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TCat 
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 Topic: Interactive Poll: Whatever Floats Your BoatPosted: April 30 2021 at 11:05 |
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Hello fellow Pollsters. Time for another poll. This time, the topic is anything to do with "water". The songs can be vocal or instrumental. They must not be from artists in the ProgArchives database. Other than that, the only rule is that the songs be somehow connected to water, not the word, but the element. 1. Post some songs (usually about 3 or less) that have to do with the subject in the poll. Unless stated otherwise, the songs cannot be by artists listed in ProgArchives and typically be lesser known songs. 2. Listen to the songs posted by the other participants and, if you want to, post comments. 3. From the songs that you posted, pick one that you want everyone else to vote on and tell us all which one you picked. 4. After about a week, we will open up voting. At this time, vote on your favorite three songs that are not your own and preferably not songs that you were already familiar with. 5. List the songs that you voted for and leave a comment if you want about why you voted for them. 6. Keep all your comments polite and non-personal. It's the music we're voting on, not the members. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Everyone is invited and we are always happy to have newcomers join in. Here are three songs that I have picked to represent the topic. As you can see they are varied, but all follow the common theme of "water". Hopefully these will help give you an idea of just how wide this topic is. 1. Patrick Watson - "Here Comes the River" This is a song I discovered about 6 months ago. I heard it on a TV show (don't remember where) and fell in love with it immediately. It's from a fairly new singer/songwriter from Canada. It has recently become a very important song for me and helps me deal with my recent tragedy. I post it with the artists video as I feel it expresses the lyrics and the song quite well and helps you feel the hope tied to what otherwise seem like hopeless times. _________________________ 2. Grandaddy - "Crystal Lake" This one is a bit more upbeat and poppy, but it's the one that introduced me to this band a few years back. I have posted a Grandaddy song in these polls a while back that was quite melancholic, but this one is much more peppier than that one, sounding somewhat similar to The Flaming Lips and it's quite catchy to me at least. __________________________ 3. The Stone Roses - "Tears" Yes this one counts because there is water in tears, right? Use your imagination and you can come up with songs that might not seem obvious at first, but still have to do with the element of water in one way or another. Even if it's obscure, but let us know how it's tied to the subject. I love this track from this band that came from the same mold as Oasis and others, one of the first bands with that style of music. This is a lesser-known track from the band, but I think it is one of their best. Edited by TCat - May 05 2021 at 17:54 |
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Logan
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Posted: April 30 2021 at 11:24 |
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Okay, this first is well known, but I have to mention it again as I ADORE it. It may be my all-time favourite song.
Nick Drake - River Man Extradition - A Water Song PJ Harvey - The River (also likely too well-known) Stringtronics - Dawn Mist Sorry for mentioning four. Edited by Logan - April 30 2021 at 11:36 |
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Snicolette
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Posted: April 30 2021 at 11:28 |
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"Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp
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TCat
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Posted: April 30 2021 at 11:33 |
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Topics can include (as Cristi mentioned), rivers, lakes, oceans, streams and so on, but also rain, snow, tears, mudpuddles....whatever has water in it. It can be vocal or instrumental. Use your imagination. Even if the song only mentions water vaguely in the lyrics and has nothing else to do with it, it's okay. If it is an obscure reference, just let us know where it all ties together.
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Hiram
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Posted: April 30 2021 at 11:49 |
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Excellent topic!
Here's a couple of things to battle the anglophone tyranny.  Radiopuhelimet are a Finnish cult band who started in 1986 and are still active. Radiopuhelimet means "the Radiophones" or "the Walkie-Talkies". Jäämeri is title track of their 1992 album and it means "The Arctic Ocean". Lyrics describe the Arctic Ocean in almost nature mystical way. Dig the beefheartian drumming. Here's another one from them, titled Merellä, which means "at the sea" and it's another nature mystical song. They have other kinds as well. Einstürzende Neubauten - DNS Wasserturm. Title means "DNA Water Tower" and some sounds of the track were recorded in a water tower. Yes, it's a bit far fetched for the topic. Here's something to chill out with and with universally understandable language. Marc Ribot is the most bestest guitar player in the world. |
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Posted: April 30 2021 at 12:08 |
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Love the topic, just decided to go with the first three loved water songs that came to mind that aren't in PA.
