Non-Classical Music Listening Thread!

[DavidW]

BFPO stands for British Forces Post Office. That's how the bodies come home.

     The patch of the Kate Bush Army

Funny, I just listened to that song last night. I was hitting all my favorite Kate Bush songs.

[drogulus]

     I enlisted more than 30 years ago, and then both MTV and Kate disappeared. I lost track until I found her stuff on YT. She's the artistic equivalent of a science polymath IMV.

[hopefullytrusting]

The Royal Kellys (of The Kelly Family) - As he moved through the fair:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfYUmF7y69U

This music makes me feel uneasy - the singer is extraordinary, and the tune hauntingly lyrical (reminds me of Bjork) - but I am unsettled by some of the things the family has said (they popped as an ad on my Instagram feed selling skincare, and they kept referencing their European heritage and I might have also heard the word purity; ironically, they are an American band, but like David Hasselhoff most of their fans are German), but I am going to give them the benefit of the doubt.

The song is killer - it is easily in the same vein of Aurora, Bjork, or Enya.

Following this up with this seemed apropos: Midsommar's Soundtrack:



The Royal Kelly's would most definitely blend straight into the Harga.

[Kalevala]

Some interesting news today.  There's a billboard with the cover of the Buckingham Nicks album on it with the date of September 26 (I think in LA).  There was speculation on the news that they might be reuniting for some concerts, but I remembered that this album hadn't been remastered (or officially released) on CD, so I expect that it might be a new official re-release of it (probably both on LP and CD?).  We'll see though! 

K

[hopefullytrusting]

Feeling like mid-1990s techno: Josh Abrahams's The Satyricon

[DavidW]

I enlisted more than 30 years ago, and then both MTV and Kate disappeared. I lost track until I found her stuff on YT. She's the artistic equivalent of a science polymath IMV.

I only discovered her in 2020 when YT randomly decided that I would like her. Listening to her music was an intense part of covid lockdown for me.

[AnotherSpin]

I only discovered her in 2020 when YT randomly decided that I would like her. Listening to her music was an intense part of covid lockdown for me.

Kate Bush was fairly well-known here. Her music videos were shown on TV in the 1990s, maybe even earlier. I remember Don't Give Up with Peter Gabriel was in constant rotation. And that LP, So, was sold in every store that had a record section. There was this peculiarity: only a handful of Western music releases would come out, but those that did were printed in incomprehensibly massive numbers.

[hopefullytrusting]

Feeling romantic: New Order's Power, Corruption & Lies

[SimonNZ]

[hopefullytrusting]

I am shocked at how many of these songs are always running through my head: The The's Soul Mining



And to think I only picked it up because Empire Records didn't include "This is the Day" on their OST.

[hopefullytrusting]

Such a clean production: New Order's Substance



Prior to this, YouTube played an ad consisting of Trippie Redd's new music video, he's a trap artist - enjoyed that quite a bit (surprised myself, as I definitely started out with a skeptical attitude), so that was a nice surprise.

[hopefullytrusting]

The last classic Joy Division album: New Order's Brotherhood



1979 to 1987, quite a run of perfect albums.

[DaveF]

Oh, bliss - Nick Drake as nature intended, shorn of Robert Kirby's orchestrations:



I'm just hoping that something similar is planned for the even more heavily-orchestrated Bryter Later.

[SimonNZ]

Oh, bliss - Nick Drake as nature intended, shorn of Robert Kirby's orchestrations:



I'm just hoping that something similar is planned for the even more heavily-orchestrated Bryter Later.

But Bryter Layter is a masterpiece of orchestration!

...though I'd be curious to hear the "naked" version.

[DaveF]

But Bryter Layter is a masterpiece of orchestration!

...though I'd be curious to hear the "naked" version.

As R.S. Thomas said:


(I don't know that any such version is planned, or whether the material even exists, but yes, would be interesting.)

[San Antone]

Oh, bliss - Nick Drake as nature intended, shorn of Robert Kirby's orchestrations:



I'm just hoping that something similar is planned for the even more heavily-orchestrated Bryter Later.

I agree.  I always prefer this kind of music without any orchestral accompaniment.  Best, for me, is simply guitar/vocal.

[hopefullytrusting]

Post-punk Sunday: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark's Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark



Followed by their albums Dazzle Ships, and, if I am lucky, Junk Culture, Crush, and The Pacific Age.

[SimonNZ]

(I don't know that any such version is planned, or whether the material even exists, but yes, would be interesting.)

You can get a pretty good sense of it from this:

[hopefullytrusting]

This album should be right up my alley, but it doesn't seem to be working for me, so I'm going to give it another shot tomorrow: Pet Shop Boys's Please

[hopefullytrusting]

This album should be right up my alley, but it doesn't seem to be working for me, so I'm going to give it another shot tomorrow: Pet Shop Boys's Please

After giving this another listen, the Pet Shop Boys are not for me - I can respect what they did, but it definitely isn't for my ears.

Currently listening to The Human League's Dare followed by The Smiths's The Smiths