Music - What Floats Your Boat?

Glad to hear of the family music link Brue.  Fingers crossed that we can get back to some element of normality soon.  At least I have still been playing at church to help create an impression of normality even though no-one is allowed to sing.

David

They managed one event just before the first lockdown. This makes me smile, part of a warm up band for the Wurzels...so they had a photo taken. 

David. Good to hear you have managed to keep the music going, one way or another.

It's nice to have a music thread Freddy.

Another restful tune which I've not come across before.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Qieozzeb3O4

That was a bit different, in a good way 👍

A long time favourite of mine, reflecting a dystopian view at the time, brilliant lyrics...

Another from the same, what I consider to be, a landmark album.

A funny thing..

A good few years ago, I paid around £100 (plus costs)to see Muse, at Wembley. They were alright. Not long after, I paid around £10 to see the Wurzels in a local pub car park. £10 well spent, they were brilliant and I thoroughly enjoyed the event 👍

Try to find and listen to the Tomita version of this and other Debussy pieces. The tune will be the same but the sound creating it will be different. Tomita was a genius at this. There are many classical pieces where I much prefer the Tomita version, The Planets being a very good example. Another is the Grand Canyon Suite by Groffe. Listen to Cloudburst in a darkened room with good speakers a few feet apart and imagine being in the storm. The stereo effect is stunning.

It’s not very often I wind up the gramophone these days, so I thought I’d treat myself...

‘Cloudburst’ rang a bell, so I looked it up. Sure enough, it was something I’d heard a good few years ago. The version I heard was by the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, conducted by Erich Kunzel, on the Telarc label. My understanding is that they actually digitally recorded a thunderstorm. Most, if not all recordings on the Telarc label come with a warning, advising the listener to not have the volume set too high, such is the dynamic range of these recordings. I have a couple of discs, ‘Time Warp’ and ‘Star Tracks’, both of which feature tunes from Sci-Fi movies. There’s also a recording of the 1812 Overture, where they used real canons, quite impressive! 

I’ll check out Tomita 👍

I’ve long been a fan of The Moody Blues. I’m sure most will be familiar with ‘Nights In White Satin’, but this is what I consider to be the ‘proper’ version, taken from their album, ‘Days Of Future Passed’. The whole album is littered with what I consider to be wonderful orchestral arrangements...