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The Anders 
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And now for the first songs on page 2. mathman0806 (part 3) Pearl Jam "Dance of the Clairvoyants" (2020) starts with bass and drums. Then enters vocals and some interesting guitar. It's almost funky, and towards the end there are some choirs that lead my thoughts to "The Great Curve" from Remain in Light. All in all very cold and dark sounding. suitkees Golden Earring "Flowers in the Mud": I admit I haven't really been listening to Golden Earring, except I know "Radar Love". This one is as pretty classic rock song, the composition is perhaps a bit R.E.M.-like at times. Fine number. Slightly inappropriate album cover. Nits - "The Electric Pond" is in the more experimental area with interesting sound elements and some quite impressionistic chord changes. I prefer this to Golden Earring, even if it very much to the dark side. I think I have heard of the band before, but I didn't know any of their music. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - "Ghost Star" begins with dark synths and some exotic bird sounds. More synths enter the sound, this time some rather agressive ones. I can visualize the musicians/producers turning the knobs in the studio. I expected the track to be instrumental, but a singing voice comes in at some point and sings what is essentially a ballad. Then come the "drums". The singer sounds a bit too much like Bono for my taste, but apart from that I really like what I hear. My favourite among those three by far. Raff Blue Öyster Cult. What is it with hard rock and metal bands and the umlaut? (Ü, Ö) The song is a bit bombastic, and I can't really figure out if the song is satirical or not (an alchymist with sunglasses, a graveyard, a church etc.), but I guess it is meant to be tongue-in-cheek at least. There are some hints at 80's heavy metal too. Only having heard "Don't Fear the Reaper" (it is them, right?), the song was not exactly what I expected. I quite enjoy it for what it is.
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jamesbaldwin
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Posted: April 20 2021 at 16:14 |
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@Lewian Friedman etc. In this music there is Christian at the nth power: instrumental piece, sounds bordering on noises and cacophony, but in this case with a sober arrangement, it is basically a tribal cybernetic piece, similar to the King Crimson of the second period, it could have a dealing also with the Tibetan Ki Gong. Contender @The Anders - Pa Kanten etc: synthetic song that evokes the synth pop, which has a singing that recalls the French, all in all it's a pop song verse-chorus but arranged in a very experimental way and with curious sounds. - En mand etc. Rock ballad with rough sounds, but with a very melodic base, with a hard rock chorus, I would say very eclectic, it reminded me of the Blur of the best times, very marked singing that stands out the original language. It is the one I prefer, candidate for the podium - Bjornen etc soft and melodic song that could recall certain Beatles refrains, nice, but of the three it is the one that attracts me less. When the melody gets on the major tonality, did you also notice that it sounds like Dear Prudence? Or is it just my impression? @Nickie - Kaleidoscope I know I've already voted them in an old poll, their sixties psychedelic pop raga is prodigious ... this song is a grungy folk arranged with a lot of good taste, and sung beautifully, I would say contender - Tom Rapp if I'm not mistaken you have nominated him recently, here he presents himself as a sweet and pastoral singer-songwriter, fragile, vulnerable, in the style of Nick Drake but his voice is much more expressive. This is also a contender for the podium - To Venus is an instrumental composition that echoes chamber music, therefore a symphonic poem, the musical score is all in all sober, here we go more on the evocative rather than the narrative. The first two songs convince me more. Edited by jamesbaldwin - April 20 2021 at 16:24 |
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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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dr wu23
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Posted: April 20 2021 at 16:22 |
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A wonderful musician who has never stopped making great music...from Still (2015),
I never tire of listening to his guitar .
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One does nothing yet nothing is left undone.
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Posted: April 20 2021 at 16:22 |
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I love love love your comments!
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The Anders
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Posted: April 20 2021 at 16:36 |
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@Lorenzo. I haven't thought about the "Dear Prudence" connection before. I'd say, the chorus uses the same melody notes, but in a different way, and that aside I don't think the two songs have much in common. It is most certainly not on purpose, but on the other hand they are clearly influenced by the Beatles. After all "Kom lad os brokke os" (one of my two contributions to the protest song poll) briefly cited "Lady Madonna" towards the end, but that was obviously on purpose.
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Posted: April 20 2021 at 16:43 |
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Speaking of "Dear Prudence", when I presented C.V. Jørgensen some
editions ago, I thought about including this song. It has some obvious
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jamesbaldwin
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Yes, it is not an intended effect.
