), but this is what I listen to too: in order not to propose another piece of Nils Frahm, I'm suggesting another collaboration of two musicians, Hauschka (Volker Bertelmann, on prepared piano) and Hildur Gudnadottir (Cello), with something rather minimalist. Dive into the ocean and admire all the pantone colors you will be seeing - this one is Black 6: Three quite different musical directions. I hope there is at least one of them that you like... ------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
Posted By: Snicolette
Date Posted: August 25 2020 at 16:29
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Continuing on.....good thing that everyone has to boil it down to one, there's a lot of great music here. So far, with another from Lewian and continuing on, almost to the end of Page 2. Lewian: Nils
Frahm & Anne Muller “Journey For A Traveller” Hitchcockian comes to mind. Enjoyed the deliberately “frayed” bits
happening in the music, for effect as well. The swirling violins are gorgeous
when they come in. Fascinating video as
well, with the people and lifestyle of long ago, yet not so long that it wasn’t
on film. Very poignant, all around. Greg: Alice Cooper “Killer” I have some ties
to Mr Furnier in my life. Elements of
psych here, as well as prog. The Allman
Brothers “Mountain Jam” Very familiar
with this, many of the more bluesy young guitarists I grew up with revered this
band and worked hard to emulate them.
With good reason. Rodrigo y
Gabriela “Echoes” Big fan of their reworkings of various artists to suit their
style. Well done! George: Three from Ginger Baker. I had the pleasure of meeting “Beware of Mr Baker,” once. He was on very good behaviour, thankfully. I also worked with his very talented (and much milder mannered) son, Kofi. Ginger Baker’s Air Force “12 Gates of the City” Haven’t heard this in a very long time. Reminds me a lot of Traffic. And reminds me that I should revisit this incarnation in Ginger’s career. Next, “Mektoub” from Middle Passage. Really enjoyed this Middle-Eastern tinged piece. Thirdly, with Masters of Reality, “John Brown.” Never heard this one before, either. Made a pretty simple song a lot more interesting with his percussive style. Lorenzo: Two from Vitalba. “Fiure di Palestina” Love the Middle Eastern-ish beginning, with gorgeous harmonies. How I do love to hear finger sound on strings (seriously). “Mi Ne Vogu” This one is much more upbeat and also done in fine style, but I prefer the first, probably expected of me by now, as I love those minor keys. Cristi: Marriages “Skin” Another atmospheric piece follows Lewian’s, this one with vocals. Lovely, eerie and dark music, with the vocals kind of far back, creating a wash with the instruments’ sound. Adrienne Fenemor “Mo’ Puddin’” Fun and completely different than the previous one. I could see walking into The Lighthouse (jazz club) in Hermosa Beach to find this band playing, or outside of the old Cooper House in Santa Cruz, another place for cool jazz and drinks by the beach. Flowing Tears “Lovesong for a Dead Child” Gothic sounding band, sad premise of course, with the title. Properly dirge-like, yet with a feeling of exaltation, like the child’s loss of pain through death. Pretty, subtle melody.The Jelly Jam “Care (Profit)” Love the sarcasm. Nice, heavy melodic hook. Orkid “Standstill” Before I heard anything, I was expecting something very different. Really love the horns in this. Kaipa “Regn” More sadness and dirge. Which is something I like! 😊 I like the classical feel to the composition. I Am No Hero “Nights of Wonder” A cinematic-type slowly building piece. Pretty mandolin-like playing. Thoughtful throughout, then works into a quiet crescendo near the end, very moody piece that quietly fades. Vanishing Kids “Heavy Dreamer” Heavy indeed. Heavy psych guitar and sludgy drums mixed to the back. Vibrato-y singer (kind of Slick-like to my ear, without the crispness), big psych guitar swathes rolling around underneath and washing up to the fore. I like this. ------------- "Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp |
Posted By: jamesbaldwin
Date Posted: August 25 2020 at 16:36
Masters of reality is one of my fave rock albun of the eighties. I know just this first album but I listened to it a lot in the nineties,especially in my car. John Brown is a good chiice. I like it very much. But I love even other four songs: DOMINO MAGICAL SPELL LOOKIN TO... KILL THE KING ------------- Amos Goldberg (professor of Genocide Studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem): Yes, it's genocide. It's so difficult and painful to admit it, but we can no longer avoid this conclusion. |
Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: August 25 2020 at 16:37
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Was going through the songs posted so far, and wanted to post this (out of competition) special version of Norah Jones doing her hit song on Sesame Street. |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: August 25 2020 at 17:26
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Listening to the playlist in shuffle mode. Hauschka & Hildur Guðnadóttir just came up - gorgeous! (Not too surprising that this is straight up my alley, isn't it? )Knew a bit of Hauschka before but don't remember him as good as this. I loved the Ginger Baker film some years ago and I'm game for most of his stuff, so I'm happy with the Ginger Baker theme. I couldn't play the Mektoub video either and couldn't find another one; of the two tracks I prefer the Masters of Reality one, but Air Force isn't bad either by any means. Edit: Listened to Mektoub now on the album video. This is at the very least on a par with John Brown. Great stuff! I also liked to listen to the 1974 Scorpions, which I hadn't heard before. I don't like Meine's voice unfortunately, but the playing is great.
