Be Honest! What are the last 5 pieces of music you listened to? And Why?
Posted by: Alex S. on 03 August 2001
Mine are:
Dutilleux: Ainsi La Nuit String Quartet. (Vinyl)
Led Z: Stairway to Heaven (only). (Vinyl)
Supertramp: Breakfast in America. (CD)
Ozric Tentacles: Hidden Step. (CD)
Steve Stevens: Flamenco a go go. (CD)
This seemed like an odd set which is why I'm asking - do we all jump from one thing to another or do most of us do a session of jazz, classical, trance, whatever.
[This message was edited by Alex S on SATURDAY 04 August 2001 at 10:41.]
Posted on: 21 April 2002 by Not For Me
15 mins of Fame - Karl Bartos - Anthony Rother mix
Darkness - Anthony Rother
Get Pretty Baby - Family Lounge (Anthony Rother)
Still Pretty Baby - Family Lounge (Anthony Rother
Untitled - Sodiac (Anthony Rother)
Why ? I'm making an Anthony Rother tape for the car.
DS
Darkness - Anthony Rother
Get Pretty Baby - Family Lounge (Anthony Rother)
Still Pretty Baby - Family Lounge (Anthony Rother
Untitled - Sodiac (Anthony Rother)
Why ? I'm making an Anthony Rother tape for the car.
DS
Posted on: 21 April 2002 by Todd A
Try these for size:
Varese - Equatorial (Abravanel / Utah SO)
Norah Jones - Come Away With Me
Beethoven - Waldstein and Appassionata sonatas (Gieseking / Saarbrucken Radio recordings)
Haydn - String Quartet Op 77, No 2 (Takacs Quartet)
Varese - Equatorial (Abravanel / Utah SO)
Norah Jones - Come Away With Me
Beethoven - Waldstein and Appassionata sonatas (Gieseking / Saarbrucken Radio recordings)
Haydn - String Quartet Op 77, No 2 (Takacs Quartet)
Posted on: 23 April 2002 by Dave J
quote:
but another nail in United's title hopes, so overall not too bad a mood
You're desperate Nick, aren't you.
Posted on: 25 April 2002 by Bob McC
'Kites' Simon DuPree and The Big Sound
'Raincoat and a Rose' Chris Rea
'Shipbuilding' Elvis Costello
'To Sir With Love' Lulu
'Eloise' Barry Ryan
'Raincoat and a Rose' Chris Rea
'Shipbuilding' Elvis Costello
'To Sir With Love' Lulu
'Eloise' Barry Ryan
Posted on: 25 April 2002 by herm
Eloise?
Pray Bob, what "Eloise" is this? Quote me a line please. There used to be an eponymous song way back in the late sixties which sort of vied with "MacArthur Park", well , and you know what it vied for...
By the way, my last five listens [let's not talk about my current Gabriel Faure obsession, please] would be the same tune, i.e. "Sweetie Pie" by Eddie Cochran. Now that's hilarious...
Herman
Pray Bob, what "Eloise" is this? Quote me a line please. There used to be an eponymous song way back in the late sixties which sort of vied with "MacArthur Park", well , and you know what it vied for...
By the way, my last five listens [let's not talk about my current Gabriel Faure obsession, please] would be the same tune, i.e. "Sweetie Pie" by Eddie Cochran. Now that's hilarious...
Herman
Posted on: 25 April 2002 by herm
Eloise indeed
Yeah that's the one.
"I'd love to care but she's not there."
Incidentally I don't think MacArthur Park and Eloise are in the same category as Heroes & Villains. There's no camp there, is there?
Having spent time in the Midwest I'm kinda partial to the Beach Boys. A line like "If everybody had an ocean across the USA" doesn't come cheap.
Herman
Yeah that's the one.
"I'd love to care but she's not there."
Incidentally I don't think MacArthur Park and Eloise are in the same category as Heroes & Villains. There's no camp there, is there?
Having spent time in the Midwest I'm kinda partial to the Beach Boys. A line like "If everybody had an ocean across the USA" doesn't come cheap.
