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The discussion centers around the best music across four genres: classical, country, hard rock, and fusion. Notable classical pieces include JS Bach's "Air On A G String" and Tchaikovsky's 6th Symphony, while country highlights include Merle Haggard's "Workingman’s Blues." In hard rock, songs like Fit For Rivals' "Your Worst Mistake" and AC/DC's "You Shook Me All Night Long" are mentioned. Fusion is represented by Cartoon Theory's "Wizardry Mind." The conversation touches on the timelessness of certain songs, with examples like The Beatles' "Yesterday" and John Lennon's "Imagine," which are praised for their enduring appeal. The impact of music on personal experiences is also highlighted, particularly with the mention of "Ashokan Farewell," which holds emotional significance for some participants. The thread reflects a deep appreciation for a wide range of music, emphasizing how certain tracks resonate across generations and personal histories.
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Mum had an album called "Good morning America," this track was on it. She died with little fanfare in January so I did an RIP. Beautiful girl and passionate music, there is a nice live version on YT. I was actually disappointed hearing the stones version with her version in mind.

Anyway... Melanie, Ruby Tuesday

 
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pinball1970 said:
I was actually disappointed hearing the stones version with her version in mind.
Anyway... Melanie, Ruby Tuesday
Much as I like Melanie, I prefer the Stone's version. I find Melanie's version a bit too tortured... :oldfrown:

It's strange how sad songs can "lift one's soul", at least for me. Maybe my brain is just wired wrong.

Speaking of sad songs which nevertheless make me feel better,... in the studio version of Joan Baez's

what instrument is being used for those ultrafast trills near the start (around 0:18). They sound too fast for a normal keyboard. Maybe a Glockenspiel?
 
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Just curious... how do people here feel about "Emerald Princess" by Two Steps from Hell, which (I gather) can be a bit polarizing? I came across it recently by accident in the following video, which is a montage from LotR even though "Emerald Princess" is not part of the LotR soundtrack. Despite this incongruence, I kinda like it.
 
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Mike Oldfield, Tubular Bells, May 1973




Still a great album. One can skip 37-42 minutes, which is some weird caveman type growling, and after 47:12, it's kind of a funky ending to a fairly mellow piece between 42 and 47 minutes.
 
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Astronuc said:
[Tubular Bells]... Still a great album.
I never get tired of it. It's fascinating to watch young youtubers reacting to it, initially not knowing quite what to make of it, and then you see the magic gradually penetrating their soul...

Btw, I mentioned this remastered+improved version recently:

Much higher quality, plus extra little fairydust sprinklings in random places...

My only complaint about TB Pt1 is that the final all-in exultation should be repeated for a few more rounds. It ends too quickly and that makes me sad again.

How do you feel about Incantations? I love the "Diana, Luna, Lucina" segment:

but I'm not so keen on his Hiawatha stuff, except maybe near the end.
 
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strangerep said:
what instrument is being used for those ultrafast trills near the start (around 0:18). They sound to fast for a normal keyboard. Maybe a Glockenspiel
Its an organ/key board. Not sure what setting.
 
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strangerep said:
Much as I like Melanie, I prefer the Stone's version. I find Melanie's version a bit too tortured... :oldfrown:

It's strange how sad songs can "lift one's soul", at least for me. Maybe my brain is just wired wrong.

Speaking of sad songs which nevertheless make me feel better,... in the studio version of Joan Baez's
It almost seemed like Melanie actually knew "Ruby Tuesday" (model Linda Keith), and it was a sad eulogy of a sort for a friend, she sang it with such energy.

Don't think it makes any difference of happy vs. sad songs. Sad songs can be inspirational for me too. Joni Mitchell's sad song "For Free" makes my eyes well up, involuntarily, every time I hear it, and has done this over many years. Something about the sound of her voice just triggers strong emotion, and it's just that one song of hers that does it. "Pilgrim's Chorus" from Wagner does it too, among others.
 
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pinball1970 said:
[Diamonds & Rust...] Its an organ/key board. Not sure what setting.
Thanks.

I have another instrument question: Near the start of

at 0:19 there's a brief sound like a rocket launching, just before the thumping bass line drops. What's the instrument producing the rocket-launch sound? Synth? Electric Guitar?
 
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strangerep said:
What's the instrument producing the rocket-launch sound? Synth? Electric Guitar
Synth, a couple of sounds in there. A stack of names for those sounds. I would need my mates key board to see which is closest. If it's Ga ga a decent/expensive one!
 
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Favorite song of favorite Brit invasion band. Great lyrics, still relevant. Still gives me goose bumps.
Good song, bad English.
 
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Cyclone

 
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Where have they been ?
 
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difalcojr said:
Favorite song of favorite Brit invasion band. Great lyrics, still relevant. Still gives me goose bumps.
Good song, bad English.

I did not know this one and I'm a big 60s fan and a Brit! Embarrassing!
"For your Love" was played on the radio a lot so I knew that one.
Also "Shape of things," but not as much. That is my favourite now, great bass. He is only doing one note per beat but it moves the song.
I think it's a mixture of walk and arpeggio. I'll check and post.
 
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Yard Birds.

 
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difalcojr said:
It almost seemed like Melanie actually knew "Ruby Tuesday" (model Linda Keith), and it was a sad eulogy of a sort for a friend, she sang it with such energy.

Don't think it makes any difference of happy vs. sad songs. Sad songs can be inspirational for me too.
Totally agree. My favourite songs and classical pieces uplift me by breaking my heart a little.

Waterloo Sunset. Kinks
God only knows. Beach boys
The only living boy in New York. S&G
Carry on. CSN.
Strawberry Fields. Beatles.
Man with child in his eyes. Kate Bush.
If I can dream. Elvis Presley.
The Eagle. ABBA.
All along the Watch tower. James Marshall Hendrix

There is a sadness in all of them and could pick 20 more easily.

