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Once again entering the realm of the tasteless, I think this video in the style of the old Buffalax Girly Man video is worth a look. This may not be suitable for work. Some of the humor is sexist, sophmoric, and even stupid. But I really like the music. and the woman in the video is just so hot. Anyway, it's not like I'm going to tarnish my reputation for good taste, professionalism, and restraint. :cool: So, here it is.
One word SLGrieb... ugh....
Since you're not a guy, I'm going to assume "ugh" isn't meant in a good way. I guess that means that a carefully considered philosophical discussion of condiment usage is right out, too. big sighQuote:
Originally Posted by NooNoo
Anyway, I'm currently listening to Shawn Colvin's These Four Walls. Certainly her best work since Steady On and Fat City.
Diamond in the Rough is still one my favorite songs. Rotten "music video", good audio. I suggest you listen with your eyes closed. Unfortunately, I can't find a decent clip of Riding Shotgun Down the Avalanche. Still my favorite Colvin song.
I just finished listening to Stevie Nicks on PBS's Sound Stage. What impressed me is how good Waddy Wachtel still is. Wachtel has always seemed paradoxical to me; famous, yet under-apppreciated and under-rated.
Anyway, now, I'm listening to Pink Anderson, a mostly overlooked bluesman who played killer guitar. His low key vocals meshed perfectly with his instrumental style. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXdkUahBoSI
No, luckily I didn't have to endure that one. However while watching NooNoos link with the literals renditions I wanted to add this one that was linked in it since I got a good kick out of it. White WeddingQuote:
Originally Posted by slgrieb
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LACCAF04wSs
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Thanks, folks. If it wasn't for this thread I would not have looked up some old favorites, who became lost after the death of vinyl...
Al Di Meola
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZjJIVXfuEg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuY0_JCHaF4
Yello
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K83PS...om=PL&index=34
I'll see your two Di Meolas with two Larry Coryells:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbL79...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCTO1...eature=related
and raise you an Eric Johnson:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnqpOFcBiMM
Very nice! Always good to find new tunes to listen to. :thumbs:Quote:
Originally Posted by slgrieb
Thanks! I particularly like the contrast between the early Larry and grown up Larry. I think Coryell used to let his technical ability outrun his taste way too often. Listening to Greensleeves, I'm torn between "What an arrangement!" and "WTF!!"
But, since we're listening to Coryell and DiMeola, can we ignore John McLaughlin? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOVWq...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om6HDUKBbzE
Obligatory Mahavishnu Orchestra link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtSIE...eature=related
I believe you called it, a very talented young musician out to prove his skills by remaking a classic in his own image.Quote:
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Getting ready for an Austin trip, so I thought I should listen to some good old Southern Bar Music to help get into the spirit. So, I've been listening to Doyle Bramhall's Is It News. Check out Lost in the Congo. sort of Bo Diddley psychedelicized.
Also been listening to Louisiana slide guitarist Sonny Landreth's Grant Street Check out Native Stepson and Broken Hearted Road. There's also lots of Landreth on YouTube. You might start here. And just maybe I should post this video of Native Stepson.
Now, before I go and confuse anyone more, Doyle Bramhall is the FATHER of guitarist Doyle Bramhall II, who's toured with Eric Clapton, etc
Ye gods and little fishes! I remember when Austin was a kick-arse town, before all the darned people moved in! (Okay, I am dating myself horribly here.) Cruising Sixth Street and going from one excellent bar to another, every one of them with a superb band and all possible genres were represented. And ze wommin folks... oh my! And, don't forget Oat Willie's! ;)
Every trip I make to Austin these days reminds me that everything I loved about it is mostly gone. I was a freshman at U.T. in 1970. My dad was worried that I'd end up running around with loose, nasty women, doing drugs and drinking. Thank God he was right!
My wife and I still have friends and family there, and just getting out of the middle of nowhere from time to time is really good. It's nice to be someplace where an unusually large cow patty isn't considered "scenery". In fact, if it's big enough, it might even be a "topographical feature" by Texas Panhandle standards. Then, of course, there's the thrill of going to a restaurant that serves food that isn't bland and/or fried. Real Mexican, Korean, Indian, Japanese, & Vietnamese are definitely on the menu. Sadly, loose, nasty women probably aren't.
My days in Austin were back in the early 80's, visiting some friends down there. Great times were had by all. Then I had a chance to revisit in the late 90's, I believe, and I was appalled at the suburban sprawl and invasion of young corporate types. Traffic was unbearable and Austin had become to look and feel like a city. I hate cities! So, it was Paradise Lost, when everyone discovered the oasis and decided to move there rather than visit, enjoy and leave. Yay progress! :sad:
Haven't listend to this in a while 16 Tons. I was reminded of that today when the radio was playing depression era blues songs.
Nice find, Niclo! Brings back some memories, especially this one.
Erika Stucky
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1M13...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WByc2...eature=related
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Classic Bow Wow Wow! Fool's rush in...:)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x28Il3P2q0Q
Personally, I still believe that I Want Candy remains the perfect showcase for Annabella Lwin's impressive talents.
OK a public service announcement....Quote:
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This http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2bGUeDnqPY might help those who are baffled understand just what the crazy Swiss lady is doing with/to the My First Sony in the first link above -- it might not help them understand why she is doing it, though.
