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J.S. Bach, Sonata for violin solo 1 in g min., Adagio, played by Janine Jansen:

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Brahms, 2nd Sonata for Clarinet and Piano played by Van Jaarsveld and Heemsbergen.

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Schubert, Die Taubenpost, transcription for piano by Liszt, played by Valentina Lisitsa:

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When she sings high notes. Her voice takes on a particularly ecstatic quality in the upper register. For her, above the staff would be G on up (treble clef). The highest note in this piece is a B natural I believe (might be a B-flat), it comes at the end. Shivers me timbers when she does that.

Like when the cat gets in the way and you step on her tail.

Sorry... you know, I really try to like voice, but we have perfected instruments that surpass what a voice sounds like on the outside. Like drumming, singing is meant to be experienced by the performer. At best, it is just a way to get the meaning of the words to resonate inside your skull.

But if music is sex, then:

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When she sings high notes. Her voice takes on a particularly ecstatic quality in the upper register. For her, above the staff would be G on up (treble clef). The highest note in this piece is a B natural I believe (might be a B-flat), it comes at the end. Shivers me timbers when she does that.

Like when the cat gets in the way and you step on her tail.

Sorry... you know, I really try to like voice, but we have perfected instruments that surpass what a voice sounds like on the outside. Like drumming, singing is meant to be experienced by the performer. At best, it is just a way to get the meaning of the words to resonate inside your skull.

Sez you. Frankly, I don’t know what you’re talking about.

Anyway, Carl Nielsen came up on another thread, I’ve never been a huge fan, but the 1st movement of his 2nd symphony always hits the spot:

Dragonfly, you’ve really been on a roll the last couple days…or rather, you’ve been on the wing?

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Dragonfly, you’ve really been on a roll the last couple days…

Yup, sometimes I get the urge to cast some pearls on OL.

or rather, you’ve been on the wing?

On wings of song - or auf Flügeln des Gesanges: another transcription by Liszt, this time of that song by Mendelssohn:

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Like drumming, singing is meant to be experienced by the performer. At best, it is just a way to get the meaning of the words to resonate inside your skull.

Sez you. Frankly, I don’t know what you’re talking about.

Ah! So, when it comes to music, you are a socialist: music is something that other people do for you, not something you do for yourself.

OK. I know what you are talking about. I grew up going to Cleveland Orchestra concerts at Severance Hall. We all like to listen, you know, but, when you get right down to it, music happens inside you, or ... well, it happens inside me, even if it does not happen inside you.

And sopranos sound like cats in heat, which you think is how a teenage girl sounds climaxing. My experience is a lot of heavy breathing, not so much yowling, but obviously we dated different girls.

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Ah! So, when it comes to music, you are a socialist: music is something that other people do for you, not something you do for yourself.

Your interpretations of what people write are often bizarre, you know that, right? Do you do this on purpose, and do you put effort into it? Socialist? Sounds more like a normal division of labor system, could be capitalist or socialist.

My experience is a lot of heavy breathing, not so much yowling, but obviously we dated different girls.

I’m certain we did, but I suspect the difference in our experiences is related to our disparate levels of physical endowment and skill.

On wings of song,

my love, I'll carry you away

to the fields of the Ganges

Where I know the most beautiful place.

There lies a red-flowering garden,

in the serene moonlight,

the lotus-flowers await

Their beloved sister.

The violets giggle and cherish,

and look up at the stars,

The roses tell each other secretly

Their fragant fairy-tales.

The gentle, bright gazelles,

pass and listen;

and in the distance murmurs

The waves of the holy stream.

There we will lay down,

under the palm-tree,

and drink of love and peacefulnes

And dream our blessed dream

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I suspect the difference in our experiences is related to our disparate levels of physical endowment and skill.

There is no need to apologize, certainly not to me.

It is not that I do not enjoy "classical" music. I do, indeed, the full range of it, from the medieval to the modern. I even have recreations of ancient Greek music. But here in southeast Michigan, we have Arab-language radio and I like their music, also, especially as electronic or techno. Knowing the ancient music, I can hear how it evolved in both the East and the West. For the millennium, Time magazine, I think, called Western classical music one of the 100 best inventions of the last 1000 years.

We tend to see only the named composer ... Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Bartok ... as lone geniuses. We never see them as entrepreneurs and directors of organizations. They had students, all of them. No one could do all of that manuscripting and sheeting by hand alone. (Similarly, Nobel laureates are often creators of eponymous laboratories where their ideas become realizations.) The composers whom we admire were, indeed, lone geniuses. But what it is about the performance that we admire? The way it makes us feel? I suppose so. You and Dragonfly never post a video to say, "Watch the second violinist" or "Listen to the oboe." You seem to take it all in as a gestalt of oceanic wash -- and that's fine, as far as it goes. For me, the beauty is in the structure, not the facade.

