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krj
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NP #2: Music to Conference By
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Jan 5 21:32 UTC 2003 |
This is the 2003 edition of the tedious, yet popular, for listing what
music you are listening to as you cruise through the Music conference.
No cheating, now!
To keep things interesting, try to write a line or two about the album
or song you are naming, especially if it is at all obscure.
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krj
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response 1 of 189:
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Jan 5 21:36 UTC 2003 |
Duke Ellington, "And His Mother Called Him Bill." 1967 album which
was a tribute to Ellington's collaborator, second pianist and arranger
Billy Strayhorn.
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mynxcat
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response 2 of 189:
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Jan 5 22:25 UTC 2003 |
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krj
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response 3 of 189:
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Jan 5 23:25 UTC 2003 |
Hardly enough, since I never heard of him before.
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mynxcat
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response 4 of 189:
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Jan 5 23:45 UTC 2003 |
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krj
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response 5 of 189:
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Jan 6 02:15 UTC 2003 |
Thanks, mynxcat.
Runrig, LIVE AT CELTIC CONNECTIONS 2000. Mostly it's the band's
greatest hits, done this time with their new vocalist Bruce Guthro.
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mcnally
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response 6 of 189:
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Jan 6 03:48 UTC 2003 |
Joni Mitchell -- "Blue"
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tpryan
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response 7 of 189:
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Jan 10 23:42 UTC 2003 |
The CD Midnight Shift by Len Wallace. He injects his
accourdian into the current track BTO's "Taking Care of Business"
and gets it moving. This Canadian performer was seen at a
Moma's Coffee house as an opening act. Impressed me enough to
buy the CD from him.
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scott
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response 8 of 189:
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Jan 13 04:49 UTC 2003 |
Marvin Gaye, "What's Going On".
Man, if there are any questions about soul music then this album answers them.
'Nuff said.
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jaklumen
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response 9 of 189:
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Jan 13 05:26 UTC 2003 |
Journey, "Don't Stop Believing"
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mcnally
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response 10 of 189:
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Jan 13 06:36 UTC 2003 |
"What's Going On" is definitely a masterpiece.
I'm happy tonight because today's record-shopping excursion led to the
discovery of a Skatalites compilation I hadn't seen before. That's not
particularly unusual -- I've already got at least 10 different collections
of their stuff and know of a bunch of others that I haven't bothered with
for various reasons. The unusual part is that this one was both very
reasonably priced ($13 for two discs) *AND* had a high proportion of tracks
I don't already have on other collections (at this point a lot of the
remaining Skatalites issues I don't own have something like 80% overlap
with stuff I've already collected, which is a real deterrent when you're
looking at a $25 import..) Boy, I wish some collector-oriented label
(i.e. Bear Family) would do a for-completists boxed set of their work
but it's probably nearly impossible due to scattered ownership, lost
recordings, etc...
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micklpkl
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response 11 of 189:
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Feb 5 17:43 UTC 2003 |
Hem, RABBIT SONGS
I really like this group. They're sort of folkie alt.country type of
songs. There's something about Sally Ellyson's voice that makes the
songs very personal, for me.
I first heard Hem on BBC Radio Scotland back in Sept. (?) although
they're from New York City.
http://www.rabbitsongs.com
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micklpkl
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response 12 of 189:
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Feb 7 04:50 UTC 2003 |
Cornershop, "Brimful of Asha" (FatBoy Slim remix)
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mynxcat
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response 13 of 189:
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Feb 7 15:26 UTC 2003 |
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micklpkl
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response 14 of 189:
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Feb 7 17:18 UTC 2003 |
Camper van Beethoven, "She Divines Water" this is a live version from GREATEST
HITS PLAYED FASTER.
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tpryan
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response 15 of 189:
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Feb 8 03:19 UTC 2003 |
Dr. Demento, 1/12/1992.
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krj
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response 16 of 189:
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Feb 9 23:07 UTC 2003 |
Eric & Suzy Thompson, ADAM AND EVE HAD THE BLUES.
I just hauled this back from the storage locker this afternoon:
six boxes of assorted crap into the locker, four CDs out.
Eric & Suzy are working the byways of American roots music:
"Old Time Blues, Cajun and Country Music," it says on the label.
They also play in the California Cajun Orchestra, and a nice
new band called The Bluegrass Intentions.
This disc made my annual favorite album list back around 1989.
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krj
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response 17 of 189:
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Feb 10 00:00 UTC 2003 |
Heidi Berry, LOVE. Another retrieval from the storage locker.
Very nice chamber-folk-pop singer; I wonder why I never pursued
her other albums? Ian Keary (ex Oyster Band) plays bass on most
of this album, and on her next album, according to the web,
the bass player was the divine Danny Thompson.
She did most of her work for 4AD and seems to have dropped
out of music.
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happyboy
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response 18 of 189:
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Feb 10 14:28 UTC 2003 |
television: marquee moon
finally replaced the vinyl that was stolen in the early 80s and
the tape from the late 80's that wore out.
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otaking
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response 19 of 189:
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Feb 10 23:15 UTC 2003 |
I found a Hammer Horror theme music compilation recently. Just finally
listened to it today. I forgot how much I enjoed watching Hammer Horror movies
when I was younger. The music brought a lot of memories back. I especially
liked the silly "Moon Zero Two" track. Never saw that movie though.
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micklpkl
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response 20 of 189:
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Feb 13 22:52 UTC 2003 |
Luar na Lubre, "Mull of Kintyre" from last years' ESPIRAL, which is now in
my greedy little paws.
This song is credited to Paul McCartney & Denny Laine. Sounds great in
Galician.
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krj
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response 21 of 189:
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Feb 14 03:36 UTC 2003 |
My recollection is that "Mull of Kintyre" was a smash hit in Britain
but it was barely heard in America. I don't think I actually
heard it until McCartney's "Wingspan" collection of a year or
so ago.
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micklpkl
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response 22 of 189:
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Feb 14 16:55 UTC 2003 |
Thanks, Ken! I guess I should try to hear McCartney's version sometime.
Nic Jones, "The Bonnie Banks of Fordie (Child Ballad #14)"
Children were definitely exposed to some morbid lyrics in these "child
ballads".
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scott
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response 23 of 189:
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Feb 14 17:08 UTC 2003 |
Blood Sweat & Tears - "Blood Sweat & Tears" (2nd album, the one with the hit
"Spinning Wheel".
Wow, I never really listened to this band before. Top-notch horn playing,
organ stuff, everything is played by great (and then mostly unknown)
musicians. What's also cool is that the lead singer has just about the same
vocal range as I do, a bit between the usual ranges.
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mynxcat
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response 24 of 189:
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Feb 14 17:35 UTC 2003 |
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