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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: August 25 2020 at 18:11
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OK, third and last nomination, the theme is straight (?) instrumentals with lots of textures. I love such stuff, as you can guess from my choices. This one is from a ridiculously unknown ridiculously good album, Sortie Vers La Ville by (Poco) Laurent Pernice. This album appeared in 1993 and the video has 6 (six!) views. If you listen to the whole album you might think that the guy may have influenced the Hidden Orchestra, had they known him, which I doubt. Here's "Stupid Things". |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: August 25 2020 at 20:03
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I have an "s" theme, Sheller, Stringtronics, and Stereolab. William Sheller - "Introit" Stereolab - "The Flower called Nowhere" Stringtronics - "Dawn Mist" ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: August 26 2020 at 04:49
Those are great, but I couldn't find any clips with Baker on them. I wanted to post "She Got Me" from the second album but the video I found cut off the first 30 seconds of Baker's drumming. But I looked again and found a complete video. Baker just nails it. |
Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: August 26 2020 at 04:53
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So, I gave a first listen to the first half of the playlist and join you in commenting them: TCat : FC Kahuna, a very good one. It has an air of Air in it, and a good air it is. Scorpions, you say it is heavy metal, but since I like this one very much it must be classic hard rock ;) Mercury Rev, a good one too but maybe a bit too conventional for me, which is even more the case with Grandaddy. Raff:
As said, I really like this Branduardi song, the troubadour quality,
the subtle playing and singing pours some magic over it. Lucio
Battisti is very good too, but for me it is not as enchanting. Lewian: Didn’t know Hidden Orchestra, so this is a very good discovery – I like this track very much. Nils Frahm & Anne Müller, as said before, this is a musician I folllow and especially his collaborative work – wonderful! I
prophesy disaster:
Blue Öyster Cult never
won me over, but this is a very good song. Micky:
Kristin
Hersh’s song is beautiful, enchanting. Jane’s Addiction starts
very good, but halfway they start losing me. Manassas,
one of those unknown instant classics to me, great song. The 60s, 50s
selections are nice to hear, but not much more than that, for my
ears. And
Norah
Jones, sorry,
she has a wonderful voice, but I always found her songs and
interpretations rather boring. Rushfan4:
Ted Nugent, very good classic rock song. “Classic”
in the (very) good sense of the word! Good
choice! The Dark Elf: As said, this Alice Cooper album is a killer, as is the song, an all-time favourite of mine. The Allman Brothers, this is one of those moments you hear the sheer fun and world class of great musicians making music - Thanks! Gabriela y Rodrigo, very interesting discovery, but with Echoes, after seven minutes they urge me to pick up the original. It makes me want to listen to their original work, though. Mathman: Ginger Baker, I wasn’t impressed by his Air Force but very much liked both John Brown and Mektoub. These two are quite different and I wouldn’t know which one to choose... JamesBaldwin: Corsica rocks! Two great songs. I think I prefer Fiure di Palestina. ------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: August 26 2020 at 05:25
Good to hear that he was well behaved when you met him. He certainly had a reputation. His son is quite talented, but I only know of one album he did though it is one of my favorite fusion albums from the 90s with Jonas Hellborg and Shawn Lane---Abstract Logic. It's on PA listed under Jonas Hellborg, and for those of you who like that type of stuff, recommended. Here's one from that album. |
Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: August 26 2020 at 05:31
That didn't surprise me, since you came up with Nils Frahm. I suppose you also know the Miasmah and Sonic Pieces record labels - they have wonderful stuff in this vein. As another example, an album that I have on vinyl, Yair Elazar Glotman & Mats Erlandsson, from the album Negative Chambers: ------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: August 26 2020 at 05:40
