Pat Metheny: Better Days Ahead
5:22 – Pat Metheny (Official Audio) – 2021
Archive of posts filed under the Music category.
You Can’t Forget the Past
The following is from the movie The Two Jakes. It was the sequel to Chinatown (1974), and was released in 1990. Actor/director Jack Nicholson reprises his role as J.J. “Jake” Gittes, a private investigator in post-war (late 40’s) Los Angeles. In the following ‘scene’ he is on his way out to see a client in …
Continue reading ‘You Can’t Forget the Past’ »
Departures
The beginnings of a future post… The attached is a symphonic version of music from the Japanese movie Departures. I want to return at some time to develop this post further and talk about this deeply meaningful movie. This draft can serve as a placeholder until that time comes. – John Departures 8:18 – Joe …
Continue reading ‘Departures’ »
John Lennon: #9 Dream
Thank you Mr. Lennon… 4:46 – John Lennon – 1974 – Walls and Bridges Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group I was trying to find a version that preceded this 2010 remix, but it looks like my old favorite is no longer available on YouTube.
Chuck Mangione: Feels So Good
People were sure a lot happier when I was a teenager. I often wonder if it had anything to do with the music. This song debuted in December of 1977, and you would hear it everywhere. The music of the time was still pleasing, organic and real. Analog, like the phones we used, the books …
Continue reading ‘Chuck Mangione: Feels So Good’ »
Debussy: Clair de Lune
Debussy plays Debussy | Clair de Lune (1913) 3:50 Description: Claude-Achille Debussy – Clair de Lune (Mondglanz, Mondschein, Moonlight), Suite Bergamasque, Debussy, piano. The Suite bergamasque was first composed in 1890-1905. “Claude Debussy Plays His Finest Works” Claude Debussy, Piano Roll, 1913. NOTE: This is NOT an ACOUSTIC RECORDING. This is a recording obtained by …
Continue reading ‘Debussy: Clair de Lune’ »
Michael Nyman: Where the Bee Dances
I was on my way out to a friend’s place in the Texas Hill Country one Saturday evening. It was a pretty drive and this song came on the FM radio. I sat in his driveway for the final 5 minutes just to find out who it was so I could buy the disc. This …
Continue reading ‘Michael Nyman: Where the Bee Dances’ »
Are the Grammy Awards Racist?
“Black music has never been respected by the Grammys to the point that it should be.” — Sean “Diddy” Combs, American rap artist; net worth $825 million (estimated, 2018) American racism, it seemingly never ends. Are the Grammy Awards racist too? Let’s take a look… On the list of artists for the most Grammy Awards …
Continue reading ‘Are the Grammy Awards Racist?’ »
Gabriel Faure: Pavane – Orchestral
Another installment in our quest to determine whether some art has intrinsic beauty, or is ‘beautiful’ only because some say or think so. Are there universal truths, and are these truths indeed self-evident? Gabriel FAURE’: Pavane, Op. 50 – Paintings By “CLAUDE MONET” – YouTube 7:04 By Austin Gerth – Classical MPR I’m hard-pressed to …
Continue reading ‘Gabriel Faure: Pavane – Orchestral’ »
John Denver: Annie’s Song
1973 — I was thinking of the age in which this song was written. It was a time before every emotion was ran through an amplifier and turned into a parody. A time more organic, before even compassion itself was manufactured. You couldn’t yet patent lifeforms. That realm still belonged to God, whether you believed …
Continue reading ‘John Denver: Annie’s Song’ »
The Power of Words – Gone Awry
This was originally posted for a small group of friends on Facebook, and I was unsure I would post it here. I do so now after some deliberation. I believe this is something that should be thought about on a broader scale, asking why we glorify ‘thugness’ – whether it was James Cagney during the …
Continue reading ‘The Power of Words – Gone Awry’ »
Love is the Answer
1979 – From native Texans Dan Seals and John Coley. Of all the hits they produced, this was Coley’s favorite. Written by Todd Rundgren. 4:44 Love Is The Answer Name your price A ticket to paradise I can’t stay here any more And I’ve looked high and low I’ve been from shore to shore to …
Continue reading ‘Love is the Answer’ »
Mahler: Symphony No. 5 – Adagietto
