Interactive poll: All you do to me is talk talk

I really want to nominate this song as it's quite dear to me, but I don't know if it's stretching the theme too far: just one minute of spoken word in a nine-minute song? I have some ideas for possible replacements if people aren't okay with this

Now, because of my previous suggestions, you all must think that I'm a very serious guy, which is very much true, of course. So, to add up to that, a final one from a band that you know by now from previous IA-polls... (and, if you are all going to complain about it, or that it becomes too serious and/or if you are going be nasty with me, I will nominate the Alvin Lucier piece...)

King Missile - Jesus Was Way Cool:

@suitkees

It's too warm outside, so a good day to listen to music. I served myself a "swimming pool" (i.e. a pastis with lots of water and ice) to listen to all the talk that is going on... Page 1:

Lewian: Never heard of The Blech but Die einsame Träne sounds quite interesting, as if avant-garde goes mainstream. Intriguing. I prefer Red Snapper's Suckerpunch, though, great almost trance inducing groove and flow with wonderful trumpet interludes. Nice listen!

Logan: Yes, I know Gil Scot-Heron's The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, but it is a very good piece: engaging, engaged, musically rich and with a great groove and flow. Gainsbourg is also known to me and another good one. I'm less impressed by Matt Berry, it's nice to hear, but will not be sticking with me long after.

The Anders: I quite like this piece by Dan Turèll and Halfdan E. Lighthearted and serious text at the same time (makes me think a bit of the poetry of your fellow countryman Jørgen Leth), and the music is very entertaining, music-hall like, illustrating the chaotic of daily life. Very nice.

jamesbaldwin: Beautiful poetic work by Gilad Atzmon, as far as I can understand the lyrics. Musically very melancholic, a kind of mélange between klezmer and latin music. I quite like this calm atmospheric song.

Snicolette: Robin Williamson tells as an intriguing and captivating story, also in a captivating way, but somehow the music sounds a bit too accessory here to me.

Easy Money: Great to give us some Johnny Cash; you feel the atmosphere of the place he is playing... Makes me think of the great biopic Walk The Line in which this performance is treated too. I like this one for what it represents, more than for the song itself, but it is always nice to hear again.

Shadowyzard: Well, I listened to the first track and to two snippets of each of the other two tracks, but this is really one of the few genres of music that I really don't like at all. I cannot connect to it, this passes me by completely.

Cristi: An eclectic selection... Ghost Song by The Doors, I didn't remember this one and it's quite good (as most The Doors things). Unconscious by [no band name given] has some interesting things in it, especially when it calms down a bit, but for me it is completely destroyed by the drumming - a pity. My favourite of yours is Erik Truffaz' piece (a national hero here) with Nya, a great jazzy piece of music and rap. Good one!

mathman: This work of Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy may not have the quality of Gil Scot-Heron's piece but it is sure as engaging. The clip is very good (which is explained by the fact that it was made by Mark Pellington - not unknown to me). But I prefer Soul Coughing's Screenwriter's Blues: great playing, dramatics, originality. Weird Al is OK and fun, but cannot compete with the former.

JD: Ah, The Police, always good! Didn't remember that the talking section was that long, actually. Nice to hear, but far from their best. Didn't know John Baldry and his "boodjie woodjie"; rock 'n roll with a great story. Quite nice. Another change of style with Commander Cody, moving forward on country terrain. Again a great story, but I prefer John Baldry's...

I prophesy disaster: The Bevis Fond deliver a quite raw and noisy avant-garage, if that could exist. Interesting to discover, but a bit too much noise on the long run. Rollins Band pack's out when stating "I'm a Liar" in a style that is not of my liking, where the other parts are laid back and bluesy and quite nice. Of the three I prefer Ella's Uncle by Matthew Trapnell, great groove and recordings inserted - musically much richer than the other two, imo. Very nice.

Wiz_d_kidd: This is Ponderous by 2NU with another story of everyday life with some interesting sound effects and recordings. Nice, but not the most engaging of what I've heard up till now.

Dr wu: Masters of Reality, with their tea problems. Fun indeed, and quite good to listen to! William Shatner gives us another fun listen, with both of his feet firmly on the ground - this one doesn't disappoint me at all!
 

I'm glad you like the Gil Scott-Heron and Serge Gainsbourg music (of which I had used the similar "Cargo Culte" in an earlier interactive poll), and I'm not surprised that Nickie would have thought to mention it (or another).  I would have been surprised if no one else had mentioned it being as well-known and apt as it is (edit, meaning "The Revolution Will not Be Televised", not the Gainsbourg).  It has a groove to it that I love (in similar ways to how Can and Neu! groove) and the lyrics and historical-perspective make it all the more interesting.  As for the Matt Berry, I dig it and it amuses me for its rather lame absurdity, especially as the intro to the album Opium, but then I love Matt Berry.  I don't know how familiar you are with him, but he was involved the shows Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, Snuff Box, and Toast of London (and appeared in the IT Crowd) as well as other things.  My favourite album of his is probably Kill the Wolf.  The first thing I got to know of his is AD/BC: A Rock Opera, which I love.  I won't say this is up to that for comedic appeal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kPoM_RrNOo

Thanks for taking the time to comment on the selections (don't think I'll find the time to do the same, but I always appreciate it when others can).

suitkees wrote: The Anders: I quite like this piece by Dan Turèll and Halfdan E. Lighthearted and serious text at the same time (makes me think a bit of the poetry of your fellow countryman Jørgen Leth), and the music is very entertaining, music-hall like, illustrating the chaotic of daily life. Very nice.

Thanks a lot for the nice comment. I think it is very plausible that Dan Turèll and Jørgen Leth influenced each other, but I think Dan Turèll was a little more anarchistic in his approach.

Fun fact: When he died in 1993, all the Copenhagen taxi drivers had flags on their cars.