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Slowly getting through these. Some notes. TCat: Overall, had not heard any of these before. FC/Kahuna “Hayling” – Chill I like the vocals w/ the effects
and embellishments. My favorite of your choices. Scorpions “Drifting Sun” – It took about 1/3 into the song
before I got into. It might have been the vocals. Mercury Rev “Nite and Fog” – Have heard a few other songs by them but not this one. I
liked this one. #2 after “Hayling”. Grandaddy “So you’ll aim toward the sky” – Cool time lapse
video. A bit too sad sounding for me to get into at this time. Raff: Not familiar with either of these tracks. I appreciate
hearing these. I am not really a lyrics person, so I enjoyed these just for the
sound. I tried to read the lyrics while listening, but it just didn’t work for
me. Angelo Branduardi “Confessioni di un malandrino” – This is
my favorite of the first two. I did go
back and forth on this. Lucio Battisti “Il nostro caro angelo” – Can someone explain that photo? Inti Illimani “Arriba quemando el sol” – The harmonies are
great. M’anam “Bitter Wind” – This is good. On a separate note, I’d
really like to visit Iceland someday. Some beautiful landscapes in the video
(and in every music video I see filmed in Iceland). Lewian: Hidden Orchestra “Flight” I really like this and my favorite
of your three, but I liked the other two quite bit. Nils Frahm & Anne Müller “Journey For A Traveller” – I like
the glitches/effects. Laurent Pernice “Stupid Things” – This reminds me of
something, but I can’t put my finger on what it is. It’ll probably come to me
in a couple of weeks. Video is up to 8 views on YouTube! The textures are
immersive. Sounds great with headphones on. |
Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: August 26 2020 at 06:54
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Second
batch, after listening: Snicolette:
Mark Almond, Hank
Dogs and Iron & Wine, three beautiful songs, so it’s difficult
to make a choice. For now I think I prefer Hank Dogs, but they are
all three very pleasant listens. Cristi:
Hehehe…
Listening to your
batch of
songs I can imagine why you have difficulties choosing one of them,
so have I. Think I
prefer Marriages
(a
kind of straight-forward post-rock, if that exists), or Flowing
Tears (idem),
or Orkid,
or Kaipa (could be a title song for a film), or maybe Vanishing
Kids... Raff:
Inti Illimani, another beautiful song; I love those voices and the music. I
was less touched by M’anam. Lewian:
Laurent Pernice, you’re
probably not surprised… that I like this one very much! Didn’t
know him at all, so will start exploring a bit more of him. ------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
Posted By: Snicolette
Date Posted: August 26 2020 at 08:13
 ------------- "Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp |
Posted By: Snicolette
Date Posted: August 26 2020 at 08:16
Wow! You've gotten ahead of me in the mini-reviews! I'm glad you found these three enjoyable. There is something that makes them all go together for me, in terms of general feel, even though they are quite different from one another. Love reading all the mini-reviews, it's good insight into how people come to their final selections. ------------- "Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp |
Posted By: Snicolette
Date Posted: August 26 2020 at 08:17
------------- "Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp |
Posted By: TCat
Date Posted: August 26 2020 at 09:12
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Nickie, if you are interested in investigating Mercury Rev as you mentioned, just keep in mind that there was a big change in their style of music. You should be safe with everything from the album "The Deserter's Song" and after. The albums that came before that one take a little more time to get used to as they are a bit noisy, but they are still good if you give them a chance to grow on you. They are listed in the archives under Prog-related, by the way. They have recorded some albums under the name "Harmony Rockets" which I haven't heard yet, so I don't know how they are, but I believe they are probably psychedelic meanderings, so I'm a bit wary of those, but couldn't say for sure yet. My favorite albums are "Deserter's Songs", "All is Dream", "Snowflake Midnight" and "See You On the Other Side". Here are a couple of other tracks by them if you are interested: "Spiders and Flies" "Godess on a Highway" ------------- https://ibb.co/8x0xjR0" rel="nofollow"> |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: August 26 2020 at 10:13
