3 posts tagged “music”
What's your musical horoscope? (Put your music player on shuffle and write down the first 10 songs that come up.) Inspired by Stephanie.
- Prince - Dirty Mind (from Dirty Mind)
- The Whitefield Brothers - Serengeti Bonus Beat (from Soul Fire: The Majestic Collection)
- Isaac Hayes - By the Time I Get to Phoenix (from Hot Buttered Soul)
- Ivy - Kite (from Guestroom)
- Beatles - Day Tripper (from Past Masters, Volume Two)
- Ali Farka Toure with Ry Cooder - Sega (from Talking Timbuktu)
- XTC - Fly on the Wall (from English Settlement)
- The Blue Rhythm Orchestra - Hold 'Er Deacon (from Harlem Jazz - The 20s)
- Blow Monkeys - Digging Your Scene (from Living In Oblivion: The 80's Greatest Hits, Vol. 4)
- The Flaming Lips - One More Robot/Sympathy 3000-21 (from Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots)
Surprisingly, that's completely representative of what I like and listen to. A little funk, a little soul, some (early) jazz, elegant pop, angular pop, cheesy 80s hits and relatively mainstream indie/alternative (whatever that means). And Prince. And the Beatles. Of course, my charts over at last.fm are much more complete...
If your sign matches mine
Think of what we'll have
We'll be making babies together, forever.
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Danny Pearson.
(And thanks to Selva for the hint on adding artwork -- you have to set the ID3 tag for Cover image -- using iTunes or another ID3-compatible app -- before you upload.)
Please listen, and hang in there until it gets good:
A Jazzy Look at Prince's Dirty Side
Given that Bernstein is best known for leading the avant-garde jazz ensemble Sex Mob, it's surprising that he didn't use that group to interpret [Darling Nikki].
Instead, Bernstein chose his Millennial Territory Orchestra, which re-imagines jazz from the '20s and '30s for modern times. Initially, the MTO's version sounds frictionless, as violinist Charlie Burnham quietly plucks out the melody, then embellishes it alongside Ben Allison's prowling bass and Matthew Munisteri's guitar improvisation.
I didn't think I could love Prince and his music any more than I do already. I was wrong.
