Listening to this now

[Notes_Norton]

I read that Wes started playing that way so he wouldn't wake his wife while practicing. When he became successful, he tried to change his picking style to a pick or fingerpicking, but taking so many steps back to learn a new technique made that prohibitive - I certainly understand that. Wes was a great guitarist.

Prokofiev made that "iron and steel" symphony (#2) in my last post, but he was quite versatile. His symphony #2 was as different as night to day. I generally don't care for Ormandy's conducting of Romantic or Modern 'classical' works, but I think he does this one justice, probably because Prokofiev wrote what he though Hayden would write in the 20th century.

Symphony #1 - Sergey Prokofiev - Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra

I couldn't get it to embed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A23QstVCIM

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[Pragi]

17 hours ago, Notes_Norton said:

Prokofiev made that "iron and steel" symphony (#2) in my last post, but he was quite versatile. His symphony #2 was as different as night to day. I generally don't care for Ormandy's conducting of Romantic or Modern 'classical' works, but I think he does this one justice, probably because Prokofiev wrote what he though Hayden would write in the 20th century.

 

@ Notes,

thank you for the good hinds towards  classic music.

Have to admit that I don´t feel "at home" in classical music, but the Prokofiev Symphony´s (specially the Nr.1)

are a good chance to go deeper listening this kind of music-

which is , forgive me if it sounds harsh, effortful to listen for an  old rock fart ? like me.

It takes a lot of time,patience and concentration to get rid of my listening habits.

I hope you are doing well

Pete

P.S.

What I like most about Wes Montgomery guitar playing is his tone-

I ´ve never listened to a more  direct guitar tone.

It´s  a wonder  that he starts playing guitar very late(at 19 years).

 

 

 

Edited May 15, 2020 by Pragi

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and

 

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[Pragi]

A new song from a friend :

Marquette ( Markus Roth) - Into the wild

 

Edited May 14, 2020 by Pragi

[Notes_Norton]

Pragi, you, Wibbles, Craig and others have all introduced me to songs and artists I never would have heard before. I'm really enjoying that. I've even gone and purchased some and added it to my digital Walkman.

I've played rock/pop for a living all my life. I played classical in school and jazz in the extra-curricular jazz band after school. Rock on the weekends for money and chicks. My mom liked Broadway and my dad was really fond of Big Band Jazz and pre-Nashville era country (Eddie Arnold, Jim Reeves, etc.). After high school I got in a road band and the other musicians introduced me to blues (Bobby Bland, Robert Johnson, etc.) and I used to go to record/CD stores and pick out things from racks I was not familiar with like Klezmer. When I took a job on a cruise ship for 3 years I learned about Salsa, Ska, Soca and Reggae from the musicians who play those forms of music.

There is so much out there I can't be confined to one type. I like playing different styles too, but to make a living, I play what the public wants to hear - and I like that as well.

I prefer Classical from Beethoven to the present, but not all of it, mostly the dark, brooding, exciting kind. What I like about it is on the thousandth listening I can still hear a variation of a motif or a combination of one or more others that I never heard before. I can't memorize every instrument part from start to finish like I can on more pop/rock/country/blues tracks.  On the other hand, my digital-walkman still has Muddy Waters, Zeppelin, Elvis, Andrews Sisters, Lyle Lovett, and the top 40 songs I grew up with on it.

Here is one from my youth. Vanilla Fudge doing a take on an even older Motown song. Hearing this again is like visiting an old friend

You Keep Me Hanging On - Vanilla Fudge

 

 

Edited May 15, 2020 by Notes_Norton
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[Wibbles]

I'd lost track of Sonic Boom ... that was effing brilliant. 

My afternoon nap will have to be delayed while I check out some more.

[Notes_Norton]

"Constantinople" - The Residents

Very unusual group.

 

[Wibbles]

8 hours ago, Notes_Norton said:

Very unusual group

As mad as a sack of badgers.

[Wibbles]

Er ... interesting?

[Wibbles]

Here's a bit of late eighties avant-garde synthpop that may well have passed you by (as it did nearly everybody). There's more than a nod to Brel, but I love the use of language:

 

 

[Notes_Norton]

One Minute Movies - The Residents

 

 

Edited May 16, 2020 by Notes_Norton

[craigb]

I think this quarantine has started to go too long! ?

 

[Notes_Norton]

OK, I think I need to get back to earth, and quit drinking so much:

Black Coffee - k.d.lang

(what a voice!)

 

[craigb]

 

[Wibbles]

 

[Wibbles]

More from the 80s:

 

[Wibbles]

More:

 

 

[Wibbles]

More:

 

 

[Wibbles]

This one sounds like it was recorded in a broom cupboard:

 

Edited May 17, 2020 by Wibbles

[Wibbles]