ha ha – thanks Ob-wan, Puro

If I’m being honest, I was having a little bit of fun with that, but I was semi-serious about the track.

I actually think the lyrics are quite poetic!

But @puro – with misheard lyrics I find it best to BELT out the lyrics at the top of your lungs.
LOUD is far better, though obviously only with the words you know -…[Read more]

OB-Wan, pedant – my thoughts on the Music thread (as ever)

do actors paint a world on the writer’s canvas, with the brushes of the technicians?

or is that silly crap and best to say “I reckon XTC said it better” (click for lyrics)

@puroandson –

Scion of Ilion – just wishing your mum a speedy recovery.
Looking for a suitable song, I was just re-reading some PMs your mum sent me to help me with my rather stupid blog a couple of years ago. Faced with a rather dumb question about medieval music from me, she instead explained a lot of what was actually going on in music at that…[Read more]

well, here’s a song that sprang to mind via a conversation on another thread.

Then I heard the lyrics (again) and realised that it might be thought of as being connected to Moffat leaving, but no.

I was thinking of a crane!

;¬)

Another ‘conversation’ luckily also brought this gem to…[Read more]

well, that’ll be a Chibnall retrospective this year.

Will have to think of more fun things to stretch the year out though.

I guess this is kinda topical.

Hope everyone is ok on East Coast US.

Hi all – really enjoyed the music from pedant, arbutus, Craig and puro.

The scratching is excellent and I actually cried a bit when seeing/ hearing the singing in the library!

Apologies for being away this past coupla weeks – hopefully will have a bit more time for posting stuff.

Well I have neither adequate words or ability to link to anything, due to being away, travelling (ironically?) to a family funeral.

On trying to think of a single song or moment about Bowie is like thinking of *everything* that’s happened musically (hell, culturally) over last 40 or 50 years.

hey @Craig – no worries!

If whoever you had to convince needed confirmation of ‘this domain being kinda important to a few people’ then simply set up a poll!

As ever, I (and I think I speak for many here) am truly grateful for what you did and do – this ain’t your job, you make no money from it (in fact it costs you!) yet you do it with good…[Read more]

I haven’t been able to find the ‘perfect’ song to go along with my wishes for everyone for 2016.

So instead here is a song that has something to do with the season we’ve just watched (for me at least!).
Its quite heart-rending (to me) yet filled with hope.

We’ve had a Doctor facing up to the fact that not everyone lives forever – its just not…[Read more]

May I just wish everyone a fantastic 2016!

Apologies I’m late in wishing it – I’ve been procrastinating, trying to find the ‘right’ song to go along with my wishes… and not finding it!
So instead I’ll simply say it, as that’s actually the important thing!

I love this place as its full of interesting voices, saying interesting things. Making me…[Read more]

on a happier note…..

here is Aretha Franklin doing her version of Carole King’s song better than King, Whitney Houston, Mary J Blige, Joss Stone… and better than Aretha herself did when she sang for Clinton.

Don’t watch the video (I’m of an English/Irish sensibility so the crowd reactions including King’s kinda grates on me), but if you do,…[Read more]

yep @fatmaninabox sad news indeed.

Here he is on The Young Ones which was a hell of a way to first hear this as a young’un meself.

… and on looking for some klezmer music (to figure out how far off I was!!) I came across this and I thought:

“We haven’t had enough displaced Albanian music on this thread”.

So, here’s something sweet!

hi again.

A phrase @soundworld used in a post has stayed with me (cheers sounfworld!!) 🙂

The phrase was “collapsing into coherence” and when this popped up on my headphones whilst out and about, the phrase also popped back into my mind!
It also has (for me) some sort of Central European feel to it, though as i know nothing of that music I’ll…[Read more]

hi all – apologies for being missing in inaction.

Firstly – nice one @pedant for the NHS tune and cause. How do I download a thousand?
And Bieber – benefit of the doubt in terms of his avocation of a public healthcare system that doesn’t discriminate against you if you are poor, yet suffer the same ailment as someone richer?

sure.

But his PR…[Read more]

… but as @puroandson said, kinda, Mishima ain’t christmassy.

So, what could be more christmassy than this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AZAo3Ia7DE

And I think I’ve posted this for however many christmases we’ve had on this forum!

🙂

Hi @ichabod – ah yes, Mishima.
I almost mentioned it when I posted the Glass piece. I think when I heard/saw Mishima, was when I got over my Glass/ Reich snobbery (my snobbery I hasten to add – I thought Reich ‘better’ and therefore Glass less so, based on listening to only a couple of pieces. Stoopid me).

I can remember the film as sumptuous,…[Read more]

&Son – scion of @puroandson
“half eight” – excellent! Well done for not completely lying (if the coach has any sense they’ll now know they can trust you).
And the Twist is (was??) a dance but a loooong time ago. And Travolta is a great dancer (I only realised how good when posting that video. Your mum is exactly right – notice how he’s on tiptoe…[Read more]