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Re: Song of the Week

den2k8815-Jan-16 0:38

den2k88

15-Jan-16 0:38

I really can't choose between "Freedom!", "Brutal Planet" and "Love is a loaded gun".

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Re: Song of the Week

BillWoodruff14-Jan-16 23:40

BillWoodruff

14-Jan-16 23:40

Sander Rossel wrote:
The melody also reminds me of Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber

What are you smoking ? That video is nothing but visual titillation and a bunch of loops.

«Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.» Benjamin Franklin

Re: Song of the Week

Sander Rossel15-Jan-16 0:00

Sander Rossel

15-Jan-16 0:00

BillWoodruff wrote:
hat video is nothing but visual titillation and a bunch of loops.

I never said anything about the video... Smile | :)

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Re: Song of the Week

Sander Rossel15-Jan-16 0:57

Sander Rossel

15-Jan-16 0:57

By the way Bill, so far you've only let me know what music you DON'T like.
So what DO you like?

I know it's nothing with a beat or distorted guitars.
The only thing you had to say about Samuel Barber is that I must be smoking something so I am inclined to rule out classical music as well.
You didn't reply to my jazz track of last week, so you either didn't listen to it or maybe you actually like jazz?

Whatever genre you like will be my song of next week (unless it's really something awful, like ballads) Big Grin | :-D

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Re: Song of the Week

BillWoodruff16-Jan-16 7:34

BillWoodruff

16-Jan-16 7:34

Hi Sander,

I owe you an apology for ragging on your song choices too much. So, there, I apologize, and I appreciate the warm dignity of this response to my tresspass !

Musical tastes are just that: "tastes," and they should be respected. And, our tastes do change with age. I had the good-fortune-and-curse to come of age in the halcyon years of the 1960's in California,and to hear, in person, some of the greats including Janis Joplin, Beautiful Day, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, John Maclaughlin and Shakti, Ali Akbar Khan, Procul Harum, Jeffeson Airplane, The Eagles, The Beach Boys, Little Richard, James Brown, B. B. King, King Crimson, Neil Young, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pandi Chaurassia, Paco de Lucia, Al DiMeola, Sabicas, Montoya, and so forth. But now, with around 900 moons mileage on this sack of bones-and-meat, my tastes have really shifted

By the way, I love Barber's Adagio, and I've always felt it was "near in spirit" to Albinoni's Adagio in G Minor.

Here's an example of the kind of music that interests me most these days:

Cerik Erdogan playing a maqqam on fretless guitar: [^].

I really enjoy the music of the Norwegian composer Oystein Sevag, and his often frequent collaboration with guitarist Lakki Pattey, as on this track: [^].

And, I like listening to "ecstatic music" from the "middle-east:" like this concert by Hossein Alizadeh & Hamavayan 92 [^].

My favorite music "to program to" is the album by American composer David Parsons, "Ngaio Gamelan," very influenced by his deep immersion in Balinese music [^].

So, you may see, now, why I don't post a "song of the week," and I will shut-up about yours Smile | :)

cheers, Bill

«Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.» Benjamin Franklin

Re: Song of the Week

Sander Rossel16-Jan-16 23:54

Sander Rossel

16-Jan-16 23:54

BillWoodruff wrote:
I owe you an apology for ragging on your song choices too much. So, there, I apologize

No need Bill, everyone is entitled to their opinion, although I much appreciate it Big Grin | :-D

BillWoodruff wrote:
years of the 1960's in California,and to hear, in person, some of the greats

Some great ones indeed! I listen to some of them on regular basis! The Doors, Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix...

BillWoodruff wrote:
By the way, I love Barber's Adagio, and I've always felt it was "near in spirit" to Albinoni's Adagio in G Minor.

Didn't know that song. Looked it up and it sounded familiar. Apparently Sarah Brightman's Anytime, Anywhere[^] is based on it. It's been used quite a lot by other artists too. And according to Wikipedia and the song I found on YouTube it's wasn't actually composed by Albinoni, but by his biographer Remo Giazotti who found some scribbles from Albinoni and used them to compose this song.
Nevertheless I see the resemblance in spirit with Barber's Adagio.
And Albinoni/Giazotto's Adagio reminds of other great baroque pieces like Vivaldi's seasons, Bach's Air, and Pachelbel's Canon in D. For some reason it also reminded me of Holt's Planets suite, Venus in particular.
Good one Thumbs Up | :thumbsup:

BillWoodruff wrote:
Cerik Erdogan playing a maqqam on fretless guitar: [^].

To me this sounds like random notes being randomly plucked on a guitar. They do this in rock too and I really can't hear anything in it except complete randomness... So this certainly won't be my song of the week.

BillWoodruff wrote:
I really enjoy the music of the Norwegian composer Oystein Sevag, and his often frequent collaboration with guitarist Lakki Pattey, as on this track: [^].

Now this I like! It's very new age and soothing. And his solo work is also quite synth-y. I'm guessing this guy also really likes Enigma and Vangelis and, to a lesser extent, Enya, Yanni, Era... Which is a good thing Smile | :)

BillWoodruff wrote:
And, I like listening to "ecstatic music" from the "middle-east:" like this concert by Hossein Alizadeh & Hamavayan 92 [^].

