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Post by pippa on Jul 6, 2010 21:13:32 GMT
shame the dillinger isn't the same remix from the 'bedroom sessions' which, as far as i remember, is a lot more chilled.
i love this song: with the event of cds, i tend not to listen so much to cassettes anymore and this is an old favourite on a compilation i made. was delighted in hearing it on Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes the other night, which i did enjoy, surprisingly, as it looked all too formulaic at the outset - fight club stuff. i think however he did well with the sleazy spin on the Holmes character which somehow seems more suited to a junkie personna. although i wonder if Conan Doyle is spinning in his grave.
anyway, rather sorry the song is likely to be only associated with the film from now on rather than the ripping good song it is in its own right. breathe in.
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Post by pippa on Jul 27, 2010 22:34:50 GMT
mmm... now it's time to get back to my music and the different influences that have been streaming in of late, like the good ol' doctor. dr john, seems to have been around forever making rich and various music from way down yonder in new orleans.
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Post by pippa on Aug 13, 2010 8:19:44 GMT
'the dream before' - stop and listen if you care to "hansel and gretel are alive and well and living in berlin......." 'strange angels' an album i've had for a good 20 years and i'm still enthralled by each of the songs on it. some might say pretentious but i've always been in awe of Laurie Anderson ever since i first heard her a long time ago - and she's still at it. vimeo.com/6836341 (must find out how to embed these video links that are not utube ) and here's a grauniad link to more her recent work. www.guardian.co.uk/music/laurie-anderson
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Post by pippa on Aug 13, 2010 23:27:41 GMT
i once saw on 'the late show' a documentary (around the time of Frank Zappa's,death) which is imprinted on my memory. it was a soiree at Frank Zappas studio which included Huun-Huur-Tu (Tuvan throat singers), the Chieftains, and Johnny 'guitar' Watson, all performing together. while i cannot find it anywhere on the web this is the song, 'Song of the Caravan Drivers' (Ching Söörtükchülerining Yryzy). two renditions here, one more raw but a poorer recording and the other more polished seems to have a slightly faster tempo. assuming this is a a traditional song i find it fascinating how well it lends itself to the west - melodic and rhythmic - i can hear how well the chieftains irish influence would fit and there is also a resonance of apalachian music, as i'm sure much of tradional north american music has its roots from around the world. bluegrass/irish - blues/west african.
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Post by pippa on Aug 14, 2010 10:03:20 GMT
hah would you adam and eve it - having hunted for that clip, i typed "bbc the late show frank zappa" into utube and lo, there it was broken down into five clips. 3:15 to 4:30 is where its at (only a teeny tiny taster and sadly not nearly long enough...)
found some info about ' the song of the caravan drivers' from the album entitled ''60 horses in my herd '. i actually meant to include last night how the clip clopping intro also reminded me of the sound you might find in a cowboy song so another bridge between east and west.
"Huun-Huur-Tu, meaning "Layers Of Light," are performers of Tuvan "throat singing" which is practiced in the former Soviet republic of Tuva. On SIXTY HORSES IN MY HERD the group's exotic singing style represents a centuries old form of overtone singing in which the performer can articulate two or three contrasting tones simultaneously.
With this album, the members of Huun-Huur-Tu prove beyond a doubt that they're the bridge between the past and present in Tuva: the past because they have deep respect for the tradition (utilizing traditional instruments such as igil and doshpuluur in addition to the wonderful ankle bones of sheep in bull testicles), and the present as they bring in contemporary elements (guitar and -- previously unknown in Tuva -- the concept of harmony singing). Of course, it's the throat singing that's the highlight, showcased perfectly on "Tuvan Internationale," where unearthly overtones are produced in the throat, amplifying harmonics, often two or three notes at a time. They take chances, although even their own material doesn't stray far from the tradition, with the omnipresent rhythm of horses (the real sound of Tuva) carrying all the songs. Perhaps the piece of greatest interest is "Song of the Caravan Drivers," included here as an homage to Frank Zappa, with whom they worked before his death. This is folk music, to be sure, but of a kind to mystify and engage the Western ear with its exotic flavors. Don't be fooled into thinking it's a novelty, however; for Huun-Huur-Tu this is a record of life in Central Asia, not just as it was, but as it remains. ~ Chris Nickson"
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Post by aubrey on Aug 21, 2010 10:04:36 GMT
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Post by pippa on Aug 25, 2010 21:13:51 GMT
Thanks, Pippa. Already got it, though. hello Aubrey yes, i would think you did. i hope you know you're most welcome to contribute your tuppence ha'penny here as well - feel free.
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Post by pippa on Oct 18, 2010 20:10:04 GMT
brillig!
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Post by pippa on Nov 6, 2010 21:24:57 GMT
grief.... the 19th century mill barons are at it again - the board mates, like admonished children, have been cowed and brought to book - poor sods, serves em right though if they're prepared to put up with it - debate has been stifled, peeps - sheesh!.
great um was taken (on another board) at the posting of sheer hillarity and tomfoolery. a song by the the extraordinarily witty satirist Tom Lehrer. the humour has NOT been well received. but i have to laugh, i'm sorry, but i just cant help it. puhleeeze.
da da-da di da, i think the loveliest time of year is spring, don't you? tra-lala-li-la, poisoning pigeons in the park.
this little gem's a double bill, two for one.
ta ti-ta ti-da .... de dum....
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Post by pippa on Dec 14, 2010 13:32:58 GMT
early sunday evening on r4 i heard june tabor singing 'and the band played waltzing matilda'. found it on utube and have been playing it a few times since. love the haunting sound of her voice unaccompanied, and the way it tails off into a ghostly distance.
then i saw the utube link to her singing one of my favourite songs. more special because of the childhood image of my father humming it through his teeth, lips loosely together and gently pulsating with the musical air flow. still i think marlene dietrich's has the edge but this one also had my eyes leaking - aye tis a cracker.
i'd assumed JT was an english folk singer but her speaking voice sounds faintly australian. also she is the spitting image of my very dear friend, robyn who is australian.
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Post by pippa on Dec 23, 2010 0:03:55 GMT
just been reading something that reminds me of this song which i heard back in the summer.
i like it
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Post by pippa on Jan 25, 2011 23:22:31 GMT
prog on r4 at the moment started off about William Blake's Jerusalem. John Ottway sings it how i think it was originally intended not the grandiose rendition we usually hear but a down to earth working class reaction to the industrial revolution. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00xppmtoh god, just realised the programme is all about billy bragg - he's prattling away. i'll forgive him though for mentioning the bard of salford, John Cooper Clarke. " keith joseph smiles and a baby dies in a box on beasley street." i've got that album
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Post by pippa on Mar 11, 2011 0:49:57 GMT
adventures in cyberspace can lead to unknown pleasures.
wordsworth
"i'm not a cocaine addict - i just like the way it smells"
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Post by pippa on Mar 27, 2011 1:44:47 GMT
and the original
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Post by pippa on Jun 22, 2011 13:52:29 GMT
put so beautifully
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