Δαι μουσικές (daeman's tunes)
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My Son John - The Imagined Village
The English ensemble The Imagined Village fuses the logic of American folk troubadour Woody Guthrie who was quoted as saying "What Goes Around Comes Around." A similar inspiration and motivation drove legendary English folk bands such as Fairport Convention to reinterpret historical ballads and the Incredible String Band to delve into cross-cultural experimentation back in the late 1960s. This ensemble updates and recharges some old and surprisingly recent gems from the rich English folk songbook in a much more multicultural fashion and highly political manner with more successful results than its self-titled debut (Real World, 2007).
The 10 piece ensemble headed by Simon Emmerson, founder of the Afro-Celt Sound System and three vocalists—veteran guitarist Martin Carthy, his daughter, fiddler Eliza Carthy and second fiddler Chris Wood—along with a female sitarist, two percussionists that add North and South Indian-tinged grooves and a restrained flair of electronica. The ensemble tested their eclectic and versatile formula on the road resulting in a much more focused sound. An organic band sound remains at its core with recognizable lead singers and the charismatic services of Billy Bragg, Paul Weller, and Shiela Chandra who all appeared on their debut. Even though the traditional songs don't remain the same, their political or social message still resonates even if their lyrics refer to historical events.
Examples include Martin Carthy's chilling cover of the Napoleonic-Wars protest lament, "My Son John" ("My son John was tall and slim/He had a leg for every limb/But now he's got no legs at all/For he run a race with a cannonball"), taken to the battle fields of Iraq and Afghanistan with a beautiful strings arrangement that highlight Carthy's guitar and Sheema Mukherjee's evocative sitar lines. ...
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=35552
My Son John - The Imagined Village
The English ensemble The Imagined Village fuses the logic of American folk troubadour Woody Guthrie who was quoted as saying "What Goes Around Comes Around." A similar inspiration and motivation drove legendary English folk bands such as Fairport Convention to reinterpret historical ballads and the Incredible String Band to delve into cross-cultural experimentation back in the late 1960s. This ensemble updates and recharges some old and surprisingly recent gems from the rich English folk songbook in a much more multicultural fashion and highly political manner with more successful results than its self-titled debut (Real World, 2007).
The 10 piece ensemble headed by Simon Emmerson, founder of the Afro-Celt Sound System and three vocalists—veteran guitarist Martin Carthy, his daughter, fiddler Eliza Carthy and second fiddler Chris Wood—along with a female sitarist, two percussionists that add North and South Indian-tinged grooves and a restrained flair of electronica. The ensemble tested their eclectic and versatile formula on the road resulting in a much more focused sound. An organic band sound remains at its core with recognizable lead singers and the charismatic services of Billy Bragg, Paul Weller, and Shiela Chandra who all appeared on their debut. Even though the traditional songs don't remain the same, their political or social message still resonates even if their lyrics refer to historical events.
Examples include Martin Carthy's chilling cover of the Napoleonic-Wars protest lament, "My Son John" ("My son John was tall and slim/He had a leg for every limb/But now he's got no legs at all/For he run a race with a cannonball"), taken to the battle fields of Iraq and Afghanistan with a beautiful strings arrangement that highlight Carthy's guitar and Sheema Mukherjee's evocative sitar lines. ...
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=35552
Beyond and above (or before and beneath) the mytho-logical arguments:
Love Over Gold - Dire Straits
It takes love over gold
and mind over matter
to do what you do that you must
when the things that you hold
can fall and be shattered
or run through your fingers like dust
Love Over Gold - Dire Straits
It takes love over gold
and mind over matter
to do what you do that you must
when the things that you hold
can fall and be shattered
or run through your fingers like dust
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Just One of Those Things (Cole Porter) - Billie Holiday (Songs for Distingué Lovers)
It was just one of those things,
just one of those crazy flings,
one of those bells that now and then rings,
just one of those things.
It was just one of those nights,
just one of those fabulous flights,
a trip to moon on gossamer wings,
just one of those things.
Just One of Those Things (Cole Porter) - Billie Holiday (Songs for Distingué Lovers)
It was just one of those things,
just one of those crazy flings,
one of those bells that now and then rings,
just one of those things.
It was just one of those nights,
just one of those fabulous flights,
a trip to moon on gossamer wings,
just one of those things.
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Motherly Love (Freak Out!) - Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention
Forget about the brotherly and otherly love...
Motherly Love (Freak Out!) - Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention
Forget about the brotherly and otherly love...
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Beauty knows no pain (Μπρος στα κάλλη τι είν' ο πόνος; ) - Frank Zappa
Beauty is a bikini wax and waiting for yer nails to dry
Beauty is colored pencil scribbled all around yer eye
Beauty is a pair of shoes that makes you wanna die
But you don't care if it's a lie
'Cause you're such a beautiful guy
I'm a beautiful guy
Beauty knows no pain (Μπρος στα κάλλη τι είν' ο πόνος; ) - Frank Zappa
Beauty is a bikini wax and waiting for yer nails to dry
Beauty is colored pencil scribbled all around yer eye
Beauty is a pair of shoes that makes you wanna die
But you don't care if it's a lie
'Cause you're such a beautiful guy
I'm a beautiful guy
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