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On 7/11/2020 at 8:52 PM, babyofRosemarysbaby said:

 

53 Thieves - After Hours

Smooth, so urban. Nice synth work. I like the vocal style...so slinky.  Kinda EDM lounge.  Oh yeah boy, multiple key changes around 2:50,, nice.  Very interesting transitions, and many of them...intricate...oh this is badass.  Not crazy about the video portion (distracting) but the atmospheric song itself is really good.  A nice groove held throughout and all the sections hold together well...nice...second time through even better.

 

 

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Not quite James Brown soul, but funky in it's own Ska-ness  

Fishbone - Ma and Pa

 

How about changing it up a tad:

Fishbone - Servitude

Fishbone: A brilliant and multi-faceted band...tragically underrated.

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I am not sure if Frank would approve of this or not...I kinda think not.  But I love it.  It's Zappa...but not.  This arrangement is just so slick...is it gutted Zappa, a Suzie CreamCheese interpretation, or is it just squished into a more mainstream box?   It sounds more like avant-garde Broadway show music than Zappa.

If there are any FZ fans out there I'd be very interested in your reactions to this rather bizarre but masterfully executed Zappaphone.

Frank Zappa Tribute - Berklee College of Music, Boston    
It's one congruous piece but these are where each of the songs start within the medley.   
0:00   WakaJawaka
0:56   Inca Roads
2:06   Peaches en Regalia
3:54   Zomby Woof

 

 

 

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These guys are just beasts.  If you like rock, give this nine and a half minutes of your time...less than one single battle in neo-tanki.   ...Maybe try slaughtering tanks with this in the background.  Who knows, it might up your game.

 

All Them Witches - The Death Of Coyote Woman

 

 

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So after many hours of research, going over countless theories, and a ton of YT videos, this is my pick for the closest to "most likely" rendition of the Hurrian hymn #6.  

What is known for sure is that this is the oldest record of a complete song in history...about 1400 BC.  There were obviously songs way way way before this song, but this oldie, found in Syria on a clay tablet, is this oldest written relic of a full somewhat intelligible song in history.  We have found fragments of tables that predate this one (thus the #6) but there isn't enough of them left to piece together a complete song.  Bone flutes have been found that date to about 43,000BC...and drums...com'on, the old knee slappin' and foot poundin' right?  I'd make a guess that music dates back to some neolithic hominid...in the hundreds of thousands of years category (possibly even pre-neolithic).  But no YT back then or even writing so the jams be gone.

The problem that scholars have with this cuneiform piece of sheet music is that there is almost nothing that correlates to modern music or notation....it's just one hell of a lot of guess work and filling in huge gaps between the musical hints that the cuneiform actually gives.

Lots of the academic attempts to play this song make it sound stilted and awkward, even disjointed which I doubt it was.  Many renditions are almost impossible to even follow as a musical thought which I also doubt it was.  To me this version makes the most sense musically and is pretty similar to what you could hear as stereotypical "Middle Eastern" music today.  I have lots of rationale for my choice of this version, but it would involve a very long and rather esoteric text wall.

So....Hurrian Hymn #6

 

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13 hours ago, Bydo said:

Joeguy

have you gone to any concerts in the past or present ? and which ones were they . who was the best??

No I haven't been to a real deal concert in many years.  I live in an area that is kind of a cultural wasteland for Western music...Thailand.  There is plenty of music around, but it ain't LA.  It's lots of local bands and local bands covering Western pop.

 

My real concert going days happened not long after the dinosaurs became extinct.  I've seen some great musicians but I'd probably shock you at the antiquity of them all. I'm a friggin' relic.  I'll brag on these concerts though since I feel so lucky to have seen these guys.  Granted they were popular even before my time (birth). but I loved their music and I got to actually see some of the 30s and 40s giants.  Count Basie, Stan Kenton, Woody Herman, Duke Ellington, Nina Simone, Frank Sinatra, Glenn Miller Orchestra (without Glenn Miller), Aaron Copland, Itzhak Perlman, Dizzy Gillespie, and probably a few more that aren't coming to mind right off.

Many of the big band guys I saw in a very small intimate venue.  Their time had passed and they hadn't yet become musical gods, but they wanted to work so they did small clubs.  In the early 70's,  I saw many of these guys at fine dining restaurant just outside of Chicago with audiences of less than 100.  Glorious...I was so close it was like being in the band.  In fact I sat so close to Count Basie that I got way more of his piano than of the rest of the band...kinda out of the proper mix.   I even got to chat with some of these guys after the gig. 