This is well out of my comfort zone. The most Middle-Eastern music I've heard is from The Beatles and some psychedelic trance DJ's Laugh | :laugh:

Instrumental I'm really liking it. I'm not always happy about the singing though. The part at around 50 minutes is really awesome even with the singing!

BillWoodruff wrote:
My favorite music "to program to" is the album by American composer David Parsons, "Ngaio Gamelan," very influenced by his deep immersion in Balinese music [^].

Also pretty new age and soothing. I think I've heard of David Parsons before (and I'm not confusing him with Alan Parsons).

Did you pick up this taste in music in Thailand?

BillWoodruff wrote:
So, you may see, now, why I don't post a "song of the week,"

No I don't, this stuff is at least as interesting as your literary ramblings! You should post about it more often Wink | ;)

BillWoodruff wrote:
and I will shut-up about yours

If you don't have anything nice to say it's best to say nothing at all, otherwise I'm as much interested in your opinion as everyone else's Smile | :)

I'm going to leave you with some Norwegian sami by Mari Boine, something I picked up while I was on vacation there.
You might like it: Mari Boine - Vuoi Vuoi Mu[^]

Thanks for sharing!

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Re: Song of the Week

908236515-Jan-16 2:23

9082365

15-Jan-16 2:23

BillWoodruff wrote:
visual titillation

In view of the apparent absence of the requisite ... er ... accoutrements, I'm not sure that's really the word for it!

I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!

Re: Song of the Week

Richard Deeming15-Jan-16 2:34

Richard Deeming

15-Jan-16 2:34

OK, I guess a static monochrome picture of an old guy might be someone's idea of "visual titillation", but I don't hear any loops. Poke tongue | ;-P

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Re: Song of the Week

BillWoodruff16-Jan-16 11:11

BillWoodruff

16-Jan-16 11:11

Hi Richard, I wonder if we saw the same video. Sander's link took me to a YouTube video which attempted (but failed, imho) to be erotic complete with close-ups of certain nether "zones."

«Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.» Benjamin Franklin

Re: Song of the Week

Richard Deeming18-Jan-16 1:09

Richard Deeming

18-Jan-16 1:09

You missed the joke icon; I was referring to the Adagio video. Your message made it look like you were claiming that was the video which was "nothing but visual titillation and a bunch of loops". Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

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Re: Song of the Week

908236515-Jan-16 2:22

9082365

15-Jan-16 2:22

Sander Rossel wrote:
The melody also reminds me of Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber

Wow. A real tin ear! That explains a lot! Poke tongue | ;-P

I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!

FOSW OTD 15-1-2016

Mark Parity14-Jan-16 22:16

Mark Parity

14-Jan-16 22:16

A VERY simple one for a Friday.

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Is it really that difficult or is nobody bothered enough to solve it, or does nobody want to set another one on Monday? Confused | :confused:

modified 15-Jan-16 7:53am.

Re: FOSW OTD 15-1-2016

Manfred Rudolf Bihy14-Jan-16 22:35

Manfred Rudolf Bihy

14-Jan-16 22:35

But urologist only has 9 letters! Wink | ;)

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Re: FOSW OTD 15-1-2016

pkfox16-Jan-16 23:15

pkfox

16-Jan-16 23:15

Answer please ?

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Re: FOSW OTD 15-1-2016

Mark Parity16-Jan-16 23:32

Mark Parity

16-Jan-16 23:32

pkfox wrote:
Answer please ?

See the other thread started yesterday.

The answer is CodeProject see if you can work it out now you know the answer.

I thought it was an easy one. Smile | :)

MQOTD

V.14-Jan-16 21:47

14-Jan-16 21:47

Movie Quote Of The Day

Men are attracted to flawed women too of course, but their illusion is that they can fix them. They just want to be entertained. The truth about women is that you can do anything to them except bore them.

Which movie?

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Re: MQOTD

HobbyProggy14-Jan-16 21:54

HobbyProggy

14-Jan-16 21:54

Rambo V : The bored AK47

Rules for the FOSW ![^]

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Re: MQOTD

RUs12314-Jan-16 23:59

RUs123

14-Jan-16 23:59

This is my rifle, there are many like it, but this one is mine... Big Grin | :-D

Re: MQOTD

rah_sin14-Jan-16 21:54

rah_sin

14-Jan-16 21:54

The Counselor

rahul

Re: MQOTD

V.14-Jan-16 21:58

14-Jan-16 21:58

did you look it up?

You dó know the goal is not to guess correct, right?

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Re: MQOTD

rah_sin14-Jan-16 22:00

rah_sin

14-Jan-16 22:00

Very true

rahul

Re: MQOTD

OriginalGriff14-Jan-16 21:59

OriginalGriff

14-Jan-16 21:59

The idea isn't to give the right answer - anyone with access to Google can do that - but to give a wrong answer for entertaining reasons! Laugh | :laugh: