MUSIC - What are ASF members listening to?

[pixel]

1. Anna Marie Jopek (Polish TV) - what a massive voice, yet so well controlled!
   https://youtu.be/kW7jF7Xyl2w
   
2. Before Anthony Hopkins became an actor, he was a musician. And 50 years ago, he composed a waltz, but was too afraid to hear it played. Now, Dutch violinist Andre Rieu performs it for the first time. Watch Hopkins’ reaction.
   http://youtu.be/M57Fi19vcSI

 

[Tink]

I enjoyed that, thanks, Pixel.

I see they are both touring (in Melbourne)
Anna Marie has been, and Andre Rieu is coming in October.

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Favorite Classical Music, Opera And Instrumental
https://www.aussiestockforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21342

 

[DB008]

This guy built this from scratch. Wow. Brilliant.

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[Tisme]

 

[Tisme]

Deja vu?

 

[Tisme]

The USA before Trump

 

[luutzu]

The USA before Trump

Oh wow... White people can't jump and can't dance too. [I got two left feet and no rhymn but yea


Check this out. My daughter was into it. Quite catchy... beat the 80s Eye of the Tiger for sure

 

[luutzu]

been looking for this song




His first album is actually quite awesome

 

[bellenuit]

IMO the most beautiful rendition of Ave Maria (William Gomez's composition). It makes my hair stand on end everytime I hear it.

 

[Tink]

Beautiful, bellenuit.

Happy St Patrick's Day.

 

[bellenuit]

Beautiful, bellenuit.

Happy St Patrick's Day.

Well thank you Tink. And the same to you. I have had a wonderful day with relatives from Ireland arriving mid afternoon. Though tired they stayed the course and celebrated 'til an hour ago, when they decided to hit the sack.

If you enjoyed that piece you will also enjoy this. IMO, she is the best Mezzo Soprano performing today.

 

[bellenuit]

Well thank you Tink. And the same to you. I have had a wonderful day with relatives from Ireland arriving mid afternoon. Though tired they stayed the course and celebrated 'til an hour ago, when they decided to hit the sack.

If you enjoyed that piece you will also enjoy this. IMO, she is the best Mezzo Soprano performing today.

BTW, I took my moniker, Bellenuit, from this duet that she (she is from Latvia) performed with Russian Anna Netrebko called "Belle Nuit d'amour"

 

[Tink]

Thank you, bellenuit.
Glad to hear you had a wonderful day.

They are all beautiful pieces, thank you for sharing them.
I can see what you mean about making your hairs stand on end.

I also meant to comment on your Aretha Franklin post a while back, but didn't get around to it.
I agree, she was fantastic.

As I have said, I enjoy most music.

 

[Tisme]

Ah the good old days before we men had to look away

 

[McLovin]

1990's rap was the high point for the genre. None of the East Coast rubbish either, g-funk all the way.

 

[Ves]

1990's rap was the high point for the genre. None of the East Coast rubbish either, g-funk all the way.

In all honesty, I'm not really an expert.... but I enjoy Nas - Illmatic, Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-tang (36 Chambers) and GZA - Liquid Swords the most.

Organized Konfusion had a few good tracks too (but I found their output as a whole a bit hit and miss).

You might be interested in A Tribe Called Quest.

It's actually a pretty deep genre and one day I will get around to digging further, but the Italian 70s progressive rock scene has been a priority lately.

 

[Tisme]

1990's rap was the high point for the genre. None of the East Coast rubbish either, g-funk all the way.

Yeah I have to agree with you. Has all the hallmarks too....right down to accentuated bass and treble. Nice choice.

 

[McLovin]

In all honesty, I'm not really an expert.... but I enjoy Nas - Illmatic, Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-tang (36 Chambers) and GZA - Liquid Swords the most.

Organized Konfusion had a few good tracks too (but I found their output as a whole a bit hit and miss).

You might be interested in A Tribe Called Quest.