I saw Aaron Copland at a ballet in San Fransisco.  He was a guest conductor.  I was so stoked and star struck that I wrangled my way into meeting him after the show.  I was so nervous and scared that I almost cried when we met.  He was very gracious and asked if I performed.  I told him not really, but I played a pretty mean radio.  He smiled and gave a polite chuckle.  We chanted about the ballet for a few more seconds. I told him how he was my favorite composer and got to thank him for his music, then I think someone else more interesting cut in.  It was literally magic.

The Count Basie concert stands out in my mind...sublime music, perfect venue, and Basie was just the nicest guy you'd ever want to meet.  I went two out of the three nights he played.

I saw Itzhak Perlman with the local symphony in Guadalajara.  My Dad knew him and we went out to dinner after a short concert he gave.  I hadn't been familiar with his work before that so I wasn't all aquiver with groupieness like I later would be with Copland.  I remember my Dad made a joke about how incredible Perlman was but he was no Casals (there had been beer).  I kinda went mute in astonishment, but Perlman agreed and said that he might have given Casals a run for his money if he had played cello instead of violin...perfect.  I even remember what we were eating; Pulpus in Su Tinta, a house specialty of octopus stewed in it's own ink...mondo ugly with grey tentacles in jet black gravy...but tasty.  I later found out that Perlman may have been the greatest violinist living at that time...the dude was only a few years older than me!  (I saw Perlman back the early 70s and he's classical, so he kinda fits this list)

 

I've seen some rock and folk giants...quite a few really now that I reminisce, but nothing for the last 20 years.  I did some promotions in Hawaii towards the end of my concert days (90s).  I helped bring Richard Thompson to a very small intimate venue just in back of Ala Moana Shopping Center.  I also helped bring Dance Hall Crashers over for what turned out to be proto-raves...big fun, especially because I got to hangout backstage since I was promoting the concerts.

 

How about you?  Who have you seen that blew your socks off?

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On 2/4/2022 at 7:32 AM, 2shots2kills said:

Dream Theater - In the Name of God

I remember these guys from the 90s.  I played the Awake CD many times, but they were quite different back then if I'm remembering correctly.  They used to have a more prog rock sound, sort of an evolved squished together Styx, Boston, King Crimson, Emerson Lake & Palmer sound.

I lost touch with their stuff after that album.  This is much harder with a nice punch-crunch.  I gotta check out more from these guys and their newer stuff.  The musicianship can not be denied.

Great intro with a very tasteful drop.  1:06..the meat groove, yeah boy.  4:18 spot on vocals, super tight and I don't think autotuned. I love the fuzz (?) tone with the electronic drum descant over the top around 5:33.  This is some hot scrappy shilt...I love this drum guy.  Listen to that friggin' bass line run under the guitar starting around 7:35, then it all goes Zappa.  8:36 what the hell man...that guitar run and run, yikes. 9:22 what a cool anti-drop.  Man these guys are light years from what they were in the 90s. 10:03...there he is with his death guitar killing it bad.  And it has a PERFECT ending.  All of this is masterfully executed...stellar, just stellar.  Thank you for this.  I gotta hear more...off to YouTube.

 

 

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A difficult piece of music complimented by a seemingly very difficult dance to perform.  I doubt you'll be seeing these moves at your local club.  Kinda leaves twerking in the dust at the station with just a fat jiggly ass.

Frank Zappa/Ensemble Modern - G-spot Tornado

It's so cool that there is a B flat contra bass clarinet on the left edge of the thumbnail and is the prominent silver thing when the camera shows Frank conducting...it is a rather oddish instrument.

 

 

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On 2/6/2022 at 7:27 AM, 2shots2kills said:

Arch Enemy - Nemisis  (Toyko)

Yikes! Angela Gossow..shocking.  How is this even possible?  I did a bit of research because I figured her voice was augmented with some sort of electronics, but apparently not...or at least no more than any other vocalists use on stage.  Incredible sound for a woman.  And what a great show! 

I intend to comment more when I give this another couple of listens, but I had to comment since this just blew me away.

