Music
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Oooh, extremely hard question. I love so much in music and it spans almost the whole bandwidth of what's out there. There is actually hardly anything I don't like but I just don't listen to it. There is relatively little "white" music that turns me on in the last decade and even in the 90s. Some soul is good. Otherwise it's 80s and earlier for me.
A perennial favorite that never fails to move me is Kramat by Abdullah Ibrahim a.k.a Dollar Brand, a South African jazz master discovered and mentored by Duke Ellington. His "Water from an Ancient Well" and "The Wedding" are similarly good.
Here is the "wedding":
Brand plays the piano. He does play Sax, too, but is really a Piano player and someone else plays the Sax here. Possibly Carlos Ward or Gato Barbieri.
Here is Water from an Ancient Well with Carlos Ward:
I saw him live in Ulm, Germany in a very small venue, at Sweet Basile's in NY, at the Jazz Festival in Lugano and in Paris for the Jazz Festival at La Villette.
Here you have him in 2008 at the Jazz Festival of Vienna at the National Opera (nice venue indeed), solo piano and some sound bites:
Enjoy!
Till
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Found Kramat. This is not the original version from the Zimbabwe album. I have that one. The original is a tad shorter (6 minutes) and has less flourish but more beat; it is also studio only, no audience. The flute is still prominent though in the original.
Kramat is a burial shrine for a muslim saint. I didn't know that until I just tried to find the song. A most joyful funeral song. My mother must have felt that when she asked me to play that at her funeral (not dead, no worries).
http://www.last.fm/music/Abdullah+Ibrahim/_/Kramat
Till
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@shubharamani:
Shoque, Madonna is my role model and I love her 80s music (everything else since then has sucked).
shubs - that is one horrible thing to say…she was good in the 80's - but her really good pieces are albums like music or confessions on a dancefloor ...frozen was amazing ....so much better than like a virgin or holiday !
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@shubharamani:
Shoque, Madonna is my role model and I love her 80s music (everything else since then has sucked).
shubs - that is one horrible thing to say…she was good in the 80's - but her really good pieces are albums like music or confessions on a dancefloor ...frozen was amazing ....so much better than like a virgin or holiday !
Sorry Beatle ! OK, you forget something – I'm old, so the reason I have a fondness for 80s music is because I was young during that time (in high school & college). But now that you say so, let me look up "Confessions..." and "Frozen" and give em a listen. Madonna is my role model because she's 50+ (not far from my age), she's amazingly brilliant, successful and gorgeous -- plus she treats her body like a temple, as I do. She's a yoga fanatic, doesn't do drugs/smoke, and drinks the occasional glass of wine (which I don't even do). Her vice is coffee (same as mine). Madonna has incredible self-love and high self-esteem -- she steadfastly refuses to get swept up into all that celebrity partying crap.
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I have been enjoying Fennesz of late - anyone else a fan?
Do you mean this guy? http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fennesz
LOL, I'm from Austria and I have never heard of him. Gotta listen to some stuff now…
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Sorry to do this but hopefully it puts a
on your face on Monday! The Jimmy Fallon Version has been stuck in my head for the past week or two…Pants On The Ground (Original Version) - American Idol
Pants On The Ground (Neil Young Version Performed by Jimmy Fallon) - Late Night w/ Jimmy Fallon
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okay - and this interpretation of "I'm yours" should be here as well…want to steal that boy
We can do anything
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Jason Mraz - Song for a Friend
Ian Brown - Dolphins were Monkeys (UNKLE vs South Remix)
Van Hunt - Down Here in Hell
Stevie Wonder - As
Stevie Wonder - Overjoyed
The Who - Eminence Front
Incubus - Warning
Donny Hathaway - Everything is Everythingjust a few off the top of my head…
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This song is awesome. The syncronization of the audio/video is a big part of it for me.
I love the song that goes with this, I feel uplifted everytime I hear it, not sure if it is the song that does it for me or the association with the imagery and concept:
It is called Praan, the lyrics are from a Bengali poem put to music by Garry Schyman.
Some others:
Crass - The entire 'Yes Sir, I Will' Album
Nofx - The Decline
Subhumans - From the Cradle to the Grave
Esau Mwamwaya (Radio Clit) - Tengazako
NoMeansNo - The River
Ennio Morricone- L'Estasi dell'Oro
Bad Religion - Generator
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Travelin' BandIf I don't stop here I'll end up losing the day to this list.
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Since I found this about a month ago, I cannot get the song out of my head or the imagery from the video. These guys are the real thing! Would love to see some SuperBlack in this video… G, IH UK Photoshoot with these gentlemen?!?!
Peter Bjorn & John
"Nothing To Worry About"
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Somewhat in order of sad-angry-happy-kickass:
golden earring - why do I (naked truth version)
raised fist - hertz island escapade
guns n roses - so fine
red hot chili peppers - soul to squeeze
slayer - black magic
suicidal tendencies - YOU CAN'T BRING ME DOWN!!!!!!!!Suicidal tedencies is my fav band of all time
