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Post by jk on Jun 25, 2020 9:40:08 GMT -5
Some late 70's fire! Unimaginably exciting for a fan! Dennis at the piano! Next to the great Billy Hinsche! We need a photo of Billy on this board. SVP fdp, I always marvel at the fact that you've never ever mentioned listening to any other artist. But I do like to see the BB getting mentioned in this so-called non-BB section. I'm all for blurring the forum boundaries.
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Post by filledeplage on Jun 25, 2020 9:53:11 GMT -5
Some late 70's fire! Unimaginably exciting for a fan! Dennis at the piano! Next to the great Billy Hinsche! We need a photo of Billy on this board. SVP fdp, I always marvel at the fact that you've never ever mentioned listening to any other artist. But I do like to see the BB getting mentioned in this so-called non-BB section. I'm all for blurring the forum boundaries. jk - you have to know, I was waiting for that. It is of no consequence that fora lines are blurred. The whole notion that largely unavailable video of 60's/70's/80's/90's BB concerts (and others which I do see) had a platform such as Youtube is a relatively new adventure! I have not reached the bottom of the new well yet! Younger fans take these videos for granted-I do not, for a second. But this is a BB forum not a Stones, Beatles or Bee Gees (One Night Only which I saw this week) forum so if I stumble on something I find exciting, I like to share, particularly since we are covering late 70's BB work with LY, Adult Child. Must be the teacher in me. Dennis was not in good shape in the late 70's so it is a joy to see him lucid, engaged with the audience and on fire! Younger fans should be exposed to that engaged side of Dennis to get a fuller picture, because there is so much negative stuff on Dennis just for sensationalism and nothing productive, that has been covered in the press. When Dennis was good; he was great.
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Post by jk on Jun 25, 2020 14:55:53 GMT -5
fdp, I always marvel at the fact that you've never ever mentioned listening to any other artist. jk - you have to know, I was waiting for that. It is of no consequence that fora lines are blurred. But... but... do you ever listen to other artists?
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Post by filledeplage on Jun 25, 2020 15:27:03 GMT -5
jk - you have to know, I was waiting for that. It is of no consequence that fora lines are blurred. But... but... do you ever listen to other artists? Of course I do.
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Post by jk on Jun 30, 2020 4:36:22 GMT -5
Here's a great double-sider by the Estonian band Elektra. "Keegi" (tune: You might need somebody) and "Meid Kaasa Muusika Viib" (tune: Jump to the beat) were recorded in Tallinn in 1981. Love that bass!
Elektra are/were Kadri Hunt, Kersti Raik, Signe Tükk and Tiina Kalle (vocals), Tauno Saviauk (flute), Agu Tammeorg (guitar), Aarne Saluveer (keyboards), Meelis Punder (bass) and Jaan Karp (drums).
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Post by jk on Jul 7, 2020 15:22:54 GMT -5
Here's another '80s track from the Baltic States, this time Latvia. LLL are described by the uploader Dronemf S. as a "Cult Latvian Experimental/Dark Synth and Coldwave band from Riga formed in 1985/86.This is their early and dark period." The song is called "Luuksna":
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Post by jk on Jul 8, 2020 9:37:42 GMT -5
On to former Yugoslavia, where there was a thriving alt music scene before all hell broke loose. Described by uploader Dronemf S. as "1985 Yugoslav Experimental /Darkwave / Artroronic [sic]", Roderick's "Last Dance" is a new departure among my Ex Yu discoveries in that it's sung in English (presumably--I can pick out odd words) and uses samples. This ominous track seems to presage the horrors that befell Yugoslavia after Tito's death. Last dance indeed... www.discogs.com/artist/1096602-Roderick-2
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Post by jk on Jul 9, 2020 15:05:39 GMT -5
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Post by jk on Jul 14, 2020 16:52:01 GMT -5
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Post by E on Jul 15, 2020 14:50:53 GMT -5
Only, it's not...
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Post by jk on Jul 18, 2020 14:53:09 GMT -5
Here are two respectful covers of The Royalettes' song "It's Gonna Take A Miracle", first by Laura Nyro (1971)... ...and then by Deniece Williams (1982): Both are good in their own way but Laura's version cuts deeper. With thanks to Will/feelsflow.
