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Wed Jan-12-05 09:51 PM
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I'm about to download some music - Gimmie some suggestions |
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I usually like to get full albums at a time, if that helps.
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Wed Jan-12-05 09:53 PM
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-- her PIECES OF THE SKY album is a masterpiece.
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Wed Jan-12-05 09:58 PM
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4. that sounds suspiciously like country |
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Wed Jan-12-05 10:05 PM
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10. Emmylou Harris has the voice of an angel. |
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Mainstream country is edgy around her because she blew the roof off the joint with this album.
She upped the ante a hundredfold and forced Nashville to play for much higher stakes.
Try out just one cut and see what you think -- "From Boulder to Birmingham."
This ain't your grandpa's country music. This is Emmylou Harris.
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Wed Jan-12-05 10:06 PM
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12. ok, im downloadin that song...i'll let you know what i think |
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Wed Jan-12-05 10:10 PM
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But you may fall over in a lyrical swoon when you hear it, so I won't expect an immediate response.
It stopped me in my tracks when I heard it first, and I listen with rapt ears any time it's on.
And at my house, it's on a lot.
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Wed Jan-12-05 10:57 PM
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From Boulder to Birmingham
I don't want to hear a love song I got on this airplane just to fly I know there's life below me But all that you can show me Is a prairie in the sky...
And i don't want to hear a sad story Full of heartbreak and desire The last time I felt like this I was in the wilderness And the canyon was on fire...
O and I stood on the mountain in the night and watched it burn I watched it burn I watched it burn...
CHORUS:
I would rock my soul in the bosom of Abraham I would hold my life in his saving grace I would walk all the way From Boulder to Birmingham If I thought I could see, if I could see your face
Well you really got me this time And the hardest part is knowing I'll survive I've come to listen to the sound Of the trucks as they roll down out on 95
--and pretending it's the ocean coming down to wash me clean To wash me clean Baby, do you know what I mean?
CHORUS:
I would rock my soul in the bosom of Abraham I would hold my life in his saving grace I would walk all the way From Boulder to Birmingham If I thought I could see, if I could see your face.
----- Emmylou Harris "From Boulder to Birmingham" PIECES OF THE SKY
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Wed Jan-12-05 11:42 PM
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22. wow, shes got a great voice |
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Thu Jan-13-05 04:47 PM
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38. Madeleine Peyroux. Dance Me to the End of Love. Her Careless Love |
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cd has really grown on me.
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Wed Jan-12-05 11:48 PM
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23. I am not much of a country fan... |
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but on an episode of "The Sopranos" they played her song, "Heaven Only Knows." I loved it from that moment.
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Thu Jan-13-05 12:41 AM
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31. Damn -- Good for the Sopranos. |
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Yes -- that is a good song. I like how Emmylou Harris is kind of unclassifiable and how her voice is so mysterious and unpredictable.
I was vehemently against country and western music until PIECES OF THE SKY was released.
It was my personal Paul-on-the-road-to-Damascus experience.
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Thu Jan-13-05 01:13 AM
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32. They have never said it, but... |
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I think Tony Soprano is a country music fan. There have been several scenes when he is in his car alone or in bed with one of his mistresses and country music is playing when there is music in the background.
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Thu Jan-13-05 08:07 AM
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34. That's wild. I don't have cable so I didn't know about -- |
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-- that, but I've seen the program a handful of times.
Country music would make him even more complex. A great detail.
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Wed Jan-12-05 09:56 PM
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2. I've been listening to |
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David Byrne tonight. Mostly his solo stuff, Brazilian and Latin American stuff.
A little of the Pogues, Beatles, Marisa Monte.
Was a tequila influenced night. Enjoy!
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Wed Jan-12-05 10:00 PM
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7. I just got his new album...pretty good stuff |
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i had one of his older ones too...can't remember the name...but its got a red and yellow cover...it was stolen
what kinda music is marisa monte?
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Thu Jan-13-05 04:33 PM
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35. Sounds like you have Rei Momo |
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It's the CD with all the songs done in a different Latin style of music. I love that CD. Marisa Monte is a Brazilian singer. I like her. She does a really good duet with David Byrne on a Tom Jobim song called Aguas de Marco (Waters of March). Check out her web site. http://www2.uol.com.br/marisamonte/english/index-f.htmAlso check out David Byrne's record label. He's very cool, does a lot of world music type of stuff. www.luakabop.com
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Thu Jan-13-05 04:35 PM
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36. yup, thats the one, thanks for the info |
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Wed Jan-12-05 09:57 PM
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3. Kenny Loggins' "I'm All Right" and Aretha Franklin's "Sisters Doin It For |
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Wed Jan-12-05 09:59 PM
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5. I cant bring myself to listen to kenny loggins |
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not after return to pooh corner
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Wed Jan-12-05 10:00 PM
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sting - nothing like the sun fun. smart. creative. thoughtful. plays great over and over.