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Well in stark contrast to Angela Gossow, I offer a YT find that I was very excited about.  This is a great cover...I think I like it better than the original (maybe...maybe not, dunno...gotta listen a bunch more times and compare back and forth).  The music stands by itself on it's own merit, but the shocker here is the singers age.  Ready?  12 years old!  Not quite as shocking as Angela Gossow' wicked growl, but still pretty unusual.

Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers cover by Canen 12 y.o.

 

 

 

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29 minutes ago, Joeguy said:

Yikes! Angela Gossow..shocking.  How is this even possible?  I did a bit of research because I figured her voice was augmented with some sort of electronics, but apparently not...or at least no more than any other vocalists use on stage.  Incredible sound for a woman.  And what a great show! 

I intend to comment more when I give this another couple of listens, but I had to comment since this just blew me away.

Yep, Angela is a legendary singer, I recommend the whole live in Tokyo. Later on she got replaced by Alissa White-Gluz, which is a talented singer and has killer growls, but I will always prefer the visceral aggression of Angela's vocals.

 

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1 hour ago, Joeguy said:

This is a great cover...I think I like it better than the original

Very nice cover, she definitely has an incredible voice for being only 12

 

Here are a couple of covers by a band composed of young kids. All talented musicians, I hope we'll see more of them in the future.

 

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On 2/4/2022 at 11:45 PM, Joeguy said:

No I haven't been to a real deal concert in many years.  I live in an area that is kind of a cultural wasteland for Western music...Thailand.  There is plenty of music around, but it ain't LA.  It's lots of local bands and local bands covering Western pop.

 

My real concert going days happened not long after the dinosaurs became extinct.  I've seen some great musicians but I'd probably shock you at the antiquity of them all. I'm a friggin' relic.  I'll brag on these concerts though since I feel so lucky to have seen these guys.  Granted they were popular even before my time (birth). but I loved their music and I got to actually see some of the 30s and 40s giants.  Count Basie, Stan Kenton, Woody Herman, Duke Ellington, Nina Simone, Frank Sinatra, Glenn Miller Orchestra (without Glenn Miller), Aaron Copland, Itzhak Perlman, Dizzy Gillespie, and probably a few more that aren't coming to mind right off.

Many of the big band guys I saw in a very small intimate venue.  Their time had passed and they hadn't yet become musical gods, but they wanted to work so they did small clubs.  In the early 70's,  I saw many of these guys at fine dining restaurant just outside of Chicago with audiences of less than 100.  Glorious...I was so close it was like being in the band.  In fact I sat so close to Count Basie that I got way more of his piano than of the rest of the band...kinda out of the proper mix.   I even got to chat with some of these guys after the gig. 

I saw Aaron Copland at a ballet in San Fransisco.  He was a guest conductor.  I was so stoked and star struck that I wrangled my way into meeting him after the show.  I was so nervous and scared that I almost cried when we met.  He was very gracious and asked if I performed.  I told him not really, but I played a pretty mean radio.  He smiled and gave a polite chuckle.  We chanted about the ballet for a few more seconds. I told him how he was my favorite composer and got to thank him for his music, then I think someone else more interesting cut in.  It was literally magic.

The Count Basie concert stands out in my mind...sublime music, perfect venue, and Basie was just the nicest guy you'd ever want to meet.  I went two out of the three nights he played.

I saw Itzhak Perlman with the local symphony in Guadalajara.  My Dad knew him and we went out to dinner after a short concert he gave.  I hadn't been familiar with his work before that so I wasn't all aquiver with groupieness like I later would be with Copland.  I remember my Dad made a joke about how incredible Perlman was but he was no Casals (there had been beer).  I kinda went mute in astonishment, but Perlman agreed and said that he might have given Casals a run for his money if he had played cello instead of violin...perfect.  I even remember what we were eating; Pulpus in Su Tinta, a house specialty of octopus stewed in it's own ink...mondo ugly with grey tentacles in jet black gravy...but tasty.  I later found out that Perlman may have been the greatest violinist living at that time...the dude was only a few years older than me!  (I saw Perlman back the early 70s and he's classical, so he kinda fits this list)

 

I've seen some rock and folk giants...quite a few really now that I reminisce, but nothing for the last 20 years.  I did some promotions in Hawaii towards the end of my concert days (90s).  I helped bring Richard Thompson to a very small intimate venue just in back of Ala Moana Shopping Center.  I also helped bring Dance Hall Crashers over for what turned out to be proto-raves...big fun, especially because I got to hangout backstage since I was promoting the concerts.

