Terrific song (Bowie/Eno), this is the Nine Inch Nails V1 mix - the album, Earthling, is criminally underappreciated (it was a very interesting turn into NIN influenced territory).
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What are you listening to? Part III
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Terrific song (Bowie/Eno), this is the Nine Inch Nails V1 mix - the album, Earthling, is criminally underappreciated (it was a very interesting turn into NIN influenced territory).
Yeah, I listened to a good bit of it and realized that I'd missed the vocals.
Yes, actually, it is.
The word 'sublime' describes this stunning and superlative piece of music perfectly; timeless. And brilliant.
Arrived home to several packages of CDs; Jordi Savall, Casária Évora, the soundtrack to The Hours, and to Fantastic Mr Fox, Hailu Mergia, Carmina Burana by Carl Orff, Dermot Troy, a CD of 18th century Irish and Scottish music (the Celtic Viol II); and some CDs sent by a friend from Nordic lands.
Listen through old ABBA songs.
What a song treasure they really made.
How synchronized their voices really are.
Especially the not most ‘disco’ famous
Such as ’Eagle’ and ’I have a dream’ etc. etc.
What a song treasure they really made.
How synchronized their voices really are.
Especially the not most ‘disco’ famous
Such as ’Eagle’ and ’I have a dream’ etc. etc.
My mother has advanced Alzheimer's but adores ABBA. So, most days, we have ABBA playing (the greatest hits, a CD that runs for 77 blessed minutes - I bought it for her a decade and a half ago when she still had her marbles as she had always loved ABBA, and she loved the CD when still in possession of her faculties) on a sort of loop. It never fails to put a grin on her face.
Heck yea! They proved how pop could be well-crafted and still hugely popular. All 4 actually talented with no need of auto-tune.
Am I allowed to note how attractive I found Agnetha and Frida were as a pre-teen? My crushes along with Nichelle Nichols (Uhura from TOS).
See if you can find this box for her in US or import...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Abba-Ultimate-Collection-box-set/dp/B0014IBK1U
She will be happy
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Both girls, incredible voices, that are amazing together.Heck yea! They proved how pop could be well-crafted and still hugely popular. All 4 actually talented with no need of auto-tune.
Am I allowed to note how attractive I found Agnetha and Frida were as a pre-teen? My crushes along with Nichelle Nichols (Uhura from TOS).
And the guys so musically talented. Especially Benny. I actually met him when I was 9 yrs old.
It was before Abba, when he played in Hep Stars. He was a big teddy bear, so kind and warm.
I bet you had a crush on the girls. You were not alone. They were hot, actually still are I think, in a more stylish manner.
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See if you can find this box for her in US or import...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Abba-Ultimate-Collection-box-set/dp/B0014IBK1U
She will be happy
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Thank you; I must look into this.
She is no longer mobile, but, when we put on ABBA, she tries to keep time with her hands, almost as a conductor would do, a huge grin on her face; it doesn't matter how many hundred times she hears that album (and she will hear it at least half a dozen times a day) - her ecstatic joy & pure delight (and delighted response) when she hears it is as fresh and enthusiastic as though she has just heard something that thrilled and delighted her for the first time.
Indeed, her carers know that if she is stressed - or distressed while they are changing her or moving her - that they should put on ABBA and she will beam, grin, mark time and relax.
Actually, irrespective of my own personal views on ABBA (and I like their music but never loved it), I must say that I am enormously grateful to the group for the sheer uninhibited pleasure and joy and happiness that their music has given my mother. They have made this period of my mother's life much happier, and for that I am profoundly grateful.
One of my brothers jokes that the CD in question will go into my mother's coffin with her and that - when she passes - he never hopes to hear these tunes again - as he will have heard them so often.
I take a different view. Firstly, I point out that this music makes her supremely happy (and it does); secondly, her taste could have included a desire to hear rap or hip-hop endlessly - which would have driven us all demented - but, frankly, ABBA on a permanent loop are a pleasure.
As I say, I feel nothing but boundless gratitude to ABBA. They have made my mother - lost in the shattered fragile fragments of the slimmest gossamer threads of her memory - very happy. And that is something to be thankful for.
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I'm a little embarrassed to admit it, but i'm listening to the Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack . 70s disco throwback (before my time). Interestingly, there's a lot of overlap with the Boogie Nights soundtrack.
. 70s disco throwback (before my time). Interestingly, there's a lot of overlap with the Boogie Nights soundtrack.
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Friends will be Friends - Queen.
A Design for life - Manic Street Preachers.
Smooth Criminal - Alien ant farm.
Smells like Teen Spirit - Nirvana.
Amongst others today.
A Design for life - Manic Street Preachers.
Smooth Criminal - Alien ant farm.
Smells like Teen Spirit - Nirvana.
Amongst others today.
Never be embarrassed of listening to great music! Both of those soundtracks are top notch.
Earlier today I friend came over, and brought me a box of CDs, one of which is Heligoland by Massive Attack. It's been a while since I've listened to them, so now I am.