Moderators Lee Knight Posted February 11, 2011 Moderators Share Posted February 11, 2011 So... What's been sparking your fire? Post a clip or just put in words what's been influencing your work. For me? A couple of things. I'm not a huge poetry fan. But maybe that's changing. I read this in bed last night 4 or 5 times. Toy Story's inspiration? I love this. Little Boy Blue - Eugene Field (1850-1895) The little toy dog is covered with dust, But sturdy and stanch he stands;And the little toy soldier is red with rust, And his musket moulds in his hands.Time was when the little toy dog was new, And the soldier was passing fair;And that was the time when our Little Boy Blue Kissed them and put them there. "Now, don't you go till I come," he said, "And don't you make any noise!"So, toddling off to his trundle-bed, He dreamt of the pretty toys;And, as he was dreaming, an angel song Awakened our Little Boy Blue---Oh! the years are many, the years are long, But the little toy friends are true! Ay, faithful to Little Boy Blue they stand, Each in the same old place---Awaiting the touch of a little hand, The smile of a little face;And they wonder, as waiting the long years through In the dust of that little chair,What has become of our Little Boy Blue, Since he kissed them and put them there. So there's that. And then this old song from the early 70's has been popping up in my head. Penned by Rick Derringer. He's not going to be confused with Eugene Field above. But... beside the fact that Winter's version melts your face and chops your legs off at the knees, well, Derringer does something kinda cool with these in your face lyrics. There's some pretty fresh imagery, just dripping in attitude. So , while Wadsworth, Emerson and Tennyson are safe on their thrones of poetic reign, sometimes simple, silly rock and roll can knee you in the nads in a pretty effective way as well. A rhyme about addiction and getting out. Then filling the void with love and sex. Not subtle, but it's always hit the mark for me. Hey, I'm still HERE! [video=youtube;osvDo1lqBxQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osvDo1lqBxQ Did you ever take a look to see who is left around? Everyone I thought was cool is six feet underground They tried to get me lots of times But now they're coming after you I got out and I'm here to say Baby you can get out too I'm still alive and well, still alive and well Every now and then I know it's kinda hard to tell But I'm still alive and well Still alive and well, still alive and well every now and then I know it's kinda hard to tell Still alive and well When I think about the past it only brings me down Let's make love in the grass while the sun is shinin' down It feels so good your long blond hair, baby When you're way down low, Make me shake, make the whole earth quakeSo everyone will know I'm... Still alive and well, still alive and well Every now and then I know it's kinda hard to tell Still alive and well, still alive and well Every now and then I know it's kinda hard to tell But I'm still alive and well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stackabones Posted February 11, 2011 Members Share Posted February 11, 2011 I love this arrangement of "It's Only A Paper Moon" ...[video=youtube;Qc5RMYvXOhA] It's a Barnum & Bailey world Just as phony as it can be But it wouldn't be make believe If you believed in me Harold Alren & Yip Harburg would later collobarate on the Wizard of Oz. The lyrics have some unusual images ("paper moon", "cardboard sea", "canvas sky", "muslin tree") yet still sound so effortless. Tin Pan Alley poets like Harburg were masters at matching music to words. Without the music, many of their lyrics read like vers de soci Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rsadasiv Posted February 11, 2011 Members Share Posted February 11, 2011 Do you have any influences that you wish you didn't have, or are the very least conflicted about having? For me, that influence is Harry Chapin. I VERY frequently fall into his footsteps for character presentation and plot development (which is something of his that I do admire) but I also fall into his footsteps for sentimentality and melodrama (which is something of his that I find irksome). In addition, I have issues with the whole acoustic guitar singer-songwriter genre, which doesn't help. Anyway, an undeniably powerful storyteller at his best:[video=youtube;_YWGTMC3u5o] [video=youtube;-s5r2spPJ8g]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s5r2spPJ8g Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rsadasiv Posted February 11, 2011 Members Share Posted February 11, 2011 What I would rather sound like: [video=youtube;FS4U-HAHwps] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted February 11, 2011 Author Moderators Share Posted February 11, 2011 I think genres are born out such diverse crossbreeding. Good music always taps into both the + and the -. The yin and yang, the stummed wood and wires and the 808 kick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Surrealistic Posted February 11, 2011 Members Share Posted February 11, 2011 Personally rsadasiv, though not a huge fan of Harry Chapin, I'd rather sound