What are you listening to? The world needs to know.
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number6horse
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You know, I thought that same thing when I first heard her. Seems like it MIGHT be Bjork, but then again I'm starting to wonder.... Is it just that general school of breathy-yet-brash female vocals that Alanis Morrisette founded in the mid-90's ? They seem to want to stretch themselves on every song - from vulnerable, cooing-into-my-diary sentiments to HAND ME THE EMASCULATION SCISSORS NOW threats to former lovers.
Maybe I'm getting old but wasn't songwriting supposed to be about THE SONG instead of the acrobatics a singer could pull off ?
Damn kids. Get the hell off my lawn.....
Ambreen
Sordide Sentimental
Watching the Jerry Springer Show, a "man thing" ? Really ?
Why don't you ask one of your five boyfriends ?
I'm listening to Jeff Buckley's "Grace", which is celebrating its 15th birthday.
I've read that the guy from "Twilight" is said to play Buckley in a possible biopic. :(
They're talking about a biopic since maybe a decade, now. Many actors have been evoked, such as Brad Pitt, James Franco, Jared Leto, etc. I hope the project to which the "Twilight" boy is associated will be given up.
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mjp
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I believe she reminded me of Beth Orton. Now that I think of it.
number6horse
okyoutwopixiesoutyougo
Yeah - I can see that similarity too.
Ambreen - Re: the bio-pic, I think the kid from Twilight would be a good match physically. But did you actually try to watch that film ? My God - that was easily the worst film I've seen in 10 years. And I'm not sure he was just a good actor trapped in a bad script, either.
Also let me ask this: Does Jeff Buckley really deserve a bio-pic ? He was a terrific singer with a pretty face who died young. But what did he write ? Did he write anything that "defined" the 90's ? Did he change the music of his generation ? I think Cobain did. (And Gus Van Sant created a perfect "bio-pic" for him, in my opinion). I'm not too familiar with Buckley's stuff, so help me out here....
Ambreen - Re: the bio-pic, I think the kid from Twilight would be a good match physically. But did you actually try to watch that film ? My God - that was easily the worst film I've seen in 10 years. And I'm not sure he was just a good actor trapped in a bad script, either.
Also let me ask this: Does Jeff Buckley really deserve a bio-pic ? He was a terrific singer with a pretty face who died young. But what did he write ? Did he write anything that "defined" the 90's ? Did he change the music of his generation ? I think Cobain did. (And Gus Van Sant created a perfect "bio-pic" for him, in my opinion). I'm not too familiar with Buckley's stuff, so help me out here....
Ambreen
Sordide Sentimental
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo !
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo !
I won't say that Buckley defined the 90s but he definitely marked this decade. A lot of bands mentioned him as a decisive influence (I myself went to him a first time through...Muse :D), especially the ones doing melancholic pop. He somehow reminds me of Nick Drake...
And I don't think that only the people who have changed the course of Humanity deserve to be the subject of a biopic.
"Last Days", yeah, a fucking "biopic". I was then very close from a guy who is nodoubt Buckley fan n°1 and while he was asserting that he would be the best person to embody his idol in a biopic, I was thinking to Michael Pitt that I had just seen in Gus Van Sant's movie.
He only made one studio album. He died while recording the second one. You could try "Sketches for my sweetheart the drunk", which will give you an idea of how this latter would have sounded.
Oh, and his lives are all excellent !
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Gerard K H Love
Appreciate your friends
Listening to this interview.
Dead, Radio City Music Hall, 1980. Birdsong:
Man, Phil Lesh is an unconventional bass player. I know that the Dead is not everyone's cup of tea, but Lesh is one of the reasons why I've played bass for over 30 years. Just try to listen to his part on its own. Much of it (particularly during the guitar solo) seems almost absurd in terms of note choices. But throw it into the mix and it works immaculately. And yes, he uses a pick. He gets a friggin' pass along with McCartney and Squire.
OK, much of it seems absurd to many of you. At least they didn't spend 25 minutes tuning while mjp skulked around the cat walks. ;)
Man, Phil Lesh is an unconventional bass player. I know that the Dead is not everyone's cup of tea, but Lesh is one of the reasons why I've played bass for over 30 years. Just try to listen to his part on its own. Much of it (particularly during the guitar solo) seems almost absurd in terms of note choices. But throw it into the mix and it works immaculately. And yes, he uses a pick. He gets a friggin' pass along with McCartney and Squire.
OK, much of it seems absurd to many of you. At least they didn't spend 25 minutes tuning while mjp skulked around the cat walks. ;)
mjp
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Not in the part of the video you see there, no. ;)
Not so fast - he owns the PA! We have to keep him in. Kinda like early Van Halen and David Lee Roth.
Once we make enough money to buy our own PA I'll call Sammy Hagar, he can play bass. We can teach him where to put his fingers, anyway (no, not in Amby!).
Lolita Twist
Rose-hustler
Wonderful album.
Favorite track: Queen Bitch, tied with Song For Bob Dylan (just because Dylan makes me all fangirl)
Except... he looks a bit like a vampire (Lestat, specifically, Tom Cruise Lestat) on the album cover. I mean seriously, am I the only person that notices that?!
I don't really love Zappa, although that version of Montana is a pretty cool groove.
And you can't fire me; I've already quit!
Lolita Twist
Rose-hustler
I'm making Mr. G a mix... so now I'm listening to various versions of "Wild Horses". I think I'm going with the Elvis Costello/Lucinda Williams version... because Mr. G loves Elvis Costello. And I love Mr. G, and I am a bitch most of the time. So, let's give the man a little Costello.
Bukfan
"The law is wrong; I am right"
I'm watching the Rolling Stones concert, "Shine A Light", on DVD. I thought I would give it a chance since it was on sale. It's actually pretty good, and it's nice to watch a Stones concert not talking place in some huge stadium but instead in a small theater. I admire Mick Jagger's energy on stage. Incredible, he can keep it up at his age. The movie is directed by Scorsese, and there's some bonus stuff including a featurette about the making of the movie...
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Sorry; I sold it for crack.
Anyway: Only a Northern Song.
This track was recorded in February 1967, but was left off Sgt. Pepper. It eventually surfaced in January 1969 on Yellow Submarine. Notice how similar the horns and percussive sounds here resemble those on the tag of Good Morning, Good Morning (horses stampeding and fox hunt horn calls). GM, GM was originally recorded within five days of Only a Northern Song. I would guess that the same musicians did both.
Anyway: Only a Northern Song.
This track was recorded in February 1967, but was left off Sgt. Pepper. It eventually surfaced in January 1969 on Yellow Submarine. Notice how similar the horns and percussive sounds here resemble those on the tag of Good Morning, Good Morning (horses stampeding and fox hunt horn calls). GM, GM was originally recorded within five days of Only a Northern Song. I would guess that the same musicians did both.
Poison Idea - War All The Time
http://images.google.com/imgres?img...&sa=N&start=20&um=1&ei=luKSSsuBGoykmwOF9LCnAQ
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http://images.google.com/imgres?img...&sa=N&start=20&um=1&ei=luKSSsuBGoykmwOF9LCnAQ
Click on the cover to see a larger version and more pics.
She's a cutie all right, but that's four and a half minutes of my life I'll never get back.
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Music made for dancing purposes should be put into a waste bin. Y'all dancers sort it out. Try not to step on each other amidst the other garbage.
Real music is made to be listened to.
Real music is made to be listened to.
mjp
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Ha ha - dude! Are you just stirring the pot? Just because you can't dance to King Crimson and ELP doesn't mean a boatload of real, legitimate MUSIC hasn't been written with the idea of people dancing to it an integral part of its creation.
You don't think the Beatles wanted to make people dance? If their audiences hadn't danced the moptops would have been unemployed, their early records wouldn't have sold and they would have become no more than a dusty historical footnote. Take away that early wigged out Watusi dancing success and there's no white album or Sgt. Pepper. You're also throwing big band music into the waste bin, along with every other kind of music that swings. And everyone knows that swing is where it's at, man!
Modern "dance music" doesn't suck because it's dance music, it sucks because it's lifeless and cynical.
Mozart wrote dance music. So did John Lennon, the Bob's; Marley and Dylan - they all wanted people to dance, at least sometimes.
them belly full, but we hungry
a hungry mob is an angry mob
rain a fall, but the dirt it tough
pot a cook, but the food no 'nough
forget your troubles and dance
forget your sorrows and dance
forget your sickness and dance
forget your weakness and dance
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