A few from David Bowie:
Heroes; Rebel Rebel: Space Oddity: The Man Who Sold The World; Life On Mars.
Heroes; Rebel Rebel: Space Oddity: The Man Who Sold The World; Life On Mars.
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What are you listening to? Part III
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Thank you, @Queen6, for the reminder to listen to a few tracks by the immortal (musically speaking, that is) and wonderful, David Bowie:
So, some more from David Bowie:
Ashes to Ashes; China Girl; Modern Love; Absolute Beginners.
So, some more from David Bowie:
Ashes to Ashes; China Girl; Modern Love; Absolute Beginners.
One of my favorite things about Bowie is that he loved the Pixies, just as I do. Maybe he always had a thing for covers, since Pin Ups was all covers and he was a great mimic of other singers.
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A few from Dire Straits:
Private Investigations; Sultans of Swing; Tunnel of Love; Romeo and Juliet; Love Over Gold; Brothers In Arms; and Telegraph Road.
Private Investigations; Sultans of Swing; Tunnel of Love; Romeo and Juliet; Love Over Gold; Brothers In Arms; and Telegraph Road.
Just picked up the re-release of Morbid Visions and Bestial Devastation by Cavalera (originally Sepultura). Troops of Doom is one of my favorite tracks of all time and this version doesn't disappoint. Still taking in the entire album. But so far, I like it. The link below is for the entire album.
Cavalera - Morbid Visions
Cavalera - Morbid Visions
(The amazing, superb, spell-binding) Fandango by Antonio Soler, but, neither of the two versions I have on my iTunes/iPod.
Rather, this interpretation (version) is by the invariably excellent L'Arpeggiata and Christina Pluhar.
Rather, this interpretation (version) is by the invariably excellent L'Arpeggiata and Christina Pluhar.
K-pop really seems to be more interesting that Western pop at this point:
Though that's not say that Western producers aren't also involved in K-pop themselves! It attracts talent from all around.
Though that's not say that Western producers aren't also involved in K-pop themselves! It attracts talent from all around.
A few tracks from (the wonderful) Air, taken from several of their albums:
Tropical Disease; Venus; Heaven's Light; Eat My Beat; Les Professionnels; Once Upon A Time; Cherry Blossom Girl; Mike Mills; Alpha Beta Gaga; Kelly Watch The Stars; and the amazing, and still brilliant, La Femme D'Argent.
Tropical Disease; Venus; Heaven's Light; Eat My Beat; Les Professionnels; Once Upon A Time; Cherry Blossom Girl; Mike Mills; Alpha Beta Gaga; Kelly Watch The Stars; and the amazing, and still brilliant, La Femme D'Argent.
All great tracks but the last is a favourite of mine - check out the excellent clip with a film taken in San Francisco in 1906. Edit: filmed April 14, 1906 - four days before the great earthquake!
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This is brilliant - thank you for sharing it @decafjava, I really enjoyed watching it.
Actually, I was surprised at just how many cars/automobiles (and, comparatively speaking/writing - how few horses) were visible in that fascinating clip; after all, this was 1906, - not 1916 - and a mere 20 years after the introduction of (invention of?) the internal combustion engine.
And, of course, I just love La Femme D'Argent - a superb track, and yes, an all time favourite of mine, too.
Well, you cannot go wrong listening to La Femme D'Argent (by Air) a second time; actually, no, make that a third time today.
I remember where I was (in a very good, 'hip' restaurant which has undergone at least three separate incarnations since then) when I first heard that track - and how I was absolutely bowled over by it. So bowled over that the very next day I tracked down the CD - Moon Safari - and bought it, and played it endlessly.
I remember where I was (in a very good, 'hip' restaurant which has undergone at least three separate incarnations since then) when I first heard that track - and how I was absolutely bowled over by it. So bowled over that the very next day I tracked down the CD - Moon Safari - and bought it, and played it endlessly.
Two from the soundtrack to (the film/movie) The Hours, by Philip Glass:
Morning Passages; and The Hours.
Morning Passages; and The Hours.
Indeed it seems vehicles took over from horses pretty quickly but then how long have touch-screen smartphones been around as just one example. Another blast from the past 1980s when MTV played music videos.
Alan Parson's Project (cool nostalgic animation)
Vehicles took over from horses pretty quickly - surprisingly quickly - in some advanced countries (such as the US); however, I would wager that - prior to WW1 - this was largely confined to urban areas (Paris, London, Berlin, Vienna, the two coasts of the US, etc), in relatively wealthy, developed countries, with horse transport still in wide use in rural areas. The poor state of roads would have inhibited the widespread use of motor-cars in 1906.
The other thing that struck me from that fascinating clip you kindly shared was the extensive use of public transport: trams, trolley-buses, and so on; that was extraordinarily interesting to see.
The Wrong Road (a song I have long loved, - I have had this album since the 1980s, first as an LP, later as a CD) - from the album Liberty Belle And The Black Diamond Express by The Go-Betweens.
Sergei Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No 2 in C Minor.
@rm5: If you haven't listened to this - all three movements - you haven't lived. Find the time to listen to this.
My (late) father (who loved music and who had music in his soul) adored this piece.
And yes, I love it, also.
@rm5: If you haven't listened to this - all three movements - you haven't lived. Find the time to listen to this.
My (late) father (who loved music and who had music in his soul) adored this piece.
And yes, I love it, also.
Yngwie Malmsteen. The guy that sent a lot of 80s guitar gods back to their song books and instructors, as he so successfully built a career around intermixing electric guitar with classical influences (Bach, Mozart, Panganini, Beethoven, etc.). As a guitarist, he's also one of my personal influences as well, to the point where I have sit for days playing some of his pieces; one of which is a standout from his first album, called Far Beyond the Sun.
Enter Miyako Watanabe, one of the guitarists from the Japanese metal band LoveBites. I've mentioned her before, as that band is probably my favorite band out there today (I go between LoveBites, Nightwish, Babymetal for my top 3 currently). She is heavily influenced by Malmsteen, but she unashamedly admits that she could not play this song on guitar.
However, seeing that she's a classically trained pianist (started at age 3, and influenced by the Romance Era) and was playing concerts before age 18 (when she picked up guitar and taught herself from a single book), she decided she'd rather take on Far Beyond the Sun on piano.
With that, here we are, with another one of her pieces from Miyako's upcoming EP, Etude Op. 23.
Enter Miyako Watanabe, one of the guitarists from the Japanese metal band LoveBites. I've mentioned her before, as that band is probably my favorite band out there today (I go between LoveBites, Nightwish, Babymetal for my top 3 currently). She is heavily influenced by Malmsteen, but she unashamedly admits that she could not play this song on guitar.
However, seeing that she's a classically trained pianist (started at age 3, and influenced by the Romance Era) and was playing concerts before age 18 (when she picked up guitar and taught herself from a single book), she decided she'd rather take on Far Beyond the Sun on piano.
With that, here we are, with another one of her pieces from Miyako's upcoming EP, Etude Op. 23.