What music are you listening to now?

[AbwehrX]

Billy Idol - Eyes Without A Face
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OFpfTd0EIs

The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lyu1KKwC74

Today's theme music............ Wagner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdfpHKMmV_E

Magnificent! thanks! [:D]

[warspite1]

Now things get really tough in the order department. The Suburbs provides the next track. Yet another song that builds and build and changes direction at least once and yet again the song takes on a new life about a minute or so before the end when an otherwise very good song becomes a classic. Qualiteeeeee [8D]

No. 9 We Used to Wait (Album: The Suburbs 2010)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nTjn1yJp0w

So I never wrote a letter
I never took my true heart
I never wrote it down
So when the lights cut out
I was lost standing in the wilderness downtown

[warspite1]

Arcade Fire's debut album Funeral provides their only entry in the top 12 - and its this stirring, upbeat number. Great piano the whole way through the track, along with the usual guitars, drums and strings all providing the perfect back drop for Win Butler's voice.

No.8 Rebellion (Lies) (Album: Funeral 2005)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNfWC4Sgkcs

People say that you'll die
Faster than without water
But we know it's just a lie
Scare your son and scare your daughter

[warspite1]

Well the top seven is ridiculously tough to put into some sort of order. I know the top 3 (but not the order yet) and its the same with the next 4.

Ho hum. For the next track I am going to plump for It's Never Over. Another tune that features more than one direction - a great intro leads into a superb guitar solo and away we go. This is an unusual track amongst the top 12 as its the only one that is led by Win Butler's missus, Regine Chassagne (on reflection maybe I should have included Sprawl II in the Top 12 [&:]). Oh well its done now.

No.7 It's Never Over (Hey Orpheus) (Album: Reflektor 2011)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7-tEZUvdUw

Just wait until it's over
Wait until it's through
And if I call for you
Oh, Orpheus!
Just sing for me all night
We'll wait until it's over
Wait until it's through

[warspite1]

Neon Bible presents its second and last offering - leaving the road open for the fantastic The Suburbs and Reflektor to provide the top 5.

This was a grower - didn't appreciate it at first. But this track changes direction so many times it takes a while to appreciate its majesty. The trademark drums, guitars are all there in force as is the big build up at the end. Its a wonderful cacophony of sound and its all just so brilliant.

No.6 No Cars Go (Album: Neon Bible 2007)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83KR_UBWdPI

We know a place where no spaceships go
We know a place where no subs go
Hey!
No cars go
Hey!
No cars go
Where we know
Hey!
Us kids know
Hey!
No cars go

[warspite1]

This next song is one I simply should not like. Its Jonathan Ross featuring Arcade Fire and You Already Know. The background to this incredible, upbeat, but quite sad track is a sort of rockabilly sound (that I normally dislike) but here it works perfectly. One word: absolutely bloody brilliant.

No.5 You Already Know (Album: Reflektor 2013)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCQW--8VYN0

Sometimes it moves so fast
Sometimes it moves so fast
If you stop to ask
It's already passed
So how can you move so slow?
How can you move so slow?
You missed it, you know
You missed it

[warspite1]

Top 4 now and this one just fails to make it to the podium - which shows just how monstrously good the top 3 must be. Kasparov - Deep Blue 1996. This is a sad toon, but oddly even the lower tempo sad tracks have so much life. If this song were a lady I would have married her and had her babies years ago.

No.4 Deep Blue (Album: The Suburbs 2010)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDIRT_NEMxo

Nothing less than the full lyrics will suffice here.

Here
In my place and time
And here in my own skin
I can finally begin
Let the century pass me by
Standing under night sky
Tomorrow means nothing

I was only a child then
Feeling barely alive when
I heard a song from the speaker of a passing car
And prayed to a dying star
The memory's fading
I can almost remember singing
La la, la la la la la
La la, la la, la la la la

We watched the end of the century
Compressed on a tiny screen
A dead star collapsing and we could see
That something was ending
Are you through pretending
We saw the signs in the suburbs?

You could never predict it
That it could see through you
Kasparov - Deep Blue 1996
Your mind's playing tricks now
Show is over so take a bow
We're living in the shadows of...
La la, la la la la la
La la, la la, la la la la

La la, la la, la la la la
La la, la la, la la la la
La la, la la, la la la la
La la, la la, la la la la

Hey
Put the cellphone down for a while
In the night there is something wild
Can you hear it breathing?
And hey
Put the laptop down for a while
In the night there is something wild
I feel it, it's leaving me

La la, la la, la la la la
La la, la la, la la la la
La la, la la, la la la la
La la, la la, la la la la

[wings7]

Here is a quote and opinion of a very talented singer and musician:
http://a.msn.com/en-us/music/news/david ... ar-AAjtBAz
And Robert (warspite1), I thought of you when I saw this and this is no disrespect to you my friend...this forum would not be the same without you! [&o]

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: wings7

Here is a quote and opinion of a very talented singer and musician:
http://a.msn.com/en-us/music/news/david ... ar-AAjtBAz
And Robert (warspite1), I thought of you when I saw this and this is no disrespect to you my friend...this forum would not be the same without you! [&o]

warspite1

Hi Patrick I don’t take you posting this as you meaning any disrespect towards me – firstly because I don’t think you are like that and, secondly, because I don’t see how it can.

