| Author | Message | ||
     Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 849 Registered: 04-2005 |
Orange Juice - Blueboy Its energy remains undimmed as it clatters out of the speakers. Didn't one review say that Collins sounded like he was being garotted ? The Postcard catalogue is pretty untouchable (including the 45 by those Australian hippies, as Alan Horne referred to the G-Bs) | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 6270 Registered: 05-2005 |
Nada Surf - Jules And Jim | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 6274 Registered: 05-2005 |
Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman | ||
| peter ward Member Username: Peter_ward Post Number: 237 Registered: 06-2005 |
Dean Wareham - The Deadliest Day Since The Invasion Began | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 6277 Registered: 05-2005 |
Is the EP good Peter? Worth getting? | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 6280 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Waterboys - The Whole Of The Moon | ||
| peter ward Member Username: Peter_ward Post Number: 238 Registered: 06-2005 |
Padraig - I was happy to hear it was produced by Jason Quever from Papercuts and he has done a fine job, there is a sonic depth to the songs, beautiful strings, layers of vocals and echoes of his Galaxie500 guitar days in there too...liking it more with every listen. The Field - Cupid's Head | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 927 Registered: 10-2006 |
The Waterboys - Fisherman's blues Oh, of course I knew this one too, it was on an old cassette... how lovely to hear it roar out of the stereo at me and suddenly realise which song it was. Scott's book is perhaps the most joyous one I've read about the pure pleasure of music making and it's great to hear that the music itself bears this out. And recorded on that magical day, 23rd January, too. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 6286 Registered: 05-2005 |
Thanks Peter. I'll get it. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 6290 Registered: 05-2005 |
Cardinal - If You Believe In Christmas Trees | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 6301 Registered: 05-2005 |
Yo La Tengo - Ohm | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 850 Registered: 04-2005 |
Stan Tracey - Starless and Bible Black http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Frnd-wuhB ic Perhaps the greatest British jazz pianist ever, he died on Friday. This is a simply beautiful piece of music with the Scot Bobby Wellins on tenor sax. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3319 Registered: 03-2005 |
That's stunning Andrew, not just for the piano but for the sax as well as the piece itself. I've just ordered a copy of "Under Milk Wood." Jazz is a big weak spot in my musical universe. I have an enormous proportion of Django Reinhardt's recordings and a respectable chunk of John Coltrane's but beyond that very little. | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 851 Registered: 04-2005 |
Jazz is still a largely unknown music to me also Randy. Like you I have lots of Coltrane, the key Miles Davis recordings and I enjoy seeing the music played live. Abdullah Ibrahim (he was formerly called Dollar Brand), the South African pianist is another favourite and I've seen him live 3 times. A master, and his music reminds you of jazz's African roots. I'll put this classic of his (with Basil Coetzee on sax) up as song of the day. I think that this is the original version, as Ibrahim has revisited the tune several times Abdullah Ibrahim - Mannenberg PS All you would ever want to know about the piece and its significance is in this wonderful article http://www.africa.ufl.edu/asq/v9/v9i4a3. htm | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 852 Registered: 04-2005 |
Oops forgot the link on YouTube for Mannenberg ! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPIF_MhPg L4 | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 933 Registered: 10-2006 |
The further jazz moves away from actually sounding like jazz, the more I tend to like it... strangely, a couple of ex-girlfriends both ended up marrying jazz "afficionados" and, when mentioning this fact to me, both adopted the same tone of voice implying that, culturally speaking, this was a definite step up. That rich thrumming sax tone on the Milkwood piece is certainly heavenly, though. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 6313 Registered: 05-2005 |
Girl Talk - Hands In The Air | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 6314 Registered: 05-2005 |
You're too good for them Stuart. Too much jazz sounds like someone pushed a piano down a stairs. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 934 Registered: 10-2006 |
When I met the husbs, they were both tall,very neat, austere figures, with a taste for expensive jumpers and tweedy jackets. "So, what else do you listen to except jazz, then?" "Nothing." "Ah, ok." Conversation was a bit stilted thereafter, but then it usually is with exes' new men, I find. Meanwhile... Waterboys - Too close to heaven The great, epic version - there seem to be others coming up, but I have no idea which eventually made it on to the official albums - at track 22 of CD2 of the Fisherman's Box set. Working my way day by day through this cornucopia is an invigorating experience. | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 853 Registered: 04-2005 |
Pádraig, You're a fan of The Fast Show's "Jazz Club" ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TebUMhJAK SM Actually Joe Morello's drum solo on Dave Brubeck Quartet's (extended) 'Take Five' really does sound like someone pushed his kit down the stairs... I must admit that I have severe doubts that I can tell the difference between what constitutes 'good' and 'bad' jazz. Even with John Coltrane there are pieces that leave me completely baffled. I have problems playing jazz in the house as my partner says it irritates her and puts her on edge ! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 6315 Registered: 05-2005 |
Love it Andrew! Great to see those clips again. I just recently bought the entire series' and specials of The Fast Show. I'll start watching them over Christmas. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 935 Registered: 10-2006 |
Waterboys - You in the sky On to CD 3 and this stunner, as the skinny lad from Edinburgh closes in on Dylan... "Thou art beautiful, and I am gifted, when in thy precious presence I am lifted..." Tremendous stuff. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 6316 Registered: 05-2005 |
