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What are you listening to? Part III
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Two songs that I really liked from the mid-80s, songs that were classed - at the time - as 'minor hits' (which they were; there is no accounting for taste) but they were songs which I loved, whereas most of the 'major' hits have been long forgotten, by me, at least.....
Anyway, they are, firstly, Squeeze: 'Last Time Forever', and followed by The Go-Betweens: 'The Wrong Road'.
Anyway, they are, firstly, Squeeze: 'Last Time Forever', and followed by The Go-Betweens: 'The Wrong Road'.
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one of my favorite videos from back in the day is don't answer me by alan parsons
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqpPWVKmR4c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqpPWVKmR4c
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More underrated classics from the mid 1980s.
The group is Clannad, and the music is their haunting soundtrack from the excellent ITN TV series (which I also loved, an interpretation of the Robin Hood tale which wasn't just moronic and predictably clichéd, but an intelligent and thoughtful re-working of a very well known story, with, of course, an excellent British cast), 'Robin - The Hooded Man'.
The group is Clannad, and the music is their haunting soundtrack from the excellent ITN TV series (which I also loved, an interpretation of the Robin Hood tale which wasn't just moronic and predictably clichéd, but an intelligent and thoughtful re-working of a very well known story, with, of course, an excellent British cast), 'Robin - The Hooded Man'.
A regular on my playlist (and my programming music for today) is a recording of all of Beethoven's string quartets, performed by the Végh Quartet.
The image posted does not display on my screen (despite downloading what I think may be the most up-to-date version of Adobe Acrobat) and your post unfortunately does not tell me who the artists actually are, let alone what the song you recommend so warmly is called.........
It's an embedded YouTube link & it's showing up fine on my end. I mention in the post that it's a Muse song (and with the actual name of the song in the title on the video I didn't think it was necessary to post it again). Anyway, here's a good ol' fashioned hyperlink
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFG_5PBl2K8
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Stigma from Ufomammut is officially my go to song now. Have it on repeat. When that elephantine heavy riff kicks in midway through, the worries of my day are swept away.
Stigma from Ufomammut is officially my go to song now. Have it on repeat. When that elephantine heavy riff kicks in midway through, the worries of my day are swept away.
Ludwig van Beethoven, his Sixth Symphony, the one sometimes called 'The Pastorale'. Perfect winter music.....
And, next up, some music which calls for a slightly different tone: Ludwig van Beethoven, this time, his Symphony No 7. Absolutely gripping.
Brahms Fantasien Op. 116 (Emil Gilels) -- What I have in my library is a rip of a pretty old CD, which also has a Gilels performance of the Brahms 2nd Piano Concerto, and somewhere on it, maybe not in the Fantasien, here's a terrible click sound which is so annoying when it plays. So I'm thinking to replace the works, both of them, but so far can't decide whose concerto performance to get. Of course by now I am used to the Gilels, he did this one w/ the Berlin Philharmonic in 1972. I listened to a few other artists' versions on iTunes... i dunno. People seem to take so many liberties w/ Brahms, with all the romantic composers really, you know they're spinning in their graves. Oh well, project for another day...
The Soviet (Armenian) composer Aram Khachaturian - with the ballet 'Gayaneh'; several years (ah, well, a decade or two ago), I had this on a LP which I had bought in what was then called the USSR, on the old State recording label, 'Melodyia'.
Not having heard it in an age, I bought the CD last week, (yes, I still buy, rip and burn CDs) and am now listening to it on my iTunes.
Not having heard it in an age, I bought the CD last week, (yes, I still buy, rip and burn CDs) and am now listening to it on my iTunes.
Finally, I managed to listen to this piece; I agree, it is very good, subtle and compelling, and the video is excellent.
Thanks a lot for posting this; actually, it is not a piece I had heard before, and I enjoyed listening to it, (although I am familiar with a number of his Liebestraume works).
ha! i clicked play and then minimized the screen... a few seconds later i hear the opening chords to Rush's Working Man... did a double take... the ad was playing. lol. good stuff thanks for sharing.
"Wanted: The FAME Recordings" -- James Govan, a soul singer who never quite hit the big time although he had a terrific voice. FAME was a small but amazing sound studio in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, where a lot of great soul music and other stuff was recorded. Fans of soul music will instantly recognize the distinctive "Muscle Shoals Sound." Also, interestingly enough, a lot of other musicians recorded there as well, including the Rolling Stones, who did their "Wild Horses" there.
Ah, and speaking of Bob Dylan -- James Govan does a really nice and touching version of "I Shall Be Released" on this album.
Ah, and speaking of Bob Dylan -- James Govan does a really nice and touching version of "I Shall Be Released" on this album.