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Wed Jan-12-05 10:00 PM
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John mayall, SRV, Old Clapton (cream), Ry Cooder, Allman Brothers, Buddy Guy just to name a few.
Don't download them from the web... ask a friend who's got a big CD collection and rip them to MP3. I've got 700 plus albums that way.
taught.
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Wed Jan-12-05 10:02 PM
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9. Well, I don't know what you're into.. |
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but I'll suggest The Beta Band's "Hot Shots II" and The Postal Service's "Give Up". It's really worth a listen.
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Wed Jan-12-05 10:05 PM
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11. thats not that new stuff that sounds like 80s music is it? |
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Wed Jan-12-05 10:22 PM
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It's hard for me to describe what they are. It's, like.... kiiiiinda electronica in the very, very loosest sense of the word, but with great melodies.
You're probably thinking of Franz Ferdinand and that sort of thing.
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Wed Jan-12-05 10:10 PM
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14. bombay the hard way - guns, cars & sitars |
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Wed Jan-12-05 10:13 PM
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15. what in gods name is that? |
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Wed Jan-12-05 10:30 PM
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as interpreted by DJ Shadow and Dan "the Automator" Nakamura.
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Wed Jan-12-05 10:40 PM
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19. ahh, i'd like me some of that |
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Wed Jan-12-05 10:14 PM
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16. Master Of Reality ~ Black Sabbath |
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...if ya don't have it already that is!! :headbang:
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Wed Jan-12-05 11:09 PM
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21. Opeth, "Damnation" (progressive metal) |
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Edited on Wed Jan-12-05 11:13 PM by Donailin
without a doubt, they will go down in history as one of the greatest progressive metal bands to exist. But not till they're dead, I fear. These Swedish musicians break all the rules and go for the composition, structure, drama and melody. Right up there with the greats in my mind, like Floyd, ELP and Zeppelin and the like. No jingles with this group, thier composotions usually run arund 8-10 minutes and are completely focused on building up to a climax that never dissappoints. The singer has a voice like Jeff Buckley when he sings in melody.
You will never hear them played in the states, but in Europe they are huge.
This one song, "Drapery Falls," off the "BlackWater Park" CD is as chilling and melancholy as they come. It should be incorporated into an opera,it goes from perfect structure to perfectly structured eeriness to spiraling madness, and then onto serenity, a MUST hear. Thier ability to change keys is breathtaking. Their ballads like 'Harvest' also off "Black Water park" is just as perfect as they come: sweet acoustic melody that is so simple and yet the miswrite of one note and it would fall apart.
But what I suggest is that you break into Opeth by dl'ing the Damnation CD first. Give the songs "Hope leaves", "In my time of Need" and "Windowpane" and then "Ending Credits" a listen before you delve into their heavier stuff, because you need a conditioned ear to take this band in, they are just that Epic. And as an aside, if there was ever "romantic/lovemaking music" by a progressive artist, the Damnation CD is it. Hands down.
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Wed Jan-12-05 11:49 PM
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24. Get "Leave the Capitol" by the Fall |
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And if you like it, I'll make other suggestions. :)
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Wed Jan-12-05 11:50 PM
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25. Not a Country Fan But... |
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There are two country songs that I absolutely love and they are; Emmy Lou Harris' "Heaven Only Knows" and Johnny Cash's "When the Man Comes Around." Both of them are great songs and have lots of crossover appeal even if they are a bit twangy.
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Wed Jan-12-05 11:59 PM
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26. afrika bambatta has a a new song.... speed of light blah blah something |
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i heard it last night. it was pretty awesome.
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Wed Jan-12-05 11:59 PM
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27. i really like leonard cohens new album but it might not be for you........ |
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Thu Jan-13-05 12:08 AM
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28. Yoko Kanno, Nobuo Uematsu, Joe Hisaishi |
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The Pillows Hajime Mizugushi (sp.)
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Thu Jan-13-05 01:20 AM
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33. Dream Theater - Live at Budokan |
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that'll keep you busy for about 5 hours...
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Thu Jan-13-05 07:24 PM
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39. Dream Theatre is good, dreamtheatre is wise |
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the drummer is unstoppable
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40. Megadeath / Countdown to Extinction Album |
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