Members Stackabones Posted October 2, 2009 Members Share Posted October 2, 2009 What has influenced you in the past ... or since the last FIT? * Dreamer! Is this some slacker complaining, or is it a plea, or is an accusation? Wonderful song that has so much going on in just over three minutes. That spaced-out, dreamy middle section effectively uses the two different voices -- is it an internal dialogue or is it the real world vs the individual? The middle section is finely crafted and detailed. Great falsetto throughout. Pay attention to the role the drums play in the various sections of the song. Note the structure, which is essentially AABA. It's a classic rock radio staple, but it hardly has anything in common with classic rock. See if you can listen to it with fresh ears. [YOUTUBE]-1auRCameVY[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rsadasiv Posted October 2, 2009 Members Share Posted October 2, 2009 Ah, making out with Erin McCool in 6th grade while "Breakfast In America" plays in the background. Good times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted October 2, 2009 Moderators Share Posted October 2, 2009 Supertramp - Crime of the Century. Guess what I've been listening to? Just yesterday as I drove my daughter to the dentist, I was cranking it. Probably listened to this album 10 times in September. My favorite of the album is Rudy. The story of a loser with no direction other than wherever his hollow gaze is pointed. Rudy thought that all good things comes to those that waitBut recently he could see that it may come...but too late...too late. And though that has been a recent influence, this week I'm going back to Del Amitri. The overlooked and extremely talented group of Scottish ruffians with a black cloud always looming, even in their perkiest moments. This song more describes how an deserved audience eluded them even more than the woman sung about. I'm sure they're well aware of the irony. Great pop/rock. Justin Currie sings... She don't want me'Cause I'm not where it's at. Ignore the horrible video and follow long with the lyrics. Their videos always sucked. They were one of the very best live bands I 've ever seen though. 4 times I've seem them. Fantastic. [YOUTUBE]ypwCSIEVo4I[/YOUTUBE] With some girls it dont matter who you hang withWith some girls it dont matter how you talkAnd some girls they are easy to be yourself withBut the one girl that I want, aint easy to please with what Ive got With some girls it dont matter where youre aimingWith some girls it dont matter how you actAnd some girls they dont care what car you came inBut the one girl that I want, she wants that one bit of geography I lack Yeah, she dont want me cos Im not where its at And some girls they will worry about reactionsAnd some girls they dont give a damn for thatBut somehow I aint ever in on the actioncos the one girl I want, she wants that one little quality I lack Yeah, she dont want me cos Im not where its at I dont have my finger on the pulse of my generationI just got my hand on my heart, I know no better location Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dingoist Posted October 2, 2009 Members Share Posted October 2, 2009 I find I'm hooked on Buddy Holly at the moment -- he seems to come back on my playlist every couple of months. [YOUTUBE]UDPX8TutN90[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted October 2, 2009 Members Share Posted October 2, 2009 I've been going froggie again... This one (posted before in prev FIT's) destroys me every time: JWfsp8kwJto I love the way the girl dancing with the guy mouths the words (in French): "Don't ever leave me," as Montand sings the line. Here's a perhaps equally great English version (unfortunately the vid is a slide show, but it's not the worst I've seen) by the Little Sparrow, Edith Piaf... normally I don't go for Piaf's English versions but this one works pretty well for me -- and she kicks into the mother tongue midway through: n2s2tPORlW4 Here's one of Piaf's signature tunes, although it was written near the end of her life and she recorded it in 1960 only 3 years before her death, the defiant "Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien" (roughly translated: I don't regret a thing): kFRuLFR91e4 I love the way she balls her fists as she sings it. She's not a kid in this old film -- but her voice is bold. One tough little sparrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted October 2, 2009 Members Share Posted October 2, 2009 There's really a lot to be said for this style of YouTube presentation of an audio recording... I don't know if it keeps the vinyl kiddies -- or the copyright cops -- happy, but it puts a smile on my face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stackabones Posted October 2, 2009 Author Members Share Posted October 2, 2009 Now that autumn is back around, I'm doing Autumn Leaves in my sets ... it's been a while since I read through the original French lyrics, but IIRC they were different. How long can I continue with September Song? "May to December", right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MusicalSchizo Posted October 2, 2009 Members Share Posted October 2, 2009 Right now, I'm hooked on the new Muse record. It's ridiculous and wonderful...just completely over the top and cinematic. I've also rediscovered my obsession with King's X. I wish I could have a band even half as awesome as that. I find it absurd that they're not more popular. Brian V. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rhino55 Posted October 2, 2009 Members Share Posted October 2, 2009 [YOUTUBE][/YOUTUBE] This is off their new album, which is pretty good. The Banjo seems like its out of tune on the video which is a strange but the song is still strong and I'm going see them this weekend on Saturday night. I'm playing a block party during the day and then going see the Avett Brothers that night! I also have a gig with the same band I am playing the block party with on Friday night at one of my favorite bars to play at Its going to be a good weekend. Things are also starting to move along pretty well with this country band. If you'd have told me 2 years ago I would have this gig I would have probably laughed and told you pass, but as it stands I couldnt be happier with things are moving along. So thats pretty inspiring I also finally put a pedal board together this week. I've always been a guitar into amp kinda guy. However, this current project was screaming for the versitilliaty a pedal board would provide. I ended up cutting a piece of wood and putting a nice stain on it. It looks pretty cool. I'd like to think its organic The main effect I have been using is a DL4 which a buddy of mine perma-loaned me. He is a great friend, had no use for it, and thought it would help me out, which it definately has. Two nights ago I figured out the loop function amd havent slept much since. At this point it is more about chops than songwriting. It has been a really nice exercise to layer as many guitar and lapsteel parts together as I can. More than just self indulgent wankery, I find it forces me to create very simplistic melodies. I could see this turning into a powerful songwriting tool in the near future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted October 2, 2009 Members Share Posted October 2, 2009 Here are a couple who were a huge influence on me when I was just coming of age, Richard and Mimi Farina. Mimi was the sister of Joan Baez and Richard was a novelist, poet, songwriter. At the informal publication party near Big Sur for his first and only novel (Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me, do not track down the movie, which was awful and really ticked off fans during the approximately 10 days it was in general release), Farina took up a buddy's offer to let him try out his new motorcycle and he was killed in an accident a few miles away. It was Mimi's 21st birthday. YFOWCH86u8M Here's one from the same session, with Pete Seeger sitting in, a song as sunny and charitable as the song below it is dark and unforgiving: 08epso8yRBQ And here's one that reflects that dark mood of the times -- not long after the assassinations of John Kennedy and Medgar Evers, and the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham by the Ku Klux Klan that killed 4 innocent young girls, during the period where the US was plunging into the Vietnam war, and only a few years before the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Robert Kennedy: f6eAPLy13ZM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members grantsabbath Posted October 2, 2009 Members Share Posted October 2, 2009 This week its definitely been Bon Iver and Metric, oddly enough. I actually ended up doing a cover of a Bon Iver track and popped it up on the ol' myspace. http://www.myspace.com/grantkingstonmusic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Etienne Rambert Posted October 3, 2009 Members Share Posted October 3, 2009 Forget it Jake, it's Chinatown. 1A_LYDMIDEE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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