Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
What are you listening to? Part III
- Thread starter S.B.G
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
They really are, and more like their older stuff. Can't wait for the album tomorrow.
Didn't they record part of Burn The Witch in 2006? That could explain the older sound. I'll reserve judgements for tomorrow.
Have you seen the video that accompanies the title song? Stunning, and shot through with wonderful cultural and historical grace notes.
It's awesome.
And I listened to Daydreaming last night when I was starting to fall asleep. That was an experience...
Yes. Superb, sinister and compelling.
An astonishing video, and one full of visual jokes, and sly grace notes (to history, culture, traditions…), with a surface tone of almost twee tranquility - and ingrained habits of deference to outside authority masking a disturbing complicity which disguises a continued loyalty to a really subversive and sinister set of subterranean traditions; - such as, (the gallows entwined with flowers, the red cross painted on houses known to be infected by the plague - painted by the very individual who had been painting post boxes a fetching red, the villager swigging scrumpy, down to his West Country smock, the ducking seat for witches which doubles as a childrens' swing, the sinister maypole dance, complete with antlers and swords, even the brilliant homage to the Wicker Man)…….seriously, there is so much in this video, that it repays further viewings.
And the song is terrific, too.
I wasn't much of a fan of his music, but an interview I heard this morning from NPR's Alt.Latino team I had another listen to the song, and can clearly note the mixes of jazz, rock, blues, and afro-Hispanic rhythms.
And to think that this song is actually made up of 3 different covers, primarily being a Fleetwood Mac song, mixed with "B.B. King Does the Cha-Cha".
Anyway, the interview sounds like what should be on an episode in the VH1's Behind The Music series, and is amazing that 2 of the guys in this band (one of which was brought in later) would go on to form Journey.
BL.
And to think that this song is actually made up of 3 different covers, primarily being a Fleetwood Mac song, mixed with "B.B. King Does the Cha-Cha".
Anyway, the interview sounds like what should be on an episode in the VH1's Behind The Music series, and is amazing that 2 of the guys in this band (one of which was brought in later) would go on to form Journey.
BL.
Some modern folk (traditional) music from Georgia (that is, Caucasus Georgia, not the state in the US), from the groups Erisioni, and Sukhishvili (both of whom, I am happy to report, I had the privilege of seeing perform live).
Earlier tonight, some medieval airs from France and central Europe.
Now, The Verve with 'Bittersweet Symphony'.
Now, The Verve with 'Bittersweet Symphony'.
And, now, some antique stuff (more antique than medieval music, obviously) some airs, melodies, and songs from a wonderful group called The Stranglers.