I love Pavarotti. Although there's something about his voice that isn't totally pleasant. I like the deeper darker voice timbre more. But I still think he is the best.

Jewell Neil emailed me back,I dont think he is coming back,sigh!

I miss him soo

I will have to find another Umpire and Spanking Specilist for Rafa Inc

Noone can replace Neil.

Checking out these live performances remind me that I ought to see more.
Hardly ever go to concerts anymore.

Any legends still performing that I ought to see?

AM- I'm going to check on Cohen's schedule, I'd enjoy that for sure.

Would love to see the Eagles live as well.

Nite NP

I don't think Neil will come back either, AM. *sad face*

jewell I need to find a replacement ASAP

Sad and Weeps forever.

Off to bed. Fun DC for sure.

Unlike Neil (from Toronto if I remember correctly) I'll be back next Fri.

Night Codge,yes it has been fun

Well Hubby is taking me out for dinner

I will come back to watch the Tour,not the cricket,geez

Well jewell the english are going to win this one for sure and they deserved to.

Bye for Now.

Hope that didn't sound glib, as you genuinely miss Neil.

Sorry you ran him off with your shoe demands AM, and god knows what Jewell did. (smile).

ok really off.

Well, wedding at Tudor castle by the sea calls. Bye, everyone. :)

Goodness gracious, I check in on DC this morning and it's 2 pages long. I come back tonight to find it has exploded into its 9th page. What sort of shenanigans have you people been up to?!

Morning All. Know I was supposed to do this yesterday or last night, bit late to the party. The clip that I am posting is not really one of my favourites, but the fellow is so talented. When Usain Bolt won the 100m at the Olympics he did a dance, the dance that he did was to a song made famous by this fellow, whose name is Movado. He is extremely talented but like most talented musicians his music usually has the feel of a tortured soul and he gets involved in all sorts of anti-social behaviour. That being said, this song really takes a look at his musical talent. I hope you all enjoy it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F165CvZfADs

Billie Holiday
Strange Fruit

http://tinyurl.com/5vaby6

there's a reason why this has had nearly 2 million hits on youtube

re: previous post.

on the vid, Holiday is accompanied by a piano and nothing more.

raw, passionate, stark.

so much there in her face..

I am never going to get through reading and watching all these posts. I tried to find my pick found the song, went to open the link and got nothing. Jackie or someone can you help me out.

My choice is High and Dry by Radiohead.

'morning sports (and music) fans!

So Tom Watson, dashing at 59, is the leader of the British Open. How cool is that? Would flove to see him take the whole thing. yeah, i think comparing golf to tennis really is nuts and cheese, bagels and pizza, apples and oranges. can't be done.

Angel: it was very hard to keep up with all the posts last night. i was more apt to check out a vid if i knew who it was beforehand. but there's some great stuff here. mr.x posted a spanish band La Flaca (is that the band or the song?) they were excellent.

Like a Rolling Stone
Bob Dylan

http://tinyurl.com/dhdaj6 This doesn't even sound dated.

and more
bob dylan
it's alright, ma (i'm only bleeding)
http://tinyurl.com/m4cntv

angel

http://tinyurl.com/dybrkz
radiohead high and dry

susan: love radiohead but never got the dylan love. oh well.

tom watson is two shots up after 7. turnberry scotland looks so beautiful. i want to be there. right now.

if panda bear were a tennis player, he would be borg. and this song would be him singing about his experience at the french open...and avey tare definitely looks like reeshard.

covered in frogs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMcUlp2BBmY

if you get antsy, skip to the halfway mark.

for all the number 2s hunting the number 1s.

rid of me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uK7Uny066M

http://tinyurl.com/n26v3o

Bob Dylan The times they are a changin'

as apt today as it was then.

live performance

http://tinyurl.com/44bl8s

don't think twice it's alright
bob dylan

ok, that's it with the dylan love. But do love this song.

nice little video someone put together for his class at school.
1.4 million hits!

Can't believe I didn't submit this as my 1st (non-facetious) choice last nite. Here's Vladimir Horowitz's scorching rendition of Scriabin's Etude Op. 8, No. 12, from his famous 1965 return concert at Carnegie Hall:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ClDFmFmr0k

I'm not a big fan of neither artist, but this is easily one of the greatest performances of any piece of music ever. I've listened to all the other official recordings of this piece by Horowitz. I've also listened to dozens of other recordings of this hyper-Romantic warhorse by such luminaries as Richter, Barere, Berman, Cortot, Sofronitsky and the composer himself, and by today's talented Scriabin interpreters like Kissin and Sudbin. And I can say with 99% certainty that nobody--and I do mean NOBODY--matches Horowitz in this repertoire. Horowitz's 1962 studio performance comes fairly close, but even that one fails to bring the grand ending to such vertiginous heights as in this CH performance.

Simply one for the ages. Just ignore the pretentious description by the video poster and pay close attention to Horowtiz's fiery execution of the final octaves and chords.

http://tinyurl.com/lplp7m

rolling stones some girls

live

can't believe this was only three years ago. excellent.

saw them live a LONG time ago, admittedly in a somewhat altered state. just remember jagger very energetically strutting (chicken strut) and jumping around a big stage for HOURS. he must have lost five or more pounds by the end of the evening.

np, nice scriabin.

really none of the works in the classical realm that i want to share are youtubed. so i can't give you the music response i want to give.

horowitz playing danse macabre live exists but not on youtube. i am not crazy about the studio recoding. none of my favorite dvorak, beethoven, ravel, debussy, satie, shostakovich, or even reich on youtube. hmm....:(

so i give up. here's panda bear and animal collectice 1 more time . to me, beautiful, like a tennis ball in flight at night under the lights at armstrong stadium.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zol2MJf6XNE

http://tinyurl.com/lu69ym

Gimme Shelter

rolling stones
with great backup singer lisa fischer

Satisfaction is also on youtube (live performance in the 60s)

maria callas
un bel di vedremo
from puccini's madame butterfly
not live
http://tinyurl.com/nn29vy

knownaim&, I actually can't stand Scriabin. That etude is one of the few Scriabin pieces that I really like, and even here I doubt I would've made an exception if not for Horowitz's performance.

My aversion to Horowitz isn't as strong, but he's still far from one of my faves. I just don't see what the big deal is. Yes, peerless in the late Russian Romantic repertoire, hair-raising Liszt here and there, pretty good Scarlatti and Mozart, and of course there are those crazy transcriptions of his, of which the danse macabre is one. But outside of those confines, I don't see much greatness on the level of, say, Schnabel, Cortot and Richter. The Horowitzian sound is unique, though, I'll grant that.

susan, I actually linked to Callas' performance of the same aria last nite, but looks like yours has a slightly better sound. Good find.

I love this video -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxkW-2sVm1U

Sam, of all the offbeat videos I've seen so far I think I like yours the best. Props.

Thanks NP.

Lovely posts: Enjoyed some of them thoroughly.

Can I post two?
-- Joy Division's Closer Album (in its entirety), but especially "Atrocity Exhibiition" (the repetitive beat and the sheer cadence of it all...boy! you could actually feel Ian losing it inside)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDxciYuygmU

-- Jane's Addiction's "Jane Says" (the sheer poetic simplicity of it)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh-5FI21s6M

NP, Sam.

Guess I should go off the track myself, keeping up with the world theme. Here's a song of praise and worship called "We Are Happy" by an Ugandan community called the Abayudaya:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVUXyaccyak

An interesting fact about the community: They have been very steadfast in their practice of Judaism despite decades of ostracism and persecution by local tribes and the Ugandan government, even though they aren't genetically or historically related to other ethnic Jews. Wiki has more background info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abayudaya

And here's their performance of Psalm 93:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YVEF3vq9lM

All these recordings are from their _Music From the Jewish People of Uganda_ CD, issued on the Smithsonian Folkways label. Wish YB had a video of the track for Psalm 150 also, 'cause it's the most exhilarating performance of a psalm I've heard. Go get the CD if you're interested. Not the most sophisticated music, but the sheer joy, devotion and humanity of the music are palpable.

YT (YouTube), not YB.

What the hell, I'll just trek around the world. On to Guinea.

Here's an all-women group called Amazones de Guinée performing "Watamo" from the eponymous album:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAiAQTmAGJk

And another # from the same album, "Meilleurs Vœux":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEc2kaErQ9I

Too bad YT doesn't have the funky "Zawi." The whole album is a riot, so if you're interested, get a copy.

More info on the group here:

http://www.amazoneswomandrummers.com/

Anybody ever listen to the Traveling Wilburys? I love this track by them:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG-ww7JsnOA

Well, PT West, with the likes of Dylan and Harrison they were pretty impossible to miss. Never dug their stuff, but good to see 'em together again.

