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Getting my Donna on-na.
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myself playing “The Jean Genie” all by myself wishing I could play with other humans again 
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David Bowie – Hunky Dory (1971)
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More — Pink Floyd (1969)
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Pink Floyd – That Uh… You Know, That, Like, Hairy Red (Maybe Purple), What Is It? Is It an Ear? Probably an Ear Underwater or Something (1971)
Unique listen.
Check out the “Random Tubing” thread for a great video regarding this album.
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5 December 2019
Offline Taking a short break from my Floyd-a-thon this evening…..
Was:
A little short trip to my angsty emo phase
The Black Parade — My Chemical Romance (2006)
I don’t listen to them at all anymore, but there a view hard-hitting songs on this album that I still can enjoy, especially “I Don’t Love You”:
And overall I appreciate the overall ethos and statement of the album, and quite enthralled by its influences as well and all the artistic work that went into it.
About the album, taken from Wikipedia:
The Black Parade is a rock opera centering around the character of “The Patient”. It is about his passage out of life and the memories he has of it. “The Patient” dies and death comes for him in the form of a parade.This is based on singer Gerard Way’s notion of death appearing to a person in the form of their fondest memory, in this case seeing a marching band as a child.
The album also saw the creation of the alter-ego band, The Black Parade. My Chemical Romance performed the album live in costume as the Black Parade until their October 7, 2007, Mexico City performance. On stage, the band donned black marching uniforms similar to those worn by The Beatles for the album Sgt. Pepper ‘s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967). The live performance was theatrical, with Way assuming the character of a member of The Black Parade. His mannerisms were compared to Bob Geldof’s performance of the lead character in the movie adaption of Pink Floyd’s The Wall (1979), David Bowie’s performance as Ziggy Stardust with Freddie Mercury’s stage presence. There are also similarities to Alice Cooper in his “Welcome to My Nightmare” period. The video Welcome to the Black Parade, directed by Samuel Bayer, portrays the events of the entire story starring all its characters, including Mother War, who is primarily involved in the song “Mama”.
Way has cited the bands Queen and Pink Floyd as major influences on the album. Similarities have been noted between the guitar orchestration in “Welcome to the Black Parade”, and the arrangements of Queen. Additionally, Pink Floyd’s The Wall, The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper ’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Queen’s A Night at the Opera (1975) and David Bowie’s The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972) are noted as major influences for the album, which is especially evident when comparing the album’s opening track, “The End .”, to the first tracks on The Wall, “In the Flesh?”, and on Ziggy Stardust, “Five Years”. Way has also said one of their biggest influences were The Smashing Pumpkins, often giving them credit for their thematic videos.[8] “The intention was to make something that was classic, something timeless,” explained guitarist Ray Toro. “Something that 20 or 30 years from now, parents could play for their kids and say, ‘This is what I was listening to when I was your age. Check it out, it’s still cool.’ We wanted to make a record you could pass down. There’s a lot of music out now that doesn’t feel like that.”
The album also has strong influences from 1970s classic rock, glam rock, pop music, punk rock and gothic rock. The Black Parade has been described as alternative rock, emo, pop punk, post-hardcore, punk rock, and hard rock.
Now:
The “Favorites Mix” that Apple generates for me each week, and this time its pretty on point so I decided to listen to it before I head off to bed:
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Offline Hey @QuarryMan , @Jules you guys might find these live duets for alto sax and piano enjoyable…
(I was among the audience members)
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Hey @QuarryMan , @Jules you guys might find these live duets for alto sax and piano enjoyable…
I really appreciate the gesture but I’m afraid to say the more random jazz gets, the less I like it. My review of Ascension should’ve given that impression. I listened to it and I didn’t understand anything, free jazz is a musical language I still don’t quite grasp yet. And I honestly don’t even find it interesting anymore, it sounds all the same in my head.
Currently listening to the Clash’s debut because I’m trying to understand the context of London Calling a bit more, given I didn’t like it at all when I heard it. But the last time I listened to London Calling was more than a year ago so I’ll give it another try when I’m done with the first two albums. I’m actually liking it quite a bit.
The Clash (1977)
And later I was thinking of continuing with Coltrane: either Coltrane (1962), Ballads (1963) or Live at Birdland (1964).
@QuarryMan I’m reporting to inform I’m in the middle of my Coltrane rediscovery
I saw the documentary Chasing Trane which made it easier for me to understand him as a person given it is the medium I’m more familiarized with, films. It was excellent, I highly recommend it, it really helped me get to know him as a person way more. He was such a kind man, I never knew that, I always assumed he was grumpy because on his covers he hardly smiled. Now I don’t have this feeling he’s looking down on me anymore, because he seemed so vulnerable and humble on the doc. First off I loved the hell out of Africa/Brass, that record is very special, why did nobody recommended it to me?, the closest thing to Olé Coltrane I’ve found. I like how in the title track of both albums he slowly moves into this foreign aesthetic and really spaces out his solos. This slow-burning way of intensity is what really grabs me. In these two records his compositions remind me of Mingus more than anything and I love his music so it is a huge compliment coming from me. Definitely my kind of thing.
On the other hand Blue Train I thought was good (good enough for a slow jazz record, but not amazing or anything) and Soultrane I thought was terrible, but the latter is considered to be one of his more amateurish records even by his fans anyway. So I guess I’m a 1961 Coltrane kinda guy. My opinions haven’t changed much regarding the rest of his albums of which I revisited only Giant Steps and A Love Supreme. I still don’t care for that last record. I’ll have to give that one a little more time. And I’m honestly afraid to listen to anything after 1964 because I have this sneaking suspicion it is also free jazz…
What I am curious about are his collaborations, so I’ll be checking out his Thelonious Monk (1961), Duke Ellington (1963) & Johnny Hartman (1963) collaborations soon. I understand there’s a version of They Say It’s Wonderful on this last one, a composition I’m familiarized with because it features on the best film ever made: Spider-Man 3.