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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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Absolutely love this man's work since Fairport Convention...Assuredly one of the longest continuous careers in folk/rock/prog music. I would have brought him here, if I hadn't added the long hiatus twist between last recording to next recording. Fabulous lyricist and musician. Excellent choice!
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Posted: April 20 2021 at 17:37 |
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Glad I wasn't the only one.
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"Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp
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dr wu23
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Posted: April 20 2021 at 17:40 |
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Another one of my personal heroes.....from 2012...a man who has a had a long career.
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I'll only comment the nominations briefly this time.
Logan / David Bowie - Dollar Days Wonderful ballad from a wonderful artist's swan song. Bowie's singing sounds better than ever. I like how the song grows towards the end and how the vocals echo away. Raff / Blue Öyster Cult - The Alchemist Heavier than I expected, but I'll admit I'm not super familiar with the band. Powerful and melodic hard rock. Not my favourite kind of music, but I listened to this without problems and can appreciate it. Nice dynamics and atmosphere and cool guitar duelling in the middle. JD / Joe Jackson - Fool I wasn't familiar with Joe Jackson before, but this is very good. Quirky art pop that I need to investigate further, it seems. Very good production where you can hear everything clearly. While there are quite different building blocks here, nothing feels forced. Shadowyzard / Ajda Pekkan - Ben Yanmisim Eurovision Song Contest type stuff that definitely has its entertainment value. Good show on the video that's big part of the fun with this kind of artists. Thanks for all the insightful comments on The Fall track. It's a latter day gem from them. I think the two-mic thing on the live video is just for show. At least I don't hear a difference whether MES is using one or two mics.
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@Shadowyzard @mathman -Cheap Trick: I would say that if we take out the almost heavy metal arrangement, this song would become a sixties-style melodic song. Overall then we have a melodic hard-rock piece, complete with a distorted guitar solo. I like it, contender? Edited by jamesbaldwin - April 21 2021 at 07:31 |
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Oh, yes, the phrase on the guitar, since the beginning, is very similar to Dear Prudence, anyway, very good soft ballad.
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His early works are Post Punk / New Wave I suppose (1979 - 1981). He then began to explore his deeper understanding and love of music for sure. I highly recommend 'Body and Soul' as well as 'Big World'. But all his stuff s stellar in my opinion.
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Page 2 continued. Logan (part 2) David Bowie - "Girl Loves Me". It feels almost unnatural to hear Bowie sing the F word. He is usually far too elegant for that kind of thing. Apart from that, this is a truely fascinating number with an interesting groove. The beat is kind of electronic, just played on real drums. The fact that he doesn't know where Monday did go is even more odd considering we all know that Bowie will only love you till Tuesday. The Hateful Eight kind of sounds like the name of a Grateful Dead cover band. Instead we get some ominous scoremusic with low-pitched and quite instruments held up against high-pitched violins. Surely something violent is going to happen in a few minutes. This is a calm before the storm, and the music gradially builds a tension. Around 5:30 the battle is beginning to take place I guess. Classic style score music that could have been from some big production from the 1960's. Snicolette The Kaleidoscope - "Ghost Riders in the Sky" begins with bluesy sounds, lncluding some slide guitar. We're in the Wild West once again. The vocals are nasal with a country twang. The atmosphere is kind of gothic. I like this a lot, and it should be a contender. Tom Rapp I mostly know for Pearls Before Swine. On "Running In My Dream" his singing has improved a lot since One Nation Underground. It's a folkish singer/songwriter ballad with acoustic guitars and a flute in the background. It's rather melancholic and thoughtful. I like it, but I think I prefer the prevous track slightly. Frank Wyatt and Friends - "To Venus" has a rather pompos orchestral arrangement. It's a bit too much for my taste, but I like the track composition-wise. There are many far-out chord changes, and at times it almost becomes atonal. It sounds kind of cienematic sometimes. The Kalaidoscope song is still my favourite among those three.
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Posted: April 21 2021 at 08:03 |
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I'll add a couple just because: |
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Thanks for the recommendations! I'll make sure to check him out.
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Posted: April 21 2021 at 12:24 |
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I had to vote. 'Dollar Days', of course; Anything related to 'Blackstar' gets me going!
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