Sometimes, you forget just how good ABBA actually were.
They wrote some superb songs.
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What are you listening to? Part III
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They wrote some superb songs.
The Midge Ure cover of the David Bowie classic The Man Who Sold the World, as appropriately featured in the video game Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.
Two excellent covers of a song that was already a classic; thank you for sharing them.
One of my favorite singles from A Hard Day's Night.
Sometimes, you forget just how consistently good The Beatles were over such an extended period of time.
I agree! There are so many artists I like, but even then only like maybe two or three singles from each of their albums. With The Beatles I can listen to many of their entire albums.
Currently listening to this Chicago hit.
Exactly.
Many artists produced one or two (or three) terrific tracks; The Beatles produced several terrific albums, albums where almost all of the tracks were outstanding, albums where you were surprised when one or two tracks were only "good" as opposed to "outstanding".
Ya know that collection of songs you want to have if stranded on a deserted island? This is one of those songs.
One of my favorite pieces of James Bond soundtrack music, as featured in Tomorrow Never Dies in the sequence where Pierce Brosnan and Michelle Yeoh's characters are chased through the streets of Saigon while handcuffed to each other. Sadly this track is not featured on the soundtrack album nor available on iTunes.
Been listening to the King's College version of "Abide With Me" because I'm writing my own arrangement of it for use in a video series. It brings tears to my eyes, and it's without a doubt my favorite hymn. I'm going to have two live tracks—piano and vocals and a MIDI orchestra (because not only can I not afford a full orchestra, but I need everything recorded by the end of next week). I'm very fortunate to know a really amazing classical singer who's done stuff for the Santa Fe Opera, and I've asked her to record for me. If they could learn it in less than a week, I totally would have gotten the school choir to sing it, but some of them are pretty inexperienced. And I think one voice is probably enough for this purpose. So yeah.
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@myscrnnm I've used this exact chord progression in my own music. Sometimes I'll even do it on jazz tunes and play it as a montuno. Have you heard the cue from Unstoppable titled "The Stanton Curve?" I think you would really like it given the instrumentation of the James Bond cue. I actually saw Harry Gregson-Williams speak when I was in LA this past summer, and he mentioned this exact cue. It's pretty cool, take a listen:
This is a great track. I'm also a huge fan of Harold Gregson-Williams' work. That's crazy that the year before Denzel Washington also collaborated with director Tony Scott and Gregson-Williams on another movie about a runaway train in what was one of John Travolta's last good film performances.
Currently listening to Gregson-Williams' take on the Metal Gear Solid theme from Snake Eater: