MUSIC - What are ASF members listening to?

CanOz said:

Call me soft, but i just added these to my collection:
Leonard Cohen - Norah Jones - Sade

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2020hindsight said:

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=leonard+cohen
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=norah+jones
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=sade

Ive already posted a few leonard cohen on lyrics thread,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSWgnSE8A-I take this waltz leonard cohen

no doubt about him - great for a quiet mediation with REAL lyrics lol

If you'll excuse a comment from the peanut gallery but.. Can I encourage people to use youtube , maybe post a link to what they're referring to - for instance you get a heap of extra info.. eg re "take this waltz", you find comments:-

"Yes, the lyrics are from a poem by Lorca "Pequeño vals vienés" from Poeta en Nueva York. Beatiful lyrics, beatiful music.
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Yeah, the ending would be appreciated. I didn't know Garcia Lorca had anything to do with this song. It's my favorite "Leonard" song except for my other favorites
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There's something about this song that makes me think of death, but I absolutely love it.
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It was from a concert in Denmark. Brilliant clip, pity it was cut short.
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Cohen is unique. His lyrics carry tremendous meaning and his music is melodic and deep. Cheers to you, Mr. Cohen. "
I couldn't agree more.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pA5UhNaYw0&NR dance me to the end of love
the other thing these videos do is give you extra tips about what the author (in cohen's case at least) was thinking about
- although maybe you need a bit of petrol handy to sniff to make sense of many of his songs

(compare that single shot of the girl's naked waist at end of "dance me to end of love" to all of shakira's gyrations - one so classy, one arguably pretty cheap imo - depends how many beers Ive had - and not that i'd argue in reality )

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jasoni said:

Tool, Rage against the machine, Helmet, Deftones, Beastie Boys,

And some good heavy stuff also but not so much these days: Sepultura, Pantera, old Metallica stuff.

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wayneL said:

Sex Pistols. God Save The Queen!

LOL I still know all the words...(a misspent youth)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Pn7u3DAgp8

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Fleetwood Mac & The USC Marching Band ~ Tusk (across the decades). The "Tusk" is slang for penis, so the song is basically about sex. When Stevie Nicks heard the album was going to be called Tusk, she threatened to quit. Mick Fleetwood really wanted to use the title, so he ignored her and she dropped the subject.
The music was based on a riff the band used to play when they were introduced at concerts.
The University of Southern California marching band played on this. Mick Fleetwood decided to use a big brass sound after a visit to Europe in 1978 where he saw brass bands marching down the street. The band thought it would be a good idea to hire a band to play their intro music at concerts, and this idea developed into the USC band recording this at Dodger Stadium. (thanks, Jim - Oxnard, CA)
In 1977, Fleetwood Mac released Rumours, which was one of the most successful albums ever. Tusk was the follow-up, but the band (especially Lindsey Buckingham), decided to experiment instead of copying the sound of Rumours. The result was some very adventurous songs, but fewer album sales. Lindsay Buckingham recorded some of the vocals in his bathroom. .

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2020hindsight said:

speaking of "song to the moon", my dog has a beaut version as well.

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