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Logan
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Mila: If you mean only mention the black midi, then no, I would love to hear your other choices (be they three others or four if it surely is out of contention). And I see nothing wrong if you want to include it even if it is fairly well-known at the forum. And I won't always discount the known, nor will various others who have participated. I bet there are plenty around here who haven't heard it, but I suspect that a significant percentage of those who participate in this poll will have heard it.
^^ Thanks very much, Nickie. Well said. While otherworldly melancholic music tends to resonate with me and is commonly what I focus on, I might try to being some down-to-earth cheerful music to the Interactive proceedings in the future. I know there must be some cheerful music that doesn't depress me. While we are comparing the four, it helps for me to have time and days to absorb music, and to play it while in different moods (very blue or not so very blue), so on that blue note (sorry, my sad little blue humour had worn thin even before I mentioned it): Kees: Yôkaï - Ledeberg. This was superb! It hooked me immediately and held me throughout. Ahhhh, this must be one of my very favourites during the whole competition. Love! Following such a superb opening act, I might have expected to be a little let down by the closer, but I thought that Mondkopf's Continuation was truly wonderful too. To me those two choices worked so well together. I am very happy to have listened to those. For the purposes of this poll I would favour Yôkaï as the nomination of these two. Edited by Logan - August 12 2022 at 18:37 |
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Mila-13
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Thanks a lot for your feedback, Greg. Much appreciated!
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So, up next:
From Belgium . .
Charlotte Adigérie & Bolis Pupul: Thank You (Album: Topical Dancer, 4/3/2022) Added to initial post incl. comment here Edited by Mila-13 - August 14 2022 at 04:11 |
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Logan
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^^ No, Thank You, Mila, and I mean especially for the Charlotte Adigérie & Bolis Pupul song. It has artsy quirky dance music qualities that I very much enjoyed. Another very fine selection from people (myself excluded perhaps). Evolutionary musicologists now confirm that the "survival of the unfittest modern music" hypothesis was propagated by unfit hacks over the internet. ;)
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I added two tracks to my original post, completing my fab (?) four. And I will be off for a couple of days, so I won't be able to listen to all suggestions put up so far before Tuesday or so, but... I'll be back! @Greg: Thank you for your comments; glad you liked those first two. The Yôkaï album Coup de grâce is very good, so I can recommend it. I was however not as impressed as with their first album, which is even better, IMO. And I'm not really surprised that you also like Mondkopf, with its cinematic qualities...
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Thoughts/Ranking of Kees' selections:
Kees: Yôkaï – Ledeberg Spagetti-Western-y guitars
with steady electronic beat. Sax solo. Would make good soundtrack music. Catchy. Mondkopf – Continuation Organ and deep guitar notes
(Doorsian) atmospheric. Sax (or some
other brass solo), as music intensifies Big
Big Train - Proper Jack Froster First one I’ve known in this set. Love this piece, esp the storyline. Nostalgic. Well crafted, accessible (not
always a bad thing). Still saddened by
Longdon’s death. Lisa
LeBlanc - Pourquoi faire aujourd'hui
Bouncy, sassy, sarcastic. Dance
tune with twists. A bit infectious. Wide ranging taste, which I’ve come to know from your selections over the (now) years (! Yep, Lorenzo debuted the Interactive Polls on 16 May, 2020). 1)
Big Big Train - Proper Jack Froster (5 points) 2)
Mondkopf – Continuation (3 points) 3) Yôkaï - Ledeberg(2 points) 4)
Lisa LeBlanc - Pourquoi faire aujourd'hui (1
point) Edited by Snicolette - August 14 2022 at 15:32 |
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Logan
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^^ Thanks Kees, I will see about listening to Yôkaï's first album in full and then Coup de grâce. And yeah, I do like those cinematic qualities. One of the first soundtracks I fell for was Moroder's Midnight Express, which has disco qualities in the pathos-evoking main theme. Speaking of disco (as a seemingly forced segue perhaps), I enjoyed Lisa LeBlanc' "Pourquoi faire aujourd'hui" very much. I unabashedly love plenty of disco and music with disco qualities. Your first two will be my top two still, with LeBlanc in third, and Big Big Train being the caboose, and pourquoi pas?