That is why I prefer to watch the orchestra, not just listen to the music. Same way with sports. I'm not any kind of jock, can't name a single Tiger. Redwing or Piston. But when I watch, I like it live so that I can follow the ball rather than having the camera show me what someone else wants me to see. I like to watch the percussionist reading along for her cue, taking out her triangle, tapping it, damping it, and putting it away. ... oh, sex again...

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OK. I know what you are talking about. I grew up going to Cleveland Orchestra concerts at Severance Hall. We all like to listen, you know, but, when you get right down to it, music happens inside you, or ... well, it happens inside me, even if it does not happen inside you.

And sopranos sound like cats in heat, which you think is how a teenage girl sounds climaxing. My experience is a lot of heavy breathing, not so much yowling, but obviously we dated different girls.

Ah, the good old Cleveland Orchestra. Best orchestra in the world, for my buck. I mean, the George Szell years were legacy, and they have always gone through changes, but, they have two great homes--Severance got a wonderful makeover, and then of course there is Blossom Music Center.

I guess some sopranos sound like cats, but it depends on the soprano. Not for sissies. I've heard a lot of them, especially during the time I spent with Lyric Opera Cleveland. And also, there's nothing like a good mezzo.

But speaking of singers, the non-highbrow stuff can tickle the ivories. Here's a sweet Tori Amos video:

Lyrics:

"Winter"

Snow can wait

I forgot my mittens

Wipe my nose

Get my new boots on

I get a little warm in my heart

When I think of winter

I put my hand in my father's glove

I run off

Where the drifts get deeper

Sleeping beauty trips me with a frown

I hear a voice

"Your must learn to stand up for yourself

Cause I can't always be around"

He says

When you gonna make up your mind

When you gonna love you as much as I do

When you gonna make up your mind

Cause things are gonna change so fast

All the white horses are still in bed

I tell you that I'll always want you near

You say that things change my dear

Boys get discovered as winter melts

Flowers competing for the sun

Years go by and I'm here still waiting Withering where some snowman was

Mirror mirror where's the crystal palace

But I only can see myself

Skating around the truth who I am

But I know dad the ice is getting thin

When you gonna make up your mind

When you gonna love you as much as I do

When you gonna make up your mind

Cause things are gonna change so fast

All the white horses are still in bed

I tell you that I'll always want you near

You say that things change my dear

Hair is grey

And the fires are burning

So many dreams

On the shelf

You say I wanted you to be proud of me

I always wanted that myself

He says

When you gonna make up your mind

When you gonna love you as much as I do

When you gonna make up your mind

Cause things are gonna change so fast

All the white horses have gone ahead

I tell you that I'll always want you near

You say that things change

My dear

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Eminem and Lil Wayne - No Love

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiuIqhz-n-c

Florence and the Machine - The Dog Days Are Over

"leave all your lovin', your lovin' behind! you can't carry it with you if you want to survive!"

Metric - Gold Guns Girls

Watch 'til the end.

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes - Home

i just posted a video that has the song in it, because I think the official video sucks, but the song rocks.

50 Cent and the Game - Hate it or Love It

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In our English class we had an exchange teacher from Scotland who played some Hamish Imlach songs to us.

Here's one of my favorites: 'Cod Liver Oil and The Orange Juice'.

We probably would not have understood much without the teacher's help in translating and explaining ... ;)

Cod Liver Oil And The Orange Juice

(Ron Clark / Carl McDougall)

Oot o' the East there came a hard man

Oh oh, a' the way frae Brigton

Ah haw, glory hallelujah

Cod liver oil and the orange juice

He went intae a pub, an' he cam oot paralytic

Oh oh, VP [or Lanliq] an' cider

Ah haw, what a helluva mixture ...

(Spoken: Sex rears its ugly head now ...)

Does this bus go tae the Dennistoun Palais

I'm looking for a lumber

Ah haw, glory hallelujah ...

(Eyes up the talent ... and lo and behold!)

In the dancin' he met Hairy Mary

Oh oh, the floo'er o' the Gorbals

Ah haw, glory hallelujah ...

(Chats her up ...)

Oh noo Mary, are ye dancin'

Naw, naw, it's jist the way ah'm stannin'

Ah haw, glory hallelujah ...

(Rebuffed ...)

Oh Mary, yer wan in a million

Oh oh, so's yer chances

Ah haw, glory hallelujah ...

(Rebuffed again!)

Well then Mary, can ah run ye hame

Oh oh, ah've got a pair o' sandshoes

Ah haw, yer helluva funny ...

(Never say die ... sways aboot nonchalantly,

picks his nails wi' his bayonet -

and hew knocks it off!)

Doon through the back close an' intae the dunny

It wasnae for the first time

Ah haw, glory hallelujah ...

Then oot cam her mammy, she's goin' tae the cludgie

Oh oh, ah buggered off sharpish

Ah haw, glory hallelujah ...

Hairy Mary looking for her hard man

Oh oh, he's jined the Foreign Legion

Ah haw, Sahara an' ra camels ...