It's actually a pretty deep genre and one day I will get around to digging further, but the Italian 70s progressive rock scene has been a priority lately.

I have the Illmatic album somewhere, I remember I had to do it by mail order back before the internet was a thing, but it's about as far as I got with EC rap. I never really liked Wu-Tang. WC is just a lot more mellow and easy to listen to. 2Pac is one of my favourite artists in any genre, and probably why I prefer WC over EC, but to understand his music you need to dig a bit deeper than just Changes or Hit 'em Up. 2Pacalypse is worth a listen, it's much more raw than his later albums. You're right rap is a very deep genre, it often gets pigeon-holed as mysogonistic and violent, but that's just what grabs the headlines.

I've heard a few bits and pieces of ATCQ, but never really listened to them. I'll put them on my list.

Italian 70's progressive rock...You'll have to tell me where to start with that one!

Yeah I have to agree with you. Has all the hallmarks too....right down to accentuated bass and treble. Nice choice.

Thanks. When the message is delivered with that sort of melody, you don't even notice the guy getting robbed or his mate shooting the guys who did it.

 

[Ves]

Italian 70's progressive rock...You'll have to tell me where to start with that one!

There's heaps of bands, and as a whole the Italians (as far I've gotten so far) are a pretty eclectic bunch (much like the Germans were in the late 60s / early 70s).

The two main bands by popularity in a global sense are Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM) and Banco del Muteo Soccorso (BdMS).

I'd suggest starting with Storia di un minute and Per un amico for PFM and for BdMS the self-titled debut and Darwin!.

As a whole Italian prog-rock was generally sung in Italian language, which has the advantage of being an expressive, emotive sounding language. Aesthetically it's kind of a mix between the harder rock and jazz/rock fusion of the late 60s with traditional Italian and opera/ classical music styles. As a result it's often fairly synthesizer / keyboard driven and often has psychedelic elements. Some people may compare it to a more bombastic or operatic version of English prog rock.

It's amazing that a lot of the bands that rose to fame later in the 70s, especially Bowie/Queen, were influenced by bands like these, but no one seems to know who they are!! Occasionally you seem them name-dropped in old interviews of the time, but the best thing that ever happened for this lost generation was the internet (a whole new generation of fans could suddenly access music 40-50 years later).

Worth a read:

http://www.progarchives.com/subgenre.asp?style=28

Recommendations at the end too.

 

[McLovin]

There's heaps of bands, and as a whole the Italians (as far I've gotten so far) are a pretty eclectic bunch (much like the Germans were in the late 60s / early 70s).

The two main bands by popularity in a global sense are Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM) and Banco del Muteo Soccorso (BdMS).

I'd suggest starting with Storia di un minute and Per un amico for PFM and for BdMS the self-titled debut and Darwin!.

As a whole Italian prog-rock was generally sung in Italian language, which has the advantage of being an expressive, emotive sounding language. Aesthetically it's kind of a mix between the harder rock and jazz/rock fusion of the late 60s with traditional Italian and opera/ classical music styles. As a result it's often fairly synthesizer / keyboard driven and often has psychedelic elements. Some people may compare it to a more bombastic or operatic version of English prog rock.

It's amazing that a lot of the bands that rose to fame later in the 70s, especially Bowie/Queen, were influenced by bands like these, but no one seems to know who they are!! Occasionally you seem them name-dropped in old interviews of the time, but the best thing that ever happened for this lost generation was the internet (a whole new generation of fans could suddenly access music 40-50 years later).

Worth a read:

http://www.progarchives.com/subgenre.asp?style=28


Recommendations at the end too.

Very interesting, Ves. I had a bit of a drive today and put on the PFM - Per Un Amici album on YouTube. It felt very experimental and much more adventurous than most prog rock I've heard. The use of orchestra was very noticeable, as was the influence of traditional Italian music (I don't know what it's called, but sort of like music from the Godfather). It's not the type of music I'd go out of my way to listen to, but nonetheless I can see the quality of the composition.