1. Yôkaï - Ledeberg (5 points) 2. Mondkopf – Continuation (3 points) 3. Lisa LeBlanc - Pourquoi faire aujourd'hui (2 points) 4. Big Big Train - Proper Jack Froster (1 point) |
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One thing I love about doing the polls this way is that not only does it lead to more interactivity for all of the participants, but I do love to compare things and look for patterns. It is interesting to me to see how one user ranks a set compared to another user and compare each user's votes on different sets.
While only two of us have started with the voting, here are the results so far (Nickie's ranking followed by mine with each user's list of four songs, except with Nickie's where she didn't rank her own except perhaps in how she ordered them to some extent). For George's list: 1) S.G. Goodman - Teeth Mark's (5 points) 2) Kikagaku Moyo - Dancing Blue (3 points) 3) we broke the weather - Fire Season (2 points) 4) Spooky Cool - I Lick the Sweat Off Your Back (1 point) 1. Kikagaku Moyo - Dancing Blue (5 points) 2. S.G. Goodman - Teeth Mark's (3 points) 3. Spooky Cool - I Lick the Sweat Off Your Back (2 points) 4. we broke the weather - Fire Season (1 point) For Kees' list: 1) Big Big Train - Proper Jack Froster (5 points) 2) Mondkopf – Continuation (3 points) 3) Yôkaï (2 points) 4) Lisa LeBlanc - Pourquoi faire aujourd'hui (1 point) 1. Yôkaï - Ledeberg (5 points) 2. Mondkopf – Continuation (3 points) 3. Lisa LeBlanc - Pourquoi faire aujourd'hui (2 points) 4. Big Big Train - Proper Jack Froster (1 point) -------------------------- For Nickie's list, I ranked them: 1. Mary Fahl's "cover" of "Since You've Asked" (5 points) 2. Ana Alcaide - "An Mah" (3 points) 3. Midlike Bethel Woods - "For The Sake of Bethel Woods" (2 points) 4. Returned to the Earth - "White Room" (1 point) Nickie ranked my list: 1) Melody's Echo Chamber - Alma_The Voyage (5 points) 2) YAYA Kim - Providence of Providence (3 points) 3) Current 93 - There Is No Zodiac (2 points) 4) Perfume Genius - Teeth (1 point) I might rank my own list: 1. Perfume Genius - Teeth (5 points) 2. YAYA Kim - Providence of Providence (3 points) 3. Melody's Echo Chamber - Alma_The Voyage (2 points) 4. Current 93 - There Is No Zodiac (1 point) I might add more of the rankings to this post later if not deemed a bad idea. |
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Interesting idea to compare, Greg. I actually didn't present mine in my own order of ranking, which for me would be hard. It was actually hard to pare down to just 4, I could have done 8-10. I did try to vary the "set" if you will, however, similar to a show set.
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Thanks, Nickie, for your comments! Yes, two years already. I missed the first dozen or so, but it is two years that I entered these Interactive Polls with a Detachable Penis (in the Surprise, Surprise poll). I thought nobody could take me serious again after that (which is OK, because I do that myself much too often). |
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I've put together a playlist in order of the complete 4 suggestions from Nickie, Greg, me, and Kees, plus the 2 tracks from Mila.
I'll add as more suggestions are given.
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Hey Nickie, good to see you back here.
The leader among your selections for me was Midlake's "Bethel Woods". The driving piano under the vocals worked for me. It became harder with the remaining tracks as it was comparing different styles. I went with the contemporary prog stylings of Returned to the Earth, followed by ethnic sounds of Ana Alcaide, and then mary Fahl. For whatever reason, I didn't think of either Midlake or Returned to the Earth as American bands. So, Midlake - 5 pts Returned to the Earth - 3 pts Ana Alcaide - 2 pts Mary Fahl - 1 pt
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Greg, ranking is tough. It often depends on my at the given time. As with Nickie's selections, I took a few repeated listens. Melody's Echo Chamber took the lead with her take on dream pop. I can feel that summery haze of that picture shown in the video. Then it was between YAYA Kim and Perfume Genius for the third spot. Gave the edge to Perfume Genius, so:
Melody's Echo Chamber - 5 pts Perfume Genius - 3 pts YAYA Kim - 2 pts Current 93 - 1 pt
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Kees - So, I know Yôkaï from the Interactive Lesser Known Prog Poll from last year. In fact, I got that first album because of it and wasn't aware of this new one. I picked up several albums from that poll. I looked it up, and it was progaardvark that suggested it. He didn't nominate it but nominated a track by Cerc, who I also picked up.
