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Post by josef on Jun 25, 2019 15:17:41 GMT
A song I loved from the very start. Lyrics, voices. ..everything. And they're Swedish. 😎
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Post by josef on Jun 25, 2019 15:38:42 GMT
I absolutely ADORE Saint Etienne
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Post by josef on Jun 25, 2019 15:43:16 GMT
I know it's a cover but I knew this version first. Makes me realise that there will no doubt be some who will say this about Cher's cover of SOS. Oh, well.
I just love it. Always will.
And I'd best leave room here for other people to post! 😶
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Post by Liebezeit on Jun 25, 2019 22:35:54 GMT
To OP (richard) - Dunno, it varies a lot. I tend to lean toward a more experimental spectrum of "how distant" are the ABBA fans' tastes. Particularly with groups I've been fervent with King Crimson (greater than before, as they put their legacy albums on streaming services as a part of their 50th anniversary recently)
I think the inclusion in streaming services has greatly affected how I view King Crimson. I thought of them as just a band, not necessarily an experience at the time - from where I live, there aren't much Crimson CDs at record shops and it was a few years when I was an e-commerce sceptic and relied on a few excerpts from them. (Little did I know in my record shops did Crimson LPs indeed sell, and if they did, they went empty in the K category...)
Because of it, I can't listen to progressive rock the same way I used to do.
Fave track: Lament, Larks Tongues in Aspic (instrumental suite), Fracture, and FraKCtured, Discipline and THRAK (title track is great)
As for solo singers, I went zig-zag between British pop and Philly soul, partially thanks to my radio consumption.
Harold Melvin + Blue Notes' "The Love I Lost" and "Yesterday I Had the Blues" had it playing and it's lush.
As for British pop, it's limited to several divas like Cilla and Dusty. Cilla's Gypsies Tramps and Thieves (a Cher cover) and Dusty's In the Winter (Janis Ian).
Classical composers. Being a Stockhausen junkie, a real-life friend recommended me to listen to Terry Riley and I've a fascination with A Rainbow in Curved Air.
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Post by richard on Jun 28, 2019 13:43:38 GMT
That's quite a range, Jonathan: ABBA, King Crimson, and Stockhausen. I like a lot of classical music - Bach, Beethoven, Schubert, Ravel, in particular - but atonal music has eluded me, mainly because I've never had the patience and open-mindedness to give it a fair listen!  I probably listen as much to instrumental music as I do to music that's mainly about the vocals; especially music which features the guitar in its many forms, and the piano. Here are a couple of contrasting classical guitar solos: one a lovely arrangement of a film theme, and the other, an up-tempo latin-American piece. For me, both videos reveal how beautiful-sounding and versatile the classical guitar is when played this superbly. |
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Post by shoshin on Jun 28, 2019 23:44:46 GMT
A song I loved from the very start. Lyrics, voices. ..everything. And they're Swedish. 😎 Their live covers are amazing too, especially Running Up That Hill and (naturally) Chiquitita |
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Post by shoshin on Jun 28, 2019 23:59:43 GMT
Here are a couple of contrasting classical guitar solos: one a lovely arrangement of a film theme, and the other, an up-tempo latin-American piece. For me, both videos reveal how beautiful-sounding and versatile the classical guitar is when played this superbly... Excellent; I'm going to start a separate classical & flamenco thread, now that it seems that I might not be on my own in it! But why not cut straight to the chase here, with the guitarist and performance against which all others should be measured  |
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Post by jensj2 on Jun 30, 2019 13:25:36 GMT
I love Peggy Lee's soft, intimate voice on this recording.I take it to be a song of longing for a dream that cannot be... Peggy Lee was great, indeed. And an early example of a blonde Swede who can thank a guy called Benny for her success... |
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Post by richard on Jul 5, 2019 11:28:52 GMT
Excellent; I'm going to start a separate classical & flamenco thread, now that it seems that I might not be on my own in it! But why not cut straight to the chase here, with the guitarist and performance against which all others should be measured Although I'm more into classical, than flamenco, guitar, Paco de Lucia had a fantastic technique. I would certainly hope to contribute to a classical music thread. I started one on the old abba4ever forum and, if I remember right, it got quite a good response. |
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Post by richard on Jul 5, 2019 12:44:46 GMT
I find Francoise Hardy, the French singer, so appealing; and with her looks and reticent persona, for me she conveys a classiness and charm similar to the ABBA girls. And like Agnetha, she wrote, and perhaps still does, many of her own songs, one being All Over The World, a beautiful song.
Here, though, are two she didn't write.
