Music abroad

[Kotoroiwa 70]

No, I've never been to Ruisrock. Festivals just aren't my thing as I am averse to crowds. Three weeks until the release of the new album "The Happiest Nation of the World". Here's another frenetic single from it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGPNRkG-3mo

[Kotoroiwa 70]

Few more for the weekend. Midwives of Ruin operate on that thin strip between bad taste and conventionality.

 

[Bugman 384]

 

[Fujisan 535]

Midwives of ruin are buzzing around my newly heards top 10(few more listens?)

I am only glad most people here are going a bit deaf.

Edited March 10, 2023 by Fujisan

[Yamanashi 4,078]

@Kotoroiwa, thanks for the Midwives of Ruin.  The first part is not unlike what a Maori Haka would sound like in ... Finnish?

[Fujisan 535]

I do like The M O R but Angus Youngs stage persona has got a bit dark...

Not to mention Pandazuma's surprise appearance in the first video...I always thought he was a bit weird though

Edited March 13, 2023 by Fujisan

[Bugman 384]

 

[Yamanashi 4,078]

I can't hear this (of course) without thinking of Godfather part 3.  What a beautiful, evocative piece of music.

[Bugman 384]

35 minutes ago, Yamanashi said:

I can't hear this (of course) without thinking of Godfather part 3.  What a beautiful, evocative piece of music.

I didn't realise it was in that film too, i've always recognised it from 'Raging Bull'.  I agree it's a great tune, i'd listen to classical more, but i'm one of those that ends up in tears a bit too often    There's one in particular i cannot get to the end of without my eyes watering over, it's called 'O mio babbino caro'.  I'll link it, just in case anyone else wants a good blub

 

Edited March 16, 2023 by Bugman

[Yamanashi 4,078]

52 minutes ago, Bugman said:

it's called 'O mio babbino caro'.

Oh, yeah, that's the ticket.

In Godfather part 3, Michael's son becomes an opera singer, and his appearance in Cavallaria Rusticana is the climax of the film, when all the murderin' goes on elsewhere while Michael watches the opera.

"O Mio Babbino Caro" is from Gianni Schicchi, a one act opera originally matched with two other one-act operas as Il trittico (The Triptych).  Nobody liked the other two operas, so eventually Gianni Schicchi was presented alone or with other short operas.  "O Mio Babbino Caro" (O My dear Papa) is sung by Schicchi's daughter Lauretta, telling him of her love for a boy from a rival family.  She wants to go to Porta Rossa to buy the ring, but if it doesn't work out, she wants to go to the Ponte Vecchio to throw herself into the river.  As my Italian grandfather might have said, "Che tristezza!"

[Bugman 384]

I didn't know the background to it, that's really interesting.  I remember years ago coming back from work, i passed through the Tottenham court road  station in London, and near the escalators was a young woman, most likely a music student from one of the nearby universities, singing 'o mio babbino caro'.  There was quite a few people listening so i was well hidden among the crowd, but to my surprise i found my eyes watering up.  I had to go hide behind a pillar so no-one saw me, but i was genuinely overcome.  Stravinksy's firebird is another one that has a similar effect.  I'm much safer listening to my usual genre which i love, which is electronic music.  And so my last link comes now, and my apologies for hogging up so many posts

 

Edited March 16, 2023 by Bugman

[Benihana 1,972]

Some months ago, Ewan Dobson uploaded Time v3.0 on Youtube. A worthy successor to his iconic Time 2.

A true master of his craft.

[Bugman 384]

I had never heard of this guy, very cool

[Bugman 384]

 

[Yamanashi 4,078]

Very impressive I'm sure, but it tells me it's unavailable in my country.  Do you have a URL?

[Bugman 384]

42 minutes ago, Yamanashi said:

Very impressive I'm sure, but it tells me it's unavailable in my country.  Do you have a URL?

Well it really depends on how you feel about 4 minutes and 33 seconds of silence.  I know that's a really odd thing to say, but apparently it's a real composition that is sometimes 'played' by orchestras.  They just sit there quietly for that alloted time, and the conductor even turns pages as the time progresses.  It's controversial as you can imagine, but i suppose in some ways, it's a form of mindfulness introduced into the classical music sphere, and to some extent, performance art.  I just put it on as a joke really

Perhaps this other version will work:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWVUp12XPpU

If not and you're still interested, google '4.33 by John Cage'

Edited April 24, 2023 by Bugman

[Athenayama 1,195]

@Bugman I think that one shouldn't be under the topic "Music Abroad" but under "Music Beyond..." 

[lilfox 20]

18 hours ago, Bugman said:

 I just put it on as a joke really 

Nevrtheless just the right stuff for me after a more-than-usually chaotic working day. 

[Kotoroiwa 70]

Hmm, probably the only Finnish music video with Japanese titles from Hyyrynen Bros, a new "death schlager" from Viikate and something from Tähkä.

 

 

 

Edited April 27, 2023 by Kotoroiwa

[Athenayama 1,195]

Far from "complicated music". Chill time...

Nikos Vertis & Amir - Si on n'aime qu'une fois / Η Λέξη Σ' Αγαπώ

 

[Athenayama 1,195]

@Kintamayama

nikos vertis & sarit hadad

 

[Kintamayama 47,232]

On 28/04/2023 at 00:06, Athenayama said:

@Kintamayama

nikos vertis & sarit hadad

 

Oh...

[Athenayama 1,195]

3 hours ago, Kintamayama said:

Oh...

You only like classic rock?

[Jakusotsu 6,394]

It's only my 5th favourite song by her, but it fits like a heartache

In case you don't know it already: her first album The Lion and the Cobra is a masterpiece.

Edited July 26, 2023 by Jakusotsu
better quality

[Jakusotsu 6,394]

Wow - listening to said album for the first time in ages, I just realized how much of Nothing Else Matters is anticipated in this (four years older) song - and so much more!