Toshiba enters the Blu ray world with their first player. Toshiba with universal had gone with HDDVD a few years back and lost. now they are here with the first blu ray player. I had a Toshiba HD-a2...
There are continual jolts of electricity spread throughout Matteo Garrone’s Gomorrah. It’s akin to the shock-to-the-system kick one got when he was first exposed to Martin...
Battlestar Galactica Season 4 2-disc set. Bear McCreary's score for this excellent show is among the finest collection of score material for any medium. Raw, visceral, bombastic, elegant - all round some genuinely remarkable music.
I love that album. I am currently listening to Without Her by the incredible Harry Nilsson. Here is a fine live version on YouTube...
Christopher,
It's an exceptional album -- maybe their very best. Incredibly challenging musically.
I love the work of Nilsson, especially his very early work. His collaboration with Lennon (meaning not just musically, but their relationship in general years ago) has intrigued me for many years. And Nilsson's voice still ranks (IMO) as one of the best as far as the upper range is concerned, often times done without falsetto. I've tried hitting those notes a few times in life, and ... let's just say I won't be giving up my day job. :)
It's an exceptional album -- maybe their very best. Incredibly challenging musically.
I love the work of Nilsson, especially his very early work. His collaboration with Lennon (meaning not just musically, but their relationship in general years ago) has intrigued me for many years. And Nilsson's voice still ranks (IMO) as one of the best as far as the upper range is concerned, often times done without falsetto. I've tried hitting those notes a few times in life, and ... let's just say I won't be giving up my day job. :)
Scott,
I concur on the ELP assessment and it would be impossible for me to not agree that Harry has one of the sweetest voices that ever graced this earth - gone too soon. Oddly enough, I have also always been fascinated on the Lennon/Nilsson connection especially Lennon's long separation from Yoko. The particular Nilsson song I mentioned above is my absolute favorite.
Listening to right now - Led Zeppelin "The Rain Song" live version from TSRTS. It is raining like nuts here right now....
It takes 52 pounds of pressure to rupture an eyeball...
Gerry Rafferty--Baker Street In my top 5 songs from the 70s and always gets a full listen when caught on the radio, even if I have to sit in my car in the driveway to do it.
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes time, and it annoys the pig.
Gerry Rafferty--Baker Street In my top 5 songs from the 70s and always gets a full listen when caught on the radio, even if I have to sit in my car in the driveway to do it.
I hadn't heard "Dream Weaver" since I don't know when until I got XM and it played early one morning on my way to work, good times.....
I concur on the ELP assessment and it would be impossible for me to not agree that Harry has one of the sweetest voices that ever graced this earth - gone too soon. Oddly enough, I have also always been fascinated on the Lennon/Nilsson connection especially Lennon's long separation from Yoko. The particular Nilsson song I mentioned above is my absolute favorite.
Listening to right now - Led Zeppelin "The Rain Song" live version from TSRTS. It is raining like nuts here right now....
Christopher,
I too love that song by Nilsson. The build-up is done very well.
I'm also a fan of Led Zeppelin. Although I love most of their albums, I think Houses of the Holy and Physical Graffiti are my favorites.
Thanks for posting the video. It was awesome to watch Gould playing it.
I'd also like to add my appreciation for Brain Salad Surgery. I need to get it back out and listen to it again.
David,
I'm glad you enjoyed it. He is such an awesome talent.
I love listening to Brain Salad Surgery. It's a funny thing, though. As a musicologist, I have so much more to appreciate/learn about ELP before I can tackle what is happening in the music on that particular album. I've learned a couple of pieces off of Tarkus and Trilogy over the years, but nothing from Brain Salad Surgery. It is often called their best album. I don't know if it is or not, but I do know it's an amazing work. I often wonder what it would have been like to take keyboard lessons from Keith Emerson (or Rick Wakeman, for that matter, and in the jazz genre, Art Tatum).
Brain Salad Surgery is a great album. It is even better in MCH on the DVD-A (I know there is also an SACD available, but the DVD-A has Lucky Man as a bonus track, along with a few snippets of vintage video material).
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes time, and it annoys the pig.
