--- In [email protected], Duveyoung <no_re...@...> wrote: snip > > Edg > PS -- Hmmmm, other artists I know of that Curtis doesn't. > Hmmmmm, give you accounting of your history, have you heard of Elvis? > > Ladysmith Black Mombasa? http://tinyurl.com/cq9y84
I'm a Paul Simon fan so I knew about them. The smoother side of African music so I don't listen to them now. I found some guys with more grit for my tastes. > > Or, hey, how about my favorite all time singing hottie, Milissa George > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGmcBLsrF5k >From his earlier movies Julie Cruse's music is cool in an ethereal way. I saw her live. This singing style is probably more appealing for people who grew up in the 50's. It seems like shtick to me. Like Sha Na Na. > > Or, I offered this girl to Turq, but he turned her down, so I guess > this babe can't sing. http://tinyurl.com/uvsm5 Music biz formula chick. Dancer with processed voice. It sounds better in French then when our formula chicks run this routine! > > Or, http://tinyurl.com/bzer9d is a sample of the King's Singers -- a > group that rocks me -- try a few of their works. Wow, that was a surprise! For me that is the most obnoxious music I can imagine. I couldn't make it through a whole song. Different tastes for different folks huh? That's what is great about music. So did you listen to my two clips? What was your reaction to them? > > That'll do for starters. Any more are welcome. You are mining in another musical county man! Next thing you'll be laying Yma Sumac on my ass! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOgE0b5DzLo&feature=related > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], Duveyoung <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > Curtis, > > > > > > Am I reading you correctly that you didn't know about Leonard Cohen > > > until recently? If so, um, gulp, please tell us that you have at > > > least heard of, say, a guy named Jackson Brown. Or, from the movie > > > about Leonard, did you ever hear the works of Rufus Wainwright's dad > > > Loudon? Or, Loudon's ex-wife's group, The Roches? I mean, gulp, if > > > you haven't heard of Leonard, of whom haven't you heard? > > > > It would be a mountain of CDs like Mount Meru! > > > > There is tons of music that I don't know about. Popular music and > > folk music has not been my musical interest. And in my defense (I'm > > guessing that you think I need one) it is only his lyrics that I dig. > > When I sing his lyrics I do it to my own blues music. > > > > I am attracted to singers (which Leonard is not) and black roots > > music. I also know almost nothing about Motown and soul music except > > what you pick up by being bombarded with it growing up. Guys with > > broader musical tastes like Geezer and Barry and Vaj (and perhaps you) > > know more about a wider range of music than I will ever know. > > > > I would like to read more of the Roache's lyrics but I don't own any > > of their CD. I appreciate their talent but they don't ring my bell. > > > > I am a musical preservationist of a very specific form of music. I am > > not a studio session musician. So my world is full of the nuances in > > Son House's guitar work in each of the eras he was recorded in. I am > > constantly searching for a missing note from a scratchy 78 > > reproduction. Every musical genre is a universe, and that is doubly > > true if you want to perform it. My musical world is both tiny and > > vast! After a about 35 years chasing it, I am just getting close to > > what I want to express in this genre. If you want to understand who > > moves me watch Son House: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jN5vqEyV7g > > > > If the lyrics make your eyes well up, and the guitar playing makes > > you want to play a resonator guitar till your fingers bleed, you will > > understand my world. If you go "that was interesting" and don't feel > > compelled to search out every one of his recordings so you can study > > every recorded sound he made, you will understand how I feel about > > guys like Jackson Brown. > > > > When I am not listening to acoustic blues I listen to African music > > especially acoustic music from Mali. I also dabble in Brazilian > > ghetto samba guitar. My musical tastes are usually very specific and > > it hits me like a ton of bricks on first listen. > > > > > > > > From Leonard Cohen to anyone is merely, say, two degrees of > > separation> at the max. He's either shaken the hand of everyone in > > the music> world, or he's shaken the hand of someone who shook the > > hand of> someone he'd not shaken the hand of yet. > > > > That was an interesting part of the documentary for me. > > > > <Snip> > > > > > > Who would Curtis be if he'd loved Leonard way back sooner? > > > > > > > Maybe I would be another one of those guys who gets paid $100 for 3 > > sets at the local bar who can play a little of everyone instead of a > > person making their living playing music? I don't have the broad > > musical talent or interest to be able to become a session musician. I > > have no dreams of fame and fortune in popular music. I am NOT the > > next American Idol! But I do one thing well enough to get paid for it. > > > > Maybe I would be in a wedding band and feel my soul eroding from > > another night playing "Mustang Sally"? > > > > I am not choosing music, I am following my muse. And the one I live > > and breath is treating me well. Wherever I perform I am playing the > > music I love the most. I never have to compromise my musical taste > > for a paycheck because I am a specialist. Fill the room with kids and > > pay me, I'll turn them on to Delta blues. Got a room full of > > customers for a trade show and have a check in your hand...I'll rock > > the house with Son House and whatever latest bluesman I am researching > > that is turning me on. I only play