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26 May 2011, 6:33 pm

for me there's actually a lot, but the most of my faves is I Can't See New York by Tori Amos. i adore the song, it's divine though a little saddening. they recorded it with the perfect amount of ambience!
so...what's yours?


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26 May 2011, 6:41 pm

"The Drapery Falls" by Opeth.

Also "Altered Course" by Isis.


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26 May 2011, 6:45 pm

Well...you asked for it...


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqEYJnIWgeE[/youtube]


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GQ4fKdipog[/youtube]


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4rAkZu1Hmc&feature=related[/youtube]


and of course


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaNzawD-HbY[/youtube]



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26 May 2011, 7:08 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdYRzH10L2M[/youtube]

This was recorded in one take.

If you have good speakers, you can hear the tube amps humming as Stevie's soul bleeds out...


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26 May 2011, 7:19 pm

Many songs by Earth, Wind & Fire. Some that come to mind are "After the Love is Gone", "Fantasy", "Get Away". They don't make music like that anymore. Where has the "Spirit of Radio" gone. Rush, another group that could take your mind to other places, and envoke thought at the same time. And finally, "Animals" the whole album by Pink Floyd.

After the seventies and the move away from acoustic sounds, we lost some of that spirit; replaced by technology.

MP3 players. It's amazing, but you have no idea what you missed out on with the move to digital compressed media. Eight tracks sounded better than todays MP3 players. But, without acoustic instruments, nuance is lost.



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26 May 2011, 7:32 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvkmNOXnLzw[/youtube]

PS - Glad to see Julee Cruise posted. I adore her.



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27 May 2011, 11:05 pm

Enigma...think the song was 'Mea Culpa'...anything by the Cocteau Twins is ethereal...and unintelligible...;)


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28 May 2011, 2:12 am

YourMother wrote:
Well...you asked for it...


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqEYJnIWgeE[/youtube]


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GQ4fKdipog[/youtube]


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4rAkZu1Hmc&feature=related[/youtube]


and of course


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaNzawD-HbY[/youtube]


I remember Julee Cruise' music from David Lynch's Blue Velvet. Very keeping with the quieter scenes in the movie.

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28 May 2011, 5:20 am

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY7uTO_GuDg[/youtube]

It blows my mind every time I hear it.


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31 May 2011, 10:54 pm

Glad to see that Cocteau Twins have been mentioned. They are simply amazing. Elisabeth Fraser's voice is so heavenly.
One of my favourites of theirs:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WybSSagVvoU[/youtube]

Also:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVY9p1IHops[/youtube]



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31 May 2011, 11:51 pm

Goldfrapp: Hairy Trees

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHkDcVGCJQY[/youtube]