I liked the new (to me) track. I did look at the video once and I am not sure I can make sense of it but I liked the animation. Big Big Train is a band I've liked for a while starting with The Underfall Yard and the English Electric recordings. I particular like the English Electric: Full Power compilation with its great packaging and photos. I liked the subsequent albums but felt they mined a lot of similar territory. I haven't given the most recent two albums a listen, but this is a solid (yet familiar sounding) track. I gave the edge to Monkopf for it's exotic quality. The Lisa Leblanc track was fun. I do like my funk, but a track does have to go fourth. Yôkaï - 5 pts Mondkopf - 3 pts Big Big Train - 2 pts Lisa LeBlanc - 1 pt Edited by mathman0806 - August 13 2022 at 16:06 |
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My knowledge of the music of the 20's Is limited.
I post songs of artists I know well. 1) Vinicio Capossela, La lodoletta 2020 2) Bruce Springsteen, Song tò Orphans, 2020 3) Francesco Guccini. Natale a Pavana,2020 4) Paolo Conte, El Greco v2022 Please Help me tò find the YouTube links,vI am not able Edited by jamesbaldwin - August 13 2022 at 19:36 |
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Nickie and Greg, thanks for comments and rankings. Appreciate it.
Nickie, I do get your acoustic/electric comment. i think, inherently, a piece of music I like can be good without the enhancements of being electric. But I do like it sometimes when things get noisy. While I am commenting, I have been enjoying your podcast and it's been a good source of new music. i may have missed one or not completely listened to another, but i have either bought or wishlisted several things from that. I am waiting for Bandcamp Fridays to return next month. in regards to how I listed my tracks, it went from the ones I heard first in 2022 to the most recent. So, here are some notes on my suggestions. The S. G. Goodman track was an advanced release to her second album, which came out in June. I had first heard material from first album (2020 release) last year and was taken by her voice and the genuine quality to it. Some really great tunes on that first album and I'm just getting into her second. Amazon let me know when Teeth Marks came out. Interesting history as she grew up in rural Kentucky (daughter of a sharecropper) and is gay. There is a story of how every year growing up, her father would plant corn for his children so they can harvest and sell in order to buy new school clothes (after contribute to the church tithing). A lot of her songs are rooted in her personal hardships and what she saw coming from that part fhe country. She still resides Kentucky. we broke the weather is a new band and their debut album came out in February but i came across them on Bandcamp sometime in March or April. A modern prog band with influences from bands current bands like the Dear Hunter (who has a new album out) and Thank You Scientist, as well classic prog like King Crimson and Yes. All the artists I selected from are relatively young with Kikagaku Moyo the oldest, having formed in 2012. Unfortunately, it seems like this is their last album and are currently on a farewell tour. I first came across them about two or three years ago with their third album House in the Tall Grass. The only artist of my selections on PA, the most an album has is 15 ratings with only one review. Finally, Spooky Cool I've mentioned before in the What's New Wit You Interactive Poll. They only have one EP from 2018 before releasing a single a month on Bandcamp since June leading up to their full length debut this fall. The track I posted is from July. I follow them as they are one of the only local bands of interest. Their most recent single came out yesterday and features their other vocalist. As a bonus for anyone interested, It would be hard to rank my favorites, but I think it would go in order of how I listed anyway. The S. G. Goodman track ha stuck with me since I first heard it. I think we broke the weather is in my top 20 prog albums for 2022 as of now. They should be on PA. I do have a couple of other loved tracks (albums) that might be considered better known and were on the long side. Just to give them mention, Primus - Conspiranoia (11+ minutes) and King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - The Dripping Tap (18+ minutes).
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For me It wont possibile tò liste tò YouTube until September
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________________ My next proposal: From Turkey . . Lalalar: Hiç Mutlu Olmam Daha Iyi (Album: Bi Cinnete Bakar, 6/5/2022) Added to initial post incl. comment here Edited by Mila-13 - August 14 2022 at 04:10 |
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Lorenzo, if you'd like, I can try and find your selections and upload them for you. The theme is just for this one year, you did have one that you'd marked as 2022, and I did find it, if you'd like me to do that.
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