Adagio for Strings - Samuel Barber
Adagio for Strings - Samuel Barber
"Normal is just the average of extremes" - Gary Lessor
If I had to pick only one this is the leading contender:
Going to see Moholo on Saturday!
Soft Machine-Carol Ann, from Seven.
"please do not understand me too quickly"-andre gide
No one has mentioned "theme from love story?" That was the first piece of music that entered my mind.
I'll add: the oboe section/solo toward the end of 'Geese & The Ghost' part 2, one of the most beautiful, poignant musical moments I've ever heard.
Where's the winky?Originally Posted by Fracktured
Pat Metheny's "Farmer's Trust," off his live album Travels. One of the most beautiful things he's ever written, I think. Simple, singable and yet utterly unique.
Where's the winky?
What about "Evergreen", "The Way We Were" and "The Rose" (by that other Semitic chanteuse)?
"My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician, and to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference"
President Harry S. Truman
You do know that Babs didn’t sing “The Rose,” right?
What about "Evergreen", "The Way We Were" and "The Rose" (by that other Semitic chanteuse)?
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No, Bette Midler did. That's why he said the "other Semitic chanteuse."You do know that Babs didn’t sing “The Rose,” right?
Music isn't about chops, or even about talent - it's about sound and the way that sound communicates to people. Mike Keneally
Oh, and a rare Magma example:
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I love this thing:
no tunes, no dynamics, no nosebone
I love it too!
It made me think of another tune I love in that rhythm (called "Baiao," from Northeastern Brasil):
A beautiful exotique piece, stunningly so, from the 1:10 mark:
Pekka Pohjola - Oivallettu matkalyhty
Ernie, specifically what rhythm , besides it being in 2/4 are you referring to.
no tunes, no dynamics, no nosebone
Baiao is just a groove that originated from the Northeastern region of Brazil. In a nutshell:
Quarteto Novo, a band that came out in '67 (and who's members included Airto and Hermeto Pascoal) did a lot of stuff in that rhythm.
I've gotta get that Quarteto Novo album.
no tunes, no dynamics, no nosebone
Steve Hackett's "spectral mornings" should be at(or near)the top of the list. A song that was not improved with the addition of vocals(to say the least). You can't improve perfection.
I actually own the original (vinyl) album that contains this piece!
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Just discovered this tonight. Paging Ernie!
I had avoided this thread, not sure why.
I was mowing the lawn and listening to a big shuffle.
This song, San Michele, came on and I recalled the thread.
Came back and read through. Mr Holdsworth is represented, very well.
This is not to say he has a corner on the market, but he comes up with some of the most beautiful phrases ( if that is a correct term of art, much more than a hook ).
(see also The Sixteen Men of Tain, 0274, Above and Below, or eidolon )
Another potential is pretty much the whole album of 'Beyond the Missouri Sky' by Pat Metheny and Charlie Haden
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-- Aristotle
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