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Marc
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Apr 17, 2016 09:08AM
you know the Islamic regime ruling Mali have declared war on its musicians and persecute them remorselessly?
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Fuck, no. That's appalling.My ignorance of world politics is equally appalling.
Even more reason to listen to and share his music!
absolutely.There's a new documentary about Malis' fine tradition of music and the terror it is facing called "They Will Have To Kill Us First"
I will look for that, thanks Marc.Not that watching it will make me feel any less powerless.
Patti (baconater) wrote: "And now it's someone called Ali Farka Toure.Malian guy.
I'm enjoying this immensely. Reminds of Youssou N'dour.
Magic."
Talking Timbuktu with Ry Cooder?
Yep. Listening to Nothing's in Vain Youssou N'Dour now, though.
Have I told you the story of seeing him live in Kampala?
Ry Cooder is truly an American Treasure. His contribution to music both nationally and internationally, is stunning. He is fearless in his support of musicians, even breaking the law to play with Cuban musicians.
Patti (baconater) wrote: "Yep. Listening to Nothing's in Vain Youssou N'Dour now, though.
Have I told you the story of seeing him live in Kampala?"
You told me and I'm still envious.
Do you lot know Richard Thompson has a new album out?Called 'Still'.
There's a song about me on it.
Track 3
Patti (baconater) wrote: "Do you lot know Richard Thompson has a new album out?Called 'Still'.
There's a song about me on it.
Track 3"
https://youtu.be/CwpRRvJ7OsM
Ooo, have to get that.Listening to Raw Sienna by Savoy Brown this morning. I'd forgotten how good they are.
Patti (baconater) wrote: "Do you lot know Richard Thompson has a new album out?Called 'Still'.
There's a song about me on it.
Track 3"
he wrote about me years ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0vJN...
Just heard Talk about the Passion by REM on radio 6 on way to work. Superb. Used to listen to REM a lot in my pre digital days, must revisit.
Listened to BTO II by Bachman-Turner Overdrive this afternoon. Listening to Long Road Out of Eden by The Eagles. I suppose it's their last album. Bugger, at least they finished off well.
old school hip-hop Schooly-D "Smoke Some Kill"
Listening to Out of the Blue by ELO.
Geoff (G. Robbins) (The noisy passionfruit) wrote: "Listening to Out of the Blue by ELO."That brings back memories!
Jeff Lynne and his wooman came into a shop where I was working in Edinburgh, a good few years ago. They were wearing matching jumpsuits and aviators. In that 'don't look at us, we're totally not famous' kind of way.
What sort of a shop was it?
http://www.studio-one.co.uk/Seems to have changed slightly since I was there, but it was fairly trendy homeware and foreign design ware. And lots of cookware before the supermarkets did it all. Brioche mould, anyone?
I would prefer if my brioche wasn't mouldy, to be honest.
I can do you a nice brioche mould if you give me a few days.
No thanks Patti. I'll manage without.
I'm listening to what purports to be a progressive rock album by the french group Travelling, Voici La Nuit Tombee. Sounds more like a jazz fusion album, actually, Quite good.
Grateful Dead. For friggin hours now.
Patti (baconater) wrote: "Grateful Dead. For friggin hours now."They have enough material recorded for a few more days, at least. How wonderful for you.
I'm truly blessed.Now it the friggin groundhogs.
Patti (baconater) wrote: "I'm truly blessed.Now it the friggin groundhogs."
I have a triple album of the Liberty Years. I do hope it's that. Oh, the joy!
We spent a few hours after dinner taking turns choosing and playing music.Had to say why we chose the song.
It's interesting how eclectic my friends' taste in music is.
Patti (baconater) wrote: "We spent a few hours after dinner taking turns choosing and playing music.Had to say why we chose the song.
It's interesting how eclectic my friends' taste in music is."
and that was without me being there!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4ouP...
Jim wrote: "and that was without me being there!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4ouP... "
Nice video, Jim. Always liked Focus. Jan Akkerman's guitar skills have always been underrated. I once saw him live and he broke a string. He just immediately worked around it until the end of the song when he nipped out the back and replaced it.
Listening to Greenslade this morning. The Bedside Manners are Extra album.
On the subject of eclectic, I'm now listening to What's Going On? by Marvin Gaye. Understandably considered one of the greatest albums ever made.
Some Marvin Gaye was played last night.I'm currently being inflicted with Tom Waits.
I like Tom Waits.
Rosemary the fourth plinth wrote: "I like Tom Waits."Me too.
The trouble with this version of What's Going On? is that it's the 40th Anniversary Edition, which translates to a load of extra tracks that got left out of the original album because they just weren't good enough, for the most part.
Just been listening to some Prince. Specifically a live version of Motherless Child which was rather good. A sad loss. Crap story but wife and I had our honeymoon in New York. Prince was playing at Madison Square Garden while we were there. I chose tickets for the Knicks instead. It was a stunning night but would be a much better story now to be able to say we saw Prince live.
David wrote: "Vambo Rools"Coming to the rescue?
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Geoff (G. Robbins) (merda constat variat altitudo)
(last edited May 02, 2016 07:45AM)
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This afternoon's fayre is Rory Gallagher. Defender.Saw him years ago at a concert in Birmingham. His van full of equipment was broken down on the M6. He'd grabbed his guitar and an amp and showed up. He told the audience the story and that everyone was going to get their money back, but he was going to carry on alone. A load of people left!
They missed one of the great evenings of rock n roll.
Peter Green.Mellowing out nicely In The Sky.
Dave and I and a few others had a conversation today about music. As we do.We realised that due to circumstances, we haven't a clue about contemporary music.
Funny thing is, the youf we spend time with seem to be into Queen and the Beatles and that ilk.
My kids ear wormed me with Bohemian Rhapsody all week!
The big question is, have we influenced them, or are they influencing us?
Or are we living in an impenetrable ex-pat bubble?
Please, no. Not that again...
No. It's because good music is good music. People will be listening to the Beatles (and probably Abba) in 300 years time. Like Mozart.They won't be listening to JayZ.
Did you really, seriously, compare the Beatles to Abba???Yep. completely fair comparison, in my opinion.
I do wonder if, in the bubble our kids live in, if they are shielded from contempary music, though.
I'd hate for our kids to miss out on a decade of poplular culture. They're set adrift enough without that as well.
It's difficult to deal with isolation as an adult. Empathising with what the kids need to acclimate with as young adults is rather terrifying from my point of view.
I reckon their ignorance stands them in good stead.
It's true, Rosemary, it's all in the quality. Popular music peaked long before the youngsters were born, so it's hardly surprising that they hark back to it when they compare it to the contemporary music available now.There are some stand outs, but they are so few and far between, whereas years ago there were so many of them you couldn't follow them all.
Patti (baconater) wrote: "I'd hate for our kids to miss out on a decade of poplular culture. They're set adrift enough without that as well...."Not sure. I commuted between two utterly different worlds travelling from home to school, and was always at least semi-detached from popular culture. Some stuff passed me by entirely, for example I was eight before I watched/played soccer. (At home about the only sport my Dad bothered with was the rugby and life is too busy to sit and watch telly on an afternoon)
What I discovered was it was easy enough to bluff, but actually there's always some gobby beggar who likes the sound of their own voice who'll talk enough for three or four so you didn't actually have to say anything and you picked up enough to help you with your bluffing.
I suppose by the time I was ten I could have written a book on surviving in school, an alien environment :-)
Good point. One doesn't have to travel far to encounter an alien environment.
Listening to the album Pup Tent by Luna. Good 90's alternative rock.
Yay, a week of listening to Dave's crappy music played through shitty speakers coming up.
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