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I'll post just another song, which maybe will be more appealing to people because it's in English . It's my favourite track from Wall of Voodoo's Call of the West album, known by most for "Mexican Radio". This one is quite different, however. The lyrics are also outstanding: |
Posted By: Snicolette
Date Posted: August 26 2020 at 10:24
And also, to all, sorry for repeating my post, I meant to just edit the first one re my time around Kofi Baker. The first one can be deleted, if someone has the authority to do that. ------------- "Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: August 26 2020 at 14:35
Thanks for the comments. :) I adore Lux Aeterna. I also think it would be a worthwhile addition to PA, but I don't want to go down that route again (if he had more albums really like it...). In PA I would most liked it to Jean-Claude Vannier's L'enfant assassin des mouches, which has a Serge Gainsbourg Histoire de Melody Nelson connection. I expect that will be my nomination, but maybe the Stringtronics-- I love the Mindbender album (cool library music). At first I thought of Sheller, but then I thought I might go with a loungy library music theme with Stringtronics, Vladimir Cosma, and Sven Libaek's Inner Space. That's my comfort music in a way. By the way, I've been remiss in commenting on other choices the last couple of polls. Been very busy, and I'm procrastinating now. I did listen to all of nominated songs the last two rounds, and was sure of one in each round, but had difficulty deciding on the other two. I still haven't voted in the last two at all. I burnt myself out a bit trying to comment on all of the choices in earlier polls (very time consuming) and was not happy with my lack of anything remotely interesting or insightful to say, so thought I probably wouldn't try that anymore. Normally I listen with my phone while doing other things, but it has issues (dies quickly) and needs replacing. I wasn't planning to participate this round particularly as time is scant. ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
Posted By: Snicolette
Date Posted: August 26 2020 at 16:30
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First impressions of the (so far) final 3rd. George:
Special thanks for the Abstract Logic track. Will definitely seek out the rest of it. This was exactly the kind of thing Kofi was
wanting to do at the time I met him. And
thank you for adding in the entire Middle Passage LP. 😊 Masters
of Reality “She Got Me “ Mr Baker is so fun to watch. Just slammin’ good rock here, but done so
very well. And, since it’s out of the
competition, such a sweet appearance of the lovely Norah Jones. Really a nice moment of sanity in our crazy
world. Lewian: Laurent Pernice “Stupid Things” Starts off with some drone and horns (mizmars or bombardes?) thunder crashes, moves into some wayback spoken vocals repeating. Hypnotic stuff, I like the percussive something-or-others (my technical term for the marima-ish sound). Then some jaw-harp ends it all up, with some stuff being spoken through it (or an effect like one, anyway) and some more horns braying along with the various layers as they continue on to the end. Raff: Wall of Voodoo “factory 1982” I’d not heard this one, although very familiar with “Mexican Radio,” got lots of airplay on KROQ in the 80’s while I was living there. Like their dissonant vocals over the electronic kind of clangy “factory” music. Suitkees:
Kat Onoma “Magic” Dark atmospheric sounds, here. Can’t help but think of Leonard Cohen, with
the deep voice. Sorcery at work? Perhaps.
Again Kat Onoma, “La scie electrique”
This one definitely more electronic in feel, I like the first one by
them, better, as it is warmer in feeling.
Orange Blossom “Cheft El Khof” Spoken voice (this time female) keys start
the piece off, goes into Arabic singing?
I love the singing part, would love to hear this with deeper-sounding Middle
Eastern instrumentation. Haushka “Black
6” This one is my favourite of them. I prefer this over the electronica, I
suppose, which is probably not a surprise by now. Melodic, rich cello atop a steady drone and
something else plucky-sounding coming in.