First up, "Cold Missouri Waters," a James Keelaghan song, as performed by the folk "supergroup," Cry Cry Cry. A song about firefighters, but obviously referencing the water. Next is, I hope, not too well known, although it did get a lot of airplay out west when it came out. "Walk On The Ocean," by Toad The Wet Sprocket. And thirdly, "The Lowlands of Holland," a Scottish folk song performed by Susan McKeown, a superb vocalist, in quite a different way than Steeleye Span covered it (also an excellent version).
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"Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp
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Shadowyzard
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Posted: April 30 2021 at 12:20 |
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I was not gonna participate this time, as I'll not be very active here for some time; but couldn't resist the water...
 Here's my nomination: Handel - Water Music |
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Posted: April 30 2021 at 12:25 |
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My selection: 2) Dave Matthews Band: Dont Drink The Water (Lp version) 3) Francesco Guccini once again: Acque Edited by jamesbaldwin - April 30 2021 at 12:28 |
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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.
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Yep, I love this topic. It's absolutely not water bored. Or water boredom, or waterboreding to be rather tortuous about it. My favourite kind of waterboarding is windsurfing, by the way, though that could also be torture for some. |
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Posted: April 30 2021 at 12:51 |
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I know, it's more than 3 or 4...so sue me.  Plus, all my favourite songs about water on artists on PA : ELP - Take A Pebble Peter Gabriel - I Go Swimming Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans Genesis - Ripples King Crimson - In the Wake of Poseidon You get the picture. Enjoy (I already know which one I'll pick)  The Doobie Brothers - Black Water Enya - Orinoco FlowGordon Lightfoot - Wreck of the Edmund FitzgeraldGowan - Oceania Men At Work - Down By The SeaMen Without Hats Walk On WaterEdited by JD - April 30 2021 at 13:29 |
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Wonderful music! This young Turkish boy, stuck in the seventies, judging by the length of his hair, is talented, in my opinion he will give us satisfaction!  Edited by jamesbaldwin - April 30 2021 at 13:02 |
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Posted: April 30 2021 at 13:20 |
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The first thing that immediately sprang to mind was Nau Mai e Kā Hua, which was an album that really resonated with me last year. Between Monday 16th and Friday 20th November, Rattle decided to do something they’d not done before, and release five albums in five days - or “Five-in-Five” as they promoted it.year. Nau Mau e Kā Hua was the third release, and it would take something quite special to follow, let alone top, the last two offerings, as both David Harrow and the Tania Giannouli Trio albums are top notch, but this third offering on a hump day was definitely no slump. It’s an absolutely stunning album from Ariana Tikao and Al Fraser. Whether it’s because I hail from Aotearoa, I’m never sure, but I’m a real sucker for taonga pūoro (the traditional musical instruments of the Māori). Ruby Solly’s album, Pōneke, released earlier in 2020 and full of glorious and gorgeous taonga puoro, remains one of my favourite releases of that year, and Nau Mai e Kā Hua is right up there with it - an album which is all about water.
