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janc
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response 39 of 87:
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Feb 2 05:16 UTC 1999 |
Hard question. The number one item on my list is obvious:
Carl Orff - Carmina Burana
My parents had an album when I was young and impressionable,
and it wormed its way deep into my brain, especially after
seeing it performed live while still young and impressionable
(and three-and-a-half-times since, the half time being a modern
dance ensemble that just did side two of the record). Parts of
it were playing in my head all through my first summer away from
home. Since I didn't have any way to listen to the original
all that summer, it started mutating into something different,
and my mental version has never fully reconverged with Orff's.
It's joyous, dramatic, gaudy and theatrical. It's an
affirmation of life and a touchstone for my mind.
Other than that, there are just a lot of songs I kinda like.
"Waltzing with Bears" appears on a number of folk albums. I think I
first met it on a Bok, Muir, Trickett album. It's one of the few songs
I bothered to learn the words to. I sing it to Arlo almost every day.
I'm working on learning the words to the companion song that the
Berrymans do, about my dear Aunt Emily, who sings in her sleep.
"Just Follow That Road" by Anne Hills is a love song written the form of
travelling directions.
I should mention something from Michelle Shocked's "Arkansas Traveler"
album, Sally Rogers and Claudia Schmidt's "Closing the Distance", but I
don't know how to choose just one song off either one of them. These
two albums and Lauri Anderson account for a significant fraction of all
the music fragments that live in my head.
I have an album by the Balineski Quartet that is indispensible to me.
It's a string quartet doing non-electronic arrangements of a lot of
music originally composed as electronic music. It's mechanical and
energizing, and the perfect grading music. When I have to do a
mind-numbing and depressing job that nevertheless requires me to stay
mentally alert (grading papers qualifies, believe me), the Balinesky
Quartet goes in the CD player with the REPEAT button down. I've heard
it a couple thousand times through now, and I still love it.
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sjones
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response 40 of 87:
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Feb 2 05:52 UTC 1999 |
what, no welsh bands?!
'tsunami' & 'if you tolerate this, your children will be next'
by the manic street preachers
and
'goldfish and paracetamol' by catatonia
never heard of them? you're missing out over there...
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cyklone
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response 41 of 87:
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Feb 2 13:32 UTC 1999 |
"End of the Party"
-The English Beat
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anderyn
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response 42 of 87:
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Feb 2 14:04 UTC 1999 |
Well, Mr. Simon Jones, she says, she'd *happily* take some Welsh bands,
but it's a bit hard what with the nasty wet ocean in the way. Any
recommendations, seriously, for someone who'd like the Welsh language
and a folk/rock sensibility? And any way to send some, like on a
cassette of samples?
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mooncat
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response 43 of 87:
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Feb 2 15:21 UTC 1999 |
Re#33- I always took it as being facetious. I like the music and it
just sounds really upbeat.
I can't believe I forgot Queen! Okay, so...
-The entire 'It's a Kind of Magic' album.
And some others-
-Daddy, Foolish Games, Everyday Angels- by Jewel.
-Puff The Magic Dragon- Peter Paul and Mary
-Centerfold- by the J. Giles Band- I have no idea why I like this song,
I just fell in love with it when I was little (when I was a sweet
innocent lamb who had **no** idea what the song was about...)
Mostly what I find myself listening to now is the radio (I used to love
Savage Garden, but since my tape player has decided to keep it and not
give it back, they've kinda gotten on my nerves.) So half the songs I
like I have no idea what they're names are.
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cconroy
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response 44 of 87:
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Feb 2 15:51 UTC 1999 |
Re #35: "Only the Good Die Young" is by Billy Joel. (Unless you were
referring to the Iron Maiden song of the same name, but the former is a
lot more, shall we say, mainstream than the latter.)
Since I brought up Billy, I will mention that my three favorite songs of
his are "Angry Young Man", "Stiletto", and "Scenes from an Italian
Restaurant". I'm not even going to attempt to list songs by other
artists right now; I'll be here all day thinking about it.
Well, okay, I'll give one more. "Master of Puppets" by Metallica.
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richard
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response 45 of 87:
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Feb 2 23:34 UTC 1999 |
I forgot to mention
"Blue Moon" (Cowboy Junkies version)-- Actually I love the entire Trinity
Sessions album, which was recorded in an old church. In fact its my
wake-up CD on many days.
"Love Shack" (B52's)-- I spent one christmas in the actual Love Shack, a
psychedelic log cabin in upstate new york where they shot the video for
this.
"Piano Man" (Billy Joel)
Beethoven's 9th Symphony (preferably a version from Berlin Philharmonic
conducted by Herbert Von Karajan, although there are many good versions)
Nothing like putting on Beethoven's 9th, turning the volume up all the way
and opening up all the windows.
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senna
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response 46 of 87:
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Feb 3 01:11 UTC 1999 |
If it's radiohead and I'm listening to it it's one of my favorite songs
at the time. Right now it's paranoid android :)
One, by Metallica, too.
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mrmat
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response 47 of 87:
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Feb 3 01:30 UTC 1999 |
"Love, Reign O'er Me"--the Who
"Lust for Life"--Iggy Pop
"I Am the Walrus"--the Beatles
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cloud
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response 48 of 87:
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Feb 3 03:03 UTC 1999 |
Re: 39
Hey, I had to _sing_ the carmena burana at a young age. Not the whole thing,
but a couple parts which called for treble voices. Coincidentally, one of
the performances we did was in accompnimant of a modern dance ensemble. The
group has since gone bankrupt.
