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What are you listening to? Part III

Mefisto said:
One of the best albums ever recorded. And one of the really important albums that shaped my musical tastes for years to come when I first heard it.

This is an interesting article about the creation of the cover art.
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Interesting for sure. Thanks for linking.
 
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (soundtrack)
I just can't get enough of this soundtrack.
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There are songs in my life that have been present at important times in one way or another. Songs, that I can listen to whenever I choose, and they will instantly evoke memories from those times.

This is one of them, never fails to bring a smile to my face. The whole album is good, but this really is a standout track.

 
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Mefisto said:
There are songs in my life that have been present at important times in one way or another. Songs, that I can listen to whenever I choose, and they will instantly evoke memories from those times.

This is one of them, never fails to bring a smile to my face. The whole album is good, but this really is a standout track.

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That album was very Rolling Stones ish and quite a departure from their previous one Screamadelica. Both are very good, just different. Gillespie is a good front man alright.
 
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Northern Man said:
That album was very Rolling Stones ish and quite a departure from their previous one Screamadelica. Both are very good, just different. Gillespie is a good front man alright.
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True words!

The three albums I have from them are Screamadelica, Give Out But Don't Give Up and XTRMNTR. All of them pretty different both musically and just in general tone, but all of them good albums.
 
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Nice.

Good share.
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LizKat said:
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While I wait, I listen again this evening to the 1996-97 recording that vaulted her to global attention.


Hewitt herself has said not to expect anything as startling as the differences between Glenn Gould's earlier and later recordings of these works. To her, the main differences in her own performances relate to the piano itself, the earlier recording having been on a Steinway and the later on her own Fazioli piano. The latter piano has become the favorite of a number of noted pianists in recent decades.

Several reviewers of Hewitt's newer take on Bach's keyboard partitas have commented that there's far more to the differences than just the timbre of the two instruments in question, but that her later performances are more evolutionary than a grand leap of interpretation.

When it comes to interpretative performances of Bach's keyboard works, I always think back to the acerbic retort of harpsichordist Wanda Landowski to cellist Pablo Casals, "You play Bach your way and I'll play him his way."

On the other hand, not everyone is a fan of anyone's Bach or anything else on a harpsichord. Thomas Beecham (co-founder and a conductor of the London Philharmonic) once offered this barely family-friendly assessment: "The sound of a harpsichord is like listening to two skeletons copulating on a tin roof in a thunderstorm."
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@LizKat - This was such a great share! I love this recording so much. For me it transcendent.
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Mefisto said:
One of the best albums ever recorded. And one of the really important albums that shaped my musical tastes for years to come when I first heard it.

This is an interesting article about the creation of the cover art.
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Great article. Thanks for posting.


Glad to get some of my favorite sounds and visuals back onto this iMac., including lots of Bolt Thrower.
 
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kazmac said:
Great article. Thanks for posting.


Glad to get some of my favorite sounds and visuals back onto this iMac., including lots of Bolt Thrower.
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Bolt Thrower are brilliant.

In other news, just saw Suffocation live for the first time. A great band, a great show and cool dudes. On the way home in the taxi there was Edwyn Collins playing on the radio. Equilibrium was achieved.
 
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Mefisto said:
Bolt Thrower are brilliant.

In other news, just saw Suffocation live for the first time. A great band, a great show and cool dudes. On the way home in the taxi there was Edwyn Collins playing on the radio. Equilibrium was achieved.
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Bolt Thrower remain an amazing band and still my favorites 30+ years on. I was bummed they never followed up Those Once Loyal (They tried to but it did not live up to their standard).

I knew Suffocation back in the late 80s as they were just revving up (if that is the same death metal band from New York anyway). If the same guys, they are nice. Glad you enjoyed.
 
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Ran into my childhood friend's father at the pub earlier today. Funny thing, because he lives in a different city and I hadn't seen him in ages. He had had a couple of beers at that point, and of the two hours we spent talking (and drinking) about half of that was him trying to convince me (for the tenth time) that Rainbow is the best band of all time.

Still not sure I would agree with his thesis, but I have to admit this is a great track.

 
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Northern Man said:
A groundbreaker. Released 50 years ago this month in UK. Recorded in one day (a 12 hour session) in October 1969.


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One of my favorite albums... Start to finish...

Just looking at the album cover... Love it.

Black Sabbath - NIB

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Mefisto said:
Bolt Thrower are brilliant.

In other news, just saw Suffocation live for the first time. A great band, a great show and cool dudes. On the way home in the taxi there was Edwyn Collins playing on the radio. Equilibrium was achieved.
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I have seen Suffo several times and boy do they put on a hell of show!!! I was still in high school when they came around with Cannibal Corpse and Entombed. One of my favorite shows!

One of my favorite songs from them:

Suffocation - Breading the Spawn

 
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rhett7660 said:
I have seen Suffo several times and boy do they put on a hell of show!!! I was still in high school when they came around with Cannibal Corpse and Entombed. One of my favorite shows!
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It was the first time for me, but I'll definitely go see them again when they come back. A line up such as the one in your post would very probably rearrange my insides for a couple of weeks, and it would be worth it!

I've seen CC and Entombed separately many times, though, and either one hasn't disappointed me once. There was one time, though, I think almost twenty years ago when I actually liked the warm up act better than CC. Now if I could only remember the name of the band...

Currently watching Eyes Wide Shut on the TV with the sound off, and listening to the Jocelyn Pook album Flood.

 
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Mefisto said:
It was the first time for me, but I'll definitely go see them again when they come back. A line up such as the one in your post would very probably rearrange my insides for a couple of weeks, and it would be worth it!

I've seen CC and Entombed separately many times, though, and either one hasn't disappointed me once. There was one time, though, I think almost twenty years ago when I actually liked the warm up act better than CC. Now if I could only remember the name of the band...

Currently watching Eyes Wide Shut on the TV with the sound off, and listening to the Jocelyn Pook album Flood.

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I am waiting to see if White Chapel ever comes back around and my schedule lines up with them. I would love to see that band. Them and Obituary... Boy, if could get a CC, Obituary, and Suffo line up in one night... HOLY SMOKES!!!!

I saw CC in 93-94 with Cynic being one of the opening bands. They absolutely rocked! This was also CC Tomb of the Mutilated tour... There were a few other bands playing, but they were just ok.
 
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rhett7660 said:
I am waiting to see if White Chapel ever comes back around and my schedule lines up with them. I would love to see that band. Them and Obituary... Boy, if could get a CC, Obituary, and Suffo line up in one night... HOLY SMOKES!!!!

I saw CC in 93-94 with Cynic being one of the opening bands. They absolutely rocked! This was also CC Tomb of the Mutilated tour... There were a few other bands playing, but they were just ok.
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Need to check out White Chapel, never listened to them. I think I might be getting a little bit too old for a night of CC, Obituary and Suffocation, but make a three day "festival" of it with each band playing one headliner show a night and I'm in!
 
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