Who is Sigrid and Why is She the Next Big Thing in Music?

[DennisN]

Yes, I admit, I'm a bit obsessed with Chvrches , so this will be my last post about them for now.
I instantly fell in love with them when I heard their song "Never Ending Circles", and then I listened to their three albums and liked or loved everything I heard. I think it's the songwriting skills and special kind of "purity" I feel their music conveys, and on top of it all a very clear and bright female voice. I am eagerly awating their fourth album.

A fun thing I learned is that the vocalist Lauren Mayberry was initially a drummer. When she joined with the two others to form Chvrches, it was intended that she would do backing vocals. But when they heard her singing abilities, she was promoted to lead singer .

If I'm not mistaken, I think these two are their most famous songs:

CHVRCHES - The Mother We Share
(and I think the video effects at 2:23 and onwards are very cool too)


CHVRCHES - Miracle (Official Video)

 

[melissaa]

Yes, I admit, I'm a bit obsessed with Chvrches , so this will be my last post about them for now.
I instantly fell in love with them when I heard their song "Never Ending Circles", and then I listened to their three albums and liked or loved everything I heard. I think it's the songwriting skills and special kind of "purity" I feel their music conveys, and on top of it all a very clear and bright female voice. I am eagerly awating their fourth album.

A fun thing I learned is that the vocalist Lauren Mayberry was initially a drummer. When she joined with the two others to form Chvrches, it was intended that she would do backing vocals. But when they heard her singing abilities, she was promoted to lead singer .

If I'm not mistaken, I think these two are their most famous songs:

CHVRCHES - The Mother We Share
(and I think the video effects at 2:23 and onwards are very cool too)


CHVRCHES - Miracle (Official Video)

Such a nice and melodic voice!

 

[Frigus]

This is my favourite song.

 

[Spinnor]

 

[david2]

People Ain't No Good]

 

[DennisN]

Some good chillout/electronic tracks I've been listening to lately:

Groove Armada - History (very groovy)
Groove Armada - Inside My Mind (Blue Skies) (very nice)
Sine - The Return (instrumental, wonderful synthesizers)
Lovers lane - Island memories (very nice chillout)
Not electronica, but good:

Maggie Rogers - Back In My Body
Laurel - Same Mistakes (not electronica, but good)

 

[DennisN]

This is also a good song I discovered today while listening to Area 54 ("America's Chill Radio Show"):

TYTHE - The Light ft. Rachael Dadd

 

[BWV]

New album from Enslaved, one of the original Norwegian Black Metal bands, who adopted a more progressive sound in the 2000s

 

[DennisN]

One of my current favorite bands, Nothing But Thieves, releases their third album, Moral Panic, tomorrow. I've just bought tickets to a show they (hopefully) will be playing in Copenhagen a year from now, depending on the Covid situation, of course. I've eagerly been awaiting for an opportunity to see them live, since they sound great live, judging from all the live clips I've seen on youtube.

Here are two new songs from their new album, wonderfully performed live with orchestras:

Nothing But Thieves - Impossible (Orchestral Version - Live at Abbey Road)
(original song is here)
Nothing But Thieves x Bucharest Symphony Orchestra - Real Love Song
(original song is here)

 

[david2]

my mom died.

 

[BillTre]

Sorry to read about your Mom.
Here is a song I like to listen to when thinking of deceased individuals:

 

[fresh_42]

 

[Spinnor]

Blind Melon - No Rain

M - Pop Muzik 1979

"Dirty Laundry" by Don Henley



Tom Jones, The Cardigans - Burning Down The House

 

[fresh_42]

 

[Spinnor]

I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo

 

[waternohitter]

For me nothing beats Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone".

 

[Spinnor]

A. Vivaldi - Summer Presto guitar cover

 

[Spinnor]

John Denver - Take Me Home, Country Roads (Audio)



Smash Mouth - Walkin' On The Sun



Anna Kendrick - Cups (Pitch Perfect’s “When I’m Gone”) [Official Video]



AC/DC - Thunderstruck (Official Video)



Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) (Official Video)



The Offspring - Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) (Official Music Video)

 

[Spinnor]

MACARENA - Movies Dance Scenes Mashup - (AMAZING VIDEO) 2016



James Bond 007 Skyfall by Adele [OFFICIAL FULL MUSIC VIDEO]

 

[StevieTNZ]

I quite like this song:

 

[Ivan Seeking]

 

[Spinnor]

Patrick Hernandez-Born To Be Alive-Hollywood MashUp

 

[Ivan Seeking]

A very young David Bowie and the original version of Space Oddity. I had never even heard this release before I spotted this.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Are you ready for Babymetal? Hang on to your chocolates!

