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Post by Chippa on Sept 27, 2016 5:47:58 GMT
Mark Knopfler feat. Ruth Moody- Wherever I Go.
Her voice is very pure. Great tone and clarity. Of course, Mark has a distinctive style all his own. The song itself sounds like something like "Your Latest Trick" or "Why Worry", from Dire Straits "Brothers in Arms". Yeah, this is a really good song.
4/5
I think we've had an Avett Brothers song here, before. But here's another. The title track from their album "I and Love and You".
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Post by dillwyn on Sept 27, 2016 21:38:15 GMT
this is lovely .... based on this alone ...i will buy the album..great writing and performance ... 5 stars ...i wish i had half their talent
my next offering for the collective .... Bad Ambassador from Divine Comedy which was my favourite album of theirs Regeneration
think scott walker meets radiohead mashed up with david bowie's string arranger....
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Post by jrmugz on Oct 2, 2016 19:40:04 GMT
"Bad Ambassador" from Divine Comedy
3.7 out of 5. Yeah definitely Bowie influence all over it. Like the unique soundscape and avant-gardeness of the music.
The lyric seems to display a somewhat vain mid-life crisis mentality, which is a good dynamic to display since it is common; but could do a little more to dig into the meaning of it and provide an objective analysis of it, and more edifying perspective of it.
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Guess for mine, will do what has always sounded to me like Steely Dan trying to imitate Bob Dylan in his "Bringing it All Back Home" era. Think Michael McDonald may be doing some of the BGVs.
Steely Dan - "Rose Darling"
Jim
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Post by Platypus on Oct 3, 2016 8:18:29 GMT
Steely Dan - "Rose Darling"
3.5 out of 5
Like quite a few people I guess, I know Steely Dan pretty much just from Rikki Don't Lose That Number. This one, I agreed straight away that it carries a strong Bob Dylan flavor in the vocal performance. The characteristic piano is strong and the overall musical feel is good, but the song's message which seems most likely to me to be about infidelity and a quest for an inappropriate relationship, means it won't be a song I keep listening to.
My proffering - a newie from Regina Spektor: "Obsolete"
Regina Spektor - "Obsolete"
.. out of 5
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Post by Chippa on Oct 4, 2016 2:18:21 GMT
"Obsolete" by Regina Spektor
3/5
Been a fan of hers since the partially Jeff Lynne produced album "Far". She has an incredible voice, and it seems to have matured since that particular album. Very sparse arrangement, with the piano taking center stage, of course. Very dramatic soundscapes towards the end. i like it. It's a bit different.
Australia's Midnight Oil are one of the most overlooked and underrated bands of all time, in my opinion. They hit it huge here in the US with their 1988 album "Diesel and Dust", which featured the massive worldwide smash "Beds are Burning". Here's an equally great song from their 1993 album "Earth and Sun and Moon"....."In The Valley".
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Post by Helmut83 on Oct 7, 2016 6:10:32 GMT
A bit of a nostalgic song, despite being fast paced the music conveys that feeling as well. Nice background guitars, a bit Wilburyesques as well as some arrangements (same era I guess). I liked the song overall, well worth a listen. The guy reminds me a bit of Michael Stipe, not only physically but he has a similar aggresive way of singing. The chorus lacks something in my opinion, maybe a better hook; with a better chorus it would have rounded up a much better final note. It's a 3.5/5 for me. My choice: *runs away before tomatoes start falling*  |
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Post by fernandoamado on Oct 7, 2016 18:45:50 GMT
A bit of a nostalgic song, despite being fast paced the music conveys that feeling as well. Nice background guitars, a bit Wilburyesques as well as some arrangements (same era I guess). I liked the song overall, well worth a listen. The guy reminds me a bit of Michael Stipe, not only physically but he has a similar aggresive way of singing. The chorus lacks something in my opinion, maybe a better hook; with a better chorus it would have rounded up a much better final note. It's a 3.5/5 for me. My choice: *runs away before tomatoes start falling* ARGHHHHHHHHHH my ears! |
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Post by Helmut83 on Oct 7, 2016 19:00:44 GMT
fernandoamado: hahaha! Man, I didn't know you lurked around these threads! I thought I would get away with it. In any case, if it's not a delight for your ears at least there's a beautiful lady so it can be a delight for your eyes.  And I think Abel Pinto's song is a great one but lacked some rythm. 
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Post by jrmugz on Oct 7, 2016 21:22:22 GMT
Agapornis - "La Llave" 4.2 out of 5. Love the Mexican feel; feel like I'm in a nice Mexican restaurant, can taste the salsa. Great meshing of the festive brass and percussion. No need to run away for that one, Helmut, unless there's something in the Spanish lyrics that this English speaker is unaware of, ha ha.  Did really enjoy that one! ----- I guess for mine, I'll go with what I always thought was a great song with a great chorus, but was not given sufficient production to reach it's full potential. I was almost thinking of starting a whole thread devoted to just that topic, but then figured ah what the heck, can just include songs like that here. Well, here it is one of my fave Alice Cooper songs, where the sloppy production pains me because it could have been better perfected. But when the dust clears, still like it. Alice Cooper - "Big Apple Dreamin'" Jim |
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Post by Helmut83 on Oct 7, 2016 21:33:11 GMT
No, absolutely nothing wrong about the lyrics, jrmugz, in fact they are quite poetic, romantic and innocent. The running away and that joking is because this genre of music (Argentine cumbia) gets a lot of stick in my country, particularly from the rock-loving public who hate it, and I knew Fernando disliked it a lot because he had mentioned it in a comment once. To be fair to him, tons of shit have been made in our cumbia, but still there are a bunch of songs I can appreciate and enjoy. See, fernandoamado? Foreign people enjoy our cumbia! 4.2/5 is a really high note!  |
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Post by Platypus on Oct 8, 2016 3:55:46 GMT
Alice Cooper - "Big Apple Dreamin"
4 out of 5
I do like some Alice Cooper songs, and have a "best of" in my collection, this isn't on it, so I'm glad to hear it. I like it and keep coming back to hear it again. I think the raggedness is part of its charm, and to me it seems like it could even be the "sound" that the song characters want to make an impression with in the Big Apple. It reminds me of something else, and it's annoying me that I can't remember what - maybe something by Compliments of Gus? It'll come to me...
Meantime, here's a single I bought around the time of its release - a take on "Working for the Man" that got some radio play in Australia late 70's & 80s, by a band called BAD:
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Post by Platypus on Oct 8, 2016 12:36:16 GMT
Been a fan of hers since the partially Jeff Lynne produced album "Far". "Far" is one of my all-time favorite albums, I'm so glad Jeff's involvement pointed me to Regina's music. Significant input from Marc Mann too of course. Not wanting to go off-topic too much, but do you think Jeff sampled his voice and played his backing vocals on Genius Next Door? |
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Post by Chippa on Oct 9, 2016 17:17:40 GMT
Been a fan of hers since the partially Jeff Lynne produced album "Far". "Far" is one of my all-time favorite albums, I'm so glad Jeff's involvement pointed me to Regina's music. Significant input from Marc Mann too of course. Not wanting to go off-topic too much, but do you think Jeff sampled his voice and played his backing vocals on Genius Next Door? He may have.Then again, he may have sampled Regina's voice, or it could have even been a built-in sample. |
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Post by Chippa on Oct 9, 2016 17:37:39 GMT
Alice Cooper - "Big Apple Dreamin" 4 out of 5 I do like some Alice Cooper songs, and have a "best of" in my collection, this isn't on it, so I'm glad to hear it. I like it and keep coming back to hear it again. I think the raggedness is part of its charm, and to me it seems like it could even be the "sound" that the song characters want to make an impression with in the Big Apple. It reminds me of something else, and it's annoying me that I can't remember what - maybe something by Compliments of Gus? It'll come to me... Meantime, here's a single I bought around the time of its release - a take on "Working for the Man" that got some radio play in Australia late 70's & 80s, by a band called BAD: "Working for the Man"- Bad 3/5 I've never heard of this band, or song. Nice groove. The vocals are a little "whitebread", but the band sounds great, and I like the funky vibe. Here's mine. Bob Dylan's "I Shall Be Released", from the 1978 concert film "The Last Waltz", featuring The Band(among others) |
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Post by fernandoamado on Oct 11, 2016 18:00:52 GMT
No, absolutely nothing wrong about the lyrics, jrmugz, in fact they are quite poetic, romantic and innocent. The running away and that joking is because this genre of music (Argentine cumbia) gets a lot of stick in my country, particularly from the rock-loving public who hate it, and I knew Fernando disliked it a lot because he had mentioned it in a comment once. To be fair to him, tons of shit have been made in our cumbia, but still there are a bunch of songs I can appreciate and enjoy. See, fernandoamado? Foreign people enjoy our cumbia! 4.2/5 is a really high note! Foreign people think its MEXICAN! |
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And I think Abel Pinto's song is a great one but lacked some rythm. 
Did really enjoy that one!
, 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?