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[Naïve Old Fart 13,026]

Yes, Kisses On The Bottom (a cover album) was not a good idea but the new album will be Paul's own material again and today his own writings (and production) are almost more Beatles than The Beatles!

About Paul Weller, this is Weller at his most brilliant:

www.muzu.tv/thestylecouncil/my-ever-changing-moods-music-video/202794/

Alex

As a side project "KOTB" wasn't bad, but I far prefer The Fireman, or even Thrillington. "KOTB" sounded a lot like "A Room With A View" from the "Twentieth Century Blues" cd.

The best of Macca's "recent" stuff is definitely "Flowers In The Dirt", and that's 26 years ago.

[Koray Savas 2,260]

Seeing the Mr. Nobody trailer reminded me of Cloud Atlas and how that was one of my favorite trailers. So I watched that again, sought out the last song that plays it in, and listened to the samples for M83's Hurry Up, We're Dreaming. Bought it instantly. This sounds like a powerhouse of an album.

[Jay 46,245]

Upcoming rock/alt albums I'll be checking out on Spotify

09-10 Arctic Monkeys - AM

First half is great, I always seem to tune out the second half

09-17 Grouplove - Spreading Rumours

Meh. I guess they are in fact a band with good singles, but boring rest-of-the-albums. Oh well.

09-17 MGMT - MGMT

Boring. What happened to them? Lead single is even awful.

09-17 Naked and Famous - In Rolling Waves

Boring as well. One trick pony.

09-24 Kings Of Leon - Mechanical Bull

Good album! Favorite tracks right now are Supersoaker, Rock City, and Family Tree

09-24 Dream Theater - Dream Theater

Total garbage. They need to take 5 years off and regroup. Stop releasing new albums every 2 years!

[Koray Savas 2,260]

I enjoy all of AM, but grouping "Do I Wanna Know?" "R U Mine?" "One For The Road," and "Arabella" does make the rest pale since those are all great songs.

"Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High" holds the second half together with "Knee Socks."

I've only ever heard one Naked And Famous song, and while I can't remember the name, I really like it. I'm sure you know it, it's been all over the radio and stuff. Listened to samples of their other stuff and never dug it.

[Jay 46,245]

Yes, the one good Naked and Famous song is "Young Blood", and it's good. The rest of that album was bad, they were bad live, and their entire new album is bad. Oh well.

[gkgyver 1,647]

Wow. I don't know a single song or band or indeed artist on this page alone.

[Jay 46,245]

You've never heard of Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, or freaking Paul McCartney???

[A24 5,157]

"I would love to work with Thom Yorke."

Bring it on!

[Jay 46,245]

Pretty sad that at 73 he is still dying his hair

[Naïve Old Fart 13,026]

"I would love to work with Thom Yorke."

Bring it on!

Yeah, a Radiohead/Fireman crossover project would be interesting.

[Jay 46,245]

Arcade Fire has put their entire new double album on youtube, with lyrics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBjqUEMlHTY

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 12,392]

They dont want money?

[Jay 46,245]

I'm about to finally see Garfunkel and Oates live!

[nightscape94 968]

Toad the Wet Sprocket came out with a new album for the first time in 16 years. Love it.

[JoeinAR 1,957]

White Town, Your Woman

[Bespin Copilot 10,821]

I wanted to present you some of my favourite singer-songwriters... That's oldies I know

 

I'm from Québec, where we have the best of two very different cultures : American and French.

 

Maybe some songs you never have the chance to discover before. Here's my world...

 

Charles Aznavour - Un jour (1967)

 

 

Roy Orbison - I get so Sentimental (1965)

 

 

Barbara - Si la photo est bonne (1965)

 

Georges Brassens - Cupidon s'en fout (1976)

 

 

Félix Leclerc - La vie/Les algues (1979)

 

 

[Naïve Old Fart 13,026]

Wha'?! No Rush? And you're from Canada?!

[A24 5,157]

A modern-day warrior
Mean mean stride,
Today's Tom Sawyer
Mean mean pride.

[Bespin Copilot 10,821]

Wha'?! No Rush? And you're from Canada?!

Still waiting for a duet of them with Charles Aznavour.

[Naïve Old Fart 13,026]

A modern-day warrior

Mean mean stride,

Today's Tom Sawyer

Mean mean pride.

#A modern day warrior called Tom Sawyer.

He floated down a river,

On a raft, with a black guy#

Do, do, do, do ,do do. Dooo, do, do, do, do, do.

[Sharkissimo 1,978]

Wha'?! No Rush? And you're from Canada?!

Still waiting for a duet of them with Charles Aznavour.

Is Charles Aznavour the only pop musician you listen to?

[Bespin Copilot 10,821]

Is Charles Aznavour the only pop musician you listen to?

No, but that's the only one you should know

I can talk about Céline Dion if you prefer...

[Sharkissimo 1,978]

Is Charles Aznavour the only pop musician you listen to?

No, but that's the only one you should know

I can talk about Céline Dion if you prefer...

Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, KD Lang?

[Bespin Copilot 10,821]

Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, KD Lang?

k.d. lang sang two beautiful songs with Roy Orbison : Crying and You're The One.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 12,392]

BREAKING NEWS: THE JONAS BROTHERS HAVE SPLIT UP!

http://uk.eonline.com/news/476700/jonas-brothers-write-farewell-letter-thank-fans-for-support-and-confirm-their-breakup-again?utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=imdb_topstories

[Smeltington 2,011]

They can't break up, they're brothers! They'll always have each other!

