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Music! Dec 4, 2011 4:39:50 GMT -5

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Nov 27, 2011 23:51:55 GMT -5 xitsmymindx said:

As for American music, I like more punk-ish like Goo Goo Dolls

Snap! I loooooooooooooooove the Goo Goo Dolls! ;D So much I actually flew to London last November to see them perform at Brixton Academy because they only seem to do UK shows in Europe. It was amazing! ;D I even named my bluegrass mandolin "Iris" because the song has a mandolin bit

However, I'm not too fond of their two latest albums. I love their stuff up to "Gutterflower" and then IMHO they drifted too much towards happy pop music. I prefer them dark and gloomy. ;D

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Music! Dec 5, 2011 20:21:42 GMT -5

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legoline and xitsmymindx - YAY GOO GOO DOLLS LOVE. I completely agree that their earlier stuff is much better than their last two albums. Philly was lucky enough to have them play our annual Welcome America July 4th concert (an all-night thing with fireworks, free on the Ben Franklin Parkway), and my friends and I all went. We brought vegan noms, sat around Logan Fountain, and sung along to every single song.

Currently, I've been back in love again with The Gaslight Anthem. There's something about their sound and lyrics that I adore - sort of Bruce Springsteen meets scruffy-bearded-dude garage band meets jazz. They're a bit retro, but with a modern rock feel.

- This is what I'd consider their signature song, "The '59 Sound", which is super-catchy and bittersweet and they actually performed it with Bruce Springsteen at Hard Rock Calling in London two years ago. I have aspirations of vidding Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes to it one of these days.

- This is one of the more jazzy, retro numbers, called "The Diamond Church Street Choir". This is is sing-along awesome, just a really feel-good song.

- And my favorite Gaslight Anthem song, "Spirit of Jazz".

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Music! Dec 6, 2011 14:23:58 GMT -5

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Post by icepixie on Dec 6, 2011 14:23:58 GMT -5

I recently got into the Puppini Sisters. I suppose this was inevitable given my taste in movies and dance, and a father who introduced me early to Glenn Miller, the Andrews Sisters, and other acts of the swing era.

Their cover of "I Got Rhythm" is, I think, the best I've ever heard. Not only is the cover part really well-done, but they've written a whole new half of the song that's really excellent. I'm tempted to make a movie musical medley vid to it, but it might be better with something less...expected. Cop show action sequences, maybe? (Except I don't watch many cop shows.) Wacky hijinks from sitcoms? (Ditto.) Maybe musicals would be best.

One of their original songs, "Jilted," is also fantastic. I bet it would be fun to vid, but I can't think of an appropriate subject/source.

legoline Global Moderator Posts: 584	Music! Dec 6, 2011 14:35:08 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by legoline on Dec 6, 2011 14:35:08 GMT -5 icepixie ooooooooooooooh how very shiny! I love that kind of music! (And now I have this sudden urge to rewatch "An American In Paris") ;D
	Last Edit: Dec 6, 2011 14:35:26 GMT -5 by legoline "You lot. You spend all your time thinking about dying, like you're going to get killed by eggs, or beef, or global warming, or asteroids. But you never take time to imagine the impossible. Like maybe you survive." ~Doctor Who

gnattery Pub Enthusiast Posts: 117	Music! Dec 7, 2011 3:41:32 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by gnattery on Dec 7, 2011 3:41:32 GMT -5 I love the video clip for this song, and indeed the song itself. Totally waiting for an excuse to vid it. You really gotta watch it in high def.
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Music! Dec 7, 2011 19:36:00 GMT -5

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Dec 6, 2011 14:35:08 GMT -5 legoline said:

icepixie ooooooooooooooh how very shiny! I love that kind of music! (And now I have this sudden urge to rewatch "An American In Paris"

;D

Me too! Although actually I've never seen An American in Paris; I only just looked up the "I Got Rhythm" section on YouTube to see whether the verse I like the best was from there or by the Puppinis. I should fix this!

