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RE: What music are you listening to now? - 10/5/2020 6:11:29 PM

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The Look of Love by Isaac Hayes

Album: To be Continued (Enterprise Records, 1970)

Music written by Burt Bacharach (1967)

Image: Isaac Hayes by Stax Museum of American Soul Music

Video: Dead Presidents (1995)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CGRai734w0

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RE: What music are you listening to now? - 10/5/2020 6:19:21 PM

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For my fifth choice (10% of the way through already!!) I have to choose what is rapidly turning into perhaps my favourite track ever. I only really found this version about 5 or 6 years ago but remains firmly at the top of my playlist.

I liked this track when sung by Celine Dion - although the same can't be said for the POS film that it came from - it was nothing hugely special but a very good track. But then I heard Sarah Brightman sing it....in Italian.... with a proper orchestral background and........

The thing with this track is that it's binary; you either love it unconditionally or you have no more right to live on god's clean earth than a weasel.

Her delicate, yet powerful cut glass voice is a big, big plus here (and sadly knocks a more than competent songstress like Ms Dion into a cocked hat. But its the orchestra that slays me. Normally I am a strings man, but more and more I've come to appreciate the quality of the brass section. So unbelievably sad, yet uplifting its just intoxicating and once again the tears are not far behind (you know I really need to man up.... or get a bigger box of Kleenex....).

If you don't believe me then just listen to around the 2:55 mark. The piece goes quiet, just a melancholy woodwind(?) instrument that introduces the brass that just takes an already incredible piece of music into the stratosphere at around 3:15 - accompanied by Ms Brightman giving it full beans and then the timpani(?) at 3:35. Ecstasy.

No.5 Il Mio Cuore Va - Sarah Brightman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNDM_CM03wc

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RE: What music are you listening to now? - 10/5/2020 8:24:55 PM

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My third...

Pink Floyd - Echoes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xn_s8Wh8jQ

Almost 50 years old and still as awesome as the first time I heard it. I never get tired of listening to Echoes. It takes me away.

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Well shunwick ol' boy, you are certainly getting value for money time wise!! I am guessing with the Floyd and Yes, you perhaps have just a few years on me - pushing 60 perchance?

Ah yes, I remember being 60.... good times.

I see I have some catching up to do as you forge ahead.

My fourth...

Led Zeppelin - Kashmir

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

My fifth...

Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8OtzJtp-EM

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Best wishes,
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RE: What music are you listening to now? - 10/5/2020 10:42:31 PM

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having spent 5 hours today trying to call Barclays Bamk can I nominate their awful music as my most listened to so far this year

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RE: What music are you listening to now? - 10/6/2020 1:06:32 PM

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My seventh...

Fairport Convention - She Moves Through The Fair

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTb0_TfUnEk

Sandy Denny at her finest. Haunting and beautiful, is it any wonder why I fell in love with it all those years ago?

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RE: What music are you listening to now? - 10/6/2020 3:16:26 PM

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Okay to the next on the list...

..and this time its a Scottish band and this is the only song of theirs I've ever heard of. But what a stonking toooon it is. Actually quite a sad toon, I love this (surprise surprise) because of the wonderfully high pitched string sound that features regularly throughout the track. But there is a rich variety of sounds (the piano especially) and the number of changes of direction. I've no idea what the song is about, but the song title adds to the overall sense of sadness.

No.6 Tinseltown in the Rain - The Blue Nile

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxkbe2MLkgg

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RE: What music are you listening to now? - 10/6/2020 4:40:54 PM

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Okay to the next on the list...

..and this time its a Scottish band and this is the only song of theirs I've ever heard of. But what a stonking toooon it is. Actually quite a sad toon, I love this (surprise surprise) because of the wonderfully high pitched string sound that features regularly throughout the track. But there is a rich variety of sounds (the piano especially) and the number of changes of direction. I've no idea what the song is about, but the song title adds to the overall sense of sadness.

Tinseltown in the Rain - The Blue Nile

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxkbe2MLkgg

No! No! The Blue Nile is a book!

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RE: What music are you listening to now? - 10/6/2020 7:54:58 PM

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Time for some more value for money - over 17 minutes of mayhem!! For my next track I choose the outstanding piece from the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in London 2012.

Where do I even start with this? From the relentless drumming that features for the majority of the track to the hypnotic chanting, the sombre whistling in memory of the fallen in two World Wars, and then the building up into just a superb crescendo of noise - only max volume will do here. I adore the faux bells (nice touch) sound that appears many times and of course those strings. From 12 minutes on the track really gets into its stride. The brass chimes in at just after 14 minutes, after which there are just so many things going on its difficult to know what to concentrate on. Wonderful. And my eldest warspite played on this too

No.7 And I will Kiss (feat Dame Evelyn Glennie and the Pandemonium Drummers) - (Underworld)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoEuI59L9s8

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RE: What music are you listening to now? - 10/6/2020 8:08:31 PM

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And so for my next track its time to for a bit of [best Barry White voice] lurve....

