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Grex > Music3 > #135: NP #2: Music to Conference By | |
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dbratman
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response 26 of 189:
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Feb 17 07:11 UTC 2003 |
resp:22 I trust you are just making a pun, and realize that they're
called Child Ballads because Child was the name of the guy who
collected them.
I picked up an LP titled "Wings Greatest" years ago. It had "Mull of
Kintyre" on it, so I've heard it.
I'm currently listening to the Rolling Stones' "Forty Licks". This is
the first Stones album I've ever bought, and I did so in a desperate
attempt to figure out why this band is so popular. I still don't get
it.
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mynxcat
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response 27 of 189:
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Feb 17 15:10 UTC 2003 |
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anderyn
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response 28 of 189:
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Feb 17 15:26 UTC 2003 |
"Liberty Hall", Oysterband.
I had never heard this song by them before. I really like it. I suspect that
Ken is right and I'd like earlier Oysterband stuff better than newer
Oysterband stuff, but I only got into them after "Wide Blue Yonder".
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bruin
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response 29 of 189:
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Feb 17 15:41 UTC 2003 |
"Why Can't We Be Friends" by War on Launchcast Radio - Classic R&B.
Ain't DSL grand?
Thanx and a tip of the Hatlo Hat to Jim and Sindi for their help with
the upgrade.
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micklpkl
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response 30 of 189:
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Feb 17 15:50 UTC 2003 |
regarding resp:26 , the first of which was directed at one of my comments:
No, actually I didn't realise this. Thanks for both educating me and making
me feel very foolish at the same time.
Sigh.
NP: the "Anti-Valentine's Day" edition of "Eklektikos" on KUT. Meatloaf's
"Paradise by the Dashboard Light" just finished.
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micklpkl
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response 31 of 189:
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Feb 18 03:20 UTC 2003 |
"Bolero Sonambulo" from MAMBO SINUENDO, the newest Ry Cooder
collaboration with Manuel Galb n from Cuba. This CD has several
inspired instrumental numbers, and I think this is my favourite of
them. It's a slow, almost halting rhythm (hence
the "sleepwalking/sonambulo"), interwoven with duel guitars and piano.
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dbratman
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response 32 of 189:
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Feb 18 07:45 UTC 2003 |
My tiny collection of early '80s singles, rescued from the back of the
closet for the first time in, oh, 15 years. Damn, some of this stuff
still holds up: "One Night in Bangkok", "Down Under", "We Built This
City", "Angel of the Morning", "Eat It" (much better than the
original), "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun", and "Bette Davis Eyes" are the
best.
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micklpkl
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response 33 of 189:
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Feb 18 19:39 UTC 2003 |
"Fama Clamosa" by Mackenzie ... playing now on BBC Radio Scotland's
Celtic Connections programme.
This is quite wonderful --- 3 sisters (one of whom was in the band
Seelyhoo, as I understand) singing a capella in Gaelic.
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jaklumen
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response 34 of 189:
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Feb 19 07:36 UTC 2003 |
I have to agree, I do like "Eat It," not to mention the video as
well. Hee hee. *sigh* I wish Weird Al had the glasses and
the 'stache back.. that was kind of a trademark for him.
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dbratman
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response 35 of 189:
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Feb 19 19:37 UTC 2003 |
I'm so far behind, I didn't know Weird Al lost the glasses and mustache.
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tpryan
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response 36 of 189:
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Feb 19 23:10 UTC 2003 |
I think it was early 1998 when Weird Al got the lasik surgery.
More on his timeline at www.weirdal.com, the official site.
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jaklumen
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response 37 of 189:
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Feb 21 04:14 UTC 2003 |
Yep, I was aware Al had LASIK surgery to correct his nearsightedness.
He shaved the 'stache and grew out his hair, too.
Haven't you been to the Grex pictures site, dbratman? Tim's got a
picture of himself with Weird Al and everything!
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mynxcat
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response 38 of 189:
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Feb 21 16:01 UTC 2003 |
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krj
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response 39 of 189:
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Feb 22 21:34 UTC 2003 |
The Saturday afternoon Met broadcast. I wish we could get a clean
signal in stereo, but the local transmitters are in either Lansing or
Windsor. Today's opera is Berlioz LES TROYENS, with Ben Heppner.
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dbratman
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response 40 of 189:
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Feb 25 07:15 UTC 2003 |
Shostakovich Quartets 5-7, disc 3 from the Borodin Qt's complete set.
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otaking
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response 41 of 189:
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Mar 1 21:42 UTC 2003 |
"The Invisible Circus" soundtrack, composed by the former lead of Dream
Academy ("Life in a Northern Town"). It also includes some tracks from his
new group Trashmonk and Yo La Tengo. Overall, it's a fun album.
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mcnally
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response 42 of 189:
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Mar 1 23:17 UTC 2003 |
Hmmm.. I'll have to check out whether these are new YLT tracks or
stuff that's available elsewhere.
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mcnally
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response 43 of 189:
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Mar 4 11:44 UTC 2003 |
Darn it, they appear to be non-album tracks. I'm falling behind with
my Yo La Tengo collecting..
Now playing -- various selections from the Byrds' box set. It never
ceases to amaze me how the classic elements of their sound never seem
to go out of style. Seems like you could walk into the indie section
of a good record store, pick a dozen albums off the shelves at random,
and be pretty assured of finding at least one or two that owe a huge
debt to the Byrds, either to McGuinn's jangle-filled Rickenbacker sound
from their early albums or to the country/rock hybrid sound they
developed later.
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scott
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response 44 of 189:
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Mar 18 01:40 UTC 2003 |
Blood, Sweat & Tears, (self-titled), side 1. Yup, side 1 is much better than
side 2. I mentioned this to another old fogey friend, he mentioned having
his "ten best sides" as opposed to "ten best albums". Back in the vinyl days
there was the annoyance of having to flop the record over to get the other
side, but on the other hand there was usually a really good side (often the
first) and then the other one.
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krj
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response 45 of 189:
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Mar 18 18:26 UTC 2003 |
James McMurtry, "It Had To Happen." Didn't like this at all when I
got it new (1997), but I seem to be appreciating it more today, possibly
because I don't expect it to live up to "Where'd You Hide The Body?"
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micklpkl
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response 46 of 189:
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Mar 20 17:01 UTC 2003 |
Martires del Compas, "Por el Centro" from the CD MORDIENDO EL DUENDE.
I'd heard a couple of their songs on the Celtic Connections programme,
and thought they might be fun to hear, even though flamenco isn't one
of my most favourite types of Spanish music. This song has some
wonderful guitar playing underlying the lyrics, which have an edge to
them.
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krj
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response 47 of 189:
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Mar 30 04:26 UTC 2003 |
Dixie Chicks, HOME. We'd been thinking about maybe getting this for a
while, and then Leslie made it a point to buy it after the recent
flap started.
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krj
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response 48 of 189:
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Mar 31 03:42 UTC 2003 |
Progmatics, LETHAL COWBELL. Accordion-based Finnish band; Leslie picked
them from the swamp of sound samples at cdroots.com. Fun stuff.
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micklpkl
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response 49 of 189:
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Mar 31 19:37 UTC 2003 |
Ambrozijn, "Streepkes" from the 2002 release KABONKA. This is Belgian
folk, sung in both French & Dutch, with guitar, accordion, bagpipes,
fiddle.
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anderyn
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response 50 of 189:
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Mar 31 21:06 UTC 2003 |
Wanna hear! :-)
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