What do I mean by the latter?

Well the article you posted is about a very successful musician from one musical genre, telling the world he thinks another very successful musician who represents another musical genre is, essentially, musically untalented and that he can neither sing, write nor play.

I don’t know Kanye West from a personal perspective and, with the exception of perhaps two songs which I happen to like, I could not tell you what he has done professionally. Indeed I do not know to what extent he ‘created’ either of the songs I am aware of (although know he based stronger on a track by Daft Punk).

That said, as soon as I read the headline ‘David Crosby on….’ (and saw a picture of an ageing man next to the headline) my brain immediately linked David Crosby with something to do with Crosby, Stills and Nash – a group name I had heard of. And here is the interesting thing bearing in mind what I said about my very limited knowledge of Mr West.

I looked up David Crosby Hits on google and his top 10 came up. Do you know what? I don’t know a single one. I suspect it’s possible that I may recognise one or two if I heard them played, but I wouldn’t count on it. That casts no judgement on Crosby Stills and Nash or Mr Crosby’s musical ability in particular – they were clearly successful - it just says that theirs (as far as I know) is not my sort of music, and I don’t recall them being commercially successful in the UK.

So what does that tell me? Well it tells me that in this article someone I have vaguely heard of has insulted someone I have heard of a little bit more. Wow. I’ve had more important events in my life [:D].

In the post you said Mr Crosby is a very talented singer and musician and so clearly this article is important to you because a man whose music you like and respect is essentially affirming your view of another musician as being a talentless waste of space. That’s fine, that’s human, and that’s your opinion. But at the end of the day Mr Crosby is only stating his opinion (and to which he is entitled and certainly appears, from a music perspective, to have earned the right to).

But for all the things that you and I don’t like about Mr West, from what we know about him, can we deny there is a talent there? Okay it’s not a talent Mr Crosby appreciates, it’s not a talent you appreciate, and for 99% of the time it’s not a talent I appreciate – but he has sold a lot of records so Mr West certainly has something and it means something to a lot of people. Mr Crosby says that Mr West has no talent but not all musicians have the same level of ability - how many of his hit songs did Elvis Presley write? How many instruments did he play?

The final thing of course is that I sense a lot of antipathy towards Mr West generally comes from who he is, his erratic behaviour and the lifestyle he chooses to lead. I am not saying that this is part of Mr Crosby’s thinking – maybe he really just doesn’t like his music (that Mr West apparently can’t play anyway [;)]). But if there is something of this in what he said well perhaps he should get his own life in order. As I said, I didn’t – before this evening – know anything about Mr Crosby. One quick check on Wiki and what do I find? Drug user, jail time for drugs and weapons offenses, drink-driving, a hit and run and driving into someone’s garden – sounds like he’s lucky not to have killed someone.

Mmmm maybe on second thoughts these two gentlemen would actually like each other if they met – just don’t offer up background music [:D].

[wings7]

Well said Robert, I don't disagree on anything you said. I guess a lot of this generation doesn't understand 50's thru the 70's music. To me Rap is poetry put to a beat, but there is so much anger and hate to it and it can be disturbing.
It's time to listen to some 60's British Invasion...[:)]

[WMitty]

+1
Can we add some good classical or sound scores to that?

ORIGINAL: wings7

Well said Robert, I don't disagree on anything you said. I guess a lot of this generation doesn't understand 50's thru the 70's music. To me Rap is poetry put to a beat, but there is so much anger and hate to it and it can be disturbing.
It's time to listen to some 60's British Invasion...[:)]

[wings7]

ORIGINAL: WMitty

+1
Can we add some good classical or sound scores to that?

ORIGINAL: wings7

Well said Robert, I don't disagree on anything you said. I guess a lot of this generation doesn't understand 50's thru the 70's music. To me Rap is poetry put to a beat, but there is so much anger and hate to it and it can be disturbing.
It's time to listen to some 60's British Invasion...[:)]

Have you heard Danny Kaye's "D-O-D-G-E-R-S Song"? [:)]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7qYcyUjDPU

[WMitty]

No, I never had, but that is classic Danny Kaye

[WMitty]

ennio morricone chi mai

[warspite1]

So to the medal winning positions. No real contest for No.1 and so that leaves sorting out the minor podium placings. At No.3 its the title track from their 2013 album Reflektor. If you like this song, I strongly advise you to listen to it live. Everything is here you would expect to hear - a great intro, a song that continually moves direction, a bit of David Bowie vocal, a great piano sound, some French chat, what sounds like a dentist's drill (of course) and a big finale.

