@ Germanprof: I don't know how much someone needs to know
the background on Sakamoto in order to get this album,
but it seems that even tho it's a jump from his psychedelic days,
it's not much of one from his genre-bending last album which took on
the veneer of slick-slack lounge-exotics. You later learn that the lyrics
are quite apocalyptic. It's a pleasant diversion that doesn't give the
impression of a forced hauntology...but if certain slow leisure suit activities
give you the heebie-jeebies, then it may take some getting used to.
Okay, Bob Dylan fans. I'm seeing the man at the beginning of November, and while I am a fan, I'm anything but a super fan. The day I'm seeing him his new Basement Tapes album with The Band is being released, so I assume he'll be playing a lot of that type of thing. My question is where should I focus my listening leading up to the show?
@cafreema "...so I assume he'll be playing a lot of that type of thing..."
I have seen the man play 25+ times, so I can say this with confidence: assuming Dylan will play anything a casual fan will always result in disappointment. He often re-arranges his songs so that they do not sound like the original recordings, (although they sometimes sound better!) I love watching the crowd at a Dylan show almost as much as the show, since they seem to run through the several steps of grief (denial, anger, acceptance).
The Tour in August and September used almost identical setlists from night to night, which is not his usual practice. My hope is that he varies the shows on the new American tour. Here is an example setlist from the recent tour:
Sydney, Australia
Sydney Opera House
September 8, 2014
1. Things Have Changed
2. She Belongs To Me
3. Beyond Here Lies Nothin'
4. Workingman's Blues #2
5. Waiting For You
6. Duquesne Whistle
7. Pay In Blood
8. Tangled Up In Blue
9. Love Sick
(Intermission)
10. High Water (For Charley Patton)
11. Simple Twist Of Fate
12. Early Roman Kings
13. Forgetful Heart
14. Spirit On The Water
15. Scarlet Town
16. Soon After Midnight
17. Long And Wasted Years
(encore)
18. All Along The Watchtower
19. Blowin' In The Wind
Plong - So what you're saying is I should just enjoy watching Bob Dylan. Can do! Apparently he used to own the venue where I'm seeing him (Orpheum Theater in Minneapolis).
- Excerpted from Important Records 3LP release of John Oswald's epic "ultimate Dark Star" which weaves together 25 years of the Dead's most sought after live song.
This particular section includes layers of the following performances . . . .
Artist: MONO
Title: Recoil, Ignite
Album: Rays of Darkness
Release Date: October 28, 2014
[Side A: (29:10)
- Prolog
- Requiem I
- Requiem II
Side B: (35:02)
Requiem II (continued)
- Ricercar
- Rappresentazione
- Elegia
- Tratto
- Lamento
- Dona Nobis Pacem
Recorded by the Nederlandse Omroep Stichting Hilversum at the Holland-Festival in 1971.
Published by the Kulturkreis im Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie - Stereo 2891 182 (LP)
- "Note: (Words are by Wladimir Majakowski, Sergej Jessenin, Conrad Beyer, Ezra Pound, H.H.Jahnn, Mao, Dubcek, Goebbels, Joyce, Camus, Weöres, Augustine, Hitler, Imre Nagy, Papandreou, Chamberlain, Aeschylus, Wittgenstein, Beatles [Hey Jude] and others...)
(languages - greek, russian, english, french, hungarian, czech, latin, german...)
- "Bernd Alois Zimmermann was born on the 20th March 1918 in Bliesheim near Cologne. He completed his studies at the Schools of Music in Cologne and Berlin with the teachers H. Lemacher and Ph. Jarnach. He received a scholarship in 1957 to visit the Villa Massimo. From 1958 onwards he taught composition and held a seminary for film and radio music at the Cologne Musikhochschule. He was awarded the Forderungspreis (for music) by the State of Nordrhein-Westfalen. Zimmermann died on the 10 August 1970 in Lovenich near Cologne."
Seeing all the Bob Dylan comments above reminded me that I downloaded this from Amazon UK a couple of days ago for £1.99 but didn't play it then. Over the last few months they have had some early Dylan album each available for a couple of weeks or so at £1.99 so I'm trying to build up my back catalogue of albums that I had originally as LPs decades ago.
