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^He’s got a rather understated voice and tended to bury it in mixes, so it’s easy not to realize, I think.
Current listening, released on this day in 1963:
The Beatles – Please Please Me (1963)
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11 June 2015
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@sigh butterfly thought you might appreciate this
Great find @Beatlebug. I’m so bummed she had to cancel her tour. I had a double date planned with both daughters (first time ever at a concert). I’ve been getting off on the live No Time To Die. The people that say she can only sing in a whisper should check out the last couple minutes. 
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8.43am
28 February 2020
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Various Artists – Sound of the Seventies – Punk and New Wave
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28 February 2020
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Great find @Beatlebug. I’m so bummed she had to cancel her tour. I had a double date planned with both daughters (first time ever at a concert). I’ve been getting off on the live No Time To Die. The people that say she can only sing in a whisper should check out the last couple minutes.
Yeah, I went on an “Ocean Eyes” binge the night before last and now my YouTube homepage is full of Billie Eilish 
I did it to myself! Gotta go listen to/watch some Radiohead, Zeppelin live, political commentary, the same 5 U2 songs over and over, and fluffy cat videos to restore my previous homepage equilibrium. 
But I also found some more things of interest:
This is genius
In re: people saying she can’t sing above a whisper:
I hope you and your daughters get to catch her touring again when this has blown over and everything’s all by the way — sounds like a lovely time. Me and my dad are planning to see Roger Waters in August (he’s going to be positively frothing at the mouth because it’s an election year, which I will find positively hilarious , and I really hope that date is far enough away not to be affected. 
Finally, to stay on topic, I’m listening to Dear Prudence .
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CakeMaestor said
Side note: Are there any fellow star wars aficionados residing in this forum?
I’m an eternally huge (and hugely obsessive) fan of the original film in particular, which thoroughly blew my 10yo mind in November of ’77 and gave me a lifelong love of film. Just from a technical standpoint, the visual effects were dazzling, obviously; but the score, sound design, editing, production design and sets all worked their movie magic. As for the others in the series, I appreciate the general consensus that Episode V is the best-made, and intellectually I can agree; but the original still has my heart.
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28 February 2020
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I think the last three films are getting a raw deal from just about everybody
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Yes, I’ll pause my Stevie Wonder marathon in order to transition back to topic
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George Harrison — Wonderwall Music (1968)
Currently trying to drown out my sister watching TV by listening to Wonderwall Music while I work through the AP US History essays that were assigned, like, 3 weeks ago and that I heavily procrastinated and abstained from doing (Luckily one only has to be an outline.)
Making my way through this album, it sounds like some of it can be repurposed as a soundtrack for an indie video game. Is that a weird thought to have?
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Listening to an original demo my friend just sent me from his respective Coronabunker (aka house) and lowkey fangirling because I think he’s ever so talented and I’m not biased in any way of course 
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I needed a nice chill rainy Wings album for relaxing/amusing kitchen music today…
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…OK, this is one schizo collection of sounds – Motown wasn’t sure yet what to do with this kid’s gifts. And so they try him in a variety of formats – jazz instrumentals, Ray Charles covers, straight adult standards, and even a kind of half-assed beach-themed concept. And surprisingly little of the familiar Motown sound that is sweeping the world at the time. (These were recorded between 1962 and ’64) Some of this works, some of it doesn’t…but all of it is worthwhile, because (no longer little) Stevland Judkins Morris of Saginaw, Michigan was and is a goddamned genius (and I want to wish him a happy 70th birthday right now, a coupla months early because life is uncertain), and he’s irrepressable. And he’s all over these records, moving from bongos to keyboards back to drum kit – and seemingly always with his radiant-sounding chromatic harmonica in hand. His voice (not yet changed) is ultimately still that of a child’s (however staggeringly talented); and anyways, there’s something kinda creepy when young adolescents sing of adult romance. For now, at least, that eternally happy-bluesy harmonica feels more like his “real” voice than his actual voice does…All five of these are mildly-to-very-to-barely enjoyable, and none of them are classic. An interesting start to a career/discography that’s about to get a lot better….
…and we come to the second phase of Stevie’s career, his mid-to late teens (1966-1970), when his voice deepens and matures, he begins writing more and participating in the production, adds the Hohner Clavinet to his arsenal and he becomes a consistent smash-hit maker. And Motown consistently churns out IN-consistent albums built on a title smash (occasionally two), assorted covers (including the Doors, Dylan, Sonny & Cher (!), Dylan-via-The Byrds, and many labelmates), passable filler, wonderful filler, and always a bit of sappy balladry that will never vanish entirely from his catalog. (It’ll help him win many, many awards in future!)
Basically, all of these albums are in the range of good-to-very good, with some earth-shattering highs (“Up-Tight” is one of the finest singles of ever) along the way. And still not a truly great album in the bunch. “Signed, Sealed” and “For Once…” are possibly the standouts, for now…but the real step forward won’t happen until Stevie turns 21, and renegotiates his Motown contract so he can start to make his own records his own way….
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5.31pm
5 December 2019
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Paul McCartney — Chaos and Creation in the Background (2005)
I haven’t listened to this in a looonnnggg time…..I’ve missed it quite a lot
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11 June 2015
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