like him than like JAY-Z But as Lee says, cross-breeding is always good. It's what built the British Empire after all ... okay, maybe that wasn't ALL good but you get my meaning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JonChorba Posted February 11, 2011 Members Share Posted February 11, 2011 [video=youtube;M-C-IbkuNWs] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rockinrobby Posted February 11, 2011 Members Share Posted February 11, 2011 I was feeling a little down this week? So I listened to this? And it cheered me right up! [video=youtube;FQ5ob9B9yD4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQ5ob9B9yD4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted February 11, 2011 Members Share Posted February 11, 2011 Some funky, slow groove from vibist, Dave Pike... [video=youtube;dFeGTwquME4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFeGTwquME4 And some jazzy, big band exotica from vibes man, Cal Tjader, himself no stranger to a pop groove but taking a way left turn here... hi fi and recording nuts should take note of the great drum and other sounds on this 1963 recording... [compare it to the distant and cardboard-y drum sounds on most rock and teen pop records of the era]... [video=youtube;3BeAGTo21Hc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BeAGTo21Hc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kennychaffin Posted February 12, 2011 Members Share Posted February 12, 2011 I've been (re)reading Jane Kenyon's poetry.... Notes from the Other Side by Jane Kenyon I divested myself of despairand fear when I came here. Now there is no more catchingone's own eye in the mirror, there are no bad books, no plastic,no insurance premiums, and of course no illness. Contrition does not exist, nor gnashing of teeth. No one howls as the firstclod of earth hits the casket. The poor we no longer have with us. Our calm hearts strike only the hour, and God, as promised, provesto be mercy clothed in light. http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/160 http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/16898 http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/361 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kennychaffin Posted February 12, 2011 Members Share Posted February 12, 2011 And this one by Yusef Komunyakaa Facing It My black face fades,hiding inside the black granite.I said I wouldn't,dammit: No tears. I'm stone. I'm flesh.My clouded reflection eyes melike a bird of prey, the profile of nightslanted against morning. I turnthis way--the stone lets me go.I turn that way--I'm insidethe Vietnam Veterans Memorialagain, depending on the lightto make a difference.I go down the 58,022 names,half-expecting to findmy own in letters like smoke.I touch the name Andrew Johnson;I see the booby trap's white flash.Names shimmer on a woman's blousebut when she walks awaythe names stay on the wall.Brushstrokes flash, a red bird's wings cutting across my stare.The sky. A plane in the sky.A white vet's image floatscloser to me, then his pale eyeslook through mine. I'm a window.He's lost his right arminside the stone. In the black mirrora woman's trying to erase names:No, she's brushing a boy's hair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stackabones Posted February 12, 2011 Members Share Posted February 12, 2011 Cal Tjader Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kennychaffin Posted February 12, 2011 Members Share Posted February 12, 2011 [video=youtube;eICsQLPgI2k] Farmer's Daughter lyrics: Half way to crazyNot far from saneOh, sick and tired for all of your gamesand all I ever wanted was you to take care of meHonor thy mother, oh and father tooBut I know there ain't no way in hell that God mentioned youand all I ever wanted was you to be there for meoooooo, and all I ever never needed was you to be here for me This time is the last time you're gonna see us, aroundOh this was your last chance to prove you wouldn't let me downSo go on get gone and get away from here A...loneOh alone is how your gonna spend the rest of your yearscause Im no Farmer daughters anymore, Mommy dear I remember back in high schoolmy brothers and me, Willy put his head through the door to find clarityand you'd come home with Burban breathJack in the airand when you broke my bones I told the school I fell down the stairsall I ever wanted was you to be there for meand all I ever needed was you to be here for me This time is the last time you're gonna see us, aroundOh this was your last chance to prove you wouldn't let me downSo go on get gone and get away from here A...loneOh alone is how your gonna spend the rest of your yearscause Im no Farmer daughters anymore,I aint no farmers daughter any moreNo farmers daughter anymore, mommy dear.....Mommy dear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted February 12, 2011 Members Share Posted February 12, 2011 Cal Tjader Cal was great. Of course, he's more associated with the Latin Jazz movement and actually had some crossover hits in the early/mid 60s with Latin stuff. That track is from his Several Shades of Jade album, which is released on CD with Breeze from the East. No doubt the impulse for the