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Uncle's top 10 tracks for December, 2006
Dez 15 2006, 17h30
Hark!, oh ye persona with too much time on thy hands and voila!, devoted reader and LastFM aficionado: here is my list for this month!
For one or perchance another reason, this month was a relaxed one for me- musically spoken, of course. No heavy metals, no heavy symphonics and certainly not much experimentations or even expectations.
What was pooped out was the following list of light-hearted tracks. Acoustic guitars abound!
01) I'm a poor lonesome cow-boy
Many people of about my age will be struck in the face by a blow of instant recognition hearing this little song. In case it rings a bell but you're lost in some echoey crevice: it's the title song from the animated series of Lucky Luke.
Way back when, in my little-snot years, I liked this show a lot and I have remembered the song through the years since. It wasn't since a couple of weeks ago that I decided to look for an mp3 of it.
The experience of hearing the track again was engrossing and silly enough to become one of my favorites of the month.
Ring-a-dingy-dingy-dong...
Lone-Some Cow-Boy, Lone-Some Cow-Boy, You're A Long Long Way From Home...
Classic. When I sing along with this, a foolish kind of grin grows on my face. I suppose it's quite an experience to behold.
Please note that the music in the vid is not precisely the same as the Claude Bolling mp3 I have.
02)
Tribute
Well, we all know this song, right? "The D" will never in their long, lazy, lubricious life write anything as close to brilliance as with this silly, wonderful song. Wait, what am I saying? Close to? Screw "close to" - this is brilliance.
Add up the whimsical, but fantastical lyrics, the orgasmic build-up - stolen from Stairway to Heaven but who cares? - add the sing-along quality and the really upbeat melodies and well... you get one of the best singles of modern popmusic I love to check out when I feel blue.
There will not be much modern popmusic in these lists so you might want to stop and light a candle at this moment.
03) To Ride, Shoot Straight and Speak the Truth
This is as heavy as it gets this month, folks. While loud, heavy and very much rock 'n' roll, there's an almost polka-like excitement to this. Especially in the baseline. Erm, this makes no sense I suppose, but this that's how I feel about it.
Here's the evidence, your honor:
(Note that this is live and not studio-quality sound, alas!)
04)Fast (2)
Layering Different Sounds On Top Of Each Other
This is a quote that will make sense if you listen to track 9 of my list very closely. The Orb are masters of sampling and blending, but the grandmaster of layering is Steve Reich.
The track featured here is from Electric Counterpoint. It is made from tape tracks of chords played on classical guitar, layered on top of each other. The effect is a sort of floating dream state. Absolutely lovely.
05) Gris Gris Gumbo Ya Ya
Music from way back when!
They call me Dr. John, known as the Night Tripper
And a trip this is! Not weird or chaotic, never fast or blurry. To me, this is post orgasmic chill incarnate. The pace is lethargic, the instruments sexy, Dr. John's voice raw but sensual. "Gris Gris Gumbo Ya Ya" is soft skin against stubbly, pain turned pleasure, time turned sticky and will leave you sweaty with chill. Easier than a Sunday morning.
06) Just Like A Woman
Honest to God: I don't like Bob Dylan anymore. But I do like Dylan the way he was back in the day. This is my top tune- easy drums, slow guitars and harmonica solos. It's one of his better-known songs so you might know it already. If you do you'll agree with me. For sure, dude.
07) Black Market
Getting on with the minimalist, repetitive vibe, here's the first film music of the list. "Black Market" is an episode from the sci-fi series Battlestar Galactica (Awesome show, check it out)
Call it Philip Glass with electric guitars: a simple melody, played over and over, slowly growing and evolving. This track should be available on LastFM radio, seriously.
One of the best pieces of music from the entire series, and that's saying something, because BSG has outstanding music throughout.
08) A Gringo Like Me (Vocal Peter Tevis)
An unknown title song for an unknown spaghetti western, spelling c-h-e-e-s-y all over. But cheesy is fun, especially if Ennio Morricone penned the music. This song is in the same vein as "Poor Lonesome Cow-Boy" but meant to be much more epic and heroic. It's joy instead. I sing along with this all the time.
09)Earth Orbit One - Little Fluffy Clouds
If you listened my list back-to-back you'll get a pleasant sensation of deja-vu at this point. Parts of Steve Reich's "Fast (2)" are sampled into this masterpiece of electronic chill-out music from the early nineties.
This is considered one of the classics of the genre- give it a listen and you'll grasp why immediately: The Vocal.
The Vocal? Yep!
It's a woman's voice (sampled from an interview and zero % acted out) relating the magnificent skyscapes she saw in her youth. The Orb cut and pasted this monologue in such a manner that it sounds as though she is part chanting, part singing her story. She is not though: she is actually struggling to find the right words and expressions, but you can't tell at all:
you're too busy kissing the sky.
The woman is actually Rickie Lee Jones.
10) Is Dit Alles?
An "unplugged" cover of the Doe Maar song, it seems to be more appropriate on this list than the original ska version.
Chances are you don't understand Dutch, but that won't get in your way of loving the vibe. Hell, you can even sing along, I think!
As easy and laid back is this happens to be, I thought it was a perfect coda to the music that came before.
On a closing note: if you're reading my journals and want to hear the music I listen to, contact me on Soulseek, my username is: BBW (keep the capitalization!)
For one or perchance another reason, this month was a relaxed one for me- musically spoken, of course. No heavy metals, no heavy symphonics and certainly not much experimentations or even expectations.
What was pooped out was the following list of light-hearted tracks. Acoustic guitars abound!
01) I'm a poor lonesome cow-boy
Many people of about my age will be struck in the face by a blow of instant recognition hearing this little song. In case it rings a bell but you're lost in some echoey crevice: it's the title song from the animated series of Lucky Luke.
Way back when, in my little-snot years, I liked this show a lot and I have remembered the song through the years since. It wasn't since a couple of weeks ago that I decided to look for an mp3 of it.
The experience of hearing the track again was engrossing and silly enough to become one of my favorites of the month.
Ring-a-dingy-dingy-dong...
Lone-Some Cow-Boy, Lone-Some Cow-Boy, You're A Long Long Way From Home...
Classic. When I sing along with this, a foolish kind of grin grows on my face. I suppose it's quite an experience to behold.
Please note that the music in the vid is not precisely the same as the Claude Bolling mp3 I have.
02)
TributeWell, we all know this song, right? "The D" will never in their long, lazy, lubricious life write anything as close to brilliance as with this silly, wonderful song. Wait, what am I saying? Close to? Screw "close to" - this is brilliance.
Add up the whimsical, but fantastical lyrics, the orgasmic build-up - stolen from Stairway to Heaven but who cares? - add the sing-along quality and the really upbeat melodies and well... you get one of the best singles of modern popmusic I love to check out when I feel blue.
There will not be much modern popmusic in these lists so you might want to stop and light a candle at this moment.
03) To Ride, Shoot Straight and Speak the Truth
This is as heavy as it gets this month, folks. While loud, heavy and very much rock 'n' roll, there's an almost polka-like excitement to this. Especially in the baseline. Erm, this makes no sense I suppose, but this that's how I feel about it.
Here's the evidence, your honor:
(Note that this is live and not studio-quality sound, alas!)
04)
Fast (2)Layering Different Sounds On Top Of Each Other
This is a quote that will make sense if you listen to track 9 of my list very closely. The Orb are masters of sampling and blending, but the grandmaster of layering is Steve Reich.
The track featured here is from Electric Counterpoint. It is made from tape tracks of chords played on classical guitar, layered on top of each other. The effect is a sort of floating dream state. Absolutely lovely.
05) Gris Gris Gumbo Ya Ya
Music from way back when!
They call me Dr. John, known as the Night Tripper
And a trip this is! Not weird or chaotic, never fast or blurry. To me, this is post orgasmic chill incarnate. The pace is lethargic, the instruments sexy, Dr. John's voice raw but sensual. "Gris Gris Gumbo Ya Ya" is soft skin against stubbly, pain turned pleasure, time turned sticky and will leave you sweaty with chill. Easier than a Sunday morning.
06) Just Like A Woman
Honest to God: I don't like Bob Dylan anymore. But I do like Dylan the way he was back in the day. This is my top tune- easy drums, slow guitars and harmonica solos. It's one of his better-known songs so you might know it already. If you do you'll agree with me. For sure, dude.
07) Black Market
Getting on with the minimalist, repetitive vibe, here's the first film music of the list. "Black Market" is an episode from the sci-fi series Battlestar Galactica (Awesome show, check it out)
Call it Philip Glass with electric guitars: a simple melody, played over and over, slowly growing and evolving. This track should be available on LastFM radio, seriously.
One of the best pieces of music from the entire series, and that's saying something, because BSG has outstanding music throughout.
08) A Gringo Like Me (Vocal Peter Tevis)
An unknown title song for an unknown spaghetti western, spelling c-h-e-e-s-y all over. But cheesy is fun, especially if Ennio Morricone penned the music. This song is in the same vein as "Poor Lonesome Cow-Boy" but meant to be much more epic and heroic. It's joy instead. I sing along with this all the time.
09)
Earth Orbit One - Little Fluffy CloudsIf you listened my list back-to-back you'll get a pleasant sensation of deja-vu at this point. Parts of Steve Reich's "Fast (2)" are sampled into this masterpiece of electronic chill-out music from the early nineties.
This is considered one of the classics of the genre- give it a listen and you'll grasp why immediately: The Vocal.
The Vocal? Yep!
It's a woman's voice (sampled from an interview and zero % acted out) relating the magnificent skyscapes she saw in her youth. The Orb cut and pasted this monologue in such a manner that it sounds as though she is part chanting, part singing her story. She is not though: she is actually struggling to find the right words and expressions, but you can't tell at all:
you're too busy kissing the sky.
The woman is actually Rickie Lee Jones.
10) Is Dit Alles?
An "unplugged" cover of the Doe Maar song, it seems to be more appropriate on this list than the original ska version.
Chances are you don't understand Dutch, but that won't get in your way of loving the vibe. Hell, you can even sing along, I think!
As easy and laid back is this happens to be, I thought it was a perfect coda to the music that came before.
On a closing note: if you're reading my journals and want to hear the music I listen to, contact me on Soulseek, my username is: BBW (keep the capitalization!)