This one has a mid-sixties London setting, which gives it a nostalgic feel; and filmed in black and white, it lends the already sad song an added poignancy:
Not that I'm an expert - far from it - this just seems to me to be the epitome of the best of 60s French pop - even though the song started out as a dramatic Vera Lynn ballad from the 50s! With a stroke of genius, Serge Gainsbourg was responsible for the incredible transformation of the song:
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Post by josef on Jul 5, 2019 22:10:46 GMT
I like some of Sia's work. I discovered her quite by accident- her song, 'Breathe Me' played during the final scenes in the TV show Six Feet Under. She has quite the vocal range on her! Perhaps a tad histrionic in her delivery, it could be argued, eh, orf? 😉 Even so, I still like her. Lana Del Ray is another one- maybe not everyone's taste but there's just something I find appealing.
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Post by Michal on Jul 29, 2019 15:11:18 GMT
I've discovered Sissel Kyrkjebø just recently and immediately fell for her voice. This song is one of my favourites:
She did a cover of Like An Angel Passing Through My Room too, which is very good in my opinion:
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Post by Zeebee on Jul 29, 2019 20:34:20 GMT
She did a cover of Like An Angel Passing Through My Room too, which is very good in my opinion: She left out the second verse. |
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Post by HOMETIME on Jul 29, 2019 21:10:30 GMT
She did a cover of Like An Angel Passing Through My Room too, which is very good in my opinion: She left out the second verse. Not in the version I have... It's 5 minutes and 8 seconds of gorgeousness. |
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Post by HOMETIME on Jul 29, 2019 22:28:32 GMT
Thought I'd pop back into this thread to mention a singer that I've only recently discovered. He's Irish. I'm borderline obsessed with these two singles and can't wait to see him perform live in a small Dublin venue this September. Wrap your ears around the pop stylings of Tim Chadwick:
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Post by Michal on Jul 30, 2019 12:23:48 GMT
She left out the second verse. Not in the version I have... It's 5 minutes and 8 seconds of gorgeousness. Oh, I would love to hear that... do you have a link? |
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Post by HOMETIME on Jul 30, 2019 14:38:13 GMT
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Post by josef on Jul 30, 2019 15:10:01 GMT
Well, that's me sold on that bloke's voice (Tim Chadwick). Thanks for posting that, Tony. I love discovering new music. I'd much rather hear his voice than Sam Smith or Ed Sheeran (I know he's probably a nice bloke, but I have never been what you'd call a fan).
Ah, if I was back home in Dublin I'd definitely be popping along to hear him sing. I particularly like the first song, and the tempo of both. Nice production.
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Post by foreverfan on Jul 30, 2019 15:36:22 GMT
Being quick as only just found this thread....
One of my all time favourites... is.....
Cilla Black and You’re My World..... some classic renditions in Italian as well.. but God what a song, those strings those words ....such a beautiful love song....never get tired of hearing it...
Another major weepy... Barbra Streisand..The Love Inside....make a hard man cry....listen to those lyrics.....
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Post by Michal on Jul 31, 2019 6:22:44 GMT
Thanks a lot! I've just found out that the full version appears on her album Into The Paradise. I should get it |
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Post by richard on Aug 5, 2019 12:21:28 GMT
America are one of my favourite groups, and I like most of what they recorded. A number of the songs have a simple two chord structure that somehow works without being irritatingly repetitive - not to my ears, anyway; and they often have a lovely 'open spaces' feel to them. The lead singing, vocal harmonies, acoustic guitar work, bass playing - all so good. I sometimes find the lyrics not up to scratch, but that doesn't bother me because I love everything else about their music and overall sound
On this track, George Martin, the Beatles' producer, plays the beautiful little piano figuration that comes in from halfway through the song. It really adds to it:
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Post by josef on Aug 8, 2019 20:43:39 GMT
Im surprised no one's mentioned Supertramp. I remember this song as a kid and I found it catchy but didn't really understand what the lyrics were saying. I had the Breakfast In America album (that cover is surely one of the best ever) and played it a lot.
This song's lyrics are now more apt today than ever before (I think it was at round 1979 that it was released).
Truly a gem. Check it out if you're unfamiliar.
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Post by richard on Nov 2, 2019 15:02:19 GMT
If I like the rest of a track, I'm often not all that bothered if I feel the lyrics are so-so, or worse. But I think Billy Joel is a great lyricist - I find his words at least as good as his melodies, if not better sometimes, and I take more notice of them than I do of the lyrics of a lot of other artists I like.
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Post by richard on Mar 15, 2020 18:01:50 GMT
I was listening to some earlier Beatles album tracks this afternoon, and here are a couple of my favourites from them.
A wistful little beauty of a song by Paul McCartney from the 'Beatles For Sale' album:
The last track on the 'Hard Day's Night' album and, for me, it's one of John Lennon's best. Interestingly, it has two different bridges. Excellent acoustic guitar work, too.
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