Da Official Discontinuum Music Appreciation Thread

[Cambodia]

Frisbee golf has kinda started taking over my time to write music like I used to.. Dont know if thats a good thing or a bad thing..  

[Guest]

Damon, do you like Jimmy Smith?
I was skeptical that a Hammond B3 could do more than a living room lullaby, but when I heard "Root Down and Get It", I was flabbergasted!

One of his live albums also has a version of "Lets Stay Together" which is pure genius.

[whofarted]

One of his live albums also has a version of "Lets Stay Together" which is pure genius.

little side comment on the Al Green end of things.  for anyone that hasnt heard Al's stuff, it is well worth the 15 dollars that you may pay at a Best Buy or Media Play.  i'd look and feel like the biggest dork if anybody had a vidoe tape of me jamming in my car to some of his tunes.  he certainly brings some soul to the table.

[damonshort]

Damon, do you like Jimmy Smith?
I was skeptical that a Hammond B3 could do more than a living room lullaby, but when I heard "Root Down and Get It", I was flabbergasted!

One of his live albums also has a version of "Lets Stay Together" which is pure genius.

Jimmy Smith pretty much invented jazz organ, and if you asked him he'd tell you so. He died about a year ago.

obit on Jimmy Smith

[Chainmeister]

One of his live albums also has a version of "Lets Stay Together" which is pure genius.

little side comment on the Al Green end of things.  for anyone that hasnt heard Al's stuff, it is well worth the 15 dollars that you may pay at a Best Buy or Media Play.  i'd look and feel like the biggest dork if anybody had a vidoe tape of me jamming in my car to some of his tunes.  he certainly brings some soul to the table.

Jimmy Smith-- the only word that seems to apply is "groovin"  

A few years ago we went to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.  I bought two discs in the gift shop: Pretzel Logic by Steeley Dan and Al Green  Explores Your Mind.  The Rev (Al went from selling sexy sounds to preaching the gospel)is the coolest.  Its like Jobim in one sense-- In one ear it sounds kind of schmaltzy.  In the other ear it sounds sublime.  I suspect that the Rev was spinning when a large number of people lost their virginity in the 70's.

[damonshort]

One of his live albums also has a version of "Lets Stay Together" which is pure genius.

little side comment on the Al Green end of things.  for anyone that hasnt heard Al's stuff, it is well worth the 15 dollars that you may pay at a Best Buy or Media Play.  i'd look and feel like the biggest dork if anybody had a vidoe tape of me jamming in my car to some of his tunes.  he certainly brings some soul to the table.

Jimmy Smith-- the only word that seems to apply is "groovin"  

A few years ago we went to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.  I bought two discs in the gift shop: Pretzel Logic by Steeley Dan and Al Green  Explores Your Mind.  The Rev (Al went from selling sexy sounds to preaching the gospel)is the coolest.  Its like Jobim in one sense-- In one ear it sounds kind of schmaltzy.  In the other ear it sounds sublime.  I suspect that the Rev was spinning when a large number of people lost their virginity in the 70's.

actual quote (edited):

"....Al Green.... if he had one t-- I'd marry that M---" - Miles Davis

[whofarted]

i was flipping through the jazz section at my local library and came across the album by Sun Ra.  from the looks of the cover i thought i was in for something special but when i put it on track one it turned out to be something more like barber shop quartet music than jazz.  a total let down from a cover that looked so good.

[whofarted]

this is a list of 2005's best and worst albums - Buddyhead.com hits nail on the head 90% of the time, especially in the 'worst' category.  the weezer commentary is hysterical...

http://www.buddyhead.com/music/bestof2005/

some of this stuff is pretty lewd, if you get easily offended dont open the link

[Jon Brakel]

I appreciated Maddisen's music this past Saturday at her first contest. She played a solo on the flute, a duet on the flute and a duet on the viola and won a 1st for each.

[whofarted]

so she plays both a string and a wind instrument - thats incredible!  was it a school sponsored thing or private?

[Jon Brakel]

so she plays both a string and a wind instrument - thats incredible!  was it a school sponsored thing or private?

It was a school district sponsored band and orchestra contest.

When Maddisen was in 3rd grade she said she wanted to play the flute but that band didn't start until 5th grade but orchestra started in 4th grade. So she went to the orchestra demo with the thoughts of playing in the orchestra for a year and switching to the band to play the flute in 5th grade. By the end of 4th grade she decided to try to play in the orchestra and the band and has been now for 2 years. She is first chair in both, although there are only two Violas in the 6th grade orchestra, and in the next orchestra concert she gets to play one piece in the chamber orchestra (generally the orchestra for 7th and 8th graders).

She has some actual musical gift in that she can look at the music for her flute and then play the music on the viola. And she's not tone deficient like me because she can write out the corresponding music by listening to it. Of course for these "tricks" she's using 6th grade level music.

[whofarted]

a couple recomendations for your next throwdown - these two compilations come from the West African country of Ghana.  they dont really have lasting power for person listening (it sounds like hyperactive videogame music to me after a while) but it is probably the funkiest background music available - really fun, good vibed, mass produced funk and soul...

[Chainmeister]

I was talking to Mirth about this guy on Sunday.  Matisyahu is an hassidic reggae artist.  My daughter, who is completely areligious, left this guy's CD in my car a few weeks ago.  I was blown away by this guy.  The MTV clip that is below doesn't even come close to some of the stuff I heard on the CD.



http://www.mtvu.com/music/video_premiere/matisyahu/

[Mike S]

I was talking to Mirth about this guy on Sunday.  Matisyahu is an hassidic reggae artist.  My daughter, who is completely areligious, left this guy's CD in my car a few weeks ago.  I was blown away by this guy.  The MTV clip that is below doesn't even come close to some of the stuff I heard on the CD.



http://www.mtvu.com/music/video_premiere/matisyahu/

He's playing the Riviera in a couple weeks.  I waited too long and it sold out, and now tickets are going for like 125-150 dollars.  Who knew this guy would get big so fast.

[whofarted]

and now tickets are going for like 125-150 dollars.  Who knew this guy would get big so fast.

what is this guy all about?  what makes it special?

[Mike S]

and now tickets are going for like 125-150 dollars.  Who knew this guy would get big so fast.

what is this guy all about?  what makes it special?

probably just the novelty of his act.  His appearance is hilarious, wether its supposed to be or not.  But, he is a legitimately talented reggae artist.  I really like his music, I heard his stuff way before I ever saw what he looked like.

[CEValkyrie]

This is what I like.

Rocking song
Kick ass video!

Don't listen or watch at work!!

You have to watch the commercial first.

http://video.craveonline.com/video/?showVideo=1820

[whofarted]

Rocking song
Kick ass video!

that certainly kept my attention!  my buddy offered to drive to madison on tuesday to see those guys, now i kinda wish i would have giving it a bit more thought...

I was talking to Mirth about this guy on Sunday.  Matisyahu is an hassidic reggae artist.  My daughter, who is completely areligious, left this guy's CD in my car a few weeks ago.  I was blown away by this guy.  The MTV clip that is below doesn't even come close to some of the stuff I heard on the CD.

I really like his music, I heard his stuff way before I ever saw what he looked like.

i caught his video at 4am this morning - thought it was a new i pod commercial at first but it kept on going.  cool beats, a great message, and the in the height of yiddish fashion? - that was something else - worth a trip to your local sam goody

[damonshort]

i was flipping through the jazz section at my local library and came across the album by Sun Ra. from the looks of the cover i thought i was in for something special but when i put it on track one it turned out to be something more like barber shop quartet music than jazz. a total let down from a cover that looked so good.

I meant to comment on this earlier. I haven't heard this particular release, but I think it's some early stuff from the  50s. Sun Ra is hard to summarize or really even describe if you never saw him in person... his music has covered a lot of different areas, but I can't say I've heard it referred to as 'barbershop'.    (....what other icon could I use??)

He produced some pretty terrific music but it's definitely an acquired taste.

[whofarted]

I haven't heard this particular release, but I think it's some early stuff from the  50s. Sun Ra is hard to summarize or really even describe if you never saw him in person... his music has covered a lot of different areas, but I can't say I've heard it referred to as 'barbershop'.

yea, it was from the 50's.  i sware to you, there was no drum, bass, or guitar - just dudes singing, and it sounded like barbershop for the few minutes that i listened.   i was reading some jazz reviews online a few weeks later, i think i googled something like '100 best jazz albums', and i saw sun ra listed a few times so i knew that someone was hearing something that i wasnt.  i decided to give it a second chance and picked up 'atlantis', which was pretty high up on thier list, and i thought it was just as weird as that 'singles' one. 

heres one that i have been giving alot of time to in the cd player - it is chuck hedges 'clarinet climax'.  it reminds of something that my grandpa and grandma used to jitter-bug to or the tracks that they used to have on the real old disney cartoons.  real lively and fun music, suitable for all ears.