Lately, I've been making too many playlists honoring musicians who've recently died,
but whether it's been Joe Sample, Jackie Cain or Kenny Wheeler, they've lived
a pretty good long life - 75 to 86 years old. Now, I'm coming to terms with the
death of a master musician who was only 45 years old - a man who just kept
getting more amazing and whom I expected to be able to give the world at
least 40 more years of his amazing musicianship.
In the eighties, I remember sitting in a favorite Indian restaurant and being
gobsmacked by what I was hearing over their sound system. Who was this
seasoned professional player of this stringed instrument? When I was shown
the cover of the cassette, I wondered why this child was featured on its cover.
Was this the performer's young son? ...and why would he feature the child over
himself. My quest began to find more recordings - going to every Indian food
and/or video store I could find to grab up more of this wonderful food for the soul.
Since those days, I've had the chance to see Uppalapu "Mandolin" Srinivas -
simply known as U. Srinivas - a couple of times in concert. When he last
arrived in town in May of last year, I couldn't make it to the show (and figured
that he'd be back again in a couple of years - he was only 44, so yes, he was
bound to come back, right?), but I had told a friend who was a member of the
local Indian music society that he really should go see him for his first time.
Some here may remember his work with Remember Shakti and Michael Brook
plus various wonderful soundtracks. He made nearly 50 recordings and now Srinivas is gone - complications that arose after a liver transplant yesterday.
That first long track is mesmerising. Just bought it on Google Play, where it can be bought as a single track. Embarking on the second epic now.
ETA, I note that the cover art pegs it as "classical" which makes sense. Emusic have it filed as "Rock/Pop".
Yes, it's Carnatic music. I only picked that one
because I just happened to be listening to it
while writing. It's a bit difficult to choose a
starting point from so much masterwork.
Is there a particular album that might be good to check out next, especially for contrast?
NP:
Fossil Aerosol Mining Project - 17 Years in Ektachrome
This is great so far. Ambience, field recordings, various chitterings, a dislocated sense of place.
Comments
the background on Sakamoto in order to get this album,
but it seems that even tho it's a jump from his psychedelic days,
it's not much of one from his genre-bending last album which took on
the veneer of slick-slack lounge-exotics. You later learn that the lyrics
are quite apocalyptic. It's a pleasant diversion that doesn't give the
impression of a forced hauntology...but if certain slow leisure suit activities
give you the heebie-jeebies, then it may take some getting used to.
amc2 - I liked it too on my first play, so playing for a second time to see if I still like it.
Three discs of BYG free jazz craziness for 5.84 in eMu dollars. That is Don Cherry in the propeller hat and goggles.
Craig
Perfect Pussy - Say Yes to Love
Craig
I have seen the man play 25+ times, so I can say this with confidence: assuming Dylan will play anything a casual fan will always result in disappointment. He often re-arranges his songs so that they do not sound like the original recordings, (although they sometimes sound better!) I love watching the crowd at a Dylan show almost as much as the show, since they seem to run through the several steps of grief (denial, anger, acceptance).
The Tour in August and September used almost identical setlists from night to night, which is not his usual practice. My hope is that he varies the shows on the new American tour. Here is an example setlist from the recent tour:
Sydney, Australia
Sydney Opera House
September 8, 2014
1. Things Have Changed
2. She Belongs To Me
3. Beyond Here Lies Nothin'
4. Workingman's Blues #2
5. Waiting For You
6. Duquesne Whistle
7. Pay In Blood
8. Tangled Up In Blue
9. Love Sick
(Intermission)
10. High Water (For Charley Patton)
11. Simple Twist Of Fate
12. Early Roman Kings
13. Forgetful Heart
14. Spirit On The Water
15. Scarlet Town
16. Soon After Midnight
17. Long And Wasted Years
(encore)
18. All Along The Watchtower
19. Blowin' In The Wind
Lester Bowie, tp. flh. perc.
Roscoe Michell, ss. as. bsx. cl. fl.perc.
Joseph Jarman, ss. as. cl. ob. fl. vib. perc.
Malachi Favors, b. bj. dm. perc.
Not sure who gets the credit for "yelling"
Bob Dylan - The Basement Tapes
Craig
Highly recommend the full album, A Jackson In Your House.
Artist: MONO
Title: Recoil, Ignite
Album: Rays of Darkness
Release Date: October 28, 2014
"
Helge Lien Trio - Badgers and Other Beings
Nice new release.
