Re: Time for a music thread

by JGK Sat 12 Oct 2019, 02:59

lardbucket wrote:[/url]

It’s funny because it could be true.

by Big Dog Fri 01 Nov 2019, 06:00

Near to pitch perfect

by horace Fri 01 Nov 2019, 08:43

Thanx BD. That was beautiful. I have always liked cappella. I was very fond of The Flying Pickets and saw a gig of theirs. Not nearly as good but I liked their wall of sound versions. Here is "The sun aint gonna shine anymore".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwfST3HDc1k

by PeterCS Mon 04 Nov 2019, 18:21

But discord is never far.

"Et in Arcadia ego ...", as the old saying went.

by PeterCS Sat 14 Dec 2019, 17:44

Also the accompaniment!

by horace Sun 15 Dec 2019, 21:28

PeterCS wrote:

Also the accompaniment!

Thanks. Glorious.

by Big Dog Mon 16 Dec 2019, 05:38

horace wrote:
PeterCS wrote:

Also the accompaniment!

Thanks. Glorious.

Nice but i prefer Janis Joplins version.

by PeterCS Tue 17 Dec 2019, 17:55

At least you don't think there's one roulade she can't sing ...

Lullabies can be strange things. The obvious function in the soothing rhythm & melody, & a soft voice.

But many traditional (and not only traditional) lullabies have words that voice the anxieties, dread, and/or frustrations and anger of the singer. Disguised by the music.

Think even of an old chestnut like "Rock-a-bye baby", and the scenario painted in its words.

That said, for me, the Janis version might not leave the child alive. Skin and hope flayed off it completely. I say this partly in (intended) humour. I was very struck by the Joplin version when I first heard it. But it is more banshee blast, or "Gaping Gates of Hell", than a lullaby? I think I could only listen to it one more time.

Maybe too powerful; too excoriating to hear with any space for pleasure, never mind relaxation or sleep.

John Zorn's Kristallnacht, Penderecki's Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima: similarly. Important as a social statement, but (deliberately!) a very hard listen. Cut right through you.

But it's always whatever turns you on. Music almost more than anything else.

by PeterCS Tue 17 Dec 2019, 18:04

"Danish Drive" - as the track name and the vamp you'll soon hear might suggest - was actually written by the bassist, Mads Vinding.

Ed was the drummer. He doesn't have SO many hands in fact, - two percussionists there, too! But a damn fine drummer.

by PeterCS Wed 01 Jan 2020, 22:54

With sadness.

by PeterCS Wed 26 Feb 2020, 22:05

by JGK Wed 26 Feb 2020, 22:46

Wind Serenade?

Sounds like what I do for my wife as a thank you for cooking a curry.

by PeterCS Thu 27 Feb 2020, 01:48

You may mock.

But can you perform a consort of "woodwind & brass" for her - and skilfully interplayed, at that? Wink

(- btw: Often noted that conventional label of South European warm evening schmooze-seduction, or busking catchpenny entertainment, "Serenade" doesn't really fit that composition. For many musical reasons.

Was attached to the composition because of its instrumentation (a small ensemble of reeds with brass: here 8-piece).

The composer seems to have called it "Nacht Musique". Now that fits. Cosmopolitan (even multi-lingual), minor key, harmonies & contrasts, with dark tones & shadows everywhere in the light ... even a bit haunted.

Making seeming light of tragedy? But it's there. "Et in Arcadia ego", etc. Classic-romantic European cultural tradition at its richest, bittersweet (*).

Or, in short:

I

IT!

-)

(*) For anyone fond of "Wolf Walk Beloved of the Gods", a nice elaboration here by someone who knows. I juss knaws what I like, like.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p01yhv1q

by PeterCS Thu 27 Feb 2020, 10:01

Another "Fart Schmooze" ...

Cop the double-bassoon, joining in at places. You can barely even see the player's face behind that winding monster.

by PeterCS Thu 19 Mar 2020, 02:51

by skully Mon 23 Mar 2020, 04:24

by PeterCS Fri 27 Mar 2020, 00:44

by JGK Fri 27 Mar 2020, 13:43

For what it’s worth, I listened to “Bat out of Hell” from go to whao for the first time ever today. What a great album.

by lardbucket Sat 28 Mar 2020, 02:37

Have you checked your temperature?

by JGK Sat 28 Mar 2020, 03:48

lardbucket wrote:Have you checked your temperature?

Snob...

by Red Sat 28 Mar 2020, 08:03

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60M7R3S1e7U

by lardbucket Sat 28 Mar 2020, 22:47

JGK wrote:
lardbucket wrote:Have you checked your temperature?

Snob...

just never liked it ... overblown, over-produced, over-hyped

by JGK Sat 28 Mar 2020, 22:50

lardbucket wrote:
JGK wrote:
lardbucket wrote:Have you checked your temperature?

Snob...

just never liked it ... overblown, over-produced, over-hyped

It’s basically a rock opera. Overblown and overproduced is assumed. The lyrics are actually quite funny.

by lardbucket Wed 08 Apr 2020, 22:35

music to lift the spirits

(Bunny Wailer amongst others, from the PFC project)

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