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 12,392]

I thought it would last forever!

[Naïve Old Fart 13,026]

BREAKING NEWS: THE JONAS BROTHERS HAVE SPLIT UP!

http://uk.eonline.com/news/476700/jonas-brothers-write-farewell-letter-thank-fans-for-support-and-confirm-their-breakup-again?utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=imdb_topstories

How sad. Shut the door on the way out, will you?

[Bespin Copilot 10,821]

Céline Dion
Je n'ai pas besoin d'amour (I don't need love)
(Jean-Pierre Ferland / Daniel Mercure)
Fan translation.

No I don't need love
I have someone everyday
In my arms
No I don't need love
I don't need moons
I have kisses that enlighten me more than stars

No I don't need flowers
Words sprout in my heart
I don't need dreams
No I don't need lovers
The wind blows tremendously
The night spreads musically
As I'm rocking my family

A little little great happiness
A beautiful gift from life

No I don't need love
I have friends surrounding me
My arms are full with happiness
No I don't need love
I don't need moons
I have kisses that enlighten me more than stars

A little little great happiness
A beautiful gift from life

You are not the love of my life
You are the life of my love ( >> You are my love brought to life )
My little little little tremendous happiness

I don't need flowers
Words sprout in my heart
I don't need dreams
No I don't need lovers
A single day without kissing you
And the leaves start falling
Help, help
I need your love

[Code 000. Destruct. 0. 4,262]

At the risk of seeming like a total 60s/70's washup, here's this agreeable combination of my favorite director and favorite band. I wanted to post the Atom Heart Mother Suite too but Youtube must have purged all of the videos relating to that album.

With all respect to the Floyd though, I still prefer Ligeti here.

[BLUMENKOHL 1,110]

I guess these guys are..."alternative"? This week I've been enjoying Dysnomia by Dawn of Midi. Fantastic album, changes things up from your standard musical structure. It's all about slowly evolving over the course of the album.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcY5czIND-A

There's some deceptively simple stuff in there.

[Naïve Old Fart 13,026]

At the risk of seeming like a total 60s/70's washup, here's this agreeable combination of my favorite director and favorite band. I wanted to post the Atom Heart Mother Suite too but Youtube must have purged all of the videos relating to that album.

With all respect to the Floyd though, I still prefer Ligeti here.

Actually, I would have preferred Alex North, however...

[Code 000. Destruct. 0. 4,262]

Really? I think he wrote a wonderful score, just not for the right movie.

[Naïve Old Fart 13,026]

A valid argument, Pil, but only because the world has never heard the film with North's music. In the end, we get the score that we get, whether it's a classical score, or an original score. There is no doubt in my mind that what we hear in the film is so quintessentially right for the film, but North should have at least been given a chance to complete his work. Kubrick, however, had other ideas...

It's nice to know that North got to re-use parts of "2001".

I have synced-up parts of the film with North's score, and I like it, especially the main title, and the journey to TMA1. For me, it gives the film a sonic identity that it doesn't have with the exisiting music.

[Code 000. Destruct. 0. 4,262]

I've done the sync up too. Like you say, we're biased by having the final version engrained in our minds as monolithic (heh). I enjoy the North score but it just shatters the whole aesthetic of the film to me. Kubrick would have done well to be more tactful though.

[Bespin Copilot 10,821]

[Hlao-roo 390]

[A24 5,157]

Really? I think he wrote a wonderful score, just not for the right movie.

I agree. The usage of those particular classical pieces is a master stroke, something that helped to make this film special. With North's music, it would've been another conventional score (yes, it's not that conventional but still ...).

Alex

[Naïve Old Fart 13,026]

Alex, and Pil, do you think that the use of classical music in "Rollerball" was as effective?

[A24 5,157]

The James Caan Rollerball? I don't remember much of that film.

[Code 000. Destruct. 0. 4,262]

Eh. Not really. That's the one that Previn was involved with right? I think it can be gimmicky in many films. That one isn't so bad itself, but it's more self-conscious about doing it. And most modern instances of it are in craptacular holiday films or comedies where Beethoven or Rossini are the court composers of hijinks. Kubrick however had a knack for taking pieces, even widely known pieces, and using them in a way that not only seemed unforced, but essential.

[Code 000. Destruct. 0. 4,262]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t63_HRwdAgk

[Bespin Copilot 10,821]

25 Years Ago: Roy Orbison Dies During His Big Comeback,

 

Rock Band set list :

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Code 000. Destruct. 0. 4,262]

Love Roy. Good stuff!

[Code 000. Destruct. 0. 4,262]

Pink Floyd's Atom Heart Mother. Definitely not the original recording sessions since they tracked rather than play together live like this. Maybe a rehearsal for a concert, based on the informal dress of the choir/orchestra? I thought it was neat whatever the explanation.

[Bespin Copilot 10,821]

An Everly Brothers Best-Of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Code 000. Destruct. 0. 4,262]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N17KILNSS0

[mrbellamy 8,245]

Anybody here listen to Fleet Foxes? Recently discovered their albums, hugely impressed. Great harmonies, lyrics, melodies, instrumentation. Clearly 60s-influenced but authentically so, IMO, and for all the right reasons.

[A24 5,157]

Even though it tickled my curiosity at first, I couldn't get through the whole album. Everything drowns in reverb and I got rapidly fatigued with the repetitiousness of the songs and moods.

Alex

[Code 000. Destruct. 0. 4,262]

Discovered this through Kyle MacLachlan's character on Portlandia....