Interactive Poll: Whats New Wit' Chu?

TCat wrote: As far as the concern about posting artists that you discovered from someone else's submission in these polls, I have no problem with that, as long as you pick another song that you like that wasn't picked by the original person.  It's nice to get some feedback on that anyway.  What does everyone else think?

In principle, I don't have a problem with that either, but as I said earlier: artists suggested in these poll by others than myself "belong" a bit to those other members. I "dared" to go with an artist who I presented before.... which I did. Otherwise I would have posted a track from that Faun Fables album!

TCat wrote: As far as the concern about posting artists that you discovered from someone else's submission in these polls, I have no problem with that, as long as you pick another song that you like that wasn't picked by the original person.  It's nice to get some feedback on that anyway.  What does everyone else think?

This is fine by me except I may want to avoid these anyway for reasons of personal stubbornness.

Just for personal feedback: Top 5 albums bought by artists discovered in these polls:

Les Anarchistes - La musica nelle strade!

Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left

Seckou Keita - 22 Strings

Meta Meta - M M 3

Jambinai - Onda

...and many more.

Roberto Vecchioni, an old-fashioned but very cultured Italian singer-songwriter (professor of Latin and Greek) and with a warm and romantic voice with a Milanese accent like mine, I have known him for many years but I have listened to his live album Camper a lot in recent years, and it is the only one of his albums I know well until now

Do you know Italian melodic music? Romantic music, sung with "The heart in your hand", where you listen to the singer's emotions from his voice. We are at the opposite corner of prog: there are no big changes, everything is based on the melody and the moving singing. I think you will not like these songs very much, but if you listen to them in the dark with headphones in the evening, reading the lyrics, and let yourself be led not so much by the music but by the feeling they emanate, maybe you will have an experience of Italian music.

1) ROBERTO VECCHIONI FEAT. ENZO JANNACCI: Luci a San Siro (Lights at Saint Siro)* San Siro is a neighborhood of Milano

Lyrics:

From the world of prog, I discovered the great mix of electronics and post rock sensibility that Battlestations developed on their recent albums. Silencer

I will have to post the link down below, once again it doesn't work for me . .

Mike:  Tom Waits “Blue Valentine”  I have many friends who are huge fans of Waits’ work.  His voice is truly remarkably suited to his material.  This one I do know, but it is a really perfect song, where every part matches up to the whole story.  The spare instrumentation, the despondent vocal, and of course, the lyrics.  There is also a feel of another era to it and a sense that you are hearing the person’s thoughts as he sinks farther into his sadness.  Bonny Light Horseman “Bonny Light Horseman”  I can tell from the get-go that I’m going to like this one.  Slow paced, alt country/folk sound with a wistful female vocalist.  This is a cautionary traditional song, done in a different way here than the Planxty version I am familiar with.  Beautiful Bedlam “Black World”  Love the band name.  😊  This has a feeling of darkness and skewed perception, evinced by the slightly “off” sounds, a descent into madness, or perhaps just deep depression.  There are heavy, crunchy guitars, bass and drums during the choruses.  Lots of angst here.   I like Bonny Light Horseman here, the best, probably not a surprise.  But I am not averse to the Bedlam boys and they may grow on me.  Also noticed a coincidence in that Bonny is next to Bedlam here, lyrics to Tom O’Bedlam include the line in of the chorus of “Bedlam boys are bonny.” 

JD:  Nuclear Bird “Tyrannical Megalomaniac”  Rooted in a 70’s sound, this is a keyboard driven piece, sounds like it might be the intro to a concept piece.  There is a nice organ jam in about the center.  Organ Explosion “Sneeky”  Kind of a live jazz/blues jam piece, with lots of organ, as promised.  The trio has a good sound, with some organ swirls from time to time.  Organ solo commences about a ¼ in.  Changeup a bit, after the solo, and away they go again.  BijeloDugme “Tako ti je mala moja kad ljubi Bosanac”  This one is actually from the 70s, looks like a tv set, with a strange floating instruments appearing on the set.  Sets a pretty good pace, fun to watch, wish I knew what they were singing about.  I like your first selection best, this time they were all new to me.

I prophesy disaster:  3 from Nolan Potter’s Nightmare Band “A Wizard of the Wind”  Starts off with a light and airy feel.  The cover is very neo-paganistic.  They really have captured their own sound, at least with this, very hard to make a comparison, for description’s sake.  The guitars add meat to all of the flutes and soft vocals.  Nice electric lead about halfway in, with some whirly keyboards.  “Nightmare Forever”  Here we start off in a much heavier, darker vein, with a driving beat.  The production is still subdued, but things are much ominous than the first track.  It indeed sounds like a battle is ensuing, tension builds throughout.  Moments of pure bad acid trip, but in a good way.  “Pity In The City”  This starts with some lovely, ringing guitar, almost sounds like a 12-string?  In a galloping gait.  The wispy, airy vocals continue.  Again, very subdued production, in it’s overall sound, which adds to the dreamscapes of the 3 pieces.  Lysergia again, but in a happy, dreamy, querying sort of way.  Overall assessment of the three, they are lighter in sound than most current acts, very delightful to hear.  I think the 3^rd is my favourite here, but I thoroughly enjoyed all three, for their unique flavour. 

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