What are you listening to and WHY might anyone be interested? (VOL V)

On the Black Stuff!

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Originally posted by m0omo0:

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Originally posted by Jeff Anderson:
" the devil is a pauper prince, nesting in your hair "

Nice location of yours, by the way, Jeff. Still listening to it at least once a week.

After a first listen, I like the new one very much.

I have had the new once since it was released and, as with all the JH I have (about 7), I like it a lot. Like you, if you use the search function for Joe Henry, I have mentioned him from time to time

regards
Jeff A

ps: a favorite from Tiny Voices

Come see the golden light,
Because I've turned the gold light on.
Sometimes, God knows, you've got to
Learn to shine on your own.

I step out of the darkness
And for a moment I'm only living by your kiss,
And just for now our flesh and blood
Is no more real than this

Playing the only Rickie Lee Jones I know...

Strays Don't Sleep (Matthew Ryan and Neilson Hubbard)

Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

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Originally posted by Chief Chirpa:
Playing the only Rickie Lee Jones I know...

Now that's one I don't know Chirpa!

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Originally posted by Blueknowz:

Now that's one I don't know Chirpa!

Heh heh.

You maybe know the first track, Little Fluffy Clouds, the early nineties comedown classic that samples an old RLJ interview (without her permission).

I don't think I've played it for about fifteen years, and except for the last track, it hasn't aged well.

I love that track, & always wondered who the voice was.
When you posted "I only know RLJ from Little Fluffy Clouds - what album should I go for?" next door,
I assumed there was an RLJ album I hadn't heard of with a co-incidental title!

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Originally posted by Jeff Anderson:
Like you, if you use the search function for Joe Henry, I have mentioned him from time to time

Ouch! Indeed

I like Tiny Voices very much too.

For a reason, Joe Henry got me with his lyrics as well as with his music. As English is not my primary language, it's usually not the case as I don't take the time to pay attention to the words so often. Unfortunately, there are things that one simply cannot understand if one's not truly fluent in the right language, or even born in the right country. Add some poetic license to it and you're toast. Take Our Song for instance, I'm sure there are subtleties that I'll never get, never mind how hard I try.

But anyway, the emotional content of the lyrics of songs like You Can't Fail Me Now, Time Is A Lion, Wave (wonderful) or God Only Knows touches me a lot, even if I don't fully understand them. Even in a foreign language, the beauty of his stories, the richness of the rhymes, leave me speechless. And not many french-speaking singers make me feel the same.

Now back on track with the harder rocking stuff.

Viking (Black) Metal at his best: Enslaved, Mardraum



A very interesting band. They evolved from the scandinavian Black Metal scene, and developed their music in more complex patterns and textures. Later albums seem to go successfully further along this path, but I've not heard them.

Just in case, Mardraum means nightmare. Try the eponymous song.

Still not for the kids.

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Originally posted by RichardM:


Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

Good call Richard, thank you for the reminder. I like it very much. Haven't listened to it for ages.

Maurice

~<>~ Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) ~<>~

Romeo et Juliette op.17

Dramatic Symphony with Chorus, Soloists and Prologue
in choral recitative, composed after Shakespeare's tragedy.

Yvonne Minton mezzo-soprano
Francisco Araiza tenor
Jules Bastin bass

Chorus de l'Orchestre de Paris
Orchestre de Paris
Conductor Daniel Barenboim

Deutsche Grammophon 2 x LP box-set @ 1980 Polydor International GmbH

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Originally posted by m0omo0:

I like Tiny Voices very much too.

For a reason, Joe Henry got me with his lyrics as well as with his music. As English is not my primary language, it's usually not the case as I don't take the time to pay attention to the words so often. Unfortunately, there are things that one simply cannot understand if one's not truly fluent in the right language, or even born in the right country. Add some poetic license to it and you're toast. Take Our Song for instance, I'm sure there are subtleties that I'll never get, never mind how hard I try.

But anyway, the emotional content of the lyrics of songs like You Can't Fail Me Now, Time Is A Lion, Wave (wonderful) or God Only Knows touches me a lot, even if I don't fully understand them. Even in a foreign language, the beauty of his stories, the richness of the rhymes, leave me speechless. And not many french-speaking singers make me feel the same.