And yes it is a My First Sony that has and not some plastic shampoo bottle that she is drinking sterno from.
:rolleyes:
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God I have this song stuck in my head on a daily basis and I never could figure out why, but it's great to see it was linked in here lol.Quote:
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Something about their music style just appeals to me The Birthday Massacre - Video Kid
Had High Plains Public Radio on tonight picking my daughter up from a soccer game, and I heard Del McCoury playing a Bluegrass version of Richard Thompson's 1952 Vincent Black Lightning. At one and the same time it was nearly too weird, but enjoyable, and a reminder that "folk music" is still being written and performed. So, for your listening pleasure; Thompson's original and McCoury's cover.
The original 68 mix. Not the 84 remix which is a travesty of sorts.
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Cruising with Ruben and the Jets
Absolutely brilliant!
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I've never really understood why Zappa hit the Remix Road in 84. My best guess is that Zappa decided he wanted to remake the early Mothers of Invention work in his image only. Too bad. Half the attraction of albums like We're Only In It For The Money were the rough edges; definitely in keeping with their spirit of anarchy.
Even worse, Zappa's widow seems determined to control his music to the point that only those musicians she sees as willing and able to play Zappa according to her vision of how Frank wanted it are permitted. Everyone else is sued.
Anyway, I've been listening to lots of R. Thompson the last few days, and thought I'd share a couple of cuts. I Feel So Good is Thompson at his antisocial best, and I include Mingus Eyes just 'cause it's good. Well, because it's Austin City Limits too. Hey! What's the point of waxing nostalgic if you do an incomplete job of waxing?
Ever since my girlfriend and I heard their song in the new Sherlock Holmes movie we've been hooked on them. The Dubliners have a very nice feel to their Irish Folk Songs.
I don't get it either. The early Mother's were quite accomplished musicians - you would have to be to read Zappa's charts. Listen to highly disturbing placement of the kick drum in Cheap Thrills and tell me that the drummer isn't brilliant. The cheese was intentional. There is some speculation that Zappa may have been engaging in some creative historical revisionism, much like the Chinese who air brush people in and out of historical pictures as political needs dictate. Roy Estrada and Art Tripp may have pissed Mr. Z off somehow.Quote:
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By the way, my son went to see the Grand Mothers and the Vancouver Folk Festival a couple of years ago. They were apparently quite pleased that somebody under 50 approached them to chat and ask for autographs, especially as he knew who all them were and could discuss their work quite knowledgeably.
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What? You have a soft and cuddly side?Quote:
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The crusty, curmudgeonly, cantankerous persona we have all come to know and love is just a sham?
Say it ain't so, dude. Like I'm shattered.
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Perhaps she loves me because I have a crusty, curmudgeonly, cantankerous persona. ;)
Don't make me call out the attorneys! CCT and I hold the relevant crusty, curmudgeonly, and cantankerous copyrights. We also hold copyrights to the term psykotic. Just a little too slow registering "psychotic". Tim Dorsey beat us to the punch.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niclo Iste
Still, what makes traditional Celtic music really interesting are those tempos like 12/8, 6/8, and 9/8 combined with the distinctive instrumentation and the most beautiful language in the world.
Hmmmmm.........Quote:
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Or ... wait... maybe that was just obnoxious and not crusty, curmudgeonly and cantankerous...Quote:
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Been so long, it's all kind of vague now.
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Not from Cruising with Ruben and the Jets, but of the same time period and same genre:Quote:
Originally Posted by houseisland
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swgWNM_4eNk
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Agreed that Zappa never had a bad musician in The Mothers, but I sorta think that in later years he fell into the same trap as some other artists, and wanted to "improve" his earlier work. You know that whole Blade Runner: The Absolute Last Final Director's Cut, For Real This Time thing.Quote:
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A diamond, one that you are familiar with, is handed to a different gem cutter, and suddenly there are facets of brilliance that you had been blissfully unaware of and now find yourself haunted by....
Edit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSHf8...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPDneEDBZnw
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Surprised you didn't link to Gabriel's Boy in The Bubble. I absolutely agree that Gabriel has perfectly understood Simon's meaning for the original cut. Truly beautiful.
Of course, I'm a sucker for Loreena McKennitt's version of Greensleeves. On the album liner note (some of you may remember these) she says this cut started out as a speculation on how Tom Waits would sing Greensleeves. I think she went well past that to create a version that is uniquely raw and passionate; not the mincing pseudo-Elizabethan version most are accustomed to. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kW98E...eature=related
You know, it occurs to me that if I'm going to rant against prissy, mincing pseudo-Elizabethan renditions of Greensleeves, I should present an example. It typifies everything I hate about the conventional arrangements, but at least it has a hot babe. So sue me if I'm shallow. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmh9__mI51g
Clipboard error. I didn't check the link after posting.Quote:
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Yes, they say that as you get older your... what's the word now? Your something or other starts failing. Starts with an "m", Well, I just can't seem to remember.Quote:
Originally Posted by houseisland
Anywho, for those poor benighted individuals who might not have understood the earlier reference to Tom Waits, I offer The Piano Has Been Drinking.
As a final antidote to prissy "folk music", I think its worth a listen to two of the finest grisly, gruesome murder ballads ever written: The Famous Flower of Servingmen from Martin Carthy, and Fairport Convention's Matty Groves.