May 18, 20224 yr Author @skullguise mentioned elsewhere that today is the anniversary of Ian Curtis's death in 1980. RIP to the legend.
May 19, 20224 yr I've listened to several Joy Division things today, including some early material when they went by the name Warsaw. For several years they were my favorite band, and are still up there in the top 5..... Probably my favorite song by them is Decades, the last song on the Closer album. In hindsight, knowing of Ian's suicide, this is such a powerful song to me. There is a keyboard "solo" towards the end that just sounds so frail...and of course the lyrics are very fateful..... EDIT: and the first single that new Order had post-JD was Ceremony/In A Lonely Place. Written while they were still Joy Division....the B-side is also incredibly powerful lyrically and in mood. Again, especially in hindsight....and it was the last demo ever recorded by the group apparently Lyrics: Caressing the marble and stone Love that was special for one The waste in the fever and heat How I wish you were here with me now Body that curls in and dies Hardship that often belies Warm like a dog round your feet How I wish you were here with me now Hangman looks round as he waits Cord stretches tight then it breaks Someday we will die in your dreams How I wish we were here with you now Edited May 19, 20224 yr by skullguise
May 21, 20224 yr Feel good music Antonio, this is fusion, albeit pretty easy listening, you might like: T-Square 2022 and 2021 albums, Wish and Fly! Fly! Fly!
May 21, 20224 yr T-Square - Wish 2022 Yup, very easy listening, reminds a lot of the 80's Shakatak, Mezzoforte, and the like. Rather adequate when your brains are oxygenating below 90%
May 24, 20224 yr Live Susanna, David Wallumrød 2021 https://album.link/i/1568506306 Example: An interesting set of classics - make me interested in other albums.
May 26, 20224 yr Morricone: Cinema Suites for Violin and Orchestra Marco Serino, Orchestra Haydn di Bolzano e Trento, Andrea Morricone 2022 https://album.link/i/1593642933 Example:
May 27, 20224 yr Patty Gurdy -- Irish electric hurdy-gurdy playing ginger Her collaboration with symphonic metal band Scardust is fantastic -- I love the Celtic influence (I love the goofball bassist and silly drummer faces, but I relate more to the way-too-morose guitarist and keyboardist.) xPropaganda -- 80's band Propaganda reincarnate with ZTT and Stephen Lipsom -- synthpop with MILFs, Dusty like:
May 27, 20224 yr Propaganda is one of my all-time favorites. I'm also enjoying xPropaganda for what it is, but it still pales in comparison to A Secret Wish. There is some similarity in sound but to me it's more like some of Claudia Brucken solo work mixed with a dose of the original Propaganda. A fair bit on unspoken controversy around the original band, from the mid-80's through multiple attempts at reunions. Even now....Ralf Dorper is a member of the FB group for them, and occasionally pops in with some truths, that weren't "installed by the machine." I really wish they all got along and stayed together, always wonder what could have been.....
May 29, 20224 yr On 5/27/2022 at 7:02 AM, skullguise said: Propaganda is one of my all-time favorites. I'm also enjoying xPropaganda for what it is, but it still pales in comparison to A Secret Wish. There is some similarity in sound but to me it's more like some of Claudia Brucken solo work mixed with a dose of the original Propaganda. Agreed, no argument. That said, how do I say this? In the style of Zang Tumb Tuum PR I'm enjoying it for what it is, rather than not enjoying it for what it is not.
May 29, 20224 yr Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64, TrV 233 (Live) Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Vladimir Jurowski 2021 https://album.link/i/1576539630 I liked the recording and performance, but frustrating to listen to on TIDAL (which does not have gapless playback, and this album has 22 tracks). So, there were these little pauses every two to five minutes as it changed tracks. So, to sooth myself.... Cool Water And Seventeen Timeless Western Favorites Sons Of The Pioneers 1960 https://album.link/i/438067373 aaahhhhh....
May 30, 20224 yr Remember for those 20 or so months when Ryan Adams was the shit? Edited May 30, 20224 yr by blessingx
May 30, 20224 yr On 5/29/2022 at 4:47 PM, mikeymad said: Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64, TrV 233 (Live) Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Vladimir Jurowski 2021 https://album.link/i/1576539630 I liked the recording and performance, but frustrating to listen to on TIDAL (which does not have gapless playback, and this album has 22 tracks). So, there were these little pauses every two to five minutes as it changed tracks. aaahhhhh.... That sucks that you experience it that way, I'm listening to it now via Tidal, and I'm not hearing any gaps. That said, I have experienced that in the past, and it's maddening, so I sympathize. Me, some thrash prog: https://tidal.com/browse/album/217042404
May 31, 20224 yr 5 hours ago, Dusty Chalk said: That sucks that you experience it that way, I'm listening to it now via Tidal, and I'm not hearing any gaps. That said, I have experienced that in the past, and it's maddening, so I sympathize. Me, some thrash prog: https://tidal.com/browse/album/217042404 Thanks Dusty - I tested the Album on the mobile App and it plays gapless. I guess they have not gotten that figured out for the website yet (mostly stream from my computer). I just tried and downloaded the Windows app, and it has the same functionality as the website. So, good to know - in the future for continuous playback I will use my phone. I hope that they have it under development for the website/App as well.
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