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Post by jk on Aug 19, 2020 16:05:30 GMT -5
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Post by jk on Sept 3, 2020 3:49:47 GMT -5
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Post by jk on Sept 16, 2020 12:37:09 GMT -5
The only EH Beach Boys thread I post in (it's bookmarked) is "Discuss & Rate Beach Boys Songs Day By Day", so I'm just going to have to post this here. It's the backing track of "California Girls", which a good friend of mine describes as "a pure expression of young angst and longing":
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Post by E on Sept 29, 2020 0:53:54 GMT -5
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Post by jk on Sept 30, 2020 14:32:30 GMT -5
This got played during a dinner at my son's house this evening. Some awesome bass work there, courtesy of Tom Barney. I first heard Two Against Nature not long after it was released in 2000, driving across Italy in a hired car to see Steely Dan perform in Lucca: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Against_Nature
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Post by jk on Oct 1, 2020 4:42:45 GMT -5
I began dipping into our CD collection this week. I began at N (New Order's Power, Corruption & Lies) and started working backwards (Pete Namlook & Klaus Schulze's Dark Side of the Moog IX, Nada Surf's The Weight is a Gift). Abandoning this weird strategy, I then turned to JL's Walls and Bridges and lastly to 100% Isis' mix album Reformation. From the Nada Surf album this is "Blankest Year". Love the sentiment, especially when the background vocals echo it at 1:45: www.discogs.com/100-Isis-Reformation-By-100-Isis/release/81645
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Post by jk on Oct 3, 2020 3:54:55 GMT -5
I was feeling down last night so I stuck on Dan Hartman's posthumous comp Keep the Fire Burnin' to cheer myself up. I like the mix of styles on this album. Here's Dan's previously unreleased version of a song he wrote for James Brown. Man, he was versatile! RIP Dan, RIP James. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keep_the_Fire_Burnin%27_(album)
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Post by jk on Oct 3, 2020 15:40:43 GMT -5
The 1978 album Nina Hagen Band is a great tonic for curing the blues. It took me a while to appreciate La Hagen's vocal gymnastics. In fact it was the superb band that initially converted me to this album. "Auf'm Bahnhof Zoo" is one of its standout tracks, although the album is solid from start to finish. The lyrics are priceless and deserve reproducing here in full (translated into English by Richard Jonathan, bless him), in the event that the link to the site in question gets broken: At Bahnhof Zoo in the ladies’ loo (2x) I must be hungry Sweet child Your brown hair is brilliant The straps on your stockings so wild Sweet child, tell me quick— Who are you? Sweet child, tell me quick— Who are you? Your pointy leather shoes! Your tattered rubber stockings! Your string-bag miniskirt! Your panties with the Queen of London on them! Silver Jubilee! Hee-hee! At Bahnhof Zoo in the ladies’ loo (2x) I must be hungry Sweet child You resistance is tried and true Your high-heel shoes as sharp as you Sweet child, tell me quick— Who are you? Sweet child, tell me quick— Who are you? Your neon-pink nail polish Is like a hornet stuck in my head Your dreadlocks are sprinkled with Rice Krispies! Your song! Your words! Rock ‘n roll operetta! (3x) At Bahnhof Zoo in the ladies’ loo There it happened It was so beautiful Your torn-off strap I picked it up I kissed you You kissed me We kissed each other P.S. Be they blonde, black or brown I love all women www.maramarietta.com/the-arts/music/rock-ii/nina-hagen/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Hagen_Band_(album)
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Post by sneakypete77 on Oct 4, 2020 4:43:18 GMT -5
John, where the hell do you get this stuff from? I do recall Nina Hagen from somewhere way back, too far back to pin it down. Just love the way she sounds like she's squeezing out a fruity one around 3.55
I've been listening to the late great Eric Woolfson this week, in particular his Freudiana album, often mistakenly tagged as an Alan Parsons Project work. Loads of great guest vocalists plus Frankie Howerd!
This is Graham Dye, who seems to have disappeared from the scene, with a song that McCartney would probably have loved to write:
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Post by jk on Oct 4, 2020 5:04:18 GMT -5
John, where the hell do you get this stuff from? I do recall Nina Hagen from somewhere way back, too far back to pin it down. Just love the way she sounds like she's squeezing out a fruity one around 3.55
I lived in Amsterdam at the time. Doesn't that explain it (and a whole bunch of other things)? I haven't followed her career at all -- this album is all I need. Well yes, this album is bespattered with Nina's fruity ones. To say nothing of a great example of gobbing at the start of the closing track. "Pank" is a co-write with Ari Up (RIP) of the UK punk band The Slits: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari_Up
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Post by filledeplage on Oct 4, 2020 8:17:41 GMT -5
The only EH Beach Boys thread I post in (it's bookmarked) is "Discuss & Rate Beach Boys Songs Day By Day", so I'm just going to have to post this here. It's the backing track of "California Girls", which a good friend of mine describes as "a pure expression of young angst and longing": It is lovely - the composer gives it legs and the lyricist gives it wings.
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Post by jk on Oct 8, 2020 5:09:00 GMT -5
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Post by filledeplage on Oct 8, 2020 8:30:35 GMT -5
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Post by jk on Oct 9, 2020 4:50:42 GMT -5
I've found that the mini-crisis I'm going through is best combatted by a recent musical discovery of mine (with thanks to Cool Cool Water at the hobby forum), namely the music of Rowland S Howard, formerly of The Birthday Party. I'm not a great fan of gloomy stuff as a rule but this strikes just the right chord. "Silver Chain" comes from his 1999 album Teenage Snuff Film: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowland_S._Howard
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