Herman
Posted on: 25 April 2002 by Bob McC
That's the 'Eloise' , pomp rock at its best and Barry Ryan's version was better than The Cure's. Now as for Chris Rea, if I was coming to him now I would find him utterly tedious, self indulgent and lazy. BUT if you go to his back catalogue, particularly before he fell out with his record company and/or when he was still hungry in the early eighties he produced some great stuff. Try 'Whatever Happened to Benny Santini' or 'Chris Rea".
OK fellas, what about The Dream Academy or Latin Quarter?
OK fellas, what about The Dream Academy or Latin Quarter?
Posted on: 25 April 2002 by Bob McC
Nick Laird Clowes, Gilbert Gabriel, Kate St John. Had a minor hit with 'Life in a Northern Town" dedicated to Nick Drake. Laird-Clowes also worked with and co wrote some material with post Roger Waters Pink Floyd.
Posted on: 25 April 2002 by Bob McC
PS
Great songs butI'd love to know if anyone else finds their vinyl productions as badly produced as I do.
Great songs butI'd love to know if anyone else finds their vinyl productions as badly produced as I do.
Posted on: 13 May 2002 by David Hobbs-Mallyon
....yesterday consisted of selected bits of Wagner's Parsifal (Hans Knappertsbusch, EMI, which even in selected bits last ages, so didn't get round to anything else. Just wish I'd had time to listen to more....
Posted on: 13 May 2002 by DJH
Robert Simpson, String Quartet no.14 - I had not heard this before a few days ago and I keep coming back to it
Beethoven ; String Quartet opus 132 (you can download the Vanbrugh Quartet playing the first movement from their site - it is really very well done)
Dvorak ; Rusalka - because it was sitting in the bargain bin in Blackwell's, Oxford, on Saturday morning
John Fahey ; America - far and away his best work, and will last for a long time
Bartok ; 44 duos - superb new CD
Beethoven ; String Quartet opus 132 (you can download the Vanbrugh Quartet playing the first movement from their site - it is really very well done)
Dvorak ; Rusalka - because it was sitting in the bargain bin in Blackwell's, Oxford, on Saturday morning
John Fahey ; America - far and away his best work, and will last for a long time
Bartok ; 44 duos - superb new CD
Posted on: 13 May 2002 by David Hobbs-Mallyon
DJH,
Tell me a bit more about the style of Robert Simpson's string quartet. His Symphony No 9 is well worth listening to if you get the chance. Certainly can trace two of his major influences, Bruckner and Nielsen in it.
David
Tell me a bit more about the style of Robert Simpson's string quartet. His Symphony No 9 is well worth listening to if you get the chance. Certainly can trace two of his major influences, Bruckner and Nielsen in it.
David
Posted on: 13 May 2002 by Stephen Bennett
bed - the newton plum
talk talk meets brian eno
1 giant leap - 1 giant leap
My life in the bush of 2002 - with Eddie Reader!
traffic - john barlycorn must die
Great organ & out of tune everything else.
yes -relayer (vinyl)
Yes go drum & bass with jazz
chilvers/bowness - california norfolk
downbeat crooning sylvian style.
Why? They were there!
talk talk meets brian eno
1 giant leap - 1 giant leap
My life in the bush of 2002 - with Eddie Reader!
traffic - john barlycorn must die
Great organ & out of tune everything else.
yes -relayer (vinyl)
Yes go drum & bass with jazz
chilvers/bowness - california norfolk
downbeat crooning sylvian style.
Why? They were there!
Posted on: 13 May 2002 by DJH
David ; to me it sounds like he has been influenced by Bartok (quartets 2 & 4 in particular), particularly in the first movement. Thanks for the tip on the 9th symphony.
Nick ; I don't know the Yellow Princess, but "The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death" and "Death Chants, Breakdowns and Military Waltzes" are also worth listening to IMHO.
Nick ; I don't know the Yellow Princess, but "The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death" and "Death Chants, Breakdowns and Military Waltzes" are also worth listening to IMHO.
Posted on: 13 May 2002 by John C
Tony Oxley Quintet (Tony Oxley, Evan Parker,Derek bailey, Kenny wheeler, Jeff Clyne) - The Baptised Traveller (Columbia)
Tony Oxley Compositions for Sextet (as above + Paul Rutherford) (Columbia)
The first two are seminal recordings from 1969 when this extraordinary group of musicians began to define their brand of free playing.