And also this “Bags & Trane” record from 1961 seems interesting, which is a collaboration with a vibraphone player that nobody gave two sh*ts about until Fantano recommended it and it suddenly started getting attention on RYM lol I guess I’ll check it out too.
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26 January 2017
Offline I’ll check that out, @vonbontee .
‘Chasing Trane’ is actually one of the things that got me into his music too, @Jules ! Such a great documentary. Same goes for Bags and Trane, I discovered it through Fantano as well and I think it was the first of his albums I listened to in full. You’ll probably appreciate the collaboration records; some of them have vocals which may or not be your thing but Trane’s playing is generally more melodic on there. If you want to hear him at his absolute smoothest, I’d recommend Ballads, some find it too close to smooth jazz for their liking but I always enjoy it.
As for me, I’m listening to Joy Division, specifically ‘Atmosphere’.
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Offline QuarryMan said
I’ll check that out, @vonbontee .‘Chasing Trane’ is actually one of the things that got me into his music too, @Jules ! Such a great documentary. Same goes for Bags and Trane, I discovered it through Fantano as well and I think it was the first of his albums I listened to in full. You’ll probably appreciate the collaboration records; some of them have vocals which may or not be your thing but Trane’s playing is generally more melodic on there. If you want to hear him at his absolute smoothest, I’d recommend Ballads, some find it too close to smooth jazz for their liking but I always enjoy it.
As for me, I’m listening to Joy Division, specifically ‘Atmosphere‘.
Russ Abbot (a very popular comedian in the ’80s) recorded a song called ‘Atmosphere’ and it is one of the most derided songs and videos (there’s also a nod to the Beatles ‘T&S’).
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Offline That is the corniest, cringiest, weirdest, eightiest thing I’ve ever seen. And I love it.
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That is the corniest, cringiest, weirdest, eightiest thing I’ve ever seen. And I love it.
Yeah. It’s disturbingly catchy. You feel very odd, even a little perverted, finding you kind of like it.
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Offline For some reason I’m listening to Frank Sinatra sing ‘Jingle Bells’.
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8 August 2019
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London Calling is amazing, I don’t know what I was on.
I’ve been listening to Lover’s Rock in repeat for the past 15 minutes.
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5 December 2019
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Atom Heart Mother — Pink Floyd (1970)
My friend once asked me “Dude how can you listen to a feckin’ 23 minute instrumental?” and I’ve been thinking about that a lot lately, and I think it’s that because I’ve listened to Floyd’s long-ass instrumentals so many times that I just sort of built up my musical attention span and got used to listening to them without getting bored or antsy…..I don’t know. I mean, at first, I didn’t enjoy them as much, but after a while, they just seem not as long because I know what’s coming I guess, and then I can enjoy them because I’m not intimidated immediately by their length. For example, right now I’m ten minutes into “Atom Heart Mother ” and I’m thinking “Geez that went by fast, that didn’t feel like ten minutes”, and I haven’t gotten bored at all yet– I’m just vibin’ 
Anyhoo, imma stop ramblin’ 
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@Jules If you’d like, I’d recommend branching out of Coltrane, since you seem to be pretty familiar with his music for now. I’d recommend trying out some King Oliver if you want to go more old-school swing, or trying out “Impressions of Japan” by Dave Brubeck if you want to try out some multiculturalism.
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10.13am
8 August 2019
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@Jules If you’d like, I’d recommend branching out of Coltrane, since you seem to be pretty familiar with his music for now. I’d recommend trying out some King Oliver if you want to go more old-school swing, or trying out “Impressions of Japan” by Dave Brubeck if you want to try out some multiculturalism.
I’ll need some album names (or tracks as I assume “old swing” doesn’t have major album releases).
If you can provide them to me I’ll be on my way.
I don’t have to stop investigating Coltrane. I can listen to both
Also I’ve already heard Impressions of Japan, I’m a big Brubeck fan.
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26 January 2017
Offline Wow, I actually kind of dig that ‘Atmosphere’ song lmao
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He seemed a little haggard, but it did not slow him down,
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8 August 2019
Offline QuarryMan said
Wow, I actually kind of dig that ‘Atmosphere’ song lmao
I K R
It’s been stuck in my head for the last hour or so goddamn.
That is the most virginal thing I’ve ever seen. He looks and moves like if Chandler Bing was ten times whiter.
It feels almost familiar in a way, like I’ve heard it many times. Maybe because it’s very generic but it’s like a deja vu childhood song that I never heard even in my childhood. And why is there a 1440p HD version available wtf where is this from? Fascinating.
And wHAT THE HELL is that outro?! He doesn’t sing in a different scale, they actually pitch-shift his voice, so it smoothly sounds like a chipmunk instead of just… like actually singing in the– he could– IS THE WEIRDEST MF VIDEO I EVER SEEN I’ll be damned. And the weirdest thing about it is that it isn’t trying to be weird in the first place…yg6trdesrxdc I’m sorry for obsessing over that stupid video but it is so creepy but pleasant and the same time it’s scary lol where the hell did you find that, MMM?
…oh what an atmosphere…
EDIT: OH MY GOD ITS YMCA THAT SONG IS YMCA THATS WHAT IT SOUNDED LIKE I KNEW I HAD HEARD THAT CHORD PROGRESSION BEFORE THERE IS A CHORD PROGRESSION IN THAT SONG THAT SOUNDS EXACTLY LIKE THE CHORUS OF YMCA I KNEW IT ITS A CHEAP STRAIGHT-WHITE-MALE YMCA!
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