😊 Haunting and much more my style than the
other ones this time. Yar Elazar Glotman “ Orchid Sedation” Some ambient/minimal music, this one is now
my favourite of your selections. The
main sound is much like a wire strung harp (although I think it’s keyboards?)
over a drone sound. I like this VERY much! 😊 Logan: William Sheller “Introit” Beautiful orchestral piece with choir voices and some…….twangy guitar? I wasn’t expecting that. 😊 Stereolab “The Flower Called Nowhere” Light-spirited romp with washy sound under lilting female vocals. Sort of ersatz 60’s feel. Stringtronics “Dawn Mist” Begins with some spacy violin, then into a psych-y bit of bass, keys and strings. Nice twisty melody. This is my favourite of these from you today ------------- "Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: August 26 2020 at 17:10
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Thanks, Nickie. I'm not sure if I'll go with the Sheller or Stringtronics. When I posted the Stringtronics one I was thinking and hoping that you would enjoy it. I might not get a good chance to comment until voting time (and probably won't comment on all of the nominations) -- sorry I've been remiss in that way recently. I really appreciate those who are taking the time to listen to and respond to the suggestions and those who engage in conversation about the choices. ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
Posted By: Snicolette
Date Posted: August 26 2020 at 17:52
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I think one of the refreshing things about these polls is that people have felt comfortable to express their thoughts (respectfully) about the music and that with time, we're all coming to know who may (and may not) enjoy various pieces of music and songs from such a wide spectrum of artists. And of course, know that it may not be possible for people to comment on each one, all depends on what one is doing at the time. I know, for me, to jot down my thoughts has helped me figure out who ends up on the short list and then, the shorter top 3 list. No pressure, this is meant to be enjoyable, not a task. ------------- "Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp |
Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: August 27 2020 at 04:21
Thanks for your feedback! The instrumentation on the Glotman & Erlandsson album is indeed interesting, and there is some sound design created in post-production (but all taken from the original instruments). I am quoting from their bandcamp page: "Negative Chambers feels completely timeless in its quiet minimalism and
is made up of an array of instrumentation such as gimbri, violin,
karkaba, miniature cymbals, cello, harmonium, steel string acoustic
guitar, zithers, transistor radio, tibetan singing bowl, amplified plate
& piano frame, partly led by a slow, almost spiritual contrabass." They call it "an imaginary, dislocated folk music for the current dark ages." Regarding Orange Blossom, your wish is my command ;) Since you like the singing, from the same album: And you would probably prefer their second album on which the electro and trip-hop influences are less present. You might like Ya Sidi: @Raff: Never heard of Wall of Voodoo, but this sure is an entertaining and captivating song. Thanks! ------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: August 27 2020 at 04:51
I've been listening to all the songs in the playlist so far. As usual, quite a few gems there . Anyway, I have decided to nominate the Branduardi song, as it seems to have encountered most people's favour. |
Posted By: Snicolette
Date Posted: August 27 2020 at 08:07
Edited to add: Yes, I love both of these, you got it right, the second one in particular. ------------- "Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp |
Posted By: Meltdowner
Date Posted: August 27 2020 at 10:40
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Without a theme it's difficult to pick any songs, I'll listen to the playlist and try to come up with something. If we could follow the 3 songs rule in future polls I'd appreciate it. It's a lot of music to listen to in less than a week, let alone try to comment on the songs. Mike I really liked the FC Kahuna song, it's my kind of Electronic: soothing enough with tasteful modern production. How's the rest of the album? Already knew that great Scorpions album. Prog fun fact: Eloy's fantastic Jurgen Rosenthal plays drums on it.
