What are you listening to Part the Third

[mikeymad]

Cold war morning:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some of these I forgot about.... 

[HiWire]

This one comes to mind:

 

[blessingx]

More Blue Coast. As always prettied up, melancholy covers from a likely sparse basement just a little while ago. 

 

[mikeymad]

This Year's Model (2021 Remaster)
Elvis Costello
1978

Example:

 

[blessingx]

No Year's Model. Better than it's cover.  

 

Edited March 12, 2022 by blessingx

[dsavitsk]

On 3/10/2022 at 12:42 PM, mikeymad said:

Cold war morning:

 

Not sure if this is the best cover ever, or the worst.

[Dusty Chalk]

On 3/8/2022 at 2:20 PM, mikeymad said:

This:

Her version of Mussorgsky's Pictures just might be my favourite rendition yet.
https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/catalogue/products/alice-sara-ott-pictures-1323

[Torpedo]

I will listen to that one, Dusty. I find this one amazing:

It's a pity this video is such poor quality

 

[blessingx]

Awkward listening this morning. Continuing the choices by cover hit The Ultimate Gary Glitters. I knew Rock & Roll (Part 2), but little else on it (which is pretty bad). Have ton of holes in my musical history, but wondered why he had multiple greatest hits collections so jumped on Wikipedia. Man, that's a downfall and an awful lot of people hurt.

 

[swt61]

Yep. Gary Glitter follows Jimmy Savile in infamy. So many children hurt, and way too long for this to come to light.

[swt61]

He's currently serving a 16 year prison sentence in England, which may well be a life sentence. 

[blessingx]

He also never seemed to get the looks worked out.

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[mikeymad]

The Wildest! (Expanded Edition)
Louis Prima, Keely Smith, Sam Butera And The Witnesses
1957

Example: (I could pick so many)

 

[Torpedo]

Alexander Hawkins Ensemble - Step Wide, Step Deep

Available at your music providers and Qobuz too https://open.qobuz.com/album/5028159000349

Kind of very free for my blood

[mikeymad]

So, I was watching an Ed Sheeran cover by Scary Pockets, and I thought to myself, what am I missing with Ed? I just don't get it for some reason. I have heard his music all around and many covers. So, I sat down and listened to and hour plus of his songs. They were recorded well, the melodies were nice, the lyrics were mostly sentimental but well crafted. But still nothing caught me, nothing to say, 'Ah, now I get it'. And in the end maybe that is it, it is nice, but not for me.

🤷‍♂️

etc...

Edited March 15, 2022 by mikeymad

[Grahame]

^ maybe it's just that he's a Ginger?

"‘People never knew what a ginger was in America,’ singer said"

"Ed Sheeran says South Park joke about ginger hair ‘f***ing ruined’ his life"

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ed-sheeran-south-park-b1985485.html

 

[mikeymad]

hmmm. But I like Bonnie Raitt, Tori Amos, Reba McEntire, Florence Welch. 

Oh wait - they are all female..... hmmmm  

 

Ah ... Trey Anastasio, I like him... Ha, I win! 

Wait ... what did I win? 

 

[mikeymad]

Good example: Take an Ed song and turn it over to Pomplamoose, and they make an incredible musical number out of it.

 

 

Anyway moving on:

Blues-ette (Japanese Release)
Curtis Fuller Quintet
1959

https://album.link/us/i/1433694962

Example:

 

[mikeymad]

Marais: Pour la Violle et le Théorbe
Hille Perl
2004

https://album.link/us/i/1369347975

Example:

 

[mikeymad]

The Absolute Universe: Forevermore (Extended Version)
Transatlantic
2021 

https://album.link/i/1539022311

Example: Opening track

 

Edited March 17, 2022 by mikeymad

[robm321]

On 3/8/2022 at 11:20 AM, mikeymad said:

This:

Her Chopin is on point, and I like how she throws in contemporary pieces throughout. I would never think to seek those out. 

Now...

 

[MoonShine]

I can't think of anything else that so successfully escapes the "contempt of familiarity", or captures so successfully both the disenchantment and enchantment of an era.

[swt61]

Especially when you consider the crossroads they were at without Syd. An astonishing accomplishment. 

Edited March 18, 2022 by swt61

[tomislavkufrin]

 revisiting my teenage years. gg is an excellent amp. 

[dsavitsk]