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hhsrat
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response 49 of 87:
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Feb 3 03:54 UTC 1999 |
Re: all those people who remembered the artists that I forgot: The only
reason I forgot/didn't know the artists is because DJ's very rarely name
the song and artist.
As far as the Eagles/Hotel California - I knew it, I was just blanking
when I entered the response
Re 44: Yes, I meant the Billy Joel version, not the Iron Maiden song.
Looking at my list(s), I think it's fairly obvious which musical era I
prefer.
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gypsi
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response 50 of 87:
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Feb 3 07:20 UTC 1999 |
"Fascination Street" - the Cure
"Pump it Up" - Elvis Costello (I *think*)
"Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck" - Prong <birdy likes to thrash>
"Sesame Street" (the techno remix) - ???
"The Muppet Show" - the Muppets (duh)
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beeswing
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response 51 of 87:
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Feb 3 07:47 UTC 1999 |
Ok, I have not listened to some of these bands. I am just listing band
names I like.
Love Spit Love
Lick The Fat Elvis
The Five That Framed OJ
Ass Ponys
Lords of Acid
KMFDM
Pro-Pain
Pungent Stench
Pezz
Squirrel Nut Zippers
Swayzak
Love & Rockets
Fuck Owens
Chemical Brothers
Virgin Prunes (now defunct)
Ozric Tentacles
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sjones
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response 52 of 87:
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Feb 3 07:48 UTC 1999 |
re: resp:42 the nasty wet ocean's not in the way at all, it's all
over to the west. we watch the sun set over it...:)
for welsh language folk/rock, it'd have to be Dafydd Iwan and then
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - both the Manics and Catatonia record mainly in
English...
and sure, if you email me a postal address, anderyn, i'm sure i could
get around to sending a bits'n'pieces tape, even though i'm not at home
right now...
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anderyn
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response 53 of 87:
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Feb 3 19:15 UTC 1999 |
That would be waaay cool. I will do so.
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lumen
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response 54 of 87:
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Feb 3 23:24 UTC 1999 |
re: resp: 50 the techno tune you are thinking of, Sarah, is called
"Sesame's Treet," by a band called smart e's. Actually, I think I
prefer "Magnificent" on the album of the same name. The album is worth
checking out-- it's a nice treat of pop and techno. They haven't done
anything since then, but it was refreshing to hear. Some techno is not
melodic in the least bit.
On that note,
Daft Punk's "Around The World"
Orbital's "The Saint"
Bass 305's "Is There Life On This Planet?" (Berlin Radio Version)
Beastie Boys' "Intergalatic"
I could go on and on and on, but I won't.
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lumen
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response 55 of 87:
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Feb 3 23:25 UTC 1999 |
re: resp:50 the techno tune you are thinking of, Sarah, is called
"Sesame's Treet," by a band called smart e's. Actually, I think I
prefer "Magnificent" on the album of the same name. The album is worth
checking out-- it's a nice treat of pop and techno. They haven't done
anything since then, but it was refreshing to hear. Some techno is not
melodic in the least bit.
On that note,
Daft Punk's "Around The World"
Orbital's "The Saint"
Bass 305's "Is There Life On This Planet?" (Berlin Radio Version)
Beastie Boys' "Intergalatic"
I could go on and on and on, but I won't.
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cyklone
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response 56 of 87:
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Feb 4 00:19 UTC 1999 |
Ummmm, yes you *did* . . . .
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russ
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response 57 of 87:
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Feb 4 04:49 UTC 1999 |
All-time favorites? Hard to name too many since my tastes keep
evolving, but here are a few that have held for several years:
"Monkey Businessman", Michael Manring (THONK).
"Why Am I Painting the Living Room?", Lou and Peter Berryman (What, Again?)
"Icarus", Paul Winter (various)
"The River" [I think], Geoffrey Oryama (Beat the Border).
"Red Streamliner", Little Feat (Time Loves a Hero).
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beeswing
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response 58 of 87:
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Feb 4 15:33 UTC 1999 |
Stone Temple Pilot's "Big Bang Baby". They've broken up because the
badass lead singer Scott Weiland can't quite kick the heroin habit. :/
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happyboy
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response 59 of 87:
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Feb 4 17:20 UTC 1999 |
"corn likker made a fool out of me" bad livers
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senna
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response 60 of 87:
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Feb 5 07:00 UTC 1999 |
They're making another album. "Tiny Music" wasn't as big of a deal as
their other two, but it was terrific.
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sjones
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response 61 of 87:
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Feb 5 13:46 UTC 1999 |
beth orton - trailer park. hauntingly beautiful.
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beeswing
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response 62 of 87:
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Feb 5 16:33 UTC 1999 |
Yah, I love "Tiny Music..."; it's in my car now. I wasn't into them
before.
I thought they'd kicked Scott out of the band, or is he back?
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beeswing
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response 63 of 87:
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Feb 5 16:44 UTC 1999 |
"Low Rider" by War.... it is on the radio as I type this and my little
butt is just wiggling in my chair.
Yeah it reminds me of Cheech driving his Love Machine in "Up In Smoke".
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