 

How about you?  Who have you seen that blew your socks off?

sir I take it your much older then Iam.. last concert I went too was super tramp in the 1980's. for signature's I only have two on hand - 1 is from the drummer from Honeymoon suite // 2 was from an actor who was doing a movie shoot around the corner from my house . this one was mainly for my daughter - she had to leave and get something to eat , in the mean time I stayed there and he came to me and signed 3 box's of girl guide cookies for her. 1 of those cookie box's are now located in the head office in Toronto ( we were told it's there first time ever getting a celebrity to sign a box of cookies LOL).. over all I have been to a number of concerts back then and had a ton of fun. I wish I was that age again to see more of them and do more bus trips to see them out of town..

( sorry about not getting back to you sooner , but have been a busy lady playing tanki and dealing with life..)

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On 2/8/2022 at 6:42 AM, 2shots2kills said:

Very nice cover, she definitely has an incredible voice for being only 12

 

Here are a couple of covers by a band composed of young kids. All talented musicians, I hope we'll see more of them in the future.

 

Nice!  Very clean and tight.  The "Hate Myself" is spot on.  Her vocals are outstanding.  The octave jump she does at 2:52 is so effective.  Overall I think she does this way better than Joan Jett's original.  The drummer is rock solid and how can you not love anybody that can twirl both sticks :)  They also put on a great show....a great rockin' band and from popping over to YT, I guess they are all in the same family.  Their parents must be button poppin' proud of them.  

Imagine if these kids had all the money, tech expertise, and promotion behind them that goes into some of today's mainstream music video production...yikes. 

 

 

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@Joeguy Shamelessly looking back at my own goodbye topic I saw your reply.

I appreciate what you said and I do remember your old posts. I loved listening to the Lost art of Being in the Know last year and have also combed through Rising Appalachias prior discography.

We'll keep enjoiying music here :)

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On 2/11/2022 at 9:01 AM, babyofRosemarysbaby said:

@Joeguy Shamelessly looking back at my own goodbye topic I saw your reply.

I appreciate what you said and I do remember your old posts. I loved listening to the Lost art of Being in the Know last year and have also combed through Rising Appalachias prior discography.

We'll keep enjoiying music here :)

 

I am so happy to see you here!  Spy shut your byebye thread down about 20 seconds after I made my post...I think he worries about my posts :)  I would have checked my topic too (gotta see the responses right?)  ...so I was hoping you would also.  Glad to see you're back...at least for this thread.

*** Kylä Vuotti Uutta Kuuta  - interesting and initially, I am attracted to it, but need to hear it a few more times

***California' (LIVE) - Joni Mitchell (BBC In Concert, 1970) - Joni playing dulcimer.     Joni, a musical goddess.  Thank you for this and by way of this, for all the other numbers from that 1970 BBC concert.  I'd never heard them before and they are glorious!  I've always wanted to hear Joni from back in the day with some decent fidelity in venues other than her studio stuff.  Ya just gotta love YouTube...what a wonderful time in which to live.  I never got to see Joni play, but now through technology, we are all given a chance to get a close approximation of what it must have been like to hear and see her live...and what's cool is that even my great great great grandkids will be able to hear and see her too.  Joni is one of my very favorite artists of all time.  Most of her albums are in my "burned the groove to death" category since I played the albums over and over and over, so this fresh take is an incredible treat for me. 

And she does not disappoint...phenomenal.  She has the pulse and pocket of a bass player even on a wimpy instrument like  the dulcimer.  You can hear the proto-jazz oozing from her even before she herself knew she was a jazz-pop goddess.  It took me 15 or 20 years to catch up to her vocal stylings, but I finally "got it" ...the nuances in her voice and delivery are sublimely expressive.   Poetry and even friggin' humor!  What an incredible contribution to humanity she has made.  And I guess she considers herself more a painter than musician...astounding.  The filming and sound mix done by the BBC is a superb capture of her stage persona from this period in her oh so very productive life.

*** Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)  Always one of my favorite Beatles tunes

 

 

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On 1/31/2022 at 5:15 AM, LambSauce said:

James Brown...timeless.  His music is as bad and fresh today as it was back in the day.   Hearing him now, I don't know if the impact of how innovative he was actual hits home.  Today in 2022 funk and soul are everywhere and even in the mainstream...arguably even kinda tame by today's hip hop/rap standards  But back in the day there was nothing like it and James Brown ushered in Funk (described as Soul back then) with massive style. He basically invented Funk and laid the foundation for so many other genres of today's music.

When I was a kid, I didn't much care for James Brown...I just didn't understand...and the dance antics may have put me off since Led Zeppelin or Blood Sweat and Tears did not dance.  But with age and listening to many other Funk, Soul, and R&B artists, my funk bone finally got activated.  Now I marvel at James Brown.

On the piece you posted he shines not only as a singer but as a band leader.  The horn lines are outstanding...amazing...big band funk.  What a great arrangement...worthy of Quincy Jones.  Git UP!

 

Maybe not quite as funky as Brown, but pretty gnarly in their own right.  East Bay Grease: Tower of Power

Tower of Power - We Came To Play (live)

 

 

 

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On 2/12/2022 at 12:50 AM, Joeguy said:

 

I specifically loved that performance because of the dulcimer and Norwegian wood because of the sitar. Besides havin a thing for quirky instruments, I love how nimble energetic they can sound without taking any space from the vocals. Glad to see you're so into Joni. I just got deeper into her music a couple of months ago and am growing to like it more the more I listen.

 

 

Indio Solari is a big star in Argentina and a interesting personality. He's got a set of these videos on youtube. They're more like musings than performances and I think they do justice to the Acoustic format.

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Diego Lorenzini, I think I posted this guy before here. I found him through the connection to Indios old band. This is a sort of rendition of their song and I honestly like it more than the original. Diego has been one of my favourite finds from the past couple of years, a unique style, he's made a bunch of cool visual art too and is actively releasing good stuff.

 

New RHCP happened like a week ago and they do the thing they've been doing for decades now and for some reason it still kills.

 

 

The beginning of the last song reminded me of this odd ball I got on an automatic playlist. I like the way the guitar loops, makes the melody pretty hypnotic. I have no idea what the lyrics are about and the rest of the music I listened from the band sounded like backtracks to hip car commercials... but I guess the song warns about the band being a product? Still don't really know how I feel about it but for some reason I've kept listening to it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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On 2/13/2022 at 1:26 AM, 2shots2kills said:

It's way too early for halloween, but I can't help it, I just love this stuff.

 

Abysmal Grief - Nomen Omen
The beginning hymn section really sets up for the power chord groove at 0:40.  I have to wonder if The Hu heard this (3:00) and maybe did a teensy adaptation :)  Overall this is a rippin' groove.  I must admit I kind of expected some guitar shred or even an organ solo but I guess it's the lyrics and singer's rasp that are in the spotlight.

Abysmal Grief - Sinister Gleams
Similar to Nomen Omen but a slightly slower tempo making it a tad more spooky.  This is OK, but I like Nomen Omen better.  

 

It's kinda cool that both of these have solid dependable grooves and not a lot of stylistic surprises.  I confess that I have no idea what the lyrics are saying, I just never pay attention...I hope listening has not endangered my soul by way of some tacit consent contract embedded within the song...prolly not.  

I've always been 80% music and 20% lyrics...one of the reasons I like music in languages I don't understand.  I like the human voice as an instrument.  There must be a gazillion songs that I really like, but am disappointed when I actually listen to the meaning of the lyrics.  Music transcends speech most of the time.  This guy's voice and singing style complements the power chords and groove.

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I was in a Primus listening frenzy and YouTube popped this tune up in a pre-roll ad for Southbound Pachyderm.  It turned out to be pretty interesting...Indian metal...who knew?   

I wonder how their algorithm works.  Did it key on Pachyderm (like, Indian elephant) and maybe south as in South Asia (India) or did it acknowledge some of the heavier sounds of Primus...or perhaps the sort of avant garde qualities of Primus.  Maybe all of this stuff, or maybe just happen stance.  Machine Learning is certainly exciting technology but kinda scary at the same time.  I guess most things we are unfamiliar with are scary until they become commonplace and passe.

 

Shakthi - The Divine Power - Natyalaya School Of Arts

 

 

...and that which spawned this serendipitous pre-roll ad:  Primus - Southbound Pachyderm

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