I need to have a sexy MF record in the 50. Many years ago that spot would go to Prince If I was Your Girlfriend and more latterly perhaps Simply Red It's only love. But two years ago I heard this track being played on a brilliant episode of The Affair. I immediately liked in and downloaded it straightaway. That liking has just grown and grown. This is simply beautiful, Ms Morrison has a voice at once, powerful yet soft, so intense, so Latin and just so damn ******* sexy

No.8 Azucar Morena - Carla Morrison

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxCNd7nknyQ

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RE: What music are you listening to now? - 10/6/2020 8:28:00 PM

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Ice Cream Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL9ZwmkooBA

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RE: What music are you listening to now? - 10/7/2020 6:59:22 AM

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My seventh...

Fairport Convention - She Moves Through The Fair

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTb0_TfUnEk

Sandy Denny at her finest. Haunting and beautiful, is it any wonder why I fell in love with it all those years ago?

Best wishes,
Steve

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Nice voice

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RE: What music are you listening to now? - 10/7/2020 8:55:14 AM

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Thanks a lot for this wonderful information. It was really helpful.

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RE: What music are you listening to now? - 10/7/2020 3:15:15 PM

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8...

Michael Riesman-Philip Glass Ensemble - Dance 8 : Philip Glass

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSOb_Xm1WnA

Minimalist, mesmerising ... even erotic, Glass asks simple yet profound questions that elicits simple though profound answers. It is the exploration of life Over the body of his works, he examines love, joy, confusion, loss, pain, melancholy, ancient life, modern life, new life, death and so on. Here, he gives us a dance with everything that implies and refined to it's central core. Life.

9...

Valentina Lisita - Nocturne in E Flat Major Op. 9 no.2 : Frederic Chopin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV5U8kVYS88

When the history of mankind is ended, this is what will played while the end credits are running.

10...

10cc - I'm Not in Love

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii6pRq0-mhY

It was the 70s. We thought it last forever ... but everything comes to an end. This is a song that reminds me of younger days.

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RE: What music are you listening to now? - 10/7/2020 3:28:09 PM

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For my next pick its a late 70's classic with a capital C. Used in the film Halloween this wonderfully dark track continues to be regularly played on my ipod.

A superb guitar opening and ending, the instrumental could have been a little better, but that's okay and I love the last minute of the song especially......

Love of two is one
Here, but now they're gone
Came the last night of sadness
And it was clear she couldn't go on
The door was open and the wind appeared
The candles blew and then disappeared
The curtains flew and then he appeared

(Saying, "don't be afraid") Come on, baby
(And she had no fear) And she ran to him
(Then she started to fly) They looked backward and said goodbye
(She had become like they are) She had taken his hand
(She had become like they are) Come on, baby
(Don't fear the Reaper)

No.9 (Don't Fear) The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVn6b9QQZeM

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RE: What music are you listening to now? - 10/7/2020 3:34:36 PM

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10...

10cc - I'm Not in Love

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii6pRq0-mhY

It was the 70s. We thought it last forever ... but everything comes to an end. This is a song that reminds me of younger days.

Best wishes,
Steve

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Ah nostalgia - you know it ain't what it used to be

. Certainly nostalgia will feature in my 50 - and the 70's are a big part of that.

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RE: What music are you listening to now? - 10/7/2020 3:37:13 PM

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Speaking of the 70's..... I can't have a 50 with no ABBA... But I don't know how many slots I will have...and so on the basis I can only fit one in, how the hell am I supposed to choose???? Who came up with this stupid idea??

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RE: What music are you listening to now? - 10/7/2020 4:20:18 PM

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Not a Van Halen, but had to give the guy his due. R.I.P. (hope you were saved).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HKSKzk00ZE

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RE: What music are you listening to now? - 10/7/2020 4:20:31 PM

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Who came up with this stupid idea??

11...

Er dunno. Some berk I suppose...

John Williams and the Vienna Philharmonic - Adagio for Strings Opus 11: Samuel Barber

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

Yup.

12....

ABBA - Eagle (Before warspite1 nabs it.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WJLOLehLrI

Double yup.

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RE: What music are you listening to now? - 10/7/2020 4:22:23 PM

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Speaking of the 70's..... I can't have a 50 with no ABBA... But I don't know how many slots I will have...and so on the basis I can only fit one in, how the hell am I supposed to choose???? Who came up with this stupid idea??

Waterloo, when they won the European competition.

