I might not call it NEW since it is an old record tat mispleced somewhere - just got the CD version of Captain Fantastic - Elton John.
What is new in my music library? (recent purchases I enjoy)
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I don't have that one in my collection.... great a ''new old Mcleod'' to go hunt for!
I missed the release of this album from The Tierney Sutton Band and they do some quality arranging of stings songs. Just forget Message in a Bottle, I never liked that song.
Madeleine Peyroux, Secular Hymns sounds great in Hi Res and IMO much better than the Norah Jones album both sonically and musically.
How's the quality? I thought they were kind of interesting, but did get somewhat upset with them after they made that long video where they're total **** heads.
I am with you...i found a few tracks disturbingly raw...i am not a fan of that kind of sick violent edge to some of their rap. But fortunately, most of the tracks dont have quite that extreme an edge...and the beats are extremely good. On the one hand, you've probably heard most of these beats elsewhere if you listen to enough deep house, rap and hip hop. On the other hand, i give them a lot of credit of mixing it up in very original formats. And frankly, i've heard these beats done elsewhere by others not nearly as well. So i got 2 of their albums.
No thoughts on Sonic qualities?
My problem with the video was they killed innocent man to take some wheelchairs from him. The guy wasn't nice to them, but they proved him right when they kill him and then kill some other dude who wasn't even mean to them. Their other videos are them being poor idiots with style & game; and I thought they were really well done representations to go along with interesting sounds and rapping. I guess I don't know their other songs well enough to comment on the violence in them.
My problem with the video was they killed innocent man to take some wheelchairs from him. The guy wasn't nice to them, but they proved him right when they kill him and then kill some other dude who wasn't even mean to them. Their other videos are them being poor idiots with style & game; and I thought they were really well done representations to go along with interesting sounds and rapping. I guess I don't know their other songs well enough to comment on the violence in them.
Frankly, I listened to the audio from youtube which had no video here...based on what you just described, i am perfectly happy i did not see it. I ordered the albums and will let you know about sound quality. Given the attention they have paid to their music, i am hopeful they did a good job on audio sound as well. stay tuned.
Hi Folsom,
I have listened to the album...well done sonically. Not a BIS Classical recording but very good. (No Bruce Springsteen struggles here, if you've ever tried to find a well mastered CD of his.) I like the music, find it creative, and ignore the occasional parts which are a bit too raw.
BTW, I am expecting my 2nd album and instinctively feel i will much prefer it...will again try to remember to let you know:
Nigel Kennedy plays with bravado and his performance over-reaches above the music itself...you can hear Kennedy in his renditions. The question is whether that is because he is being too much of a virtuoso...or whether because we have grown accustomed to a formality and strict form of classical music...kind of like listening to Shakespearean actors who read the lines back with nobility...vs those actors who bring Shakespearean English 'back' to as understandable a form of English as possible by speaking Shakespeare's English with a more everyday rhythm.
For the moment, I have heard little of his interpretations but am willing at first glance to give him a LOT of credit for managing to do his thing in a way that brings a radical breath to classical music. For the moment, I am prepared to see it as kind of like his attempt at reaching back over 300-400 years of classic musical playback shellac and trying to figure out what a 33 year Bach or Beethoven was really trying to do.
For the moment, I have heard little of his interpretations but am willing at first glance to give him a LOT of credit for managing to do his thing in a way that brings a radical breath to classical music. For the moment, I am prepared to see it as kind of like his attempt at reaching back over 300-400 years of classic musical playback shellac and trying to figure out what a 33 year Bach or Beethoven was really trying to do.
Hey Folsom,
So i am listening to the 2nd Die Antwoord Album (Mount Ninja and Da Nice Time Kid). For me, a better album overall. The first one i got (Donker Mag) has the popularistic 'Ugly Boy' and a few others...but i prefer this album overall. I feel like i can listen to the whole album straight or just about. Very good quality sound as well.
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