The Somewhat Delayed Song Thread

[Lat-Literal]

Purely by coincidence, my first post on returning to this forum included a track on "Fog On The Tyne".

I did ask myself a few questions beforehand. Little did I know it would be a perfect fit for all things 3.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Virelai, I say unto you:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io123qVOCJo

... or should it be ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKCixB3zaX0

... or even in fancy dress ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPzaaiS-aZA

... but, please not:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31jAFxH2hzE

[Lat-Literal]

A great soul record, with an unusual musical feature.

More or less, it has a major verse, and minor chorus, a rather unusual pattern.

anybody got any other well known examples?

Elton John and the Beatles both have both used this pattern successfully.

An interesting challenge.

I wandered across the net and was disappointed to find very little. Beyond the Justin Timberlakes, it is as you say the Beatles, Elton John etc etc and I also looked at the Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations" and, no, it isn't really. There might be one by the Pet Shop Boys. One thing that I didn't know was that "Grace" by Jeff Buckley is on the GCSE syllabus. That's a bit of everything vis a vis structure, tonality etc but then there is a Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan influence in much of his work. The CD divides people. I think it's exceptional:

Jeff Buckley - Grace: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3adFWKE9JE

You with your rock music background might appreciate this link too which I'm sure isn't just in my imagination although it went through a big blender between 1975 and 1994:

Gordon Giltrap - Heartsong: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tx8J5nBRck

[EdgeleyRob]

Played on Breakfast yesterday ER and you could say it caused a bit of a rumpus!!!!!!

Ah

[Lat-Literal]

"It's All in the Game" was a 1958 hit for Tommy Edwards. It has also been recorded by Louis Armstrong, Van Morrison, Cliff Richard, Cass Elliot, Dinah Shore and many others. Carl Sigman composed the lyrics in 1951 to a wordless 1911 composition entitled "Melody in A Major," written by Charles Dawes, later Vice President of the United States under Calvin Coolidge. It is the only No. 1 pop single to have been co-written by a U.S. Vice President or winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. The Four Tops' version entered the UK chart in 1970:

Four Tops - It's All in The Game - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpru7TscCZ0

[teamsaint]

top class.

[Lat-Literal]

top class.

As it is a Friday night, can I do that "Seagull" song by Bill Callahan again?

Thanks!

Bill Callahan - Seagull - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxggnPfEaSw

[EdgeleyRob]

Britten,Concord.
More a dance than a song I suppose,well it's a choral dance,so song and dance.

[teamsaint]

As it is a Friday night, can I do that "Seagull" song by Bill Callahan again?

Thanks!

Bill Callahan - Seagull - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxggnPfEaSw

Thanks Lat, really enjoyed that a lot.
I don't know his work at all, so must try some more.

Here's something excellent from the brilliant Flaming Lips.

[Lat-Literal]

Thanks Lat, really enjoyed that a lot.
I don't know his work at all, so must try some more.

Here's something excellent from the brilliant Flaming Lips.

The Flaming Lips have given me a lot of pleasure including the moment when Mr Coyne was rolled in a gigantic ball from Lulworth Castle. I have been lucky enough to see them in their animal costumes but have never been to one of their crazy balloon events. Apart from his name - Wayne - being unexpected and oddly appropriate, he and his band have been wonderfully idiosyncratic. No one else since the 1990s has combined delicate indie pop sensibilities, the (post?) avant-garde and epic Germanic pomp rock that most had laughed away many years ago. But then their humour has been a key element at a time when it has gone seriously out of fashion. Ditto pathos. And they hit the big time at ages when many are drawing pensions which to my mind adds to their appeal. There does have to be a word about Coyne's voice. You don't need a strong voice in pop/rock music as long as you have an affecting one but the voice needs to stand up where it matters. No one would deny he has often struggled with the latter but it still works because there is just so much colour and imagination and emotion and fun. Certainly willing him to carry it all off is a big part of the live experience. The further out they venture the more of a party on a rollercoaster it all becomes. And as anyone who saw Nina Simone in her later years would testify the sheer tension in unpredictability always makes for a very memorable night!

Anyhow, that isn't a dig at the latter. The outstanding Nina Simone in the 1970s with a song by George Harrison. It is another "Only Women Bleed". Actually it may be the first one:

Nina Simone - Isn't It a Pity - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLn3FT9BsRs

(My goodness, I had forgotten how utterly brilliant that rendition is, I've just played it twice and "utterly" isn't even my sort of word, hope other people find it enjoyable too)

[EdgeleyRob]

William Alwyn / Metronome

[Conchis]

top class.

Sometimes, words are inadequate to describe just how great Scott Walker was/is.

[teamsaint]

Sometimes, words are inadequate to describe just how great Scott Walker was/is.

even given your potentially wordless state, Conchy, I would be interested in your views on SW, and thoughts on his music.
For myself, I love his free spirit, musically speaking.


groovy number here from Eliza Carthy. Wish i could play that bass line.

[Pulcinella]

Late joining this thread, so allowing myself two songs in this first posting, the first well known, the second perhaps less so.

RVW: Silent Noon
Howells: King David

Both can bring a tear to the eye.

[gurnemanz]

even given your potentially wordless state, Conchy, I would be interested in your views on SW, and thoughts on his music.
For myself, I love his free spirit, musically speaking.


groovy number here from Eliza Carthy. Wish i could play that bass line.

Reminds me of a favourite late Emmylou Harris album Stumble into Grace



Ref George Harrison above: Long, Long, Long, Beatles White Album - haunting and neglected gem, which I recently rediscovered. Found a nice cover

Barbara Bonney; Verschwiegene Liebe - Hugo Wolf. Exquisite

At the other extreme, delicious raunch from Lucinda Williams Passionate Kisses
and even more so: : Essence "I am waiting here for more..."

Also Joni Mitchell: Case of You - "you are in my blood like holy wine"

Am See (Schubert ) with Karl Erb - a little masterpiece contemplating infinity. I love the fadaway end: Sterne, gar viele. (Stars, lots of them!)
Similarly, the famous Nacht und Träume. I love Nancy Argenta with Melvyn Tan on fortepiano.