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Posted By: Snicolette
Date Posted: August 27 2020 at 15:57
Edited to add: I went down the Harmony Rockets rabbit hole....pretty good spacy stuff there! Definitely worth checking out for those who enjoy that sort of thing. ------------- "Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp |
Posted By: TCat
Date Posted: August 27 2020 at 18:02
Thanks for the comments. I really love that FC/Kahuna song, but since I first heard it on a sampler CD, I haven't yet found the time to hear the entire album, but I know I must soon. I'm sort of embarrassed that I haven't heard it all yet seeing as I love that track so much, but I have so much music already on my list to listen to and no time to check it out. Sorry about that. ------------- https://ibb.co/8x0xjR0" rel="nofollow"> |
Posted By: TCat
Date Posted: August 27 2020 at 18:10
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Sorry I haven't had much to say today and still haven't had a chance to comment on all of the entries. Thanks to Raff for putting up her nomination. I will start putting these up tomorrow and hopefully we can start voting on them over the weekend, so, please get back to me with your own nominations by tomorrow (Friday) evening. After this go round, I'm afraid that I won't be able to participate for a while. It's becoming more and more difficult to devote the time to this that I really want to give. Hopefully after my wife has recovered fully, things will get better, but for now, I think it will be best for me to devote my time to the genre teams that I belong to and keeping track of the new release report, and that is probably about all I can do for the time being. I will visit future threads, make occasional comments and vote when I can, though. Once things get back to normal, I should be able to get back into "full participation" in these threads, which I enjoy very much. ------------- https://ibb.co/8x0xjR0" rel="nofollow"> |
Posted By: Snicolette
Date Posted: August 27 2020 at 19:03
------------- "Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp |
Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: August 27 2020 at 19:21
^^ Been lurking from time to time.  Mike, I wish your wife a full recovery soon.  Have fun everyone. TCat & I'll join in the future, for sure. |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: August 27 2020 at 19:29
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Based on feedback, I'll go with Alice Cooper's "Killer". One of the great songs/performances you will ever see live (at least it was back in 1972), and prog before prog was prog. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: August 27 2020 at 19:45
| @Mike, I wish your wife a speedy recovery. And to add that I really appreciate all your work on the new music reports. |
Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: August 27 2020 at 20:09
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Going with more abbreviated thoughts than my first post, but
have gotten through most now. I prophesy disaster: BÖC “The Subhuman” (live) Of
course, I know this and like it a lot (see avatar). Micky: Not much time, so not going song by song, but Kristin
Hersch and Ace of Cups are new to me, though I could have heard the Hersch song
before. Had a friend into Throwing Muses and 4AD stuff so it’s possible. My favorites
are the Stills and Jane’s Addiction tracks. rushfan4: Ted rocks. Clever choice for the thread. Of
course, know this one. Greg (The Dark Elf): All tracks, not just AC, are
killers. Have heard them all before. Can listen to the Mountain Jam on repeat. Jamesbaldwin: I enjoyed both Vitalba tracks. Choosing
between the two, Fiure di Palestina. Nickie: I had heard of Iron & Wine but never
heard and really liked this one. Will check out more of his stuff. Mark-Almond
was a little too melancholic for me. I liked the Hank Dogs but Iron & Wine
was my favorite. Cristi: Hadn’t gotten through all your choices, so
will follow up later. Of those, only familiar with The Jelly Jam as I try to
follow most all King’s X and related projects, but they do have a lot of side
projects. (On the other hand, King’s X hasn’t released anything in 12 years,
but possibly a new album this year.) Will eventually get to Suitkees and Greg (Logan). |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: August 27 2020 at 20:26
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I'll go with Stringtronics - "Dawn Mist". And Mike, wishing your wife well, and both of you all the best. Take care. ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: August 27 2020 at 22:46
I posted a lot of songs, sorry about that, that's because I don't know what to use, You'd think a non-themed poll would be easier to participate, but not this round. Funny i did not have any problems when we started these polls, whats wrong with me?
