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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 29, 2019 19:53:16 GMT
That was excellent. I'm glad you are not stuck in old music like so many other people "our" age.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Jul 19, 2019 18:37:42 GMT
Hated it initially....now love it.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 19, 2019 18:47:17 GMT
That is most definitely very intriguing. I can see how if it played several times on the radio on a road trip, just about anybody would be hooked. Having just listened to it this one time so far, I am not yet infected, but if I hear it again there is definitely a danger.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Jul 19, 2019 18:55:53 GMT
Yes...and I still can't pick out more than a few words
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 19, 2019 19:13:36 GMT
I'm here to help.
[Verse 1] Dead Love couldn't go no further Proud of and disgusted by her Push shove, a little bruised and battered Oh Lord I ain't coming home with you
[Verse 2] My life's a bit more colder Dead wife is what I told her Brass knife sinks into my shoulder Oh babe don't know what I'm gonna do
[Chorus] I see my red head, messed bed, tear shed, queen bee My squeeze The stage it smells, tells, hell's bells, miss-spells Knocks me on my knees It didn't hurt, flirt, blood squirt, stuffed shirt Hang me on a tree After I count down, three rounds, in hell I'll be in good company
[Verse 3] Dead Love couldn't go no further Proud of and disgusted by her Push shove, a little bruised and battered Oh Lord I ain't coming home with you
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Jul 19, 2019 19:16:47 GMT
Well thank you kindly young man.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 19, 2019 19:18:10 GMT
Of course that made me listen to the song again, and I immediately saw that some of the lyrics are missing.
Definitely growing on me.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Jul 19, 2019 19:20:14 GMT
it'll get to you in the end ....Jeff found it and has been playing it over and over...
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Post by lugg on Feb 15, 2020 18:09:23 GMT
I thought I would post it here because its new - not necessarily a favourite of mine though. I think I need to listen to it a few times more to make a decision. Certainly its had a good reception from some critics. She certainly has a huge fan base amongst younger people.
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 15, 2020 18:47:36 GMT
I feel the same way. I watched the video yesterday and was not enthralled, but I am very much aware that these James Bond songs grow on you over time.
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Post by casimira on Feb 15, 2020 22:54:02 GMT
I really, really enjoyed that and am prompted to explore more of her material. Thank you!
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 15, 2020 23:23:51 GMT
I'm trying not to reject it out of hand, just because she's so highly regarded. So far, it's not doing it for me though. Don't really know where to put this. It's a new favorite for me, but as becomes apparent in the video, it's quite an old song. I find the whole thing entirely lovely. Also found a good translation: lyricstranslate.com/en/alma-mia-soul-mine.html
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Post by lugg on Feb 17, 2020 18:49:57 GMT
So sad but yet hopeful - quite lovely Bixa.
Glad you enjoyed it Casi - what do you think about her other work?
Me too K2 going to have to listen a few times - there are parts that are so traditionally Bond but some quirky parts too.
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Post by kerouac2 on Mar 11, 2020 20:06:00 GMT
I continue to be a huge fan of the Scottish band Biffy Clyro and can't wait for their new album t come out about two months from now.
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Post by lagatta on Apr 24, 2020 13:28:50 GMT
I don't know if Ghost Town will be a favourite later on, but like some of our very own anyporters, the bluesy song and visuals (mostly of London, but also other world cities) certainly capture the strange mood and silences where there is usually such life:
Ghost Town, by the Stones (duh).
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 24, 2020 21:04:15 GMT
Ghost Town really does capture the feel of this time!
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Jun 5, 2020 16:11:46 GMT
Hannah is the daughter of a friend of mine. Her Mummy shared this beautiful piece on her fb page and I've got the lovely Hannah's permission to post it on here
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 6, 2020 4:23:25 GMT
Wow -- that is lovely!
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Post by lugg on Jun 11, 2020 9:24:05 GMT
It's a really lovely song Cheerie.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 10, 2020 17:58:19 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 31, 2020 15:13:26 GMT
Now for some fun. I guess these should really be called New Olde Favorytes. There are tons of them, some with lyrics, some not, as you'll see in the sidebar. Click on any one in the sidebar and more will come up. This one is great, not least because it is in Old French ~
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 31, 2020 15:39:31 GMT
It is fun, but some of the old French annoys me. Also the pronunciation of certain words is very far from French reality -- but some of them are similar to the horrendous Québécois pronunciations of certain words. So, yes, it's fine.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 31, 2020 16:19:17 GMT
If you go directly to the youtube link you can join the chorus of people commenting on the pronunciation. Some of the comments are quite amusing.
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Post by fumobici on Aug 1, 2020 5:05:39 GMT
Why do Parisians enjoy making sport of rustic Quebecois and provincial pronunciations? After (Parisian) French classes in school I basically learnt French pronunciation watching "French" language SRC television from Montreal for many hundreds of hours, one of the *very* few signals I could get on the rabbit ears back in the 70s-80s. I still like the sound of the Quebec language; Parisian French sounds a little stuffy and formal by comparison.
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 1, 2020 5:08:53 GMT
Did you sing along to the Meson en Orleans, Fumobici?
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Post by lagatta on Aug 2, 2020 1:12:42 GMT
SRC is far from rustic. I wilfully unread Kerouac's comment because there is no way I speak or write as he suggests. Those accents still exist in rural areas of Québec and the Acadian regions. Sometimes they interview workers and farmers from remote regions, who do have hints of those rustic accents, but far, far less nowadays.
Other than a spectacular rise in educational attainment here since the 1960s, another important change (shared with other francophone countries) has been the arrival of francophones (who most often have another native language, but also young French, Belgians etc) which has dramatically changed the tone and cadence of spoken French here.
What really makes me cringe here is media personalities who deliberately speak an uneducated "joual" which hasn't been spoken for at least 50 years in urban areas. Not to mention franglais. Speak French, English, Spanish, Greek, Italian, Arabic, whatever but don't make an unintelligable mishmash.
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Post by lagatta on Oct 7, 2020 0:40:02 GMT
A lovely gospel-based (but far more) new favourite from South Africa. What a voice!
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Post by kerouac2 on Nov 11, 2020 21:00:26 GMT
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Nov 26, 2020 16:56:45 GMT
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Nov 26, 2020 17:01:26 GMT
Not a particularly lovely tune...but my son sent it to me and it made me laugh...a bit.
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