Steely Dan - King Of The World. An amazing song. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 6319 Registered: 05-2005 |
Redd Kross - Hazel Eyes | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3320 Registered: 03-2005 |
Stuart, I always have a hard time with songs using the ancient "thee" "thy" and "thou." Here's something I regard as a hidden jewel from the early 1970s which I've always had to love in spite of those stilted words. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz7kgaM2k nQ I believe this recording is just a demo. The simplicity of the arrangement is part of what makes it so beautiful. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 936 Registered: 10-2006 |
I know what you mean, Randy, but I think Mike was quoting from an old translation of an American Indian poem, so in that context I reckon he gets away with it. I think he drops the lines from a later version, which is a shame, since the hymnal tone works ok with the traditional feel of the tune. Mighty fine song, anyway. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 938 Registered: 10-2006 |
Know this one, Randy? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_4R7ywId DA | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3321 Registered: 03-2005 |
Yikes, Stuart. I've never been a fan of that song, it might as well be covered in another language. Which doesn't seem to translate out to the same thing, does it? | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 6322 Registered: 05-2005 |
Nick Capaldi - First Of The Runaways | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 940 Registered: 10-2006 |
Terry Lee Hale - The Central Third track in on my first listen to Radio FIP and there's this Lou/Dylan sort of song from an expat American now based in Paris. Not bad at all. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 6324 Registered: 05-2005 |
I used to listen to him on alt country compilations years ago Stuart. I remember liking what I heard. Must check him out again. I'd forgotten he existed. | ||
| Andreas Severins Member Username: Andreas_severins Post Number: 270 Registered: 11-2007 |
Robert Forster - From Ghost Town Hearing it makes me shiver. The orchestral interpretation in cologne on saturday was THE highlight of the evening. After it Robert needed a moment to settle. Was a very warm and moving moment! | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 942 Registered: 10-2006 |
Mayra Andrade - Trés mininu Delicious little pop number with a nippy acoustic guitar bit courtesy, I presume, of co-writer Piers Faccini. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 943 Registered: 10-2006 |
Allah Las - Tell Me (What's On Your Mind) Some familiar faces to Randy from over the record counter, I guess, in this bunch... First track on Radio FIP this morning - I fear I am wholly besotted with this station now - and it then segued sweetly into Them's Baby please don't go... | ||
| peter ward Member Username: Peter_ward Post Number: 243 Registered: 06-2005 |
Allah Las - Don't You Forget It from a pretty groovy album. | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 856 Registered: 04-2005 |
The Apartments - Black Ribbons Quit whinging out there, we've not had this song since November...to celebrate the information that the Apartments are currently recording new material...and that Sonic Youth are a major influence ? https://www.facebook.com/theapartments | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 945 Registered: 10-2006 |
Holden - L'air de la vie Linking up slightly I guess with Andrew's post in the Reading thread...oh hey, this is very nice, with one of those sweet French female voices dancing pleasantly over guitar that wavers just this side of discordant, both almost going their own way but never quite succeeding. | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 859 Registered: 04-2005 |
Fred Poulet - Toute une vie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5hGJ_7f nbo | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 6330 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Creases - I Won't Wait Peter Milton Walsh says: "I like this a lot. One very Grant McLennan singer, one very early Go-Betweens band. From Brisbane, 21 & signed to Rough Trade. It's raining coincidences today." http://youtu.be/HcTl-OHuPCE | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 6334 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Nines - Change On The Mainstream | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 6337 Registered: 05-2005 |
David Bowie - The Stars (Are Out Tonight). It sounds like a lost Tin Machine song, and that's fine with me. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 6345 Registered: 05-2005 |
Yes - Owner Of A Lonely Heart (Move Yourself Mix / from 1991 12'' single) | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 946 Registered: 10-2006 |
Song(s)of the morning (so far)... What a blissful start to the holidays... Neli Andreeva & the Shai Maestro Trio - Malka moma Jeanette Kohn - Maria Wiegenlied Mina Tindle - Pan First, Bulgarian singer Andreeva with a traditional folk song, backed by a jazz trio: and astonishigly beautiful it is too. Then classical soprano Kohn with a stunning rendition of Reger's lullaby for Maria. And then, more typically but still lovely, French indie artist Mina Tindle with a fresh, galloping little number. Ok, bring on the panettone! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 6354 Registered: 05-2005 |
Bruce Springsteen - Brilliant Disguise | ||
| Andreas Severins Member Username: Andreas_severins Post Number: 277 Registered: 11-2007 |
Robert Forster - Draining the pool for you... | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 949 Registered: 10-2006 |
Rene Aubry - Seduction Very pretty piano tune from this French soundtrack & ballet composer. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 6355 Registered: 05-2005 |
Bruce Springsteen - Atlantic City | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 6357 Registered: 05-2005 |
Yes - Can You Imagine | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3326 Registered: 03-2005 |
We're still in December here. Song of the day is: Visage -- In the Year 2525 This old chestnut from the late 1960s just can't go out of date. And Steve Strange & his famous buddies' cover arrangement fits the song even better than the original. Maybe the only thing that might have made it better is if the Associates had covered it. |