I'm gonna choose a song later today. |
Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: August 28 2020 at 01:07
I understand. I posted a lot last week. I held back this week by setting a personal theme for my possible nominees. Did go through all yours, and ranked them but with not much comment. The rankings were tight. The first two ranked were different but I liked them about the same. The last three were about the same and did like them all, so I can see why you had trouble paring the list down. Adrienne Fenemore “Mo’ Puddin’” I dug this a lot. Made me
think of those Lost Grooves tracks on Blue Note. Vanishing Kids “Heavy Dreamer” Felt like a cross between a
Perfect Circle, Radiohead, and Pink Floyd w/ a touch of a psyche vibe. Yeah, that’s a lot
to mash in. I liked it. Orkid “Standstill” I like the horns. The Jelly Jam “Care (Profit)” Kaipa “Regn” Marriages “Skin” Atmospheric, 90’s type of alternative rock
with some post-rock. Like the drums. Flowing Tears “Lovesong for a Dead Child” Definitely sad,
slight edge to “Skin”? I Am No Hero “Nights of Wonder” Atmospheric, kind of got lost among your other choices. |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: August 28 2020 at 03:34
Wishing you and your wife all the best, Mike ! Hope she will get better soon. Thank you for doing this while you were worried and tired. |
Posted By: Meltdowner
Date Posted: August 28 2020 at 03:47
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Raff: That Angelo Branduardi is gorgeous, I'm a sucker for that kind of 19th century guitar duets and it really works for the song. I already knew Lucio Battisti but not that album. I really liked the way the arrangements keep moving the song forward despite relying on the same melody. Lewian: I'm sure it was very impressive to hear and see it live although it seems one of those cases where a recording couldn't really capture the moment Micky: The Manassas song was my favourite, I heard of the band before but didn't know how they sounded. And of course Billie Holiday could do no wrong
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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: August 28 2020 at 04:59
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Nickie: I like all of yours a lot , both the Mark-Almond and the Hank Dogs ones would be voting candidates. Great stuff! |
Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: August 28 2020 at 05:13
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------------- “On the day of my creation, I fell in love with education. And overcoming all frustration, a teacher I became.” — Ernest Vong |
Posted By: Meltdowner
Date Posted: August 28 2020 at 05:16
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^^ The Iron & Wine was my favourite song for the unusual instrumentation and subdued African vibes. I'd probably pick that Mark-Almond song during winter though. |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: August 28 2020 at 05:36
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cristi: My winners from your bunch are Nights of Wonder and Marriages, followed by The Jelly Jam and Vanishing Kids Heavy Dreamer. |
Posted By: Meltdowner
Date Posted: August 28 2020 at 06:22
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I'm following Micky's decade idea and decided to pick a few non-Prog tracks from the 2000's. There's not a lot to choose from without being obvious so it's easier. It's interesting how listening to familiar music for this purpose can break the nostalgia spell, and some songs don't sound as good as I expected Them Crooked Vultures - Elephants I didn't even know Led Zeppelin at the time when I heard John Paul Jones with Josh Homme and Dave Grohl. Kasabian - I.D. Their music didn't really resonate with me at the time but I returned to them two years ago and bought their first three albums. Ash - Twilight of the Innocents This sounded quite epic when I was 13. One of the few I was enjoying from them without nostalgia involved. |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: August 28 2020 at 06:29
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micky: I feel very young now as I'd pick 90s>80s>70s>60s. Billie Holiday smokes the Ace of Cups though. Some excellent choices there and I only don't rank Manassas and Billie Holiday higher because... well, not really my style but top quality music nonetheless. Actually there's not much between these and the first two. PS to those who have already nominated: I concentrate on the other ones with the limited time I have, sorry! Speed isn't always the key to success... |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: August 28 2020 at 06:51
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suitkees: At the end Hauschka wins with quite some distance. I really like this a lot; I've got to say that I don't find Kat Onoma's voice and what he does with it very attractive. The Orchid Sedation is quite good but not quite at Hauschka's level. |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: August 28 2020 at 07:10
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Meltdowner: I have seen a number of live events on TV with Kasabian and didn't really think they're my cup of tea, but this one is surprisingly good. The Elephants is good too, but slightly less so, whereas I can't make much of the Ash. Raff: The Intis surely don't disappoint, but Branduardi is a fine choice. My father had quite some Branduardi, but as a teenager I wasn't really open for it. I can get much better into his work now, I think. micky: There's another one... Norah Jones. Wouldn't be my top choice of yours but I really like how the voice and the piano come together. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: August 28 2020 at 07:11
see... still four songs to choose from
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Posted By: Meltdowner
Date Posted: August 28 2020 at 07:33
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Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: August 28 2020 at 08:09
@Lewian: Pernice reminds me of some Meat Beat Manifesto. And it looks like you're responsible for more than tripling the number of views (21 last I checked).
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Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: August 28 2020 at 08:15
Six or two if you consider my top four of yours (union or intersection). But, if you consider what everyone has said so far, I think you are back up to choosing from 8.
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