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Ooooooo, I love this piece...I never heard it titled Once Upon A Time In Paris before.  Was it used in a movie or something?  I've always heard it as Gymnopédies #1.

 

I first heard it as a kid when it was covered by one of the original fusion bands, Blood Sweat and Tears.  I still think their horn arrangement of it is haunting and full of pathos...maybe even more so than as just a piano solo.  They also do an outrageous arrangement of Satie's Gnossiennes #1, which follows directly on the heels of Gymnopédies ending (1:26).   

 

This video also has a more typical BS&T's tune, Smiling Phases (2:30)...kinda dated sounding mostly due to the singer's highly stylized vocals, but the actual instrumental sections are still spot on after almost 50 years.  

 

 

Also, if you like Once Upon A Time In Paris (Gymnopédies #1), give this 2nd & 3rd variation a listen...they go so well together.  They remind me of split canvas picture on the wall. 

 

If you don't want to take the time to listen to the entire songs, try to pop on like ten seconds of #1 at the beginning, then a few seconds of #2 at the beginning and a few seconds of #3 at the beginning.  You can see how interconnected and well fitted they are to each other...maybe listen to them in their entirety another time.

 

Gymnopédies  #1  #2  &  #3

Gymnopédies #1

Gymnopédies #2

Gymnopédies #3

 

Sorry, I post so much...I know I kinda hog the forum, but I just get so excited about good music.

Edited October 9, 2018 by ByeByeBye

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Well since Gymmopedie no.1 is 1/5 of the pieces in the vid and the rest are Gnossienne's I think the video creator took some liberties with the name... although I'm not sure since I haven't really researched Satie outside of just listening. I like the 2nd and 3rd Gymnopedie too good suggestions. The band version wasn't bad, but the vocalist sure was a bit of a relic. Still I do admire the innovativeness.

Also what is this listening to few seconds of a song business you suggest? And apologizing for posting too much? Come on, I think we all like your posts. I've been listening to Rising Appalachia ever since that post and you just made me remember Stromae exists. You don't have to act like you are somehow burdening us.

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Well since Gymmopedie no.1 is 1/5 of the pieces in the vid and the rest are Gnossienne's I think the video creator took some liberties with the name... although I'm not sure since I haven't really researched Satie outside of just listening.

 

Fair enough...I actually didn't listen to the whole 15 min video...I just assumed it was Gym #1 and dashed off into the BS&T semi-tangent.

 

I like the 2nd and 3rd Gymnopedie too good suggestions. The band version wasn't bad, but the vocalist sure was a bit of a relic. Still I do admire the innovativeness.

 

The singer was a tad embarrassing even in the day.  The band was originally trying to get Laura Nyro as their vocalist after the loss of Al Kooper, but ended up with the 'over the top' gravel-lounge David Clayton Thomas...good singer actually, but too contrived and stylized.

 

Also what is this listening to few seconds of a song business you suggest?

 

I suggested that because I believe many folks won't bother to listen to the entire three pieces...at least right now on the forum.  But I wanted to demonstrate how cool the three Gymnopedies work together to form one musical idea.  10 seconds of each kind of does that, you can see how they are different but still the same...variations.  Of course listening to all of them is better, but some of the forum-ers may be needing to check out other posts or prefer to listen to Smaltz-Schtick-Boyo the Neo-Post Music Rap Diva. 

 

And apologizing for posting too much? Come on, I think we all like your posts. I've been listening to Rising Appalachia ever since that post and you just made me remember Stromae exists. You don't have to act like you are somehow burdening us.

 

I really like Rising Appalachia too...so fresh.  But I really do feel guilty about hogging up the forum.  I could actually inundate the forum with posts but I try to hold myself back as much as I can.  I am really kind of a music nut and have been for very long time so I have a huge well to draw upon.  Everything I hear reminds me of something and it's hard not to share it with people that might actually be interested.  I'm very happy to have found this section of the forum an I have discovered tons of music I never would have heard otherwise.

 

I'm glad you have liked some of the stuff I posted....I like most of the things you post too...I think our tastes run in similar channels.  I do hope I don't over post...and thank you for thinking I haven't been ....so far :)

Edited October 10, 2018 by ByeByeBye

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New Song :wub:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_iOA1_MXI4

[smokeyh2 1,512]

now this is what you call rock n roll

love this band

have all their albums

boy i wish i was back in the 70s again

 

 

[smokeyh2 1,512]

another brilliant black rebel motorcycle club song

 

 

[ByeByeBye 1,747]

now this is what you call rock n roll

love this band

have all their albums

boy i wish i was back in the 70s again

 

 

 

 

I see your Nazareth and raise you a Mahogany Rush :)

 

 

 

...and another Mahogany Rush just for good measure...maybe even more Hendrix-esk than Look Outside

 

Incidentally all the Black Motorcycle Club posts have been brilliant...never heard them before...thanks for the turn-on.