Then Hairy Mary had a little baby

Oh oh, its faither's in the Army

Ah haw, glory hallelujah ...

(East - Glasgow's east end; Brigton - the Glasgow suburb of Bridgeton)

(VP, Lanliq - cheap fortified wines)

(Dennistoun Palais - dance hall in the east end suburb of Dennistoun)

(Gorbals - former Glasgow inner-city slum district)

(sandshoes - sneakers)

(dunny - tenement passage or basement)

(cludgie - shared toilet in tenement blocks)

As sung by Hamish Imlach

http://mysongbook.de/msb/songs/c/codliver.html

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This has to be one of the most interesting threads that I have had the time to go over from start to finish.

It is approaching five years in length.

It has links and references to some phenomenal music spanning several genres. It is a lot spotty on jazz, unfortunately.

Moreover, it seemed to start with a sheer childlike innocence with Kori, Angie, Kat and a few others just expressing pure exuberance and freely placing link after link of great popular music.

I truly enjoyed it.

One post had Leonard Cohen and Judy Collins singing Suzanne. Cohen is no singer, but he is the lyricist of Hallelujah which has been a recent topic of conversation, and, enjoyment at my residence since Barbara's birthday, when I posted the "Free Hugs" video which had that song as the background. It was also in Shrek.

At any rate, many artists have performed this piece, including it's author[he is no singer], K.D. Lang performed the song with a perfect passion that is unmatched in my opinion. Every once in a while everything comes together for an artist and this was one of those instances, please enjoy her perfect performance :

Here are the lyrics. The wiki link is here and it goes into the biblical references as well as the incremental progression within the song:

"Hallelujah", in its original version, is a song in "12/8 feel", which evokes the styles of both waltz and gospel music. Written in the key of C major, the chord progression follows the lyric "it goes like this, the fourth, the fifth, the minor fall, and the major lift": C, F, G, A minor, F.[1]

Cohen's original version contains several biblical references, most notably evoking the stories of Samson and traitorous Delilah from the Book of Judges as well as the adulterous King David and Bathsheba[2]: "she cut your hair" and "you saw her bathing on the roof, her beauty in the moonlight overthrew you".[1]

"Hallelujah"

I've heard there was a secret chord

That David played, and it pleased the Lord

But you don't really care for music, do you?

It goes like this

The fourth, the fifth

The minor fall, the major lift

The baffled king composing Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Your faith was strong but you needed proof

You saw her bathing on the roof

Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you

She tied you to a kitchen chair

She broke your throne, and she cut your hair

And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

Baby I have been here before

I know this room, I've walked this floor

I used to live alone before I knew you.

I've seen your flag on the marble arch

Love is not a victory march

It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

There was a time you let me know

What's really going on below

But now you never show it to me, do you?

And remember when I moved in with you

The holy dove was moving too

And every breath we drew was Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Maybe there’s a God above

But all I’ve ever learned from love

Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you

It’s not a cry you can hear at night

It’s not somebody who has seen the light

It’s a cold and it’s a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

You say I took the name in vain

I don't even know the name

But if I did, well really, what's it to you?

There's a blaze of light in every word

It doesn't matter which you heard

The holy or the broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

I did my best, it wasn't much

I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch

I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you

And even though it all went wrong

I'll stand before the Lord of Song

With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Adam

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"Prophecy" by Front Line Assembly

"Worlock" by Skinny Puppy (this is a fan-made video set to clips from Neon Genesis Evangelion... the original video is blocked unless you log in. Additionally, they call it "Warlock" but the actual spelling of the song is "Worlock")

"MK Ultra" by [:SITD:] (yes, the punctuation is part of the spelling)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v25ad8vnfus

And also, from an Industrial group from Australia that I recently saw live (and met one of them; the singer Pete Crane, a great guy), "The End (Part 1)" by Shiv-R

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"Death Cures All Pain" - Originally by Suicide Commando but this is the [:SITD:] Remix. More subtle and quiet than the original version, but really good nonetheless. I'd say its up there with the original, possibly even better.

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Damn LV:

How did you get the film from the Rick Perry fundraiser so fast!!

I am impressed!

Adam

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Damn LV:

How did you get the film from the Rick Perry fundraiser so fast!!

I am impressed!

Adam

Lol.

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Mikee:

Good tune. I love that electric banjo.

Adam

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Just came across this perfect rendering of this song. The verse is more for the time earth is opposite the current position in its orbit, at least in this hemisphere, but I don't want to wait till we get back around to the other side. Too eager to share this, so you have it now. Perfection.

Samuel Barber, composer

James Agee, poet

Andrew Swait, boy soprano

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Sure on this shining night

Of starmade shadows round,

Kindness must watch for me

This side the ground.

The late year lies down the north.


All is healed, all is health.


High summer holds the earth.

Hearts all whole.


Sure on this shining night I weep for

wonder wand'ring far

alone

Of shadows on the stars.

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