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What fun, Alison. Thanks for sharing these links.
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Thank you for sharing this, Alison. Hubby bought an ukulele some time ago, but haven't had time to practice a lot yet. I'm definitely going to show him these links!
Thank you, dear Alison. The only ukulele player I knew till now is Amanda Palmer.Just one thing, the link to ''Tie One On' is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-GgB2...
(you gave twice the one to ''Kashmir'')
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Antonella wrote: "Thank you, dear Alison. The only ukulele player I knew till now is Amanda Palmer.Just one thing, the link to ''Tie One On' is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-GgB2...
(you gave twice the one ..."
Oops! What a dope I am. Thank you! Sorry. I'll fix it.
Johanna wrote: "Alison wrote: "I unexpectedly went to an interesting event yesterday--The New Zealand Ukulele Festival. My sister-in-law plays the ukulele a bit and we were visiting and she wanted to go to this th...Thank you for sharing this, Alison. Hubby bought an ukulele some time ago, but haven't had time to practice a lot yet. I'm definitely going to show him these links! "
Perhaps he will be inspired! :)
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Ah!! Now the ukulele comment earlier makes perfect sense.
Amanda Palmer just posted this link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mvc86o...
The translation in English in in the comment.
spoken word + modern dance + feminist manifesto screamed by .....ICELANDIC GIRLS?
SOLD SOLD SOLD.
amazed this hasn't blown up.
written by Una Torfadóttir.
Antonella wrote: "Amanda Palmer just posted this link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mvc86o...
The translation in English in in the comment.
spoken word + modern dance + feminist manifesto screamed by .....ICEL..."
That's the one Ame posted earlier, yes? I thought the words and performance to be very powerful, even more so because it was performed by teenagers.
The elevator music from the hotel last Friday gave me an earworm with an aweful tinny version of "I saw three ships come sailing in". It followed me all Saturday and Sunday.
Calathea wrote: "The elevator music from the hotel last Friday gave me an earworm with an aweful tinny version of "I saw three ships come sailing in". It followed me all Saturday and Sunday."Tinny elevator music? Uh, that sounds painful. At least the carol is a nice one. I'm already dreading the overkill of pop ballads during the next weeks ;-)
Calathea wrote: "Antonella wrote: "Amanda Palmer just posted this link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mvc86o...
The translation in English in in the comment.
spoken word + modern dance + feminist manifesto scr..."
I think it has a very interesting message and just forwarded to my college age daughters.. Here is a shorter version with subtitles: http://youtu.be/gbCT4-yCA4k
Calathea wrote: "That's the one Ame posted earlier, yes? "Ooops! That's the link I always thought I should check out at and never did ;-).
Antonella wrote: "Calathea wrote: "That's the one Ame posted earlier, yes? "Ooops! That's the link I always thought I should check out at and never did ;-)."
The message bears repeating though.
Varecia wrote: "Calathea wrote: "The elevator music from the hotel last Friday gave me an earworm with an aweful tinny version of "I saw three ships come sailing in". It followed me all Saturday and Sunday."Tinn..."
I didn't even know there still was something like elevator music! :-D
Calathea wrote: "Antonella wrote: "Calathea wrote: "That's the one Ame posted earlier, yes? "Ooops! That's the link I always thought I should check out at and never did ;-)."
The message bears repeating though."
Yes. As often as possible. So please feel free to post it yet again next week ;)
My daughter asked about 80's music after reading a fashion book and deciding that the 80's were the most awful fashion decade of the last century (not that I would oppose this ;-) In the end we listened to Peter Gabriel's album "So" and I was really surprised how well it held up. My daughter enjoyed the Sledgehammer video very much, it has such a handmade charme to it (and I remember how modern we thought it compared to the other popular videos...).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1tTN...
And another favourite:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkLTw...
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I had fun last year going through my cassettes taped from the radio, using the Shazam app to identify all the proper titles and artists. :-)
Jordan wrote: "I still like Peter Gabriel myself.I had fun last year going through my cassettes taped from the radio, using the Shazam app to identify all the proper titles and artists. :-)"
Clever idea to use Shazam! I can't get over how popular with teens and twenties is music from the 1970s and 80s, which I remember and don't always think much of.
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I had fun last year going through my cassettes taped from the radio, using the Shazam app to identify all the proper titles and artists. :-)"
Cle..."
The 90's were my decade. Followed by the 80's, I think, and then EVERYTHING before the 80's, which includes stuff from the 40's, 50's, 60's, and 70's. Yeah, I like a wide variety of stuff, mostly thanks to my parents.
Thinking about it, one reason I'm surprised that music from the 1970s and 80s remains popular is that when I was a teen in the 1970s in the UK we did not listen to or like any older music. (I have to revise that comment, thinking further -- some people liked the Beetles and others the Rolling Stones, but the Beetles and Stones were the exceptions and I think they were seen as having resulted in the new music we were listening to.)We all liked different types of music (and that was fine) but it was all current music.
HJ wrote: "Thinking about it, one reason I'm surprised that music from the 1970s and 80s remains popular is that when I was a teen in the 1970s in the UK we did not listen to or like any older music. (I have ..."That's interesting. Do you think that it was maybe more difficult than to come by older music? Or the devices to play them on? I remember that my grandparents gave me some gramophone records and I had to organize an old fashioned gramophone first just to listen to them. Today it is so easy to listen to everything - I remember how much time I spent as an older teenager hunting the music from the 20's and 30's I liked. The records were expensive, the nearest shop was in Cologne... Today I just sort through Youtube and consorts and can listen to the most obscure little songs, which is nice.