Edited October 10, 2018 by ByeByeBye

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OK...I had to follow the trail, just one more post...just one more; Stevie Ray.   So very very badass with his skanky Fender.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVI7I-WDGx4

 

The tempo is a bit brisk on that live version, but the guitar work is outrageously stupendous.  I stuck in the studio version in the spoiler below for referance...it' quite different.  It has a funkier feel with the groove calmed and seems a bit more sedate...if sedate is possible to use in regards to music like this :)

 

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yeah splitterpoint

good band 

still can't beat the best of the best tho

 

 

 

  

I have listened to everything from these guys on YouTube and I like them,, but they don't quite have the raw and raunchy feel of Led Zeppelin.  The kid that is singing has a very very similar voice to Robert Plant...maybe even a better voice, but the instrumental work is not quite as dynamic and seems to rely much on tech wizardry...but it is still damn good, don't get me wrong.  I'd go see these guys in a heartbeat, especially since I never got to see Led Zeppelin play.  In 2018 I'd rather see Greta Van Fleet live than Zeppelin since (most) geriatrics just don't have the edge they once did.   ...good post

The guy sounds almost identical to Robert plant indeed. There aren't a lot of singers these days who pull of such a high voice in this setting. Like as you say this is kind of a Led Zeppelin but in prime. It won't be the 70's but this is as close as it can get. I love their new album aswell, their songs are good and they play tight. It's nice to see that rock is still alive.

 

They're coming to Amsterdam in february, I'll be there :D

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just brilliant

 

[ByeByeBye 1,747]

just brilliant

 

 

 

I saw these guys play in Sydney Harbor in the mid-80s before they had their biggie international breakout hit.  I had been busking with a newly found friend on the Circular Quay and he told me that these Midnight Oil guys were worth seeing.  I was game, so we went...bloody brilliant concert!

 

 Biggie International Breakout Hit:

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they did a lot of work with the aborigines

claiming that a lot of wealth was stolen from them

which is probably true

[Musa 5,352]

Listening this first time today, what a beautiful song !!

 

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFQaPhPxJ9E&list=PLvDObxlXXZlSLW3wIbWr008Dl_-LhVGsW&index=25

Edited October 12, 2018 by Sc0r

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[ByeByeBye 1,747]

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFQaPhPxJ9E&list=PLvDObxlXXZlSLW3wIbWr008Dl_-LhVGsW&index=25

 

Maybe it's the guitar tone and the up-tempo-ness of this song, but it reminds me of updated surf music of the early 60's.

 

This surf song title comes from a surf break on the North Shore of Oahu, Pipeline...really called Banzai Pipeline.  The Pipe is not easy to find and is totally hogged up by Locals now (as a newbie, you cannot surf the Pipe without getting major beef).  Pipeline is very overcrowded now and true surfer-soup.   I tried the 1st reef once when I lived in Hawaii many years ago when it was a bit more user friendly but my skills were not up to the challenge even on a relatively calm day.  Only the bad-boys ride the 3rd reef when Kaneloa is pushing out "da big rollas".  Banzai Pipeline is a very close shore break so it is easy to watch great riders while lounging on the beach (Banzai Beach...hence the name).

 

I suggest listening to the Chantays play Pipeline as you watch the surf roll in at Banzai Pipeline with the sound on the 2nd video turned off.  This is pretty much the view you get from the beach...the creator of the video didn't use much zoom when filming.

 

Edited October 12, 2018 by ByeByeBye

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Betcha didn't know Musical Youth "Pass the Dutchie" is a cover of The Mighty Diamonds!

 

[Wes.Is.Just.A.Digger 1,712]

          This song is so actual and so good to describe the chaos and the destruction that currently tanki developers are doing to this game, so this is a special dedication for them only.

 

"But if Cedric Debono

was livin'

He wouldn't let

this be,

no, no"

 

https://youtu.be/OY2-OYqzFbE

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2H_YNYRw2E

[ByeByeBye 1,747]

          This song is so actual and so good to describe the chaos and the destruction that currently tanki developers are doing to this game, so this is a special dedication for them only.

 

"But if Cedric Debono

was livin'

He wouldn't let

this be,

no, no"

 

 

https://youtu.be/OY2-OYqzFbE

 

Another appropriate theme for Tanki:

 

"The thrill is gone

The thrill is gone away

The thrill is gone Tanki

The thrill is gone away

You know you done me wrong Tanki

And you'll be sorry someday"

 

[D_A_R_K_F_I_N 7,457]

New one from Disturbed

 

[Wes.Is.Just.A.Digger 1,712]

 

Another appropriate theme for Tanki:

 

The thrill is gone Tanki

 

You know you done me wrong Tanki

 

Hahah, so true, Baby!

 

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I came accross this song just today, been listening it a couple of times already and can't figure it out if is so good or so kitsch 

 (however it has 20 mil views)  :o