Listening to Some Big Band Swing this Sunday Morning
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
Some years ago now, I was watching the cult British film, Withnail & I, and at one point the character Monty puts some music on, and I've alway's thought it was quite lovely. So this one time I looked, back then on the VHS tape credits at the end...Turn's out it was an artist called Al Bowlly...That song was Hang Out The Stars In Indiana..So I decided to get some as I thought it was nice. And to this day, I enjoy the mellow, and upbeat songs of Al Bowlly. In the past I've found putting him on repeat and drinking lots of coffee pretty good therapy for when I am down...
W.A.S.P. is arguably the best metal band ever especially in terms of consistency.
haven't posted in this thread in awhile, but currently, I am listening to a variety of stuff--some Buena Vista Social Club, Dave McKenna, and that John Oswald album.
EDIT: Actually, EVERYONE needs to listen to John Oswald. Here's the album:
EDIT: Actually, EVERYONE needs to listen to John Oswald. Here's the album:
Last edited:
Keith Jarrett - Chant of the Soil. Apologies for the awful-quality recording. Better version available on streaming services/CD. I love how he combines gospel, jazz, and a bit of rock all together into one piece! This specific track inspired the thing I wrote for our small ensemble back at my university. I didn't want to steal exactly what Jarrett wrote, so I moved mine up a semitone to D flat major, and changed the progression a bit. Otherwise, it was pretty much a direct ripoff! Same instrumentation and same tempo.
Last edited:
This is cool! I've actually never heard of this artist, believe it or not!
Some nice Latin music this morning! I will always love the montuno (played on the guitar), tumbao (bass line), and clave (percussion) perfectly fitting together.
I am currently listening to the soundtrack from an Icelandic TV series (which I loved when I heard it when it was first broadcast, a few decades ago) - the internet is an amazing resource:
Around twenty years ago, when seeking this soundtrack, I would have haunted those small, specialist music stores (which I loved, and would still love to be able to haunt), staffed by knowledgeable enthusiasts, and begged them - pleaded with them - to order a CD, recorded by an utterly obscure producer and impossibly difficult and complicated to obtain - (and yes, I did this, endlessly - some of the best CDs in my collection arrived by this means) - with a soundtrack, or a piece of music - that I loved. They had these incredible catalogues, fat things, with a close and difficult to read font, detailing rare and unusual CDs (and recordings), and contacts from whom they could place such orders.
Invariably, they would do so, and would proceed to send me an email several weeks later letting me know that the desired (and rare) CD had arrived.
Anyway, few such stores still remain with us, - and I still love those that do - although the internet is an amazing resource when attempting to track down such treasures.
In any case, the music I am currently listening to is the soundtrack from an Icelandic TV series called Nonni und Manni.
The music of the soundtrack - composed by Klaus Doldinger (the same chap who composed the spell-binding soundtrack for the superb German movie Das Boot) - is every bit as good (and haunting) as I remembered.
Now, let us see whether and if I can order it as a CD.......
Around twenty years ago, when seeking this soundtrack, I would have haunted those small, specialist music stores (which I loved, and would still love to be able to haunt), staffed by knowledgeable enthusiasts, and begged them - pleaded with them - to order a CD, recorded by an utterly obscure producer and impossibly difficult and complicated to obtain - (and yes, I did this, endlessly - some of the best CDs in my collection arrived by this means) - with a soundtrack, or a piece of music - that I loved. They had these incredible catalogues, fat things, with a close and difficult to read font, detailing rare and unusual CDs (and recordings), and contacts from whom they could place such orders.
Invariably, they would do so, and would proceed to send me an email several weeks later letting me know that the desired (and rare) CD had arrived.
Anyway, few such stores still remain with us, - and I still love those that do - although the internet is an amazing resource when attempting to track down such treasures.
In any case, the music I am currently listening to is the soundtrack from an Icelandic TV series called Nonni und Manni.
The music of the soundtrack - composed by Klaus Doldinger (the same chap who composed the spell-binding soundtrack for the superb German movie Das Boot) - is every bit as good (and haunting) as I remembered.
Now, let us see whether and if I can order it as a CD.......
Last edited:
Fun video with this one, too:
Keyboardist for this band started a EweTube channel during COVID, and reviewed his old gear/new gear, along with funk and style lessons for keyboardists (I had to admit my "funk" was weak...).
Last edited: