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Annael
Elvenhome
Oct 4 2012, 2:36pm
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Lady Gaga & Vitamin String Quartet
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I think she's awesome, and I love belting out her songs along with her.
Pandora led me to the Vitamin String Quartet, who cover rock songs (like "Bad Romance"), and I love them too.
The way we imagine our lives is the way we are going to go on living our lives.
- James Hillman, Healing Fiction
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Ethel Duath
Gondolin
Oct 5 2012, 9:41pm
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Vivaldi, Beethoven, Brahms--NPR mostly.
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I heard a recording of Vivaldi (4 Seasons, Summer) that practically made me jump out of the car when the basses joined in! I'd never heard such power in Vivaldi before. Makes me wonder if he conducted his works that way or not. (Oh for a time-traveling microphone!) I didn't hear what group it was--I may have to call in and find out!
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acheron
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Oct 6 2012, 3:48am
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Ben Folds Five - Sound of the Life of the Mind
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BF5 reunited recently and recorded this album. It's growing on me a lot. You can tell the difference between this and Folds' solo albums, and it mostly feels closer to the last BF5 album (Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner, from 1999) than any of the Folds solo records. This is a good thing in my opinion.
As part of this, they made a music video for the song "Do It Anyway", featuring the Fraggles from the Jim Henson show Fraggle Rock. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEyrfFwf3rI
Also along with this I've been going back to other Ben Folds albums, both with the Five and without. My favorite BF5 song is maybe "Smoke" from Whatever and Ever Amen, or "Don't Change Your Plans" or "Mess" from Unauthorized Biography.... The only BF solo album I really liked was his first after the band, Rocking the Suburbs, though I never did hear Lonely Avenue and maybe I should. In any case, until 1.5 years ago I'm not sure what my favorite BF solo song was; since then it's been "Still Fighting It" from that album. (It's about his son; it's the first song I listened to after finding out my wife and I were going to have a boy.)
As far as the new album goes, I am liking "Erase Me" and "The Sound of the Life of the Mind" and "On Being Frank" and "Draw a Crowd" and "Do It Anyway". That's like half the songs, and really I am liking the other half too, so...
For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much -- the wheel, New York, wars, and so on -- while all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man, for precisely the same reasons. -- Douglas Adams
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zarabia
Dor-Lomin
Oct 6 2012, 3:57am
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I’m especially fond of The English Beat’s version of Tears of a Clown. As great as the original is, the EB put their own stamp on it in such a fun way.
Here are some favorites related to your choices:
Over The Rainbow/ What a Wonderful World medley - Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9b3_1CcXtY
Peter Gunn – The Blues Brothers
I Fought the Law – The Clash (written by Sonny Curtis from the Crickets, made famous by Bobby Fuller Four)
I Can’t Get No Satisfaction – Otis Redding
We Can Work It Out – Stevie Wonder (Beatles)
Got To Get You Into My Life – Earth Wind & Fire (Beatles)
Some others:
Take Me to The River – Talking Heads (Al Green)
The Joker – Fatboy Slim (Steve Miller Band) (the song doesn't start until about :36, but the kittens are cute)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLwg48WQ6e4
Higher Ground – Red Hot Chili Peppers (Stevie Wonder)
Just Like Starting Over – The Flaming Lips (John Lennon)
http://www.youtube.com/...&feature=related
Lean on Me - Club Nouveau (Bill Withers)
My Funny Valentine – Elvis Costello (written by Rodgers and Hart recorded by many, including Frank Sinatra) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-8nRiyrIAk
Stardust - Willie Nelson (Hoagy Carmichael)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1XyiIrrjcw
And what about less famous original versions (or inspirations for later hits):
Blinded by the Light by Bruce Springsteen later made famous by Manfred Mann
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Iaca30QbOo&feature=related
Bruce’s version has twice as many verses, much wordier, but is two minutes shorter LOL. It has a stream-of-consciousness, jazzy feel that is more upbeat.
And, maybe it’s just me, but I didn’t realize Coolio’s Gangsta’s Paradise was based on Stevie Wonder’s Pastime Paradise. Both are great IMO.
Pastime Paradise:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wHnkQuY1cY
Gangsta’s Paradise
http://www.youtube.com/...&feature=related
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zarabia
Dor-Lomin
Oct 6 2012, 4:02am
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Jimmy Fallon doing Neil Young - I laughed until I cried :D
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And then Bruce Springsteen came out dressed like...Bruce Springsteen, but 30 years younger. So funny!
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zarabia
Dor-Lomin
Oct 6 2012, 4:36am
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This is the one that made me laugh til I couldn't breathe
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRbd12Sv1Ak
"Neil Young" singing Whip My Hair Back and Forth so (seemingly) sincerely and plaintively just tickled my funny bone. Then Bruce joins in...priceless
I'd seen the others, too - and they are hilarious, but this one kills me.
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wendy woo
Ossiriand
Oct 6 2012, 4:50am
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Listened to Adele's new song "Skyfall" for the new Bond film.
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It put me in the mood for Chris Cornell's Bond tune "You Know My Name" from the movie Casino Royale. Other than that my listening choices seemed to be determined very often by what the kids want to hear. Been listening to the latest Veggietales tune, "The League of Incredible Vegetables" by the Newsboys quite a bit lately. A tune you just can't seem to get out of your head! Oh well, such is motherhood.
Did ya get him?
I don't know, but he was limpin' when he left.
He was limpin' when he got here!
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sherlock
Mithlond
Oct 6 2012, 10:48am
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Vivaldi's 4 Seasons but winter is my favorite part. Winter is my favorite season in real life but I'm afraid we won't have one again this year. It's still in the 80s.
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Annael
Elvenhome
Oct 6 2012, 2:22pm
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Another great cover of "Rainbow" was done by the late Eva Cassidy
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce-5OWBNGNw
Makes me cry because I used to sing this version with a guitarist friend, who recently passed from cancer. I'll be singing it again at his memorial.
The way we imagine our lives is the way we are going to go on living our lives.
- James Hillman, Healing Fiction
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zarabia
Dor-Lomin
Oct 7 2012, 4:01am
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This really is a beautiful version
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I'm sorry about your friend. This song is such a fitting tribute to a loved one. I'm sure it will mean a lot to his other friends and family to have you sing it.
{HUGS}
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sherlock
Mithlond
Oct 7 2012, 12:30pm
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Neil Young fan who got a kick out of those Jimmy Fallon impressions. Sings real slow & soulful "whip my hair back & forth", lol!
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Hamfast
Nargothrond
Oct 7 2012, 6:04pm
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the Grace Jones version of Ring of Fire, and had completely forgotten about it. Nice mellow reggae groove juxtaposed against Grace's powerful presence makes for a good listen : )
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Laitholiel_the_SeaElf
Menegroth
Oct 8 2012, 1:44am
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I would never have guessed that I would like Jimmy Fallon much considering his propensity for busting up in every single SNL skit, but his stuff on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon is consistently hilarious.
But you are what you love,
And not what loves you back.
And I'm in love with illusions
So saw me in half.
I'm in love with tricks
So pull another rabbit out your hat.
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Padfoot
Nevrast
Oct 8 2012, 9:17am
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When I'm at work, and I'm allowed to listen to music, it's usually radio. 
I've recently discovered "Mumford & Sons", and I think they're worth listening to, currently trying to find more material!
Other than that, it's almost all kinds of music, from classic to hardrock.
Signature by kiteflier with kind permission from http://www.richardarmitagenet.com
(This post was edited by Padfoot on Oct 8 2012, 9:19am)
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Otaku-sempai
Elvenhome
Oct 8 2012, 5:03pm
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I've been listening to old anime soundtrack albums, especially Joe Hisaishi's Nausicaa Image Album, Kitaro's Millennia (for Queen Millennia), Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex O.S.T 1 & 2, and Inuyasha Theme Song Collection.
'Thus spake Ioreth, wise-woman of Gondor: The hands of the king are the hands of a healer, and so shall the rightful king be known.' - Gandalf the White
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Ethel Duath
Gondolin
Oct 8 2012, 5:27pm
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Ah! I love Winter (the season and The Season[s]) as well!
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And I adore snow, although I feel like I'm taking my life in my hands saying so! I even like shoveling the walk . . . 
It's in the 60's and low 70's here, much warmer than normal, but cooling down, so I guess there is some hope . . .
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grammaboodawg
Elvenhome
Oct 9 2012, 2:29pm
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Book on CD, The Broker by John Grisham
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It's a fantastic story read so well. I have one part I listen to over and over again in the truck as I drive to and from work ;)
I really need these new films to take me back to, and not re-introduce me to, that magical world.
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