Jazz at the Flamingo (Jasmine)
Tubby Hayes - Late Spot at Scotts and Eighth Wonder (Jasmine)
The British Blue Note!!! Tempo records. Fabulous swinging hard bop to easily rival the best of Bluenote. I kid you not! If anyone has any old Fonytana or Tempo lps around I'll take them off your hands for a song err...straight up guvnor.
Maggie Nicols/Caroline Kraabel/Charlotte Hug .
Transitions (Emanem) Yiiikes!! Voice , Viola, alto sax. [New release]
"Individually each of the musicians pursues distinct artistic endeavours, Charlottes work explores the performance potential of unusual spaces from sound proofed S&M dungeons to subterranean Roman baths; Carolines emphasis the uniqueness of live performance whether with her group of 20 female saxophone players, Mass Produce, or her one woman mixed media performance pieces; and Maggie has a long and rich association with improvised music and workshop projects ..."
Its great actually.
John
[This message was edited by John C on MONDAY 13 May 2002 at 22:55.]
Tony Oxley Compositions for Sextet (as above + Paul Rutherford) (Columbia)
The first two are seminal recordings from 1969 when this extraordinary group of musicians began to define their brand of free playing.
Jazz at the Flamingo (Jasmine)
Tubby Hayes - Late Spot at Scotts and Eighth Wonder (Jasmine)
The British Blue Note!!! Tempo records. Fabulous swinging hard bop to easily rival the best of Bluenote. I kid you not! If anyone has any old Fonytana or Tempo lps around I'll take them off your hands for a song err...straight up guvnor.
Maggie Nicols/Caroline Kraabel/Charlotte Hug .
Transitions (Emanem) Yiiikes!! Voice , Viola, alto sax. [New release]
"Individually each of the musicians pursues distinct artistic endeavours, Charlottes work explores the performance potential of unusual spaces from sound proofed S&M dungeons to subterranean Roman baths; Carolines emphasis the uniqueness of live performance whether with her group of 20 female saxophone players, Mass Produce, or her one woman mixed media performance pieces; and Maggie has a long and rich association with improvised music and workshop projects ..."
Its great actually.
John
[This message was edited by John C on MONDAY 13 May 2002 at 22:55.]
Posted on: 13 May 2002 by John C
Nick I've been busy updating to classify it! The Tubb-meister is hard swinging tuneful straight ahead joyful jazz! As for the rest free your mind baby!!
John
John
Posted on: 13 May 2002 by herm
Carl
are you OK? You need any help? A kindly nurse to hand you some completely different piece of music?
DJH that Simpson quartet is on Hyperion I assume? Performance any good? I've always been meaning to get a couple of those Simpson pieces, but then I lost interest in British composing per se.
Oh, and while I'm here, let's see:
1 Rubinstein playing Chopin (impromptu in G and nocturne in D flat) at the sixties Moscow Concert. Program and Repeat, over and over - after all it's not Mahler 9.
2 Mozart Zauberflöte: In diesen heiligen Hallen ad finitum (Gardiner)
3 Bach Wolhtemperiertes 1 - 8 (Leonhardt)
4 Faure 2nd Violin sonata op 108 (Mintz / Bronfman) : I was so wrong to recommend the first sonata. That's a good piece; but the second sonata is surpassingly beautiful
5 Messiaen: Poemes pour Mi (Boulez / Cleveland): interesting how much it reminds one of Ravel's Sheherazade.
are you OK? You need any help? A kindly nurse to hand you some completely different piece of music?
DJH that Simpson quartet is on Hyperion I assume? Performance any good? I've always been meaning to get a couple of those Simpson pieces, but then I lost interest in British composing per se.
Oh, and while I'm here, let's see:
1 Rubinstein playing Chopin (impromptu in G and nocturne in D flat) at the sixties Moscow Concert. Program and Repeat, over and over - after all it's not Mahler 9.
