Interactive Poll # 6 - Latin America!

if you get a chance .. do check them out. There were some really bitcin' alt selections in here. I nearly wrote one in as my 3rd vote..

1. Inti Illimani

someone_else wrote: o the absurd theater that makes it interesting. I don't know if it may be a contender to the podium. Nicky and Lorenzo hit the mark . Zie de Mannen Vallen (See the Men Falling) was a mix of music, absurdist theatre and images. It was on Dutch TV in 1979. The album was the soundtrack of this performance: 6 songs in Dutch, 1 in German and 4 instrumentals.

   

BTW Exuma is from the Bahamas. That's not Latin America!

* Last night I heard Lewian's out of competition 'Contrabajissimo'..  Wow...  updated my Piazzolla views on the Kronos Quartet entry. 

* Meta meta, the seems-to-be winner: keep listening to it and updating my assesment. 

* Also on Hauser Orkater as I said on my previous post.  

* Alexandre Klinke - Lugar; grew suddenly!

* Exuma - grew enormously. 

Edited by Machinemessiah - June 29 2020 at 21:35

I am late in voting on this, as people are already voting in the following round. The overlap, and that I tried to list my impressions of each song and instrumentals before, is making me feel a little burnt out on the series. I still want to do one myself later on, on soundtracks, when my turn comes up and I am available (I am going on a trip this summer despite world events, but staying in BC (British Columbia) this Anno Domini-- BC/AD, haha).

I did listen a second time to the selections, and I enjoyed some more than I did the first time. At the time I was very into specific music avenues. I won't bother trying to describe the music in this post, I didn't' do a good job of that before where I tried to say a little something about each piece in competition. That's not something I'm terribly good at at the best of times, and too often I later disagree with myself as I didn't pay close enough attention and feel my associations were lacking or just plain poor.

I am not judging the music on how well I think it fits this topic's pretty broad parameters, which shows diversity in style as well as diversity in location, but instead I'm just considering the impact the recent discoveries made on me.

Again, I will mention that I love Exuma, but as I knew it so very well and for a decade, I am going the route that some others have taken of eliminating it from the competition. I do like it very much. In the alternative choices, as said, I really love that Dr John piece -- my favourite by him and it is one that just wowed from first listen years ago. Had that been in competition, I don't think I could have resisted not going the "I didn't know it already very well route.

So, based on freshness and my enjoyment today, I am voting for:

- Meta Meta - Logun: That I knew would get my vote as soon as I heard it, I loved it. I might say that Logun's Run with it, which feels rather meta-meta for this Logan. Or not, whatever....

- Kronos Quartet & APiazzolla - Five Tango Sensations: Anxiety: Also loved, and while I already loved much Kronos Quartet music, I didn't know that. A little anxiety is not necessarily a bad thing, even for someone like me with some anxiety issues.

- Hauser Orkater - Dichtgevroren Vijver: Orkater is in the Haus! It won't be the first time I've gone Dutch, but mostly that has been when with friends when paying the bill at restaurants. That's better than Dichting the bill altogether.

Honourable mentions: many.

It will probably be some time before I get down to checking out the music in the catchy prog poll despite having nominated one myself. In fact, I think I'd rather listen to and comment on the alternative choices in this topic before listening to and commenting on the following topic's choices (probably won't comment on them though unless discussion is still vibrant in this poll). I actually did listen to some of those alternative ones already.

Edited by Logan - June 29 2020 at 15:31

Lewian wrote: Snicolette - I like your out of competition entry far more than the one you put up for the vote;same micky; Bobo is supercool and the clear winner of the micky vs. micky vs. micky vs. micky poll, followed by Dr John. The other two - not so much. I first heard Medocino as a terrible German cover version, and that has killed that song for me.

Logan wrote: siLLy puPPy wrote: BTW Exuma is from the Bahamas. That's not Latin America! It doesn't have to be from Latin America according to the opening post which explains the expectations for this round. Various choices are not from Latin America. jamesbaldwin wrote: Finally here's to you the poll on  LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC! You can post a  1) Latin American song  or  2) a song with influences taken from Latin American music or rhythms. By Latin American music I mean the music of Central America and South America. So, from Mexico to Patagony or Tierra del Fuego, passing through all the states that are in the middle, including the Caribbean islands. They are all countries where Spanish is spoken, with the exception of Brazil, where Portuguese is spoken (There is also some state that was a French or Dutch colony). In this way, I believe the topic is vast enough to allow everyone to participate. For example, if one likes reggae, he could post a Bob Marley song, but also a Police or Clash etc song contaminated with the rhythm of the reggae. I give this example because it contains three very famous artists, obviously I don't want to give any suggestions.  Now, Latin American music is really varied:  - Mexico: mariachi, Latin rock, chicano rock, tex mex - Jamaica: rock steady, ska, raggae,  - Cuba: mambo, cha cha cha - Other Caribbean folk: salsa and bachata, merengue, etc. - Peru, Chile, Argentina: Latin american folk, Andean folk, Latin jazz etc - Brazil: Bossanova, beguine, rumba, samba, lambada - Argentina, Uruguay: tango and many other types of music that don't come to my mind now.  Pay attention: Dont post Spanish or Portuguese music, unless it is influenced by Latin American rhythms. For example, Gypsy Kings mostly play Spanish music, not Latin American (flamenco is Spanish music), although some of their songs make a mixture of Spanish and Latin American music.  Everyone will judge himself: if a person believes that a pop/rock song has a clear, evident contamination with Latin American music (in the sense of rhythm, composition or arrangement), he is free to post it. The important thing is that the Latin American influence is clearly evident.  I ask you to indicate the type of Latin American music with which the song you offer is impregnated.  ***To make the knowledge of Latin American music greater, in this poll I also propose, for those who want (it is optional), to put a song "out of competition", which must not be voted on, of a different genre from the one submitted for the vote.

mathman0806 wrote: siLLy puPPy wrote: BTW Exuma is from the Bahamas. That's not Latin America! You are right. Bahamas is not part of Latin America, but the music in this poll can also have Latin American influences, and while Exuma is quite unique and from the Bahamas, his music arguably does have Latin American influence from Caribbean island music, such as calypso and reggae.

Edited by jamesbaldwin - June 30 2020 at 04:26