[Floeddie]

This is Trenet's live version of "La Mer" which was recorded about 15 years after the original 1946 release. It was later completely re-written by Jack Lawrence to an extent in which it bears no resemblance whatsoever to the original Trenet version but nevertheless became a memorable hit for Bobby Darin in 1960 reaching # 6 on the Billboard charts.

I like the somewhat jazzed up Bobby Darin version... figures, no?

 

[atsizat]

Mina - Non Credere (1969)

 

[Shaughnessy]

Moving Hearts: Dark End Of The Street - 1982

• Musicians
  • Christy Moore: Lead Vocals & Bodhrán
  • Dónal Lunny: Synthesizer, Nelson Solid Bouzouki & Rototoms
  • Declan Sinnott: Fender Electric & Lowden Acoustic Guitars and Lead Vocals on "Let Somebody Know"
  • Davy Spillane: Uileann Pipes, Low Whistle & Percussion Whistle
  • Keith Donald: Yamigisawa & Yamaha Saxes, & Bass Clarinet
  • Eoghan O'Neill: Fretted & Fretless Bass & Autocabasa
  • Matt Kelleghan: Drums

 

[Shaughnessy]

Dónal Lunny: Coolfin - 1998

• Musicians
  • Dónal Lunny: Bouzouki, Guitar, Bodhran
  • Márta Sebestyén: Vocals
  • Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill: Vocals
  • Sharon Shannon: Accordion
  • Eddi Reader: Vocals
  • Máire Breatnach: Fiddle
  • Jean Butler: Taps
  • Nollaig Casey: Fiddle, Viola
  • Roy Dodds: Percussion
  • Graham Henderson: Keyboards
  • John McSherry: Whistle, Uillean Pipes
  • Ray Fean: Drums
  • Sean Smyth: Fiddle
  • Mairead Nesbitt: Fiddle
  • Fionn Ó Lochlainn: Bass

 

[fbjim]

Richie Hawtin (alias "Plastikman") - Spastik

If there's a techno canon, this is up there near the top.

 

[atsizat]

Ahmet Kaya - O Vahşi At (1991)

 

[atsizat]

Ahmet Kaya - Yangın Gecesi (1991)

 

[Floeddie]

Robert Fripp: Exposures Disk 8 (Daryl Hall/Vocals)



The last CD I listened to before sleep were some Bach Violin Sonatas... a few hours later I woke up and listened to this CD for the 1st time. It really was a quantum leap experience, I enjoyed both thoroughly.

 

[Shaughnessy]

Moving Hearts: Live 1983

• Musicians
  • Dónal Lunny, Declan Sinnott, Davy Spillane, Keith Donald, Matt Kelleghan, Eoghan O'Neill & Mick Hanly

 

[Shaughnessy]

Andy Irvine — Mozaik: Live from the Powerhouse

• Musicians
  • Andy Irvine: Vocals, Bouzouki, Mandola, Harmonica
  • Dónal Lunny: Backing Vocals, Bouzouki, Guitar, Bodhrán
  • Bruce Molsky: Vocals, Fiddle, 5-String Banjo
  • Nikola Parov: Gadulka, Gaida, Kaval, Tin Whistle, Clarinet, Guitar, Kalimba
  • Rens van der Zalm: Backing Vocals, Fiddle, Mandolin, Guitar

 

[Art Rock]

Willowglass: Willowglass (2005)
Willowglass: Book of Hours (2008)

Willowglass is actually British solo artist/multi-instrumentalist Andrew Marshall. His music is inspired by the symphonic prog giants of the 70s, but does not sound overly derivative. This is pretty good keyboard driven instrumental prog, especially the Book of Hours album.

 

[atsizat]

Ahmet Kaya - Bize Ne Oldu (1994)

 

[Floeddie]

Moving Hearts: Live 1983

• Musicians
  • Dónal Lunny, Declan Sinnott, Davy Spillane, Keith Donald, Matt Kelleghan, Eoghan O'Neill & Mick Hanly

Hmm.. Irish Prog, pretty good.

 

[atsizat]

Ahmet Kaya - Beni Tarihle Yargıla (1988)

Edit:

I am adding the lyrics for this one in English

Ahmet Kaya - Beni Tarihle Yargıla şarkı sözleri + İngilizce çevirisi

Ahmet Kaya sanatçısının 'Beni Tarihle Yargıla' şarkısının Türkçe dil

lyricstranslate.com

 

[atsizat]

Ahmet Kaya - İçerden Çıkan Adam (1988)

 

[elgar's ghost]

Primeval, hard and uncompromising - as original electric blues should be.

 

[SONNET CLV]

Visited an old friend today. A practice to assess my mental health.

I know folks who "can't get" this music. They either hate it or dismiss it completely as not even worthy of an opinion. Some suggest it is silly, or amateurish ... goofy and not to be taken seriously ... strange and unlistenable ... or just plain ol' unlistenable. I wouldn't want to be like those folks.

So every once in a while I take out this Residents album (or one of the others in my collection -- I have quite a few) and give it a spin on my VPI Scoutmaster, just to see what my reaction to it is. As I said, to assess my mental health -- as a measure of my sanity.

I wouldn't want to be like those folks I mentioned above. Apparently I'm not. At least not yet. I visited the sublime and pronounce myself "still sane".

 

[Jay]

 

[Rogerx]

Ekseption - Ekseption (1969)

 

[pianozach]

Peter Haiiiiiiill?