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RE: What music are you listening to now? - 10/7/2020 4:27:52 PM

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For Eddie and the rest:

Righteous Brothers - Rock And Roll Heaven (1974)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bddSJbj3VGA

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RE: What music are you listening to now? - 10/7/2020 4:47:43 PM

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Who came up with this stupid idea??

11...

Er dunno. Some berk I suppose...

John Williams and the Vienna Philharmonic - Adagio for Strings Opus 11: Samuel Barber

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

Yup.

12....

ABBA - Eagle (Before warspite1 nabs it.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WJLOLehLrI

Double yup.

Best wishes,
Steve

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Adagio for Strings!! We have our first crossover!! Hussah!!

Eagle is one of those under consideration but I suspect it will just miss out on my 50.

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RE: What music are you listening to now? - 10/7/2020 4:48:13 PM

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Speaking of the 70's..... I can't have a 50 with no ABBA... But I don't know how many slots I will have...and so on the basis I can only fit one in, how the hell am I supposed to choose???? Who came up with this stupid idea??

Waterloo, when they won the European competition.

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Definitely not

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RE: What music are you listening to now? - 10/7/2020 5:07:16 PM

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So to my next choice. And it's the greatest piece of music ever to feature in a war film.

I said I love strings, well this piece has violin strings being played to within an inch of their lives - and that crescendo..... This is the perfect piece of music for the total load of ******* and waste of life that was the Vietnam war.

I will provide here the Ferry Corsten remix so its different to what Shunwick provided, but the version for my 50 would be along the lines of Shunwick's video - full orchestra and strings that make you wet your knickers

No.10 Adagio for Strings (Barber)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nPAkX1oot0

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RE: What music are you listening to now? - 10/7/2020 5:24:49 PM

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Listening to:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFez84xaR6Q

And:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4akn6e59TQ

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RE: What music are you listening to now? - 10/7/2020 6:01:21 PM

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Speaking of the 70's..... I can't have a 50 with no ABBA... But I don't know how many slots I will have...and so on the basis I can only fit one in, how the hell am I supposed to choose???? Who came up with this stupid idea??

Waterloo, when they won the European competition.

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Definitely not

Since you don't want to remember when the United Kingdoms Alliance beat that Little Corporeal, then how about Dancing Queen for your two left feet? Or Fernando for the Spanish . . .

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RE: What music are you listening to now? - 10/7/2020 6:25:23 PM

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Speaking of the 70's..... I can't have a 50 with no ABBA... But I don't know how many slots I will have...and so on the basis I can only fit one in, how the hell am I supposed to choose???? Who came up with this stupid idea??

Waterloo, when they won the European competition.

warspite1

Definitely not

Since you don't want to remember when the United Kingdoms Alliance beat that Little Corporeal, then how about Dancing Queen for your two left feet? Or Fernando for the Spanish . . .

warspite1

Fernando is okay but Dancing Queen? Yuk i really dislike that toooon

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RE: What music are you listening to now? - 10/7/2020 6:32:08 PM

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I think I am going to have to assume there will only be room for one Abba toon and if so then I think it has to be this little gem.

I love both ladies voices but Frida's is a little bit special. Clever lyrics, superb song.

No.11 I Wonder (Departure) - Abba

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8D-XcxD1KMc

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RE: What music are you listening to now? - 10/7/2020 7:15:16 PM

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I don't want to leave things on an odd number so one more tonight. The 80's need to be represented as this is the decade I properly got into music. The first offering from the synth pop crowd is this cracking toon with the stonkingly sad chorus. Marc Almond's voice is perfect for this record and I adore the presumably synthesised string sound.

No.12 Say Hello, Wave Goodbye - Soft Cell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9KgEs3Zksg

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RE: What music are you listening to now? - 10/7/2020 9:23:19 PM

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RIP Johnny Nash.

I can see clearly now (after he had cataract surgery!)

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RE: What music are you listening to now? - 10/8/2020 12:35:20 AM

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Wow timmyab! You must have a real hard on for those pieces - that's almost 20% of all the music you will ever hear again....

Oh yeah that's true, better slow down.

Mendelssohn Violin Concerto - Hilary Hahn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5729zrFETU
I loves me a violin concerto I does. Hahn's playing here is exceptional with breathtaking articulation in some of the passagework.

Mozart Piano Concerto No.23 - Wilhelm Kempff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDauzRkb0dE
This recording is sheer joy from start to finish. It's coupled with an equally good no 24.

Schumann: Symphony No.3 "Rhenish" - Los Angeles Philharmonic/Carlo Maria Giulini
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEbfo0Nuc1k
Great theme in this first movement, the sort of thing I can hum all day (until people start looking sideways at me). Justifiably famous recording from Giulini.

I make that 12/50

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