This piece of music was Gustav Mahler’s own love letter to his wife Alma. “How much I love you, you my sun, I cannot tell you that with words.” The Adagietto from Mahler’s Symphony No. 5, performed in Tokyo by the NHK Symphony Orchestra, Myung-Whun Chung conducting. A superb performance. 11:47
Eric Clapton: Let It Grow
Another European. A beautiful song with beautiful imagery. I hope you enjoy. There are some striking scenes of the plasma which surrounds the Earth… the aurora borealis. Did you know that Eric Clapton never liked his own singing voice? 5:12 Let It Grow Standing at the crossroads, trying to read the signs To tell me …
Continue reading ‘Eric Clapton: Let It Grow’ »
Pachelbel: Canon in D
Written in the late 1600’s for three violins and one cello, Pachelbel’s Canon in D has certainly withstood the test of time. This rendition from Australia, a String Quartet, with three women and one man. Beautiful, on so many levels, if you are able to see and hear it… imbibe it even, while you still …
Continue reading ‘Pachelbel: Canon in D’ »
JS Bach: “Air” on the G String
The more familiar “Air on the G String”… performed by the lovely young Anastasiya Petryshak. At the end of the performance she gives a gracious bow. How rare that is in this age of gross pomposity. 5:44 – Anastasiya Petryshak Originally posted to Spacebook on 19 March 2020.
JS Bach: “Air” – Orchestral Suite No. 3
Continued, another installment in our push back against the Nihilists that plan to take over the world. This is J.S. Bach’s “Air” from Orchestral Suite No. 3, performed by the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic. Some may find it offensive that Bach was European, and a man. Still, I believe that this is another classic representation of …
Continue reading ‘JS Bach: “Air” – Orchestral Suite No. 3’ »
Dave Brubeck: Take Five
Dave Brubeck was a classically trained pianist who grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. In 1951 he formed the Dave Brubeck Quartet with Paul Desmond on alto saxophone. Desmond would eventually compose the following piece, written in 5/4 time. This would go on to be the biggest-selling jazz single of all time. Take …
Continue reading ‘Dave Brubeck: Take Five’ »
The Windmills of Your Mind
A song that celebrates the wonder of romantic love. That spellbinding attraction that exists between the sexes, rich, and organic. It is an emotion truly not describable by words alone… I post here The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) movie version, sung by Mr. Gordon Sumner. It is my own personal favorite. 4:13 The Windmills of …
Continue reading ‘The Windmills of Your Mind’ »
Astrud Gilberto: The Girl from Ipanema
Bossa Nova, almost Jazz. “The Girl from Ipanema” (“Garota de Ipanema”) was written in 1962 by Antonio Carlos Jobim with lyrics originally in Portuguese (Jobim was from Brazil). This was recorded by Astrud Gilberto, João Gilberto and Stan Getz, in March 1963 as part of the album Getz/Gilberto, released March 1964 on the Verve label. …
Continue reading ‘Astrud Gilberto: The Girl from Ipanema’ »
Erik Satie: Gymnopédies
Here’s one with pictures. Compare this to your favorite slutty half-time show filled with demonic symbolism. 15:45 – Updated 23 Dec 2022 because the original YouTube video was no longer available. Special Thanks to Estoy Perdida… Eric Alfred Leslie Satie (17 May 1866 – 1 July 1925), who signed his name Erik Satie after 1884, …
Continue reading ‘Erik Satie: Gymnopédies’ »
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
So who will stand the test of time, Rachmaninoff or someone named Dawg? Sadly, that probably depends on the culture. A culture that now looks down, instead of up. And that seems to be the direction we’re going – down. Any culture that glorifies all that is nasty and evil instead of all that is …
Continue reading ‘Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini’ »
Debussy: Clair de Lune as Art
Another post in our ongoing quest to determine whether there is intrinsic value in great works of art, or whether one person’s turd is just as great as another’s Debussy, well, because someone decided it was… 5:29 – Kathia Buniatishvili – Claude Debussy: Clair de lune For anyone who is actually listening to these, here …
Continue reading ‘Debussy: Clair de Lune as Art’ »