music time

Who knew that musical zippers require extensions to maintain pitch?

Another of my recent favorite lyrics going back the the Strumbellas:

Cowboy hats and crooked teeth, with a six shootin' pistol just outta my reach.

I mean, c'mon! Lyrical gold!

Um, with the best will in the world, Kevin, after reading your post here, I don't think Beethoven's music has anything at all to worry about as far as being forgotten.  (And for heaven's sake, don't you dare suggest that his Ninth Symphony should be played with men's zipper flies!    )

I like music in all it's great forms. Don't make me get out my didgeridoo!

Actually, I like many forms of music.  A few exceptions would be rap, hip-hop, progressive jazz, and anything discordant.  However, this is still magic:  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QDViACDYxnQ.

Who knew that musical zippers require extensions to maintain pitch?

Another of my recent favorite lyrics going back the the Strumbellas:

Cowboy hats and crooked teeth, with a six shootin' pistol just outta my reach.

I mean, c'mon! Lyrical gold!

Um, with the best will in the world, Kevin, after reading your post here, I don't think Beethoven's music has anything at all to worry about as far as being forgotten.  (And for heaven's sake, don't you dare suggest that his Ninth Symphony should be played with men's zipper flies!    )

I like music in all it's great forms. Don't make me get out my didgeridoo!

A digeridoo in the right hands can be great.  Here is the Walk Off the Earth cover of Bruno Mars, Catch a Grenade where Giani Luminati (interesting name) uses guns and knives as ruthym instruments as well as excellent use of a looper.

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

This morning while getting my less-than-optimum shave, I was soothed somewhat by listening to the Oboe Quartet in F from the Philips Complete Mozart Edition. It also made me feel some sadness from giving up playing my oboe and finally selling the instrument a few years ago.

This morning while shaving I listed to Enrico Caruso singing Ave Maria in 1913, on my CD player.  I'm not sure why, I was just in the mood.

Understandable. I listen to opera on occasion while shaving, as well as French Cafe music (especially from the 40s) as well while shaving. It's not something I usually do any other time. They just fit well together.

I can only imagine how Caruso would sound had he been recorded with modern equipment.

This morning while shaving I listed to Enrico Caruso singing Ave Maria in 1913, on my CD player.  I'm not sure why, I was just in the mood.

Understandable. I listen to opera on occasion while shaving, as well as French Cafe music (especially from the 40s) as well while shaving. It's not something I usually do any other time. They just fit well together.

I can only imagine how Caruso would sound had he been recorded with modern equipment.

Yes, and Wikipedia says, "Caruso died before the introduction of higher fidelity, electrical recording technology in 1925. All of his recordings were made using the acoustic process, which required the recording artist to sing into a metal horn or funnel which relayed sound directly to a master disc via a stylus. This process captured only a limited range of the overtones and nuances present in the singing voice. Caruso's 12-inch acoustic recordings were limited to a maximum duration of around four and one half minutes. Consequently, most of the selections that he recorded were limited to those that could be edited to fit this time constraint. Longer selections were occasionally issued on two or more record sides."

It was said the Caruso's voice continuously improved over his lifetime, despite the fact that he was a heavy smoker of strong Egyptian cigarettes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDSLR9PVWxg

Was listening to the Pickin' on Zeppelin album(s) last night... studio Bluegrass musicians covering Zeppelin? Perfect!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_1Rhq874tk

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1100QINlo4

Cool Strumbellas - here's some more Canadian content, Walk Off The Earth You might remember them from their rendition of Somebody That I used To Know where they had something like 6 of them playing one guitar at the same time.  

Lives on my block and drives an IROC. Awesome!

I know right?  Check out this cover of Adele's Hello, the use of the zipper on the flies of the two guys on the ends as a rythym instrument is very creative.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT7MOirwZdM

That's pretty darn cool! I still find this to be the best cover of Hello.  

https://youtu.be/LtQUJMBH8uE