legoline Global Moderator Posts: 584	Music! Dec 8, 2011 2:22:18 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by legoline on Dec 8, 2011 2:22:18 GMT -5 Dec 7, 2011 19:36:00 GMT -5 icepixie said: I should fix this! Definitely! It's such a cute movie. Puts a smile on your face
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voodoochild Pub Regular Posts: 89	Music! Dec 8, 2011 10:55:59 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by voodoochild on Dec 8, 2011 10:55:59 GMT -5 icepixie - Thanks for linking to that "I've Got Rhythm" cover! Love it!

legoline Global Moderator Posts: 584	Music! Dec 17, 2011 5:30:08 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by legoline on Dec 17, 2011 5:30:08 GMT -5 DHL just delivered She&Him's Christmas album ;D I love it. I really love Zooey's voice, and that retro vibe their songs have always going on.
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gnattery Pub Enthusiast Posts: 117	Music! Jan 10, 2012 9:53:17 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by gnattery on Jan 10, 2012 9:53:17 GMT -5 Stuck in my head all day~

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Music! Jan 16, 2012 20:32:57 GMT -5

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Post by icepixie on Jan 16, 2012 20:32:57 GMT -5

Antje Duvekot, one of my favorite singer/songwriters, just released a new album! I've listened to "The Ballad of Fred Noonan" probably three dozen times in the past twelve hours. It's a blatant revision of history (at least, no book about Amelia Earhart I've ever read has mentioned that her navigator on the doomed round the world flight was in love with her), but it's so gorgeous that I can't bring myself to care. I think it might be my new favorite song for the moment.

I feel like someone who is not me could make a really excellent vid to "Phoenix." It hits me in the same place Dar Williams's "When I was a Boy" hits me, though the topics are different. It's about a really troubled relationship between mother and daughter and the daughter kind of singing her way through the pain it causes her; I can't think of quite the right character for it, but in the right hands I bet it would be really pretty and moving.

(I can't find either of these online or I'd link, but there are samples here.)

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Music! Jan 19, 2012 3:11:58 GMT -5

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Jan 16, 2012 20:32:57 GMT -5 icepixie said:

It's about a really troubled relationship between mother and daughter and the daughter kind of singing her way through the pain it causes her; I can't think of quite the right character for it, but in the right hands I bet it would be really pretty and moving.

I only listened to the excerpt on amazon.de but I wonder if it would work for Lorelai and Emily Gilmore...

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Music! Jan 19, 2012 16:22:13 GMT -5

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Jan 19, 2012 3:11:58 GMT -5 legoline said:

I only listened to the excerpt on amazon.de but I wonder if it would work for Lorelai and Emily Gilmore...

Perhaps? I've only seen a couple episodes of that show, so I couldn't say. (It sounds perfect for me on paper, but somehow when I actually watch it, I can't stand it. I can't figure out why.)

Maybe it's just because I've been working on Fringe vids lately, but to me the song suggests a sci-fi setting. I'd almost say it could be an Aeryn Sun vid, but her mommy issues aren't quite like what the song depicts.

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Music! Jan 24, 2012 21:02:40 GMT -5

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Post by bisclaveret on Jan 24, 2012 21:02:40 GMT -5

www.jamesvmcmorrow.com/ James Vincent McMorrow's album Early in the Morning has been my go to album recently particularly the song We Don't Eat
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Also Lisa Hannigan's new album Passenger, Safe Travels (Don't Die) is my favourite song from it at the moment.

Cathy Davey is another Irish singer I listen to alot at the moment. I love her.

This is her singing live on an Irish tv show Other Voices.

The Pierces You'll be Mine is another song I've been listening to on repeat a few times recently.

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franzeska Pub Enthusiast Posts: 161	Music! Jan 27, 2012 13:36:30 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by franzeska on Jan 27, 2012 13:36:30 GMT -5 Anybody have thoughts about Lana Del Rey? She appears to be relatively new.