The engineer just left and my internet service just went from 1.5 MBPS to 12 MBPS.
Wooo! I want to download the internet.
I'll start with Sequence 8."
NP, some Keith Jarrett Trio.
[Side A: (29:10)
- Prolog
- Requiem I
- Requiem II
Side B: (35:02)
Requiem II (continued)
- Ricercar
- Rappresentazione
- Elegia
- Tratto
- Lamento
- Dona Nobis Pacem
Recorded by the Nederlandse Omroep Stichting Hilversum at the Holland-Festival in 1971.
Published by the Kulturkreis im Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie - Stereo 2891 182 (LP)
- "Note: (Words are by Wladimir Majakowski, Sergej Jessenin, Conrad Beyer, Ezra Pound, H.H.Jahnn, Mao, Dubcek, Goebbels, Joyce, Camus, Weöres, Augustine, Hitler, Imre Nagy, Papandreou, Chamberlain, Aeschylus, Wittgenstein, Beatles [Hey Jude] and others...)
(languages - greek, russian, english, french, hungarian, czech, latin, german...)
- "Bernd Alois Zimmermann was born on the 20th March 1918 in Bliesheim near Cologne. He completed his studies at the Schools of Music in Cologne and Berlin with the teachers H. Lemacher and Ph. Jarnach. He received a scholarship in 1957 to visit the Villa Massimo. From 1958 onwards he taught composition and held a seminary for film and radio music at the Cologne Musikhochschule. He was awarded the Forderungspreis (for music) by the State of Nordrhein-Westfalen. Zimmermann died on the 10 August 1970 in Lovenich near Cologne."
Seeing all the Bob Dylan comments above reminded me that I downloaded this from Amazon UK a couple of days ago for £1.99 but didn't play it then. Over the last few months they have had some early Dylan album each available for a couple of weeks or so at £1.99 so I'm trying to build up my back catalogue of albums that I had originally as LPs decades ago.
Caroline-Murmurs
One of those albums you don't listen to for a couple of years, great elecronica
My second £1.99 download on Thursday
but whether it's been Joe Sample, Jackie Cain or Kenny Wheeler, they've lived
a pretty good long life - 75 to 86 years old. Now, I'm coming to terms with the
death of a master musician who was only 45 years old - a man who just kept
getting more amazing and whom I expected to be able to give the world at
least 40 more years of his amazing musicianship.
In the eighties, I remember sitting in a favorite Indian restaurant and being
gobsmacked by what I was hearing over their sound system. Who was this
seasoned professional player of this stringed instrument? When I was shown
the cover of the cassette, I wondered why this child was featured on its cover.
Was this the performer's young son? ...and why would he feature the child over
himself. My quest began to find more recordings - going to every Indian food
and/or video store I could find to grab up more of this wonderful food for the soul.
Since those days, I've had the chance to see Uppalapu "Mandolin" Srinivas -
simply known as U. Srinivas - a couple of times in concert. When he last
arrived in town in May of last year, I couldn't make it to the show (and figured
that he'd be back again in a couple of years - he was only 44, so yes, he was
bound to come back, right?), but I had told a friend who was a member of the
local Indian music society that he really should go see him for his first time.
Some here may remember his work with Remember Shakti and Michael Brook
plus various wonderful soundtracks. He made nearly 50 recordings and now
Srinivas is gone - complications that arose after a liver transplant yesterday.
emusic if you're interested.
There are plenty of YouTube links as well.
I've spent most of last night and today with him already:
ETA, I note that the cover art pegs it as "classical" which makes sense. Emusic have it filed as "Rock/Pop".
because I just happened to be listening to it
while writing. It's a bit difficult to choose a
starting point from so much masterwork.
NP:
Fossil Aerosol Mining Project - 17 Years in Ektachrome
This is great so far. Ambience, field recordings, various chitterings, a dislocated sense of place.
This is a bit of nice contrast from the classical Carnatic style.
Here's a You Tube vid of a very young Srinivas.
This is from "Dance" with Michael Brook.
This has U. Srinivas with D. Bhattacharya (whom I'm going to go see tonight!).
...and this is with Remember Shakti
as well as this.
...and here's an amazing lineup! (with the greats, Bhattacharya and Shivkumar Sharma).