album came from the exotica jazz of Arthur Lyman (and to some extent the exotica pop of Lyman's sometimes bandleader, Martin Denny) but it's much more adventurous and, well, exotic. No tropical bird calls, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Marshal Posted February 12, 2011 Members Share Posted February 12, 2011 Farmer's Daughter lyrics: Great song and performance. Pretty rough subject. There's a verse missing in the printed lyrics. Rough stuff. WELL done. Some good things come out of American Idol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Marshal Posted February 12, 2011 Members Share Posted February 12, 2011 Bruce Cockburn [video=youtube;=z02J_kPincA] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cliftonb Posted February 12, 2011 Members Share Posted February 12, 2011 Very pleased to hear some new Prince Rama of Ayodhya just recently: [video=youtube;FUTehV7N3k0] Been checking for this dude for a while. He's like my new hero now. [video=youtube;pBXiZkvX2aY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBXiZkvX2aY&feature=related Wow. Just. Wow. Essential for fans of Mulatu Astatke or Buda Music's Ethiopiques series. [video=youtube;AsHbr5yIaVU] Not so much a follow up to Illinois, but a new direction completely. [video=youtube;aTsDcjHj54M] One of my favorites 20th Century composers. Sad that he isn't performed much. [video=youtube;Qgwlzo4oUsU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qgwlzo4oUsU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted February 12, 2011 Author Moderators Share Posted February 12, 2011 You know, I didn't much like that song when it was new. But I just listened to it and... it's really good, isn't it? Really good. I took off to find the sky... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AudioPhilia Posted February 12, 2011 Members Share Posted February 12, 2011 here are a few.... ----------- -- [video=youtube;SnRfgCkJrJ8] [video=youtube;_VfIER91d_U] [video=youtube;c9QNRvXH1HI] [video=youtube;BEz8N8AT-yo] [video=youtube;vnhDIGTldho] [video=youtube;i0fw9sPxrik]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0fw9sPxrik&feature=related [video=youtube;-SfuJFWyEwk] [video=youtube;foR2KLWI75I]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foR2KLWI75I&feature=related [video=youtube;oa8zN4ElAFM] [video=youtube;XEwHiJ2Cnsc] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted February 12, 2011 Author Moderators Share Posted February 12, 2011 I am a big KT Tundstall fan... [video=youtube;OodwL4TL2rQ] OH! And this one's been killing me this week. From sexy cute Keebler Elf Swede Robyn. A little elecronica pop? It's awesome. So's she... [video=youtube;1zVECruSI3k] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted February 13, 2011 Members Share Posted February 13, 2011 I posted a live version of this a while back. Here's a staged version of the studio recording. Howard Devoto, the singer, was one of the most electrifying front men I ever saw... despite his, shall we say, economy of expression... [video=youtube;0J1sOQdvudc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J1sOQdvudc Speaking of Gloomy Gus's... here's the king of 'em... [video=youtube;xyKFfsuxCe0] Another quite interesting performer and writer... [video=youtube;9Z09CSDQN9M] And finally, I found this pretty interesting live medley by Joe Jackson [music only]... [video=youtube;7suIlXplyhg] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members grace_slick Posted February 13, 2011 Members Share Posted February 13, 2011 I love KT Tunstall too. Hey, HOW do you embed a youtube clip again?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AudioPhilia Posted February 13, 2011 Members Share Posted February 13, 2011 I love KT Tunstall too. Hey, HOW do you embed a youtube clip again?? go to youtube. pick video. below the video notice the SHARE tab. highlight it and get that code..(copy) come here.. notice the bar at the top of the reply or quick reply..... see the one that is 2nd from the right that looks like FILM?..(video icon) Click on that and it'll open a box. Insert (paste) the youtube code in the space in the box.. Press the OK tab, and this will insert your video LINK into the reply box.,.(here) click to the side of it coz it'll be blue and you want it to not disappear. once you see it in the reply box you are done... then press the "reply to thread". you can insert up to 10 videos per reply .. That would be a lot of KT all at once... However, too much of a good thing is a good thing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members grace_slick Posted February 13, 2011 Members Share Posted February 13, 2011 Thanks Audio!! Here are my influences for today... [video=youtube;bXvn_W6Fg00] [video=youtube;bxCs25Cnhwg] Neither of these are the original studio thingos obviously, which is annoying, but yeah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LCK Posted February 13, 2011 Members Share Posted February 13, 2011 [video=youtube;zBrOkNg2iNI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBrOkNg2iNI [video=youtube;xTGKzWDakK8] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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