Interractive Poll #? - Oldies rocking goldies

We see that time passes because some bands, which are obviously the favorites of some of us, come back to compete. For example, I have already voted for A-ha, who if I am not mistaken had proposed Cristi himself, and for this I thank him because I had lost sight of them, and instead now I have found two excellent songs, this one here and the previous one that I voted. They are a band that I absolutely have to deepen. Same goes for Keleidoscope, freaks of the Sixties: fantastic band, which I have already voted in a previous Poll. Idem for Iggy Pop, whom I already knew, but only that of the best times, which in fact I voted.

I exclude these three artists from my podium, since I have already voted them, but I reiterate that A-ha are a remarkable band and that Iggy Pop churned out great songs even as an old man. The Keleidoscope then I am absolutely sympathetic.

1.  George: Pearl Jam “Dance of the Clairvoyants”  Of course I know of the band (and we carried them on our buses all through the ‘90’s), but haven’t heard much since except for some very fine Eddie Vedder acoustic tunes here and there.  Begins with percussion and bass setting the pace.  Eddie Vedder has a very emotive voice, and a riveting stage presence.  As with many Pearl Jam songs there is a feeling of despair expressed with intensity.  In a very different way than the Bobby Plant tune, this would be a contender for me. If you'd chosen Robert Plant's “Carry Fire,"  it would have handily won this for me, but your other choice also ended up as my favourite.  

3.  Cristi:  I have been consistently surprised at how much I like this band outside of their big hit.  A bit of a "straight, almost MOR production," brought it in at 3rd for me, rather than higher.  A-ha “Living At the End of the World”  Another one from a-ha, who I have to say I really enjoy much more than I would have thought from their smash hit, which did suffer from over-exposure, at least for me.  A lovely ballad-type song with pretty orchestration and of course the fabulous singer at the fore.  A song of depth and sadness, despite the feeling of elation in it. 

Honourable Mentions Go To:

Top HM to suitkees:  Nits “The Electric Pond”   

Shadowyzard:  Ajda Pekkan “Ben Yanmisim”  

Logan:  David Bowie “Dollar Days”  

This was an interesting poll, with many well known artists/bands, some of whom I know not much of their later/recent work. I was pleasantly surprised by Joe Jackson, the jest in his music and the wit in his lyrics that I liked much in the 80s. Billy Joel's take on Leonard Cohen's song is really great too, but in the end, my three preferred dinosaur songs are:

- David Bowie - "Dollar Days"

- Van der Graaf Generator - Manuelle

- Iggy Pop - Loves Missing

Or two for me - since I already voted for Bowie! 😜

Homework time it is, then....

that's right, i was just kidding. 

I think that’s a great idea. I suspect my musical collection is probably about 50/50 between English sung releases and not, but even that could be said to be very Anglophone. I guess the thing is that so much is sung in English, even by non English speakers. I prefer hearing people sing in their native language, but I suspect that of the bands and artists that are more popular in the English speaking world (even in an esoteric domain such as the one we dwell in), most choose to sing in English, rather than their own language.

A Crimson Mellotron:  Deep Purple “Man Alive”  Begins with orchestral sounds and some spacy/electronic-y vocals.  I like the repetitive synth sounds.  Percussion kicks in and the synths swell, then full band comes in, and volume increases.  Nice DP organ sounds underneath.  I like how the piece uses dynamics to keep interest.  Lead guitar comes in after some orchestral parts with narration, then back to rock vocals.  Narration continues with a cinematic orchestral ending.

Nick_h_nz:  Iggy Pop “Loves Missing”  In true Iggy style, here, and what else would do?  I like Iggy.  I got to see him in the peanut butter days.  Thuddy drums and simple chords with truth-telling lyrics, twangy guitar parts over.  I heard/saw this when it came out, so I can’t vote for it.  What a moving artist he is.  Just wonderful, strips it all down to the basics.  He reminds me so much of Johnny Cash, oddly, or perhaps not oddly.  Yeah, love’s missing, but not from my reaction to this song.  

thank you so much!