Well, if the Wilbury's are going to be brought up, then one should post a link to the most distinctive voice in that group:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE9AwR0awVQ

And for John Fogerty using his voice to maximum effect:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TS9_ipu9GKw

CCR coming at you like a bulldozer, but not the "Velvet Bulldozer," Albert King:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hvA0wWTIv4

and:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec0XKhAHR5I

PT West - thanks for the Traveling Wilburys link. Love that song.

"No offense, but I find Stairway to be Led Zep's most overrated song. I much prefer this track. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MxSW0zGsbw"

I agree, PW West. There are many Led Zep songs I prefer to Stairway.

Oops, meant PT West in my last post.

MSF, good call with "I Put a Spell on You," originally penned by, of course, the one and only Screamin' Jay Hawkins, the craziest MF in the history of rock 'n' roll. His "Constipation Blues" cracks me up every time I listen to it. Looks like the vid with the absolutely ridiculous monologue--the one about "real pain"--was taken down, so this live performance will have to do for now:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCPaZQMXVlc

NP:

From liner notes, knew that SJ Hawkins had written "I Put a Spell," but had never seen him in person or seen videos of him. If Wiki correct about him fathering between 55 and 75 children, hope Hawkins received plenty of royalties from the songs he wrote.

Impressive understatement in the website devoted to Orbison that has the following:

"Orbison's career became very rudely interrupted when his wife Claudette died in a motorcycle-accident. . . ."

m, I knew Hawkins had fathered many children, but not THAT many. Looks like the figure is about right, considering the source is NPR's All Things Considered. Like I said, the guy was a crazy MF.

Surprised to see so few African classics on YouTube. Nothing from the Indestructible Beat of Soweto series, and I'm having a hard time locating a Franco video.

OK, I'll end my African trip in Cape Verde. And the musician? You guessed right: Cesaria Evora, the Queen of Morna, the Barefoot Diva. Here are a few recommended Evora tunes:

Angola - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM3w_T_Wn58

Petit Pays - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbN8bk9ljQw

Tchintchirote - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDqGex-GPHI

Carnaval de São Vicente - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxJeFXx4PNM

Just realized that most of the above Evora tunes are upbeat #s. Actually they’re not very representative of her discography, so here are some bittersweet laments from her 2003 album Voz d'Amor:

Amdjer de Nos Terra - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PeQA6coarg

Beijo Roubado - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiWwTIu1Ma4

Mar de Canal - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ho-R7W9O20I

Miss Perfumado may have sold more copies, but Voz d'Amor remains my favorite Cesaria Evora album. It’s one of the very few albums I was ever smitten with. Not excited or delighted, mind you, but SMITTEN. I’ve had a similar experience with a few Schubert and John Dowland songs, but that’s all I can remember. One of my desert island discs.

Susan

Thanks heaps for posting the link to Radiohead. Annie I love them as well. Hoping everyone is having a great w/e, I'm always so late to this thread.

3 more Evora selections, all up-tempo:

Sangue de Beirona - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW3sYHDkQgA

Cinturão Tem Mele (Dança Tchà Tchà Tchà) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99fhpvgjCDM

Africa Nossa - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH1UG6V7iiY

So there’s Africa. Will visit Europe and Latin America later, if I still see a few people on this thread.

well this is late. but today i found a youtube clip of Dylan performing with the Rolling Stones in Brazil in 1998. couldn't believe it.

huge outdoor concert with wild crowd.

http://tinyurl.com/dn4zdb
Like a Rolling Stone

Jacko, I miss you as well. Glad you posted something by Regina and I also choose a Radiohead song. Though I could add a few Aussie rock songs.

AA, here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkHM8xG6i8o

The only dance music I like is Goldfrapp but I love dancing to the Stone Roses 'Fools Gold'. The Gossip are also really good. I love the fact there is a lot of Indie music on this thread.

NP You never stop amazing me but Radiohead are awesome.

BTW some1 here (maybe it was Peg) linked to Jean-Jacques Goldman's MV for "Les choses." Think these 2 songs from the same album (Chansons pour les pieds) are better:

Et l'on n'y peut rien - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVxNXlJlcSI

Tournent les violons - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuzgMmvMmIA

The gimmicky style aspect of the album can get grating, and as usual with the Frenchman he doesn't shy away from shameless flourishes, but it's pretty ingratiating musique nonetheless.

Here's the "Les choses" MV for those who missed it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koUh8iTbebQ

RA I have seen Stop Making sense like about 5 times through the 80's and I agree with the Police though I have seen Sting twice in concert and he was brillant.

so late but what the heck..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iju1_DhH2Qs&feature=related

amadou and marium

je pense a toi

that's mariam