what moves me. > > > > I do like to discover a treasure trove of talent like Leonard Cohen > > and learn what I can. Youtube is giving me a much broader musical > > education. I am filling in some musical gaps since it is all free. I > > have always tended to listen to my own cassettes and now my CDs rather > > than the radio, so I have plenty of musical gaps. My GF had to > > practically tie me down to get me to listen to the newest acoustic > > star of the college scene, Jason Mraz. But once I did give him a > > chance I now enjoy playing some of his songs for her. So I'm > > expanding a bit from the boundaries of my musical asperger's syndrome! > > > > But when I hears something like this I am back to chasing my ghosts: > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8RtayjqqIw > > > > Thanks for inspiring a music rap Edg. Please give me some more names > > of people you dig so I can youtube them. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If you haven't been jiggy with Leonard, to me that's another example > > > of what happened to Karna -- Arjuna's evil twin brother who had a > > > special weapon of mass destruction -- Vasavi shakti -- a mantra, a > > > boon from Brahma -- a mantra that would be the equivalent of, say, a > > > 500 kiloton thermonuclear devise. When Karna got into straits that he > > > couldn't fathom, he finally panicked and decided to use the weapon, > > > but, urp, he couldn't remember the damned mantra! Couldn't remember a > > > mantra given to him by an adoring but conniving Indra! How's that for > > > getting close to something important and ending up looking the other > > > way when a Kennedy was shot, or the shuttle blew up, or your perfect > > > woman walked by as you bent to tie your shoes? > > > > > > Then, of course, when Karna was trying to get his chariot wheel > > > unstuck, Arjuna did this major Kshatriya sin by whacking him right > > > then instead of only shooting at Karna when Karna was braced and ready > > > for impact with both eyes open as befitted a dignified battle to the > > > death donchaknow. > > > > > > Krishna, Who had told Arjuna, "Yeah, it's a sin to fight like this, > > > but he's your twin and cannot be beaten except by cheating our > > > military morals, and if you don't kill your fucking brother now, then > > > you never will, so get your ass whompin' on Karna, bitch!" 'Course, > > > it is only later that Arjuna finds out that Karna was his frickin' > > > brother! Mom told him and the Pandavas when she, you know, finally > > > got around to it. Those sneaky Hindus! > > > > > > Something like that. The above paragraph symbolizes a certain > > > dramatic romanticism that resides in the last remaining outposts of > > > Hinduism in my personality. I've always thought it was so cool that > > > Krishna was willing to sin and tell Arjuna to do so too. Gave me hope > > > that maybe my sins could also be rationalized, ya see? > > > > > > Like that, I think we've all missed so many mantras -- so many times > > > in life when we could have taken a left instead of a right and made > > > the rest of our lives peachykeeno, but, noooooo, we had to do it our > > > way, take our roads instead of the obvious roads. Even when we stood > > > for an hour at Frost's woodsy divergence and considered deeply which > > > path to take, we have all decided that our peering down each until it > > > bent in the undergrowth was enough data to make the decision -- when > > > no decision could be made with any accuracy. Sorta like you, Curtis, > > > when you were sorting through the racks of CDs in a music store, eh? > > > > > > Fish or cut bait times have always been my undoing. Being a trikker, > > > I, of course want to go both ways! Time itself finally must shout at > > > me from some unseen chariot -- "Don't just stand there! Decide now. > > > Decide blindly. Decide unknowingly, but decide!" > > > > > > And I do. > > > > > > Who would Curtis be if he'd loved Leonard way back sooner? > > > > > > Edg > > > > > > The Road not Taken -- Robert Frost > > > > > > Two roads diverged in a yellow wood > > > and sorry I could not travel both > > > And be one traveller, long I stood > > > and looked down one as far as I could > > > to where it bent in the undergrowth; > > > > > > Then took the other, as just as fair, > > > and having perhaps the better claim > > > because it was grassy and wanted wear; > > > though as for that, the passing there > > > had worn them really about the same, > > > And both that morning equally lay > > > in leaves no feet had trodden black. > > > > > > Oh, I kept the first for another day! > > > Yet knowing how way leads on to way, > > > I doubted if I should ever come back. > > > > > > I shall be telling this with a sigh > > > Somewhere ages and ages hence: > > > > > > Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -- > > > I took the one less travelled by, > > > and that has made all the difference > > > --- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" > > > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "do.rflex" <do.rflex@> wrote: > > > > > > > > I love this guy. I just got turned on to him this year > embarrassingly > > > > enough from this documentary http://www.leonardcohenimyourman.com/ > > > > > > > > That is one of the songs I am singing blues style these days, the > > > > title track: > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r24_T-HOcyg > > > > > > > > Great songwriting. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ring the bells that still can ring > > > > > Forget your perfect offering > > > > > There is a crack in everything > > > > > That's how the light gets in. > > > > > > > > > > http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/leonardcohen/anthem.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjtE2-dLjSs > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
