What are you listening to and WHY might anyone be interested? (Vol. XIII)
Posted by: Richard Dane on 01 January 2017
2017 has arrived today, so time to start this thread afresh.
Last year's thread can be found here;
Kevin-W posted:dayjay posted:Kevin-W posted:Original 1990 UK vinyl. Lush arrangements of pure genius fram the most melancholy, but probably the greatest, pop female voice ever recorded. Gorgeous.
Couldn't agree more, the greatest female singing voice ever in my view
She's the best DayJay. Her tone is just so pure (and almost devoid of vibrato), and so full of sadness and resignation and a strange uncomprehending longing for something better in the future but which will never come. Just beautiful.
Against those slick, lush arrangements her lovely but bleak voicings stand out even more.
I always think of The Carpenters as a kind of transatlantic Joy Division, but hailing from the upper-middle class suburbs of LA rather than the grimy outposts of 1970s Manchester. Behind those well-tended lawns and neat frontages there is emptiness and despair.
The Carpenters were one of the bleakest of all late 1960s/1970s American acts - perhaps the bleakest.
I agree there was an air of bleakness and despair, particularly associated with Karen Carpenters voice and phrasing, but their music was also strangely uplifting at the same time, never depressing. Well that is how I feel when I listen to the Carpenters. Bit strange.
The Gene Harris Quartet - Black and Blue. CD rip. Inspired by the Maybeck recording postings above!
nigelb posted:Kevin-W posted:dayjay posted:Kevin-W posted:Original 1990 UK vinyl. Lush arrangements of pure genius fram the most melancholy, but probably the greatest, pop female voice ever recorded. Gorgeous.
Couldn't agree more, the greatest female singing voice ever in my view
She's the best DayJay. Her tone is just so pure (and almost devoid of vibrato), and so full of sadness and resignation and a strange uncomprehending longing for something better in the future but which will never come. Just beautiful.
Against those slick, lush arrangements her lovely but bleak voicings stand out even more.
I always think of The Carpenters as a kind of transatlantic Joy Division, but hailing from the upper-middle class suburbs of LA rather than the grimy outposts of 1970s Manchester. Behind those well-tended lawns and neat frontages there is emptiness and despair.
The Carpenters were one of the bleakest of all late 1960s/1970s American acts - perhaps the bleakest.
I agree there was an air of bleakness and despair, particularly associated with Karen Carpenters voice and phrasing, but their music was also strangely uplifting at the same time, never depressing. Well that is how I feel when I listen to the Carpenters. Bit strange.
Totally different kind of music but Radiohead on occasion are for me both uplifting and bleak. Good music should make you feel emotional and sometimes those emotions overlap and its non the worse for it. If it doesn't make you feel something why are you listening to it I guess
dayjay posted:nigelb posted:Kevin-W posted:dayjay posted:Kevin-W posted:Original 1990 UK vinyl. Lush arrangements of pure genius fram the most melancholy, but probably the greatest, pop female voice ever recorded. Gorgeous.
Couldn't agree more, the greatest female singing voice ever in my view
She's the best DayJay. Her tone is just so pure (and almost devoid of vibrato), and so full of sadness and resignation and a strange uncomprehending longing for something better in the future but which will never come. Just beautiful.
Against those slick, lush arrangements her lovely but bleak voicings stand out even more.
I always think of The Carpenters as a kind of transatlantic Joy Division, but hailing from the upper-middle class suburbs of LA rather than the grimy outposts of 1970s Manchester. Behind those well-tended lawns and neat frontages there is emptiness and despair.
The Carpenters were one of the bleakest of all late 1960s/1970s American acts - perhaps the bleakest.
I agree there was an air of bleakness and despair, particularly associated with Karen Carpenters voice and phrasing, but their music was also strangely uplifting at the same time, never depressing. Well that is how I feel when I listen to the Carpenters. Bit strange.
Totally different kind of music but Radiohead on occasion are for me both uplifting and bleak. Good music should make you feel emotional and sometimes those emotions overlap and its non the worse for it. If it doesn't make you feel something why are you listening to it I guess
Absolutely spot on Dayjay. I couldn't have expressed it any better.
That was my introduction disc to Marc-Andre Hamelin sixteen years ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pye9RgJ9_NY
just been re-watching the film/documentary of them touring, can't get 'Sorrow' out of my head...
Hungryhalibut posted:
This takes me back, really like this & 'Song to the Siren' is pure magic...
The J. Geils Band. Eponymous debut on UK vinyl from 1970. I was recently gifted a set of eight J Geils LPs from a dear forum friend that no longer listens to vinyl. This one, fresh off the RCM, is resurrecting the bands blues rock after a long hiatus from the stylus. Cheers John!
A + | WAV
(2011)
Moody, atmospheric, dark ambient electronic Berlin School style music, this was the first of the Ouddorp trilogy.
Prompted by earlier posts on this page, I think I'll start Saturday with this:
'How Abot You' driven rhythmically by the 272 is very impressive. Really enjoying the regained 'all naim synergy'!
G
Keeps on growing on me...
Great solo piano jazz recording. I had forgotten that I own this.
I am having blues withdrawal symptoms so first up for today.
Back home...
UK 4th vinyl pressing, from late '73/early '74. I was faffing around with a bit of speaker placement and i thought I'd use this, as a record I was very familiar with, as a test to see whether moving the speakers a bit closer to the wall worked. And hell, I enjoyed it so I thought I'd play the whole thing. It's quite good, isn't it? 