I love the cover image of Nau Mai e Kā Hua, as it perfectly portrays what I will hear from any taonga puoro music: something deep, mysterious and immersive. The artwork is titled “Te Korowai o Tangaroa” – the cloak of Tangaroa (god of the sea and fish), and that also makes sense. There’s something remarkably intimate and sensitive about the music of taonga puoro that doesn’t just sound natural, but at one with nature. The multitude of sounds from the various instruments played provides a quite beautiful tapestry of different textures and tones. Deep thrums, breathy whistles, birdsong, and more; the expressive voices of taonga puoro would all be quite beautiful without further adornment. But there’s no denying that the vocals of Ariana Tikao add yet another colour to the palette, and another layer of depth (to keep to the watery theme that the cover art inspires). Indeed, midway through the album is a track called Te reo o te wai. Now my knowledge of Maori is rudimentary at best, but even I can recognise that immediately as “the language of the water”, and it’s exactly as you might expect it to sound. This is an album I can see myself returning to time and time again. I don’t think there are any videos for any of the tracks, but here is the Bandcamp page: https://rattle-records.bandcamp.com/album/nau-mai-e-k-hua |
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Posted: April 30 2021 at 13:22 |
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Well, Springsteen's "The River" and Simon and Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water" would be both shoe-ins for this poll, but - as per Mike's initial post - I'd rather go for songs that don't have such a high profile. This one is probably not as well-known as either of them: I need to think about a couple more at least. I've stuck to just one song for the past two polls, but now it's time to have a wider range of selections! |
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Posted: April 30 2021 at 13:22 |
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Fluturi Pe Asfalt - Munti Sub Mari (Mountains under the Sea)
Celelalte Cuvinte - Paraul (The Stream) I'll be back with a couple more songs tomorrow. |
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My second selection, which came to mind almost as quickly as my first, is Adenine. This is the ambient alter-ego of Scottish harpist Ailie Robertson. She has released plenty of more traditional harp fare under her own name, but this is her first ambient release – and the music is lush and beautiful. I’ve been listening to it and loving it since being introduced to it in March 2020. The eponymous Adenine opens up with possibly my favourite track, Smirr (which Adenine’s Bandcamp page tells me is a Scottish word to describe a fine, drifting rain or drizzle). The sounds of this smirr are omnipresent in the track, and provide the most gorgeous accompaniment to the sounds of the harp. It’s the most effective use of precipitation as an instrument that I’ve ever encountered, and not at all the cliché that the sound of rain can often take in music. The watery theme continues with Spindrift, and has a suitably weightless and breathy sound that perfectly evokes the swirling spray blown from creating waves. There’s a sensation of floating, and being carried along – being taken where the wind blows you. Apparently, spindrift in Scotland can also refer to the fine snow that is blown off hills in a similar way. So this is perhaps the intended meaning (though I can’t help but imagine the sea, rather than snow), as the following track is Flindrikin, which is one of (so I’m lead to believe) over 400 words the Scots have for snow. Strangely, a flindrikin is a light shower of snow, while this track feels considerably heavier, and crunchy. Aftak is an easing or lull in a storm, which only furthers the impression that Flindrikin may have been named somewhat ironically. Aftak lives up to its name, a beautiful and quiet oasis of minimalism. The watery theme returns with final track, and my second favourite after Smirr, Haar. A haar is a cold sea fog that is blown inland, but there’s nothing cold about this haar. It’s as perfect a closing number as Smirr was an opening number. This album was well worth the wait. Another favourite album from last year! https://adenine1.bandcamp.com/album/adenine Edited by nick_h_nz - April 30 2021 at 13:30 |
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Posted: April 30 2021 at 13:29 |
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Historians get the true story of Handel's [sic] Water Music wrong. It is said that King George I asked Handel to provide music for his River Thames barge party, and the suite was the result. In reality, it was Boy George I (who also sported long hair) that asked DJ Handles to create music (Handles' Passing Water Music) to help with his urinary retention, but it worked far too well as he developed chronic urinary incontinence. A very pissed Boy George I later wrote a song about Handles, who George unfairly blamed for Handles' great success, called "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me (Do you Really Want to Make Me Pee)" which featured the lyrics: "Do you really want to hurt me, Do you really want to make me pee... Come inside and catch my whizz I've been piddling but believe me If it's true you do not know This boy wees without a reason I'm prepared to let it go If it's piss you want from me Then feel my spray Please take it away" (The UnCultured Club). Edited by Logan - April 30 2021 at 14:11 |
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Posted: April 30 2021 at 13:39 |
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Do tears count as water too? If yes I suggest this one: The German title "Naturträne" translates as "Tear of Nature" or "Natural Tear". Some phenomenal singing by Nina.
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Posted: April 30 2021 at 13:42 |
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Cristi, does this one work? |
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Posted: April 30 2021 at 13:44 |
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^ yes, thank you!
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