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I picked up an album of Ives' songs at a closing Borders for just a few bucks. I'm still not sure I get Ives.
My Booker T CD was a Borders closeout special as well.
^^ Nice! :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3Zjfctxf0M&feature=relmfu
Not bad for knocking on sixty :)
She doesn't take herself seriously, a big point in her favour - half her material is tongue in cheek.
Been watching he 'Amor, Amor' DVD this afternoon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBvHEIgBFvM
Been listening to a pile of my 60's, 70's & 80's vinyl as I just bought a 40 year old Sonab amplifier to go with my equally old Sonab record deck.
Surprised just how nice it sounds, not audiophile quality but very pleasant. On the lookout for a pair of Sonab speakers to go with the other bits.
Back to Youtube now and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4Lq3YMhyZU
Vanessa Mae seems very underrated, possibly because of the music style that she tends to prefer but her purely classical pieces are extremely good.
Damned beautiful too.
http://www.onlineticketmarket.com/me...essa%20mae.jpg
I've been blissing out to Mumford & Sons all day.
shifted a bit to the
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCJtibCiMik&feature=autoplay&list=WL9DA652 E3C92C0EDC&index=10&playnext=15
Shame that they have been broken up into three separate bands now.
Mrs Depp today.
She always seems to be good with Alain Lanty.
http://youtu.be/BjdHesT2TNA
Not the best version but she is so cute.
http://youtu.be/H4l3Rgq-L1M
What's happened to the embedding - is it a bug or a feature?
Melissa Venema, Ill Silencio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK28MpUepa4&feature=related
Not sure what prompted this.
It used to be requested every single day on the radio that my mother had playing constantly.
"Music While You Work" I believe it was.
Used to hate it with a passion, along with:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P457OwwZnQU&feature=related
And just about anything by Max Bygraves :(
This is a bit retro too.
Found a few of my dad's records from the 50s & 60s.
This was one of them, Baron & Baroness Van Pallandt.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK03ZxId6PA&NR=1
It is rather hokey and contrived but still.
The Pierces seem to be trying to conquer the UK rather than the USA.
Any of these do anything for you?
The Killers, "Human"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIZdjT1472Y
Kanye West, "Power"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96tTu9-aW9k
David Cook, "Come Back to Me"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBF6IV8W-80
Usher, "DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-dvTjK_07c
Christina Perri, "Jar of Hearts"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH7WXlf9WLk
Finnish party folk metal. I don't understand a word they're singing, but the rhythm an melody are infectuous as can be. My new favourites.
http://youtu.be/-QYbI_suVpM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqz876VkwwY
Just loaded Ray Charles – The Birth of Soul: The Complete Atlantic Rhythm and Blues Recordings, 1952-1959
onto my iPod.
And polka, lots of polka.
Jesse Cook, "Cafe Mocha" - catchy Latin-influenced jazz:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vz-5wztROjk
James Taylor, "That Lonesome Road" - a hauntingly beautiful a capella piece:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bRDu...eature=related
Dario Marianelli's Oscar-nominated score to Pride & Prejudice. Here's the opening theme, "Dawn" - serene and beautiful:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vYY0aRH46I
Cee Lo Green, "Bright Lights Bigger City" - glossy contemporary pop at its best:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-JE5be7OA4
Bobby Darin, "Beyond the Sea" - a great Swinging Sixties love song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FnTkbMeRqY
Been listening to a lot of Leah Andreone the past few days. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDzX8OMgkjQ
Also, Lena Katina. (Video's got some NSFW bits) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvGF56QPppg
This was the first version of Levan Polka that I saw. This is just the 'scat' section and the one I saw in the past repeated infinitely - this one crashes at the end :(Quote:
Originally posted by The Original An Gadaí
Turned into a bit of an earworm and had to find the original version.
Great song :)
Ooops - missed the edit window ^NSFW^
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhVWHDxdd-U&list=PLyRlk4TpgC6cnlihbWQDfc9-H3l_O8wWN&index=8
Actually watching her "Dream With Me In Concert" DVD.
Since finding her on YouTube I have spent far too many hours watching/listening to her, she is just phenomenal. Wonderful when she was only ten years old she is becoming a very poised and graceful young woman with the potential to develop in any direction she chooses.
Watched her in the Robert Redford film "The Company You Keep" and she showed a lot of promise as an actress if she chose to follow that path.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j3xlXErfhU&list=PLD7E64C50F83E4C33&index= 10
Bit of an acquired taste perhaps but with familiarity is superb.
Still Jackie Evancho, who has become something of an obsession.
