'Muzak!' (Favorite Songs - old thread)

[beth]

Thanks for the link, AH. I don't suppose those of us who have to depend on the U.S. dollar can use it ??

I like Dolby. We used to have the Blinded By Science album but it either got lost in a move or we loaned it out and never got it back.

[Alpha Hooligan]

Apr 10, 2009 0:39:50 GMT beth said:

Thanks for the link, AH. I don't suppose those of us who have to depend on the U.S. dollar can use it ??

I like Dolby. We used to have the Blinded By Science album but it either got lost in a move or we loaned it out and never got it back.

Beth, it's probably available on the mighty "Amazon.com". And the dollar ain't that weak compared to the UK pound right now, I was getting nearly two dollars to one English pound last year...nothing like that now.


AH

[beth]

Apr 10, 2009 18:37:13 GMT Alpha Hooligan said:

Apr 10, 2009 0:39:50 GMT beth said:

Thanks for the link, AH. I don't suppose those of us who have to depend on the U.S. dollar can use it ??

I like Dolby. We used to have the Blinded By Science album but it either got lost in a move or we loaned it out and never got it back.

Beth, it's probably available on the mighty "Amazon.com". And the dollar ain't that weak compared to the UK pound right now, I was getting nearly two dollars to one English pound last year...nothing like that now.


AH

Thanks, AH. Amazon does have them - about the same price. I really like their mp3 download option.

[beth]

You're welcome, Mindy. It's a good video.


It's not often I do cross-over posts on these boards, but this time I'm gonna make an exception because this is too good to give limited exposure. It lasts just over 5 minutes and ya need to watch the whole thing because it just gets better and better. I don't know who produced this one but it's getting heavy traffic and deserves every bit of it.

(check out the singer in Amsterdam. Outstanding!)

p.s. This is not youtube, so you'll need to click the vid screen or the play button.


vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2539741

[beth]

These are just mostly to go with the poem. If you weren't there, it kind of takes one to explain the other.

Looking at Morrison clips now, it's hard to understand how he (and a couple of others) had such a grip on a generation.

But, like it or hate it, ya gotta love the belt.



edited to take out the dead link and put in another - that might, hopefully, last a few days.

[Alpha Hooligan]

Always got a bit of time for The Doors, Beth.

And Talking Heads are always on me playlist.

Talking Heads - Thank You for Sending me an Angel



AH

[Alpha Hooligan]

Radiohead: The National Anthem



Everyone
Everyone is so near
Everyone has got the fear


AH

[beth]

It's amazing this is so well preserved. It's a wonderful presentation. Glenn Gould is at the top of his game - with his 'wondrous strange' genius. The conductor is a sweetheart - not to be missed.

Beethoven's Emperor Concerto, in four parts.

[Alpha Hooligan]

Flying North...



the poles are tethers we were born in


AH

[beth]

Nothing fancy

2 favorites

[Alpha Hooligan]

Athlete - Beautiful




AH

[Alpha Hooligan]

Dream Operator (from the movie - True Stories)



"shopping is a feeling"


AH

[beez0811]

This made me get all teary-eyed!

[beth]

Thank you Beez - so sweet and lovely. I hope everyone got to see that one. Very special.


I'm not a country music fan, but I like Michael Martin Murphey. His music is a little country, a lot western with some pop mingled in. Mostly, it sounds like folk to me - what some call "heartland" music. I don't know how he fares on the world stage, but he's much loved in the U. S..

[beth]

A couple more by MMM. Looks like these were part of the same concert. His keyboard player was outstanding - great intro and coda on Wildfire - especially.

These are both from a 1970s album, Blue Sky - Night Thunder.

[beez0811]

[beth]

[Liberator]

I've just come across this haunting thing called Gortoz a Ran by Denez Prigent and Lisa Gerrard. If it sounds like Welsh that's because it is in Breton.
Apparently it was specifically requested for inclusion in Black Hawk Down

here Warning to Christians: this site will offend (or at least try damned hard ;D)

Some say we must die to enter Hell; they have it backwards: we must leave Hell to live

[Alpha Hooligan]

John Power - Small Farm



Just massive!


AH

[beth]

Because, it's December 8th for 1 and 1/4 more hours here.

[Liberator]

In the course of checking my ridiculously camp bit of ballet, I came across this fellow of whom I have never heard. Normally I like neither the operatic style (or opera!) nor male singers but for Russia I make an exception - especially when he goes as OTT as this bloke! The sounds and accent of the language suit a deep powerful voice. The same can sometimes be true of German. It's a toss-up whether the Nazis or the Soviets had the best marching songs!

Here he is in two classic folk songs, Moscow Nights(aka Midnight in Moscow)


and Katyusha

[Alpha Hooligan]

You might like this, Flatypiffle...

Globus - Preliator (live)



Absolutely stunning IMO.


AH

[iamjumbo]

one of the greatest story songs ever done, and an exquisite video to boot. the chap who made the video when i sent him the song believes it to be his favorite of all he's ever done.



Link fixed - AH

[Ben Lomond]

Even if you are not into classical music, give this one a listen. It is my favourite song of all time. I play it over and over, and it never fails to move me; sometimes to tears.



Linko fixed - AH

[mikemarshall]

Here's a much less well known song by Al Stewart, 'Last Days of the Century'