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Post by Helmut83 on Jul 7, 2016 17:22:46 GMT
Haha... you may be right, Horace, sometimes my fingers convey too much of what I think. I'll try to behave more "Englishly" and keep those thoughts to myself. You've got to give me the right, though, in the fact that it's a remarkable case... |
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Post by Helmut83 on Jul 7, 2016 17:40:36 GMT
Oh dear, I do seem to have started something, don't I?  Haha... my admiration only, unfortunately. She's certainly a beautiful girl, and no doubt gets some of her exotic looks from her Columbian father I've just read the article, Platypus, thanks. What a job her father had! His country is not Columbia but Colombia, and it's important to make the distinction because there actually exist D.C. (District of Columbia), British Columbia in Canada and many cities in the US called like that. That mistake is so common though that even during the Copa America, during one game that Colombia was playing, in the electronic screen they appeared as "Columbia", somthing which of course angered the Colombians -it's like spelling "Whales" in the Euro when Wales is playing-. Also, Baruch is not a Colombian or Spanish name by any means, so I suspect his family comes from India, Pakistan or some nearby place in Asia. As for the Aussie TV shows, I know none of them, neither the actors. The only Australian stuff we get here is via Boomerang. I remember I used to watch "Blue Water High" back in the day because they aired it right at the time I was having dinner. |
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Post by Chippa on Jul 7, 2016 19:29:29 GMT
Huh, almost forgot about my song. Gonna keep on throwing classics to the bonfire. This one goes to the few Ohioans on the forum: Hang On Sloopy 2.5/5 Growing up in Ohio, this song is basically part of my DNA due to it being the unofficial official theme song of the Ohio State Buckeyes. As for the song itself, it's just okay. A bit of a boring melody and it gets repetitive after a bit. There's no denying the catchy chorus, though. From his 1989 album "Flowers In The Dirt", Paul McCartney with "My Brave Face". |
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Post by Platypus on Jul 8, 2016 9:23:49 GMT
Helmut83 Apologies for the typo on Colombia - I have to check my typing often these days for muscle memory errors! Baruch is of course a hebrew name, and it seems Vega carries likely Jewish origins too, tracing from Spanish Jews who were banished from Spain in 1492 by Ferdinand and Isabella. @chippa Paul McCartney - My Brave Face 4/5 Enjoying this more than I normally do with Paul's own material. The contribution of Elvis Costello is clear, and probably explains it, plus it also reminds me slightly of another song. The video I found distracting until I'd listened to the song enough to get the gist of it. The lyrics are quite clever. The song I am slightly reminded of:
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Post by dillwyn on Jul 8, 2016 11:57:15 GMT
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Post by Platypus on Jul 8, 2016 12:11:06 GMT
You forgot your rating and comments on Made My Day.
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Post by dillwyn on Jul 8, 2016 12:25:20 GMT
ah good point well made .... the song is solid enough 3.5. I love both music of both neil and tim finn (infact between them they are the act I have seen the most live). One of my top 3 gigs was seeing tim (or brian  in his ALT days in Dublin. The thing is the production around Tin Finn's studio work generally leaves me feeling he just missed...although this is very of his time (early 80's?) |
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Post by Helmut83 on Jul 8, 2016 16:41:05 GMT
Now you have to post your own song, dillwyn , so others review it. Platypus : don't worry, I'm not Colombian, so no need to apologize.  Hebrew? I should have known! Half the times I like a girl it comes out that she's jewish. Honestly, if she's willing to mix up with "impure" blood I would have no problem at all. |
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Post by dillwyn on Jul 8, 2016 20:07:59 GMT
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Post by Helmut83 on Jul 8, 2016 20:38:27 GMT
Uh, sorry Dillwyn, I didn't realize because the video was not embedded. Gonna take a listen.
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Post by 88keys on Jul 9, 2016 6:46:08 GMT
The Finn Brothers--Edible Flowers
**** out of *****
This is darkly beautiful and haunting. Gorgeous brotherly harmonies in the chorus. This is as good as anything Crowded House ever did, and I consider myself a fan of that band.
Here's my song. It's by the band The Decemberists, and it's called Legionnaires Lament.
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Post by jrmugz on Jul 10, 2016 2:09:47 GMT
The Decemberists, "Legionnaires Lament"
4.7 out of 5
Nice Parisian feel to a song about a French Legionaire yearning to be home from the war. Very nice lyric and arrangement.
Tasteful use of accordian to give it the French flavor. Reminds me of "Ipso Facto" by Badly Drawn Boy, in that it's a nice melodic laid back song, with great pop hooks. Cool tune, 88!
I guess for my song, I'll continue the theme of a song about yearning to be back from war with festive instrumentation. So here is Mark Knopfler's song "Done With Bonaparte".
Jim
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Post by Platypus on Jul 10, 2016 12:45:51 GMT
Mark Knopfler: Done With Bonaparte
4.5/5
A song with the finesse you'd expect of Mark Knopfler - poignant lyrics well capturing the disillusionment of one of the soldiers at the pointy end of Europe's eventual cry "enough of Bonaparte". At first, although the music is yearning and calls you home, the Irish element seemed incongruous. Then I discovered France had an Irish Regiment, which was at one point briefly personally led by Bonaparte in Russia. Amazing what you're provoked to learn here!
Agnetha Fältskog: One Way Love (written by someone called Jeff Lynne)
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Post by Chippa on Jul 11, 2016 17:25:26 GMT
Agnetha-"One Way Love"
3.5/5
Catchy, but takes a couple of listens to sink in. Not one of Jeff's best songwriting moments, but it's better than a lot of songs from that era. I wonder if there's a demo of Jeff doing the song, floating around out there somewhere?
"Licenses To Hide" by the veteran Seattle band The Posies. So many great and familiar pop hooks in this one....
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Post by jrmugz on Jul 11, 2016 22:17:35 GMT
For The Posies "Licenses to Hide".
4 out of 5.
A quirky song filled with quirky changes, and a consistent chorus.
Seems to borrow from The Beatles' "Sun King", and seems like would fit in on side 2 of Abbey Road.
I think there is room for these kinds of songs, not sure if some of the segments clashed a little too hard
with their predecessors; but overall the parts are good and filled with catchy hooks, and never a dull moment, which says a lot for the song!
For my song let's turn on the AC, for this straight-up 1980 rocker song, with very funny lyrics, to me anyways!
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in his ALT days in Dublin.
Hebrew? I should have known! Half the times I like a girl it comes out that she's jewish. Honestly, if she's willing to mix up with "impure" blood I would have no problem at all.
, but we're OK. 
Apparently it's quite hard to see them with the naked eye, you need to be looking through a camera or other type of lens?