Nicely said, sir. Some others seem to be showing some interest in JH the past few days.

Email me your name and address for land mail at uagain51@hotmail.com

regards
Jeff

Last one for the evening, the hardest rocking free jazz/avant-garde band I've ever heard.

Electric Masada, At the Mountains of Madness (Disc 1)



Bizarre bleeps. Marc Ribot on screaming guitar. Two drummers who groove like no one else.

Brilliant. Of course: it's John Zorn.

From 2004:



All versions of the imminent 2009 Catalogue remasters are now available to pre-order on Amazon, including the vinyl.

~<>~ Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) ~<>~

Sinfonie Nr.4 in E flat major "Romantische Sinfonie"
(version 1878-80)

side 1:
1. Bewegt, nicht zu schnell
2. Andante quasi allegretto

side 2:
3. Scherzo (Bewegt) Trio (Nicht zu schnell. Keinesfalls schleppend)
4. Finale (Bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell

Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam
Bernard Haitink conductor

Phillips (p) 1969

Playing the fifth record of this 10 x LP box-set.
With a nice sympathetic 'romantic' theme to follow up my earlier play, Berlioz ~ Romeo et Juliette.
I own another version of Bruckner's 4th Symphony but it's not as enjoyable to my ears as this Haitink/Concertgebow version
Perhaps oddly, compared to any of my Beethoven box-sets, I’m far happier listening to these Bruckner symphonies.
A very underplayed composer on this forum imho : )

Debs

~<>~ Francois Couperin (1668-1733) ~<>~

Presently playing side's 5 & 6 of this 6 x LP box-set:

Concerts Royaux: Premier Concert no.1
1. Prelude
2. Allemande
2. Sarabande
4. Gavotte
5. Gigue
6. Menuet en trio

Nouveaux Concerts: Dixieme Concert no.10
1. Gravement et mesure
2. Air tendre et loure, sans lenteur
3. Plainte pour les Violes
4. La Tromba (Legerement)

Concerts Royaux: Second Concert no.2
1. Prelude (Gracieusement)
2. Allemande fuguee (Gayement)
3. Air tendre
4. Air contre-fugue (Vivement)
5. Echos (Tendrement)

Nouveaux Concerts: Douzieme Concert no.12
1. (Pointe-coule)
2. Badinage
3. (Lentement et pathetiquement)
4. (Gracieusement et legerment)

Sigiswald Kuijken baroque violin I / treble viol / viola da gamba
Lucy van Dael baroque violin II
Wieland Kuijken baroque cello / viola da gamba
Adelheid Glatt viola da gamba
Barthold Kuijken German flute I / recorder I
Oswald van Olmen German flute II / recorder II
Bruce Haynes baroque oboe I
Jurg Schaeftlein baroque oboe I
Paul Dombrecht baroque oboe II
Hansjurg Lange baroque bassoon
Milan Turkovic baroque bassoon
Robert Kohnen harpsichord (and speaker)

Philips (P) 1973

Six records in Mint Condition! There is no mention of when or where this was performed, but the records are marked up 1973 ~ Made in Holland so perhaps same year as manufacture(?)
Needless to say the musik, all played on original instruments, is extremely delightful! : )

Debs

Jerry Garcia & John Kahn: Marin Veteran's Memorial Auditorium, February 28, 1986.




Acoustic.

Stu, it's ironic that a 55 minute continuous piece of music works better for us LP fans . Notice I didn't mention we were old



Listening to the debut Radio show (SAINT FM - Maldon, Essex) for The Lunar Pilots. On 7th July 2009 The Lunar Pilots were guests and performed 4 live tracks: Hurry Up & Live, This Is The Time, Fall From Grace and Beautiful Game along with an interview.

Porcupine Tree 'Deadwing' - something to drive me along while trying to finish a project (only 3 hours sleep last night).

Re: Rickie Lee Jones and 'Little Fluffy Clouds' I heard that she was not happy with it being used, out of context, and I think she had a cold during that interview. I like the track, but agree that the album has not dated well.

CD3 of this box set.