 

[fresh_42]

Are you ready for Babymetal? Hang on to your chocolates!

This is comparably serious! Have a look at this:


Edit: But since I found that most christmas songs have a metal version, I completely changed my opinion about christmas songs.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

This is comparably serious! Have a look at this:

Not sure how you get there from here.

Here is some retro that I thought was cool. I love the fire... and esp the fire extinguisher LOL!

 

[Ivan Seeking]

I really liked some of the music put out by Beirut. It is a very creative mix of Eastern European and Alternative with a dash of Mariachi

 

[wrobel]

 

[wrobel]

 

[Ivan Seeking]

I LOVE Phantom. I actually saw the original opening in Los Angeles. It was a night to remember!

Have you watched the movie? I just love the scene where they do Beyond the Point of No Return.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Ack! I can't spot the second half at the moment.

 

[BillTre]

Here is a fun tune I ran across.

Italian singer Adriano Celentano released a song in the 70s with nonsense lyrics meant to sound like American English, apparently to prove Italians would like any English song.

Video is fun too:

 

[Ivan Seeking]

 

[Ivan Seeking]

This is one of my all-time favorites.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

This song cracks me up. I don't know why the beat of horse hooves and a slide guitar fit Saturn so well, but it works for me!

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Don't worry about the writing or the music, just watch!

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Been there done that.



Been there done that



Had the guts, got the glory. True story.

 

[BWV]

This is pretty cool

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Then came...



And then...

 

[Ivan Seeking]

 

[Ivan Seeking]

 

[Ivan Seeking]

 

[Ivan Seeking]

 

[Ivan Seeking]

The most beautiful love song ever written, imo. And who could have done it better?

 

[Ivan Seeking]

The most beautiful love song ever written, imo. And who could have done it better?

That being said, some time ago I fell madly in love; more in love than I thought humanly possible. And for three years this song was running in my head almost constantly. They were the best three years of my life... so far. :) The funny thing was, as if someone hit a switch, every cheesy love song I'd ever heard suddenly made total sense to me. I was truly helpless. I was completely out of control. It was wonderful! And it changed me forever.

 

[DennisN]

I recently saw two fascinating interviews with two sound engineers who recorded the very famous Beatles album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", and I post them below.

They describe background info, e.g. that "Strawberry Fields" and "Penny Lane" were the two first songs recorded, and that the idea of the album being a sort of a concept album did not materialize until about half of the songs had been recorded. The idea behind the album was that The Beatles had decided to stop touring, and the album was intended as being about a show on stage in front of an audience.
This explains the intro song:



and also that there is a reprise of the song with some variations later on that album.

There's much more interesting info in the two interviews (e.g. the sound engineers played a huge role in making the album since The Beatles wanted it to sound very different from anything ever recorded):

• Sound engineer Geoff Emerick remembers recording The Beatles Sgt Pepper’s album
• Richard Lush talks about working with The Beatles on their landmark Sgt Pepper’s album

And here's another recent long interview with Paul McCartney where he tells a lot
of Beatles stories:

• Alec Baldwin interviews Paul McCartney on John Lennon's 80th birthday

(FYI @pinball1970 and @ZapperZ who I know are Beatles fans )

 

[Ivan Seeking]

John Lennon's 80th birthday

I think I'm going to be ill.

 

[Astronuc]

I heard a couple of tunes on World Cafe on NPR.


I like the base line.

 

[DennisN]

Heard this instrumental piece today on PsyRadio.
Very groovy and dance oriented with lovely synth lines.

Shiloh ‎– Café Del Mariachi (Original Mix)

 

[DennisN]

I like the base line.

Massive Attack has made some great songs, here are three more:

Angel


Teardrop


Dissolved Girl