Managed to acquire most of her material - will never manage her "Prelude To A Dream" CD as it is in very limited supple having been withdrawn when she was 10, due to unexpected improvements in her singing. It is still viable and a precious record of her beginnings. Now changes hands for around $1,000.
Her new CD, "Awakening" exceeds all expectations and the expectations were high, based on her previous achievements.
There is as yet not a great deal on YouTube from "Awakening" but there is a taster of the PBS concert, due to air Nov 29th. IIRC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYxm45EFmJ8
Listening to "Awakening" now along with some material not generally available :o
She is just the most incredible person! Not just as a singer but her character is just as compelling.
András Schiff playing Bach piano pieces. Just right while I'm working or surfing the Web: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScS_s4Ay7uE
Clean Bandit's "Rather Be" is my current earworm - love this song!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-M1AtrxztU
Andras Schiff is great for Bach -- when I was like 12 or 13 he got me out of the "copy Gould's performances" idea and showed me another way.
As of three minutes ago, something I hadn't heard for years, namely Chick Corea's *Now He Sings, Now He Sobs* album. I remember I loaded it onto my 1GB mini (or micro) or whatever SD card in my phone -- I was into that tune "Steps" (well, the one in C minor). And this AM walking to get some beer was like "fahq! tunes would be good!" scroll down past Billy Preston, Booker T, and like hey Chick! I haven't heard the album since I was like 20 years old.
I noted 3:25 off track 5 from Chick's *Now He Sings,...* album. But even just off "Matrix" from the same album.
That is some crazy shit. I've been hearing this since whenever, but sometimes it appears that Chick, not only having crazy-good technique, could throw down. I've been hearing this album since I got hip, ca age eighteen, and this inspires me to go back to basics, do some technical stuff.
Just listened to David Sedaris's "SantaLand Diaries." The perfect antidote to forced holiday merriment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu8QfIC5fhI
Have been doing a few things half-assedly, mostly trying to remember (without consulting the scores/transcriptions) Bud's "Un Poco Loco" (the montuno is a killer to keep going and improvise over -- I just decided to do it like I do math....repeatedly, until it sinks in) and, yesterday, plinking around with the "friska" from Liszt's Hungarian 2.
It's good, on the latter, to just simplify a bit, (and reimagine the work in the enharmonic Db-minor, rather than C#-minor, because, after all, we are not guitar players). Yeah, I think it's just kind of an improvisational show-off piece -- fidelity to the score is not important, but overall effect is.
this. Literally just now, catching up with Jim Alfredson and his new tribute album to Big John Patton.
That fucking blew me away just noticing the guitar kid -- what is he like still in HS? And playing like a boss? And copping Grant Green's thing, just for the authenticity? Shit. I'm always a fan of Jim on Hammond organ, but he's closer to my own age, so I can understand the time he spent learning the stuff. I can't understand that kid on guitar, though.
Oh yeah, a buddy hipped me to Alicia De Laroccha doing the Notturna from Grieg's Op. 54 and his piano sonata. Nice. I'd forgotten about her. I was never a Grieg man, but apparently I was wrong.
Still continuing the Jackie Evancho obsession.
I was a bit dismissive regarding tAtU/Lena Katina/Yulia Volkova but have recently watched them a bit more and find they are better than I thought.Quote:
Originally posted by The Original An Gadaí
Ooops, hit the wron quote button and couldn't delete my glaring error.
I was previously rather dismissive of Lena Katena/Yulia Volkova/tAtU but with some more recent listenings have become to appreciate them more.Quote:
Originally posted by Marsilia
Charlie Daniels, "Uneasy Rider" (if you liked Arlo Guthrie's "Alice's Restaurant," I bet you'll like this):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=952h-AJ3Bcg
OneRepublic, "Love Runs Out" (a surreal but good video, too):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OWj0CiM8WU
Clean Bandit, "Rather Be"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-M1AtrxztU
Sting, "Fortress Around Your Heart:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qcVtEy6G1Q
MercyMe, "Greater"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXI0B4iMLuU
First Aid Kit
(Sisters Johanna & Klara Söderberg)
America
Paul Simon & wife +Karl Gustav, King of Sweden and Princess Madeleine (I think) in the audience.
Dancing Barefoot.
Patti Smith in the audience in tears.
Chiquitita.
My Silver Lining on Letterman.
blue-eyed soul love it. didn't know until a few days ago this guy did more videos -- this one is the one to hit! good stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUPgJhbJQvc
one more you bunch of ingrates. that white bitch is smoking on the keys -- i could hang with him, musically, but he's got a shitload of technical tricks that i tend to just kind of fake, you know, "close enough for jazz"