What Are You Listening To? July 2019
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Fujiya & Miyagi - Transparent Things (2006)
Ojai Sam
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Koji Kondo - The Legend Of Zelda: The Ocarina Of Time (game soundtrack 1998)
Pitchfork sez:
From the stirring opening screen to the weepy final credits, the music that flows through Ocarina of Time was a generational Rosetta Stone, encompassing Gregorian chants, Arabic scales, harp, flamenco, dark ambience, and at least one rip-off of Gustav Holst’s The Planets—an unforced and generous way to transmit those sounds into the homes of millions. In the 21 years since its release, Kondo’s score remains the one component of the game that has not dated, even as every facet of the industry has advanced by orders of magnitude. By eschewing what was or wasn’t in vogue, Kondo instead hit upon timelessness.
on the Sam-O-Meter. Amazing stuff.
Not on Spotify.
Pitchfork sez:
From the stirring opening screen to the weepy final credits, the music that flows through Ocarina of Time was a generational Rosetta Stone, encompassing Gregorian chants, Arabic scales, harp, flamenco, dark ambience, and at least one rip-off of Gustav Holst’s The Planets—an unforced and generous way to transmit those sounds into the homes of millions. In the 21 years since its release, Kondo’s score remains the one component of the game that has not dated, even as every facet of the industry has advanced by orders of magnitude. By eschewing what was or wasn’t in vogue, Kondo instead hit upon timelessness.
on the Sam-O-Meter. Amazing stuff. Not on Spotify.
axolotl
Nunquam non paratus
It is on Youtube, tho'.
Not on Spotify.
axolotl
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Noticing a theme among less than a handful of attorneys from Southern California to be listening to Japanese soundtracks on Sunday afternoon, I decided to make it a trend, even if a short-lived one, and listen to this one:
久石譲 [Joe Hisaishi] ~ Hisaishi meets Miyasaki Films (2006)
久石譲 [Joe Hisaishi] ~ Hisaishi meets Miyasaki Films (2006)
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Built To Spill - Keep It Like A Secret (1999)
Tedeschi/Trucks Band - Made Up Mind (2013)
Maze featuring Frankie Beverly - Joy And Pain (1980)
Zeeba Neighba
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Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (1963)
For the number of albums that Mingus is seen smoking, one would have though he died of lung cancer (he died of ALS)
For the number of albums that Mingus is seen smoking, one would have though he died of lung cancer (he died of ALS)
Unsomnambulist
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Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (1963)
For the number of albums that Mingus is seen smoking, one would have though he died of lung cancer (he died of ALS)
Glad you weren't washed away!
Unsomnambulist
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Gauche - A People's History Of Gauche (2019)
Zeeba Neighba
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The Clash - Clash on Broadway (3 disc set - 1991 releases)
Haven't broke this one out it awhile as I typically go to the albums - but, in doing so, miss several non-album tracks as well as stuff off Combat Rock (which I almost never spin). I always go US version of The Clash's debut too so miss out on songs like "Protex Blue" and "Deny". Overall a nice box set that I was so excited to purchase when it first came out in 1991.
An aside: like many box sets, this one includes as the first two tracks, two demos - not an uncommon practice in the day, but after initial listen, who enjoys breaking these demos out on future listens?
Haven't broke this one out it awhile as I typically go to the albums - but, in doing so, miss several non-album tracks as well as stuff off Combat Rock (which I almost never spin). I always go US version of The Clash's debut too so miss out on songs like "Protex Blue" and "Deny". Overall a nice box set that I was so excited to purchase when it first came out in 1991.
An aside: like many box sets, this one includes as the first two tracks, two demos - not an uncommon practice in the day, but after initial listen, who enjoys breaking these demos out on future listens?
Zeeba Neighba
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Glad you weren't washed away!
Thanks! Post an update soon in Weather
Ornette Coleman - Something Else!!! The Music Of Ornette Coleman (1958)
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Jesca Hoop - Stonechild (2019)
Stevie Wonder - Characters (1987)
Listening to this makes me realize again that Wonder's later catalogue work is maligned not because his music changed, but rather that it did not change enough. Listening to this without context, it isn't all that much different than his better-selling albums of the 70s. There's a shift from youthful exuberance to more (I hesitate to say "mature" because he always had socio-political content, but I'll say it anyway) mature lyrics, and the music doesn't push the boundaries of Soul/Pop music of the 80s like he did in the 70s -- and he still loves to tinker with synths and electronics, except those machines are 80s versions of what he used in the 70s. But at its heart, this is more or less the same guy, the same music, the same lyrics. Stevie didn't abandon his pop audience -- they abandoned him.
I think he hit the same problem the Rolling Stones hit. The older listeners still liked what they were doing, but by and large, the kids wanted Def Leppard and Van Halen.The Stones could still authentically sing about drugs and sex, but teenagers want to hear 20-somethings sing about drugs and sex, not middle-aged perverts.
ETA: I just went and reviewed the charts for the RS. Damn, those perverts charted well for a long time.
So, insert the old-fart band of your choice.
Listening to this makes me realize again that Wonder's later catalogue work is maligned not because his music changed, but rather that it did not change enough. Listening to this without context, it isn't all that much different than his better-selling albums of the 70s. There's a shift from youthful exuberance to more (I hesitate to say "mature" because he always had socio-political content, but I'll say it anyway) mature lyrics, and the music doesn't push the boundaries of Soul/Pop music of the 80s like he did in the 70s -- and he still loves to tinker with synths and electronics, except those machines are 80s versions of what he used in the 70s. But at its heart, this is more or less the same guy, the same music, the same lyrics. Stevie didn't abandon his pop audience -- they abandoned him.
I think he hit the same problem the Rolling Stones hit. The older listeners still liked what they were doing, but by and large, the kids wanted Def Leppard and Van Halen.
ETA: I just went and reviewed the charts for the RS. Damn, those perverts charted well for a long time.
So, insert the old-fart band of your choice.not that I'm saying Stevie is a pervert ...
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KOKOKO! - Fongola (2019)
Very trippy, modern music from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Very trippy, modern music from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Old Uncle Toe
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Beautiful voice. She leans toward historical music that doesn't always agree with my taste. But her voice is so good that I listen anyway.Rhiannon Giddens - Freedom Highway (2017)
Sneaky good. Pure perfect voice. Crisp production in what sounds like a pristine studio.
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