No.3 Reflektor (Album: Reflektor 2013)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E0fVfectDo

Entre la nuit, la nuit et l'aurore.
Entre les royaumes, des vivants et des morts.
If this is heaven
I don't know what it's for
If I can't find you there
I don't care

[warspite1]

And so to the winner - el numero uno. And to think I would never have got into this band if it wasn't for itunes and being able to hear a few seconds of a song. I listened to this and the synth sound had me hooked. But then I listened to the rest of it.... Its a truly religious experience. The drum and guitar opening is straight on the money - then there is that sort of rockabilly sound (in evidence in You Already Know) taking over that combines with guitar to keeps this faced paced song moving along. 48 seconds in and there is that glorious synth sound, just before the vocals become briefly melancholy... but then immediately pick back up again - double bass, guitar synth, drums all working effortlessly taking you joyously to someplace else at a hundred miles an hour. The lyrics are spot on too as the track continues its journey to the end. But oh no - not with an Arcade Fire track. That is for mortal song writers. With about 1 min 40 to go the song starts to move elsewhere - if this song is a religious experience, then the last minute is simply heaven. Butler's voice soars and then the song eases back - a kind of chug boat sound reminiscent of Depeche Mode in Stripped - leads us into the final, glorious minute... From start to end this song assaults your senses and when its over all you want to do is go back for more....

If you only ever listen to one song - please make it this one.

No.1 Ready to Start (Album: The Suburbs 2010)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUqVusmoAgs

Businessmen drink my blood
Like the kids in art school said they would
And I guess I'll just begin again
You say you, can we still be friends
If I was scared
I would
And if I was bored
You know I would
And if I was yours
Well I'm not
All the kids have always known
That the emperor wears no clothes
But to bow to down to them anyway
Is better than being alone
If I was scared
I would
And if I was bored
You know I would
And if I was yours
But I'm not
Now you're knocking at my door
Saying please come out against tonight
But I would rather be alone
Than pretend I feel alright
If the businessmen drink my blood
Like the kids in art school said they would
Then I guess I'll just begin again
You say you can still be friends
If I was scared
I would
And if I was pure
You know…

[warspite1]

The runner up spot goes to a toon that is a little different to 'normal' Arcade Fire tracks. It is a wonderfully dark, hypnotic record that starts low, draws you in and then keeps you there in a murky underworld of goodness knows what. The softer side of Win Butler's vocals are brought out in parts but there is no bright spot or light relief here. The song remains relentlessly and deliciously dark throughout. It is just one awesome track.

No.2 Porno (Album: Reflektor 2013)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icreHRutjCQ

Take the makeup off your eyes
I've got to see you, hear your sacred sighs
Before the break up, comes the silence
I'm talking to you. You say you're over it,
But I know

I thought I knew you. You thought you knew me
But now that you do, it's not so easy now
That I know

You can cry; I won't go. You can scream; I won't go
Every man that you know would have run at the word go
Little boys with their porno, oh, I know they hurt you so
They don't know what we know. Never know what we know

And all your makeup, just take it all off
I've got to find you before the line is lost
I know I hurt you, I won't deny it
When I reach for you, you say, "I'm over it."
But I know

You can cry; I won't go. You can scream; I won't go
Every man that you know would have run at the word go
Little boys with their porno, oh, I know they hurt you so
They don't know what I know. It's so little that we know
But the cup it overflows. Little boys with their porno
This is their world, where can we go?

Makes me feel like something's wrong with me
Makes me feel like something's wrong with me
Can you see me?

You can cry; I won't go. You can scream; I won't go
Little boys with their porno. Little boys with their porno
Makes me feel like something's wrong. It's the only world we know
Yeah, something's wrong. Little boys with their porno

And boys they learn some selfish **** until the girl won't put up with it
On and on and on we go. I just have to know. I'm not over it
I'm not over it

So love is real like a disease.
Come on tell me please,
I'm not over it

[wings7]

ORIGINAL: WMitty

ennio morricone chi mai

Ennio Morricone who ever [&:]

[MakeeLearn]

Is it A-sharp or B-flat...... LOOKOUT, it's mood rhythms and the dreaded embellishment notes!!!! OH damn the ambiguity !!!!


12 Variations on

MOZART, "Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman" K.265


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BTvoqVK420


it's Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.....

it's Baa, Baa, Black Sheep....

Rubbish, it's the Alphabet Song

[terje439]

Larkin Poe - Don't