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What are you listening to? Part III
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Dame un Cachito Pa'Huele - the good version, and the bad version:
Good version (original from 1946—I could listen to this nonstop):
Bad version (idk when it's from, makes me cringe every time I hear it):
Like what even are they trying to do here, like at 0:36! What is this?! God, that's almost as bad (if not worse) as the heavy metal version of Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring!
Anyway... I've been really getting into Latin music, this year especially, so I've referenced the good version extensively. It's fun to play and listen to! They make extensive use of the Tumbao bass line in these recordings, too.
Good version (original from 1946—I could listen to this nonstop):
Bad version (idk when it's from, makes me cringe every time I hear it):
Anyway... I've been really getting into Latin music, this year especially, so I've referenced the good version extensively. It's fun to play and listen to! They make extensive use of the Tumbao bass line in these recordings, too.
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Thank you.
I didn't listen to the "bad" version - life is too short and all of that - but the "good" version is lovely.
I am also more than partial to Latin music, and had the wonderful privilege of hearing the Buena Vista Social Club play live on a European tour a little over twenty years ago.
@Scepticalscribe, you might like this. BTW, the guitar rhythm is called "Partido Alto."
EDIT: Forgot about this one, too! I actually know the pianist on this album, Bert Dalton, he's a local guy
EDIT: Forgot about this one, too! I actually know the pianist on this album, Bert Dalton, he's a local guy
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So where do you come down on one of the great issues of our time, Blur vs. Oasis?
;-)
As for my Britpop picks, I'm going with Elastica's first album and Lush's last.
Now off to watch Eurovision...
Thank you for sharing this.
Have you ever heard - or listened to - Pink Martini?
I have had the good fortune to be able to attend two of their concerts (separated by several years) when they were on tour in Europe, and have most of their albums.
My mother loved their music, and I know that my father would have loved them, as well, for his musical tastes were eclectic and he had a deep appreciation of music.
The theme music from the superb movie The Third Man by Anton Karas; that haunting and utterly unforgettable zither music, redolent of a specific time and place, namely, occupied Vienna in the immediate post war years.
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This, which is a really sweet and simple tune, I love it! I was talking to another piano player here in town today about easy-to-lean "cocktail piano" songs that I could easily play on a solo piano gig, and this was one he suggested, although there are many others:
OMG, I love it!! I just gave it a listen! I like the old-timey-ness of it—I mean, it is an old movie, but I totally see what you're getting it with it being reminiscent of a specific time and place. I love the metric modulations and the interesting (but effectively simple) guitar rhythm that is played throughout. I'm gonna have to check out some of the other tracks on the soundtrack album, thanks for turning me onto this!
Vienna at that time was occupied by the Allies powers, and divided in four - as was Germany and the city of Berlin - by the four occupying Allied powers (US, UK, France and USSR).
The city was in ruins, and the (disgraced, defeated) population was struggling to survive (something that sometimes involved making quite sordid moral compromises)- and to come to terms with what had happened - in those circumstances, and the movie, most unusually for the era, was mostly shot on location, which gave it an incredible atmosphere.
The director (Carol Reed) hadn't decided on the music for the movie/film, when he happened to come across Anton Karas actually playing this sort of music, and decided that this - quite specific sound - was exactly what the movie needed. Thus, he asked Karas to write (and perform) the soundtrack for the movie.
Actually, originally, the piece wascomposed for, and played on, a zither, but it can be transposed for other instruments (guitar for example) easily enough.
Incidentally, I recommend that you watch the entire movie; to my mind, it is an absolute classic, as close to flawless as you will find in a movie from that era; it comes complete with a superb cast, extraordinary screeenplay (written by Graham Greene), amazing script, superlative story, stunning setting and cinematography, and, of course, that unforgettable music.
Found a new band, well new to me as they have been around for some time, but man are they good!
I know this isn't everyone's cup of tea! But if you are into this genre of music I can't recommend these guys enough.
Speticflesh - Pyramid God (Live)
I know this isn't everyone's cup of tea! But if you are into this genre of music I can't recommend these guys enough.
Speticflesh - Pyramid God (Live)