2 Mozart Zauberflöte: In diesen heiligen Hallen ad finitum (Gardiner)
3 Bach Wolhtemperiertes 1 - 8 (Leonhardt)
4 Faure 2nd Violin sonata op 108 (Mintz / Bronfman) : I was so wrong to recommend the first sonata. That's a good piece; but the second sonata is surpassingly beautiful
5 Messiaen: Poemes pour Mi (Boulez / Cleveland): interesting how much it reminds one of Ravel's Sheherazade.
Posted on: 13 May 2002 by John C
Posted on: 14 May 2002 by DJH
Herm ; yes, it's on Hyperion, played by the Vanbrugh Quartet. I do think it is a pretty good performance. I've been listening to some of their performances of other quartets via their website, and may try a few of their other performances. Much to my annoyance, at the weekend I managed to scuff my cd of the Lindsays playing Beethoven's opus 132 (one of the perils of carrying this around as a reference disc while listening to possible new electronics), and I may replace it with the Vanbrugh's version.
[This message was edited by DJH on TUESDAY 14 May 2002 at 13:27.]
[This message was edited by DJH on TUESDAY 14 May 2002 at 13:27.]
Posted on: 14 May 2002 by Lee
Most of these are here 'cos they're the most recent purchases...
Muslimgauze: Sarin Israel Nes Ziona
Muslimgauze: Hamas Cinema Gaza Strip (crunchy, distorted beats and Middle Eastern-influenced rhythms sure to give you a jolt if you crank up the volume)
v/a: Runeology (Rune Grammofon compilation given away free with The Wire. Ambient/experimental electronica)
v/a: Swim Team 2 (low price sampler from Swim records - Colin Newman of Wire's label. My fave recent purchase)
v/a: Constellation Music Until Now (another cheap sampler from Constellation, home of Godspeed You Black Emperor, A Silver Mount Zion, Fly Pan Am etc)
v/a: Putting the Morr Back in Morrissey (Superb electronica compilation on Morr Records)
...ok, I slipped in a 6th choice but what the hell....
cheers
Lee
Muslimgauze: Sarin Israel Nes Ziona
Muslimgauze: Hamas Cinema Gaza Strip (crunchy, distorted beats and Middle Eastern-influenced rhythms sure to give you a jolt if you crank up the volume)
v/a: Runeology (Rune Grammofon compilation given away free with The Wire. Ambient/experimental electronica)
v/a: Swim Team 2 (low price sampler from Swim records - Colin Newman of Wire's label. My fave recent purchase)
v/a: Constellation Music Until Now (another cheap sampler from Constellation, home of Godspeed You Black Emperor, A Silver Mount Zion, Fly Pan Am etc)
v/a: Putting the Morr Back in Morrissey (Superb electronica compilation on Morr Records)
...ok, I slipped in a 6th choice but what the hell....
cheers
Lee
Posted on: 14 May 2002 by herm
1 Sofia Gubaidulina: Cello Cto nr 2 "The Feast Is in Full Progress" (David Geringas et al) I don;'t know.
2 Mozart: Piano Cto in G, KV 453 (Perahia) Love the piano sound on this 1981 recording - about the worst year in sound production.
3 Mozart: Piano Cto in B flat, KV 456 (Schiff). Changed from Perahia to Schiff. Both have the G and the B flat on one disk, but Schiff's 453 is alittle iffy, and Perhaia's B flat is no good.
4 Scriabin: Sonata nr 10 (Volodos) + that gorgeous Rachmaninov piece Op 59, nr 8 (track 6)
5 Shostakovich: String Quartet nr 13 (Borodin, Melodiya) Perhaps my favorite Shos Qt.
Things go round in circles. Composer nr 5 slept with composer nr 1.
Herman
2 Mozart: Piano Cto in G, KV 453 (Perahia) Love the piano sound on this 1981 recording - about the worst year in sound production.
3 Mozart: Piano Cto in B flat, KV 456 (Schiff). Changed from Perahia to Schiff. Both have the G and the B flat on one disk, but Schiff's 453 is alittle iffy, and Perhaia's B flat is no good.
4 Scriabin: Sonata nr 10 (Volodos) + that gorgeous Rachmaninov piece Op 59, nr 8 (track 6)
5 Shostakovich: String Quartet nr 13 (Borodin, Melodiya) Perhaps my favorite Shos Qt.
Things go round in circles. Composer nr 5 slept with composer nr 1.
Herman
Posted on: 15 May 2002 by David Hobbs-Mallyon
...mainly a mono evening
1) Selection from Louis Armstrong's Hot Fives and Sevens and early 1930s recordings, both bargains and good sound quality on the JSP label - probably a desert island disc for me
2) Selection of early Count Basie - Lester Young really was a great player in the early days
3) Selection of Charlie Parker's Dial Recordings
4) Vaughan Williams - Symphony No 5, Boult mono recording
5) Paul Weller - Stanley Road - at least to make sure the system could still play stereo
1) Selection from Louis Armstrong's Hot Fives and Sevens and early 1930s recordings, both bargains and good sound quality on the JSP label - probably a desert island disc for me
2) Selection of early Count Basie - Lester Young really was a great player in the early days
3) Selection of Charlie Parker's Dial Recordings
4) Vaughan Williams - Symphony No 5, Boult mono recording
5) Paul Weller - Stanley Road - at least to make sure the system could still play stereo
Posted on: 24 May 2002 by gusi
Mad Professor - under the spell of dub
nothing quite moves my briks the same way
Gabriel o Pensador - the new one
Groove Armada - Goodbye Country, Hello Nightclub
van Dik Hout - my flatmates favourite
Diana Krall -
nothing quite moves my briks the same way
Gabriel o Pensador - the new one
Groove Armada - Goodbye Country, Hello Nightclub
van Dik Hout - my flatmates favourite
Diana Krall -
Posted on: 25 May 2002 by JamH
Virgin Records are closing down their main
shop in Dublin so they have a sale on. Also
I am reorderring my CD's. Here goes :
Zepplin 3 and 4 [?? -- also known as symbol] :
The two albums include 'Stairway to Heaven', 'Gallows Pole','Immigrant Song', 'When the Levee breaks' etc.
Had not heard/listenned for ages -- good fun and
should listen to more of them. [These are CD's I was re-sorting].
Steve Reich : 'Its gonna rain' : It is samples of someone saying 'Its gonna rain' and then edited/distorted etc. [This is a CD I got in
Virgin sale -- I did badly].
Morton Feldman : Coptic Light -- needed a rest
after Reich.
Third Ear Band : Alchemy -- just like them !!
James H
shop in Dublin so they have a sale on. Also
I am reorderring my CD's. Here goes :
Zepplin 3 and 4 [?? -- also known as symbol] :
The two albums include 'Stairway to Heaven', 'Gallows Pole','Immigrant Song', 'When the Levee breaks' etc.
Had not heard/listenned for ages -- good fun and
should listen to more of them. [These are CD's I was re-sorting].
Steve Reich : 'Its gonna rain' : It is samples of someone saying 'Its gonna rain' and then edited/distorted etc. [This is a CD I got in
Virgin sale -- I did badly].
Morton Feldman : Coptic Light -- needed a rest
after Reich.
Third Ear Band : Alchemy -- just like them !!
James H
Posted on: 26 May 2002 by Peter Stockwell
1) Going for the Half (One) - Yes
2) Restos de un incendia - Migala
3) Live Around the World - Miles Davis
4) Land - Patti Smith
5) Fragile - Yes
I finally discovered something 'new' I like. 'Restos de un incendia' is kind of John Cale'ish with a voice remiscent of Lou Reed and a sound that suggests americana bands like the Jayhawks played an allure that would make pink Floyd seem like Status Quo.
The Fragile is a polydor pressing (plum label) that sounds really full, da kine in fact.
pattis Smith, because Evelyne beat me to the CD player this morning.
Going for the Half because of Garyi and the Miles because of Miles.
Peter
2) Restos de un incendia - Migala
3) Live Around the World - Miles Davis
4) Land - Patti Smith
5) Fragile - Yes
I finally discovered something 'new' I like. 'Restos de un incendia' is kind of John Cale'ish with a voice remiscent of Lou Reed and a sound that suggests americana bands like the Jayhawks played an allure that would make pink Floyd seem like Status Quo.
The Fragile is a polydor pressing (plum label) that sounds really full, da kine in fact.
pattis Smith, because Evelyne beat me to the CD player this morning.
Going for the Half because of Garyi and the Miles because of Miles.
Peter