For much of the time we were using same medium which had been used for the previous decade, vinyl records! But you're so right about how difficult it was to listen to the music you wanted to hear. We really relied on the radio; I can remember listening all day just to hear my current favourite twice or three times, because there was almost no way to just listen to the song you wanted unless you bought the record (and you couldn't buy all of them; in fact, I didn't buy any). We used to listen to the top 20 rundown with fingers poised over the record button on our cassette machines, because that way we could replay the ones we loved. I hated the DJs who talked over the intro or before the end of the song! Mix tapes were a true labour of love.
Varecia wrote: "My daughter asked about 80's music after reading a fashion book and deciding that the 80's were the most awful fashion decade of the last century (not that I would oppose this ;-) In the end we li..."
Yeah! Sledghammer was one of my favourite videos as a kid. It's awesome! :)
HJ wrote: "For much of the time we were using same medium which had been used for the previous decade, vinyl records! But you're so right about how difficult it was to listen to the music you wanted to hear. ..."I also remember listening to the radio and waiting to hear my favourite songs so I could tape them. I was always ready with a tape! Even ten years ago I was still regularly listening to my old tapes. I miss mix tapes! My friends and I used to make mix tapes for each other in high school. Such a labour of love, HJ! I still haven't found a satisfying way to listen to music digitally. I miss having tangible music and it's so hard sometimes to actually find the things I want to listen to in my music collection. I still buy CDs sometimes because I like having the music physically. While I'm at it...hey you kids, get off of my lawn! :)
Here's a random selection of favourite songs I've been listening to lots this week:Feeling Good by Muse (This is one of my favourite covers (songs?) ever. I love the Nina Simone version dearly, but I think this one is powerful in a very different way.):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmwRQ...
Left Hand Free by alt-J (A great song to dance to! This band is so interesting musically, and this song is so different from the rest of their songs.):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRWUo...
Leather by Tori Amos (Classic Tori Amos! A theatrical and gorgeous song.):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5n4j...
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Alison wrote: "Feeling Good by Muse (This is one of my favourite covers (songs?) ever. I love the Nina Simone version dearly."That's why the song was familiar for me! I hadn't realised it...
In keeping with the winter theme audiobooks I've got going, I'm listening to Hoarfrost by Jordan Hawk. The newest one is due to come out soon!!!
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https://twitter.com/starwars/status/6..."
:-D
Ame wrote: "I couldn't find a more proper thread to post this one ;)https://twitter.com/starwars/status/6..."
Aaah, I saw that on Tumblr. I love the song and their rendition is beautiful. :)
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Audible.com:
http://www.audible.com/pd/Fiction/Mur...
Audible.co.uk:
http://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Crime-Thr...
Audible.de
http://www.audible.de/pd/English-Fict...
Johanna wrote: "Murder in Pastel now in audio!Audible.com:
http://www.audible.com/pd/Fiction/Mur...
Audible.co.uk:
http://www.audib..."
Thanks for posting the links, dear! So many Joah audio books recently. I can't keep up. That's kind of a nice problem to have. ;)
Rosamund Pike narrates Pride and Prejudice. The sample is good.http://www.audible.com/pd/Classics/Pr...
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Just ran across this on Tumblr and it's kind of blown me away. I like cover songs, but rarely do they do the original justice-- I think this one might actually be better than the original.The Sound of Silence, by Disturbed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Dg-...
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Audible.com:
http://www.audible.com/pd/Fiction/Mur...
Audible.co.uk:
http://www.audib..."
Yay! I used my JBE prize coupon for Murder in Pastel, since I'd already pre-ordered JBE. I have a crazy number of Josh books. Happy.
So it looks like Audible is finally doing their annual sale. 50% off books or an additional 20% off member price..
Susinok wrote: "Been listening to the Adrien English series as I pack to move.I'm up to The Hell You Say."
I listened to Kit and JX when I was packing to move!
A friend made me listen me these songs:PJ Harvey - Who The Fuck?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxcCN6...
PJ Harvey - Angelene
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ1HHX...
((I don't find an official video))
Antonella wrote: "A friend made me listen me these songs:PJ Harvey - Who The Fuck?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxcCN6...
PJ Harvey - Angelene
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ1HHX...
((I don't find an off..."
I haven't listened to PJ Harvey in ages. Thanks. :)
I'm excited that Season 2 of the 'Serial' podcast is finally here!https://serialpodcast.org/2015/12/sea...
I'm listening to Christmas Kitsch. It's so lovely even if that is a bit lame word to describe the story but it is!But I wonder, did Amy ever write Rex's story? I so want his story ;)
OMG! Just discovered one of my favourite stories is out on audio! My Christmas will be perfect! :)http://www.audible.com/pd/Fiction/Bet...
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Using only his mouth Michael Winslow makes a quite incredible version ofWhole Lotta Love by Led Zeppelin
Here more of his Sound Effects.
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Whole Lotta Love by Led Zeppelin
Here more of his Sound Effects."
LOL
That is a gift!
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We saw international ukulele superstar (yes, there is such a thing!) James Hill play and I was really impressed. He also played one of the coolest Michael Jackson covers I've ever heard. Here's a few tunes by him:
Tie One On
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-GgB...
Billie Jean
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u778g...
Hand Over My Heart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4pJc...
Kashmir (starts after 1.5 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Fga7...