I hope I have posted a few of these. I'll check, it is bank holiday for us (England) tomo!
 
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strangerep said:
Thanks.

I have another instrument question: Near the start of

at 0:19 there's a brief sound like a rocket launching, just before the thumping bass line drops. What's the instrument producing the rocket-launch sound? Synth? Electric Guitar?

It sounds like a sine wave through a ring modulator. They are either turning a knob or using portmanteau, that classic feature where the synth glissandos from one designated pitch to the next. (Think ELP's Lucky Man.) It would be tricky to do that live so I bet it's recorded. Lots of bands play along with recordings these days. I don't know how they keep in sync with those recordings. Someone like Gaga might play purely with recordings in place of a band.

Chick Corea rest his soul used to play through a ring modulator a lot. You may hear this on Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy. I don't recall which tunes. Jan Hammer used too, though IMO badly. This technique has disappeared completely.
 
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pinball1970 said:
Yard Birds.


I like this one from the same album with Eric Clapton on guitar. This is the invention of hard rock guitar solos. Jeff is on the A side of the album, Eric on the B side that has the raveups. Eric quit before the record came out because the Yards were going too pop for him. In Bali I met Paul Whitehead, an artist who had moved in the same London circles. He told me he asked Eric why he joined John Mayall (next after Yardbirds). Eric replied, "I wanted to play the real folk blues." Too bad Mayall's technique back then was so poor. I can't listen to him.



Eric later raved up bigtime with Cream on Wheels of Fire. Third album I ever bought. I listened to it many times and have it pretty much memorized. My vote for the most avant garde gold record ever made. Did you know the wheels of fire are the chakras of rajah yoga renown?
 
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pinball1970 said:
Totally agree. My favourite songs and classical pieces uplift me by breaking my heart a little.

Waterloo Sunset. Kinks
God only knows. Beach boys
The only living boy in New York. S&G
Carry on. CSN.
Strawberry Fields. Beatles.
Man with child in his eyes. Kate Bush.
If I can dream. Elvis Presley.
The Eagle. ABBA.
All along the Watch tower. James Marshall Hendrix

There is a sadness in all of them and could pick 20 more easily.

I hope I have posted a few of these. I'll check, it is bank holiday for us (England) tomo!

This gave me an idea. Heh heh heh.



I usually don't post my rough drafts but what the heck.
 
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Hornbein said:
This gave me an idea. Heh heh heh.



I usually don't post my rough drafts but what the heck.

Your mash ups give me ear worms I cannot extract for months!
 
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I heard some tracks from this 1981 album over the weekend. The playlist on the regional Public Radio indicated they played side 2 of the album (Tracks 5-9). The tracks run into each other, and there seems to be a sustained background theme, with new stuff added each track. Track 7 is fairly jazzy (guitar like) and that carries through Tracks 8 & 9.

Composer/performer Manuel Göttsching,
Album E2-E4 (1981) 58:38 duration
Track 5 Damen-Eleganza

Whole album (unfortunately with obnoxious adds)


Track listing (English/German titles)
0:00 Quiet nervousness / Ruhige Nervosität
13:00 Moderate start / Gemäßigter Aufbruch
23:00 ...And central game / ...Und Mittelspiel - electric organ sound on top of synthesizer
30:00 Promise / Ansatz - has kind of a horn sound intorduced
31:00 Queen a pawn / Damen-Eleganza - has guitar sound introduced around 31:30
36:00 Glorious fight / Ehrenvoller Kampf
39:00 H.R.H. Retreats (Not without swing...) / Hoheit Weicht (Nicht Ohne Schwung...) sounds like acoustic guitar is added at the beginning
48:00 ...And sovereignty / ...Und Souveränität
51:00 Drawn / Remis
Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E2-E4

Göttsching reminds me of Wolfram Spyra's (Der Spyra) work. I heard Homelistening Is Killing Clubs (1995), probably in early 2000s and was blown away.


Iceland from Homelistening Is Killing Clubs (1995) somewhat light and mellow.

 
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Paul has broken a tooth, Ringo seems to be in "these guys are writing stuff for fun" mode. Not realising HE was part of that.
That opening harmony? Does it lift your soul!



Astronuc said:
I heard some tracks from this 1981 album over the weekend. The playlist on the regional Public Radio indicated they played side 2 of the album (Tracks 5-9). The tracks run into each other, and there seems to be a sustained background theme, with new stuff added each track. Track 7 is fairly jazzy (guitar like) and that carries through Tracks 8 & 9.

Composer/performer Manuel Göttsching,
Album E2-E4 (1981) 58:38 duration
Track 5 Damen-Eleganza

Whole album (unfortunately with obnoxious adds)


Track listing (English/German titles)
0:00 Quiet nervousness / Ruhige Nervosität
13:00 Moderate start / Gemäßigter Aufbruch
23:00 ...And central game / ...Und Mittelspiel - electric organ sound on top of synthesizer
30:00 Promise / Ansatz - has kind of a horn sound intorduced
31:00 Queen a pawn / Damen-Eleganza - has guitar sound introduced around 31:30
36:00 Glorious fight / Ehrenvoller Kampf
39:00 H.R.H. Retreats (Not without swing...) / Hoheit Weicht (Nicht Ohne Schwung...) sounds like acoustic guitar is added at the beginning
48:00 ...And sovereignty / ...Und Souveränität
51:00 Drawn / Remis
Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E2-E4

Göttsching reminds me of Wolfram Spyra's (Der Spyra) work. I heard Homelistening Is Killing Clubs (1995), probably in early 2000s and was blown away.


Iceland